RIP Atlanta Nightlife: What's Happening To Atlanta Club Scene, Why Red Martini Was Evicted & More.

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Episode 335 - "The Baller Alert Show" Feat: Ferrari Simmons & You Know BT Produced by: Octavia March
Topics include: RIP ATL Nightlife & the eviction of popular nightclub Red Martini. Presidential candidates joins popular streamers. Cardi B & Offsett pregnancy & divorce. Love VS Money: Big Sean & Jhene.
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[@brianjones7383]

Rip to the old school Atlanta clubs. Atlanta is black but it use to be the black southern Mecca , now it’s just a lot of black people here. It’s a difference

[@tamikad3535]

What made it the black southern mecca? Seems moves are still being made, just not in terms of nightlife?

[@user-hk5hw8jg9m]

​@@tamikad3535this ain't it

[@tamikad3535]

@@user-hk5hw8jg9m what ain't it?

[@Cda21]

Buckhead saloon was the shit!

[@lallen8462]

I didn't live here in Atlanta during the good ol days, but I still gotta agree with u. This city has gotten ratchet and the club scene is definitely not it anymore. Flex culture is at its pinnacle, and the clubs care way more about milking it's customers out of their money than providing an enjoyable experience

[@kimberlyb6522]

Our nightlife was ruined by social media and the influx of people moving here to “stunt”. Mix that with the logistical BS (traffic, parking, nowhere to sit, etc). I don’t party in the city anymore. We in the suburbs-Dekalb County.

[@evanj2carter571]

Facts

[@lallen8462]

Sweetheart most of the people in the club tryna stunt are from actual Atlanta. Making it rain and living above your means is definitely an Atlanta thing. I work outside the nightclubs on my food truck, so I watch the BS every weekend. Most of the people who moved to Atlanta have careers, businesses, and families. And most places in DeKalb County are ratchet, that is not the suburbs sweetheart lol.. In DeKalb u can still find apartments under a thousand bucks..The suburbs is Gwinnett County, Cobb County, Fairburn, McDonough, etc.

[@adriangreen9785]

Facts you said it all

[@adriangreen9785]

Plus we kind of all knew each other thru different networks of people.

[@Tryme19231]

​@@lallen8462how you know where MFs from tho

[@DWill2022]

Bro said 2009, sir if you were here in 95 - 2003 then you would really cry for "Old Atlanta" lol

[@tttgang8399]

💯

[@dennisjohnson7139]

I'd say to the indictment of bmf 06

[@javionriley8739]

Dude we are 90s millennials 😂😂. We was babies/not born yet during that time period

[@steelreign8219]

You said it all of you were not here in the 90's - Very early 2000's you don't know Atlanta

[@lallen8462]

​@@javionriley8739 Dude if u weren't even born yet, then you shouldn't even be in this conversation. He's talking about old-Atlanta. With the internet around, too many younger dudes like u who got comfortable talking outta turn. I miss the 90s when dudes like u would get checked, sent to the store, or smacked in the back of the head for getting in adult conversations

[@MegaPsycho84]

Good. Stay home, get married and raise your family.

[@bitus8545]

lol. Some people actually enjoy stepping out with their significant other every once in a while

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

You sir do not have a life😂

[@MegaPsycho84]

@@oladeebiazazi4538 lol keep believing what you see on the internet. And if you do, then I got a bridge I wanna sell you

[@zeezydoesit7416]

If you came to Atlanta in 2009, the party scene was already starting to decline. TBH Atlanta’s peak time was like 02’-07’.

[@dennisjohnson7139]

Got here in 03.vick bmf had the city buzzing

[@tybaby13]

Facts

[@lallen8462]

The 90s was actually the peak of Atlanta. The mid 2000s was ok, but it was beggining to fade

[@carljohnson1608]

Drug money is what kept the club running for decades. Street money has slowed up

[@dennisjohnson7139]

Scamming replaced it

[@lallen8462]

Not really true. There are many people in Atlanta that are making excellent money. The problem is that the club scene is no longer a pleasurable experience, not in Atlanta at least. The clubs have gotten incredibly greedy for one. There are clubs like Revel that will charge people 40-60bucks for public street parking. The cover charges to get into the clubs are definitely ridiculous. And worst of all, u are made to look like a spectator if u don't spend money on a section. Most men stopped going because it's no longer the best place to meet women. Chicks would rather be on their phone doing live-feeds and posting on Instagram than interacting with others.

[@carljohnson1608]

@@lallen8462 that’s true

[@lallen8462]

@@carljohnson1608 Very very true. I scoop more chicks in Atlanta just parking at the gas pump at Quick Trip than I do at the club. And it costs me nothing

[@ballin4real7]

@@lallen8462you ain’t scooping --

[@tttgang8399]

MAKE ATLANTA FUN AGAIN!!!!!!!!! Gangs and the Scammers took over…#JustMyOpinion

[@keithfleming6019]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@javionriley8739]

Atlanta is fun, y’all just have a rigid definition of fun

[@XANSEM]

@@javionriley8739ratchet* definition of fun you mean lol

[@evanj2carter571]

That's should be on hat! Make ATL fun again

[@marcus27886]

​@@XANSEM man I'm here in Atlanta now and boy it's nothing like it used to be here I was partying here in the mid 2000s and now all I see is ghetto nonsense and man the gay shit is outta control their having more fun then anybody lol ATL night life is gone😅😅😅😅

[@2ticketsplease898]

Whats happened to atlanta from 2008-2024 is a prime example of when blacks from different parts of the country come together. But not from the same culture. The blacks who been in atlanta had a different mindset vs the people who moved there now.

[@tttgang8399]

💯

[@paul734]

I'm not from Atlanta, but the arrival of New York City party promoters killed Atlanta club scene due to bottle service. NYC promoters never got a chance to take over Detroit, so our club scene was hot until 2016ish.

[@user-hk5hw8jg9m]

Bottle service is not the cause

[@2ticketsplease898]

I’m from nyc and I can tell u because of the density cold weather and harsh living the crabs in a barrel mentality is twice as worst then Most other cities. It’s a north east coast thing, philly Boston have the same mentality too. Chicago being in the mid west has the same setup as nyc in a way. The environments in those hoods are in breads it

[@dqsmooth34]

I went out on a Wednesday recently in Atlanta. (If you know the spot, you know) I paid 40 for valet and 20 to get in. Then bought myself a round which for me included a double shot of Jameson neat, a red bull and a glass of Moscato. After my first round, I was at 120 all in without even taking my first sip. Smh It's pure greed and a racket... And that's before some of the thirsty ones that have no problem just coming up to you and asking you to buy them a drink... Which the answer is, "nope." Mandatory 20% tip and folks trying to play you to be tipped on top of the mando 20% by not giving you an itemized receipt.

[@dennisjohnson7139]

They just got me like this on the top at uptown comedy

[@truegrit9202]

@@dennisjohnson7139I’m very glad I was never drawn to the club life. This sounds awful. I’d rather buy a 2 liter bottle of Fanta orange, and new video game and sit in the crib and have a great time.

[@brianjones7383]

Atlanta was one of the only,y place I knew where you could go to a club and a big artist was performing, and all you did was stand in a free line for two hours.

[@tttgang8399]

💯

[@brianjones7383]

Consumerism and classism killed the night life, and the southern way of living.

[@mdl8562]

Not only is it expensive you got to turn around and deal with bad attitude stuck up women. Men aren’t getting much for there money. This an issue they not talking about.

[@bruceleroy2335]

Say it again bro! It’s these women’s attitudes that have ruined the club scene.

[@lallen8462]

The problem is that the club scene is no longer a pleasurable experience, not in Atlanta at least. The clubs have gotten incredibly greedy for one. There are clubs like Revel that will charge people 40-60bucks for public street parking. The cover charges to get into the clubs are definitely ridiculous. And worst of all, u are made to look like a spectator if u don't spend money on a section. Most men stopped going because it's no longer the best place to meet women. Chicks in the club would rather be on their phone doing live-feeds and posting on Instagram than interacting with others. Either that or the chicks are in a section by themselves dancing with their homegirls. So the men who normally spent all the money in the clubs decided to do other ish. I personally would rather be in the house playing Madden against my old college buddies than be at an Atlanta nightclub. I can interact with more ladies at the bar of Applebees and Walmart than a nightclub

[@smartmouthriveria]

Clubs are a thing of the past. It’s never gonna come back

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

So what’s gonna replace them?

[@smartmouthriveria]

@@oladeebiazazi4538 …..the library!!!

[@alexcantu3539]

@@oladeebiazazi4538it’s already been replaced by sections no longer can you go and mingle you better pay top dollar for renting space even then you don’t stand out

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

@@alexcantu3539 Yea true

[@qikstar]

Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 is laughing at you 😂

[@adriangreen9785]

I moved here in 92" use to visit in the 80s. I was 17 when i moved here. Just going to five points the underground on saturdays was a treat! The clubs the parties,the parks,riding down the peachtree strip all night traffic backed up. That whole 90s run is classic. Atlanta fizzled out by 2005/06 anyone who didnt make it earlier im sorry you didnt come to the real atlanta, you got the just add water version.

[@ReydeBahia]

I remember the days of Kaya , Nomenclature Museum, Tongue and groove , MJQ , 112 I left in 2004 🔺

[@tybaby13]

Omg yes! Mondays at tongue and groove. Free Lemon drop martinis hit.

[@michaelmula6841]

No dance floor or no where to sit 🚫

[@biggmixxo]

Wow. Clubs with no dance floor. Theaters with no screen.😮😮

[@carljohnson1608]

That’s happening to clubs across the country.

[@abasikitt651]

Atlanta scene has been down for 10 or more years. Thanks Big Meech.

[@steelreign8219]

Lets keep it real here. Im An ATL Party goer from the early 90's into the 2000's. Atlanta and Buckhead Nightlife got ruined when all these folks started moving here from other places. We always had parties all over the A and we had fun even when Buckhead was off the chain in the 90's and 2000's . Nowadays these fools come to the club to stand around and look at outgits and taking selfies. We use to dance and mingle point blank period. It was way more diverse back then nowadays its just a bunch of wanna be tough guys and sovial media seeking women . Im glad that I grew up in that Era bc Atlanta was the Party Capital of the Us. FreakNik and Buckhead were the best thing going!!! Moss the old days

[@marqcollins1792]

Great discussion!!!

[@ZaraAmy-w5u]

This is soooo awesome this cast is going to be amazing.

[@evanj2carter571]

They got rid of Follies and I ain't been the same since...😂

[@blane6592]

I moved here in 2008 but I used to visit in the EARLY 2000’s…FUN AF!!! Clubs were LIT! Now…absolutely not! Section culture FUG’d it all up! I party AT HOME!!

[@tttgang8399]

Yeeesss

[@gerardlead9321]

Women killed Atlanta night life because they are boring and only come to the club to look at their phones. If the women in clubs aren’t fun to be around, then the club is not fun to go to.

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

That’s true but I think sections and greed ruined the nightlife

[@gerardlead9321]

@@oladeebiazazi4538 sections didn’t ruin it because people don’t dance anyway. A dance floor would just be a waste of space because people would just be standing around and staring at their phones, or it would just be an awkward open space in the middle of the club; sections solved that problem. Price isn’t a problem either because will spend money on things they like, people don’t mind spending money on entertainment.

[@HondaXr650L]

Facts

[@qikstar]

Women killed nightlife across America! Only NYC (white clubs), Miami & Las Vegas nightlife still does well because they attract affluent club-goers from all over the world.

[@bruceleroy2335]

This!!!🎯

[@Babanla420]

You can’t be going to prominent neighborhoods cause Rokus and complain when they take action against y’all

[@staceyp3895]

Atlanta nightlife is so much bigger than red martini and any gay clubs in Buckhead.😂 Real ones wouldn't even consider partying at none of those Buckhead/Midtown spots.

[@LoopGawdTV]

The reasons why dance floors were removed was because women stopped dancing on us, and they started only dancing with other girls. Men have zero reason to be on a dance floor now.

[@dennisjohnson7139]

I cane in 2003. My hrother was a all pro player for the falcons and it was a great time. Once those sections came on like 09 it was a wrap.

[@Justice098]

7 years ago I was saying the men stopped going out. I was walking past clubs years ago and only see like a handful of men in the clubs while the women were dancing on each other. It’s starting to be that way all over. The men were the ones spending the money that how women used to get in for free., nobody want to go around a bunch of women who gonna be dancing on each other all night and acting like they are too good.

[@qikstar]

Simple: Atlanta nightlife scene is really ratchet! Most well-to-do blacks have checked out. Those who can afford Miami are there. Some wait til the visit Las Vegas. The guys who been overseas like Brazil, Germany, Spain, and Kenya nightlife will never waste money on 🇺🇸 nightlife again.

[@grayscar05]

You forgot New Orleans

[@lilmotown8109]

Snap and Roll era was the apex of the ATL club scene!!!! Then the futuristic era was lit! Since then it’s been dirt

[@Raygun34]

This has been in the works for two decades The City of Atlanta is in a rebrand. Atlanta being known as a party city is over

[@grayscar05]

I noticed the same! Atlanta never needed partying to survive. Also Blk ppl partying equals high crime and we tired of it. New Orleans, Vegas and Miami survive off party culture. They can go move there. Or Houston which has re-emerged as the Black party spot

[@ertfgghhhh]

I am GenX. It is sad. I use to party in Atl till 6am. Actually, we used to party all night many college towns. It is our fault as a community. It is up to us to make our events safe

[@javionriley8739]

This conversation is not a Atlanta conversation. This is a USA generational conversation about 90s millennials/Gen-Z which comes down to 1.) affordability via the 2008 recession 2.) high cost 3.) and the different social dynamics. Of black Men and women have within an hour generation no longer are us black men (in our 90s millennial/gen-Z generation) are going to clubs trying to find women or spend all the money on women just turn us down. I’m glad it’s happening it was time for a major reset ! Same things can be said for strip clubs

[@Gullahbae-xm6ms]

Your generation of men are soft and boring 😂😂

[@wrightwayjaymusic]

Great show. I definitely learned some things about the Atlanta night life scene. I appreciate the info. While marriage and children are both huge commitments, I would say having children is a bigger commitment. For one reason, you can divorce your spouse. However, the child will forever be yours. With divorce, if you are of a high status in life, it can cost you greatly, and some aren't willing to risk it.

[@airiescap82]

You’re right about the “r&b parties”!!!

[@djcuervo99]

dj sucks and club is about money draining!! Partying at the other spot outside downtown!! I stopped djing downtown 10 years ago!! I dj on northside, eastside and southside!! Cigar lounges and sport bar!! We lit all night!! The real atlanta is out of buckhead and downtown!!

[@jus3278]

People have to realize that our generation is just getting older. These young kids love sections.

[@LordsofLeisure]

Atlanta promoters make no where near Miami, Vegas and NYC promoters..

[@qikstar]

The guy in braids is very unintelligent. This is why I left ATL music scene in 2012 because the barrier of entry is so low, it’s just about who you know. But what else you expect from “Baller Alert”

[@LordsofLeisure]

@@qikstar Atlanta hypes itself up.. its low level and small time in alot of ways compared to other cities. Can't even believe he said promoters in Atlanta are full time more than other cities. He must be originally from Oklahoma and move to ATL or something 😂

[@bossnutt]

Bro with the hat, let Beo with the braids speak, uninterrupted. Good info... Tuned in..

[@fredbraxton5092]

That’s not the economy. Thats just people realizing they can make more money off you with valet parking. Because they know people going to pay it

[@bilaljahi5364]

Atlanta ain’t been really popping since the 90s. You can’t get that back. Like Detroit can’t get Motown back. In the early 90s there was an underground club in Trinity street downtown! No signs. No hoopla. Strictly word of mouth. Lil John got his start there killing every set!

[@missbae_]

The guy in the middle won’t let the guy on the left speak…🗣️stfu!!! Omg!! 😱

[@bbarnes9988]

Shiit they shut down Follies gentleman club no problem. Fuckin chamblee follies was lowkey the best in the city 😭

[@kbmrigveda5419]

Ninjas hate each other on the streets. The Club?

[@Cda21]

Money ruins everything.

[@mrlnternational]

The Velvet Room

[@kevlamar6613]

On Peachtree 🔥

[@CMAN907]

On a Tuesday

[@MrBigtodd]

On chamblee ticket rd used to be off the chain

[@aneedkassim9727]

112 velvet room on sundays mansion Life Essos Frequency Shout Twist Opera on Thursdays Visions Miami Tongue and Grove MJQ Compound and i aint mention the hood spots. so many options hell the old espn zone and fox sports grill... now its just over priced lounges

[@slim251]

The crime...not getting the bang for your buck. Parking....

[@HBGoneGlobal]

Don't tell people their podcast sucks when you only have 166k and those other podcasts that just started have more than. That means you suck because nobody is rocking with you.

[@bruceleroy2335]

Women and no dance floor ruined the club scene! Women only want the top 1% of men or other females in their space. And sections eliminated the dance floor. Club over!

[@WeHoMillion911]

Ya'll tripping. Close all these clubs ITP down. We need zero crime and these property values to go up!

[@tamikad3535]

Property values went as high as they were going to go. We need gentrification to stop honestly. Nothing killed the vibe of the city more than that

[@WeHoMillion911]

​@@tamikad3535 The vibe of the city been gone. Tired of hookah. Tired of these money hungry club owners. Clean the city up. Close all the clubs down. New high-rises, retail, restaurants and access to the beltline is all we need. The World Cup is here in 2026. ATL has the potential to be the southern NYC.

[@tamikad3535]

@@WeHoMillion911 We have NYC already. Why would we need a southern NYC? What sense does that make? Atlanta doesn't revolve around you and what you are tired of or what you want. Atlanta also didn't make it this far by appeasing to those who are trying to gentrify it. If anything, gentrification has ruined all of these cities and the vibrancy of America. More highrises with huge "Now Leasing" signs is what the city needs more of? The logic in that? What will happen once the World Cup is gone?

[@WeHoMillion911]

@@tamikad3535 Sorry, I'm anti-club and anti-nightlife. I'm for jobs, real-estate and the schools here. FACTS: The New Atlanta is The Beltline, Real Estate Developers, Microsoft, Google, Delta and the medical workers, the airport, etc.

[@Gullahbae-xm6ms]

For real, no one wants to live around ratchetness…

[@philipbell5448]

Pookkkie, and Pookiesha will make sure black people will never have a good time

[@grayscar05]

Best comment. We got too many of them as patrons and business owners

[@lakersin556]

📢Baller Alert!

[@adriangreen9785]

Here are a few clubs that we enjoyed in the 90s / early 2000s. There are no clubs today that can compare Club kaya aka visions Club Esso on courtland Dugans on ponce ( sportsbar) Chili pepper ( buckhead) The warehouse on marietta st. I met 2pac there. Club liquid buckhead World bar Atlanta live buckhead Club 559 ( west end) Club 731 ( west end) Justins The scene is just corny now

[@ProtectedAndRespected]

Dallas up next

[@Swingman30]

The club ain't "it" anymore

[@mrlnternational]

Club Essos!

[@CMAN907]

Courtland st

[@DocDaProfesor]

The music is not good.. so all places the music is promoted will fail

[@thile3timze120]

Damn I was listening to homie till he said people need to stop going for their dreams lost me there

[@chappy9472]

It's funny how y'all act like yaw don't know what the real problem . . . pst! Crazy!

[@orlandorobinson9369]

What is a "yaw"?🤔

[@2ticketsplease898]

Some people too old to be in the club didn't that Rachet judge get caught up at a buckhead night club spot. Rip atlanta too many east coast people moved over there

[@cashcofreshco5408]

But wait isn’t Atlanta on the East Coast 😮😂😂😂

[@2ticketsplease898]

@@cashcofreshco5408 where did I say Atlanta was the east coast u left back headline reading ADHD none comprehension fool

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

Yes technically lol

[@tryintomakeit]

​@cashcofreshco5408 you must not have passed social studies 😂😂😂😂 it's not

[@cashcofreshco5408]

@@tryintomakeit SouthEAST for 100 Alex SMH this isn't even debatable look on a map goof troop 🥱

[@কিছুকরতেচাই-থ২ম]

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