Hip Hop/Rap Fanatics Unite!

[Luke]

Juicy J was in 3 6? Had no idea.
Is he the one that peed on his neighbors tree on that reality show?

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Juicy J was in 3 6? Had no idea.
Is he the one that peed on his neighbors tree on that reality show?

if you're talking about Adventures In Hollyhood, I haven't seen it. But... yeah probably. Haha.

Three 6 Mafia has always been Juicy J and DJ Paul and whoever else they have in the group for an album. Juicy left to do a solo thing though and dropped a really good album and has made a name for himself in a more pop space (appearing on Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" for instance). He's doing good. And Paul and the rest of the crew has been forging ahead as Da Mafia 6 and holding down the old school Three 6 sound.

[stickem]

I like juicy's brother, project pat, better.

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I like juicy's brother, project pat, better.

I've heard very little of Pat's solo stuff, but I have liked what I've heard.

[Luke]

...appearing on Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" for instance

So when he said "You know who dis is!" and I was all "No clue who you are" I actually knew who dat was.

[stickem]

Noise, if you're sorta a newbie to southern rap how much scarface have you heard. Dude is an icon to me in the rap game. I suggest listening to "the diary" if not much. Shit, his 2 new songs on youtube come hard. Heard any eightball and mjg? Good old southern rap too. Outcast to me is a bad representation.

[noiseredux]

Noise, if you're sorta a newbie to southern rap how much scarface have you heard. Dude is an icon to me in the rap game. I suggest listening to "the diary" if not much. Shit, his 2 new songs on youtube come hard. Heard any eightball and mjg? Good old southern rap too. Outcast to me is a bad representation.

I wouldn't say I'm a newbie - I've spent most of the last decade listening to a ton of Southern rap, reading books and watching documentaries on the sub-genre.

Scarface is incredible. I mean Geto Boys is great, but that dude is just really really awesome. I love The Diary and The Fix. Actually if you can find it he was a guest on the Combat Jack podcast not that long ago. Fascinating guest. His influences are really interesting. Like... he's apparently obsessed with Pink Floyd. He talks about seeing various lineups live, then he starts playing some PF songs on an acoustic guitar. Awesome interview.

The only Eightball & MJG I have was a greatest hits of sorts. I liked some of their spacier shit like "Pimp In My Own Rhyme."

I love Outkast - but "representation" - there really isn't one. The South is too vast. Too man sub-sub-genres, y'know? Think about how different New Orleans stuff sounds from Houston stuff and Memphis stuff and Bay Area stuff and Atlanta stuff, etc.

Anyway, if anyone's interested I'd highly recommend the book Dirty South. I think I plowed through it in two days at the beach. It was just a fantastic survey of the various scenes down South. Super interesting stuff.

[Luke]

The only Eightball & MJG I have was a greatest hits of sorts. I liked some of their spacier shit like "Pimp In My Own Rhyme."

Comin out Hard is a must listen. Not saying it is good, not saying it is bad...but you totally need to give it a listen.

[stickem]

That's a good one. I like on top of the world also.


One of my favs off that. A little nightmare on elm street sample.

[TSTR]

^Damn good stuff.