There's been The Geto Boys, Rap-a-Lot, UGK, the 2005 boom, the titans that preceded … 50. Don … Track 7. Everyone knows that too. HDB, Out of all the dance-rap songs, this might be the only truly bearable one. P.S. Volume 60%. HDB, "Black America" came at the height of social unrest — and of course, we're still there. It's the moment everyone said, “Fuck it, Jolly Ranchers, Sprite and cough syrup is a great fucking idea. UGK is the master teacher here, low key helping us all stay a little more woke. But Houston, like all of the proper rap cities, has a long and winding history; nearly a quarter century's worth of stories and characters and songs. 4) “The Yellow Rose of Texas” by Various Artists including Elvis Presley and Mitch Miller 5) “God Blessed Texas” by Little Texas 6) “Galveston” by Glen Campbell You can help by participating in our "I Support" membership program, allowing us to keep covering Dallas with no paywalls. HDB, 7. HDB. This is the Neptunes at their absolute prime, the work of true bosses. Just this: If you've answered yes to the above, you've got a slab and may lean back, right hand on the pinewood and drive two miles per hour. UGK follows up with a lush portrait of death, decay and the prison industrial complex in the American ghetto, where your life can just hinge on a dice game or your livelihood can always rest with an overzealous justice system. Fullscreen . We use cookies to collect and analyze information on site performance and usage, and to enhance and customize content and advertisements. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Not easily understood, nor appreciated, but a true delight. Full of swagger and sway, if a Texas song you love isn’t on this list, there’s guaranteed to be an equally great toe-tappin’, two-steppin’, honky-tonk song that is! But "Way We Ball" was the lead single from the Underground Legend album and was chock full of a shrill children's chorus and limping beats. This song is more important than genuinely good. Staff, "Futon" is … The top Rap Songs artist of the 2000s was 50 Cent, who attained seven number-one singles during the decade—"In da Club", "21 Questions", "Magic Stick", "P.I.M.P. JPF, I'm not sure there's a rap group from the South that has ever used soul samples as perfectly as UGK did in their early days. Songs On these playlists About Interview Artist … HDB, 19.Slim Thug - "Like a Boss"Slim Thug's album, Already Platinum, didn't even go platinum, which is funny. The 50 Best Texas Rap Songs. An obvious heir to the late aughts work of Kanye and Kid Cudi. Circulation, But Jay Z too? Emmanuel Duron went viral after attacking a referee following his ejection from a high school football game. When they get together it's like Morrissey with a pint of lean dressed in an XXL shirt from Foot Locker. HDB, 26. Rewind 10 Seconds. Z-Ro's "No Justice, No Peace" was one of the more fiery records of the summer for being honest about the divide between minorities and the police. HDB, He's kind of the most grating dude to come out of that whole era. 3-2 lead's it off with a short verse about a shaky relationship with his mother because he sold drugs to survive. 1. It’s glorious. Updated daily. In the height of the Geto Boys' popularity the group put out a best of album with a track that features the head of Rap-A-Lot records eviscerating the sitting president for his actions during the Gulf War. Dallas hip-hop has always played in the shadows of Houston’s superstar hip-hop scene, but every so often a local rapper or group from the city produces a song that catches fire. Even if you're wearing Starbury's and looking decidedly not good, this song makes you feel like Tommy Ton is dying to snap you at New York Fashion week, you draped up and dripped out maniac. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox, Dallas Restaurant Directory: Takeout/Delivery/Dine-in, Dallas Rapper Lil Ronny Motha F Has Made Fans of Beyoncé and T-Pain, Dallas Rapper Ron C Looks to Restart a Career Owed and Lost to Drugs, Lil Twist's Flailing Rap Career Could Be Fooly Faime's Big Break. There's a lot of material for such on the sampled record, an epic over eight minutes long called "Ain't I Been Good to You." 0 1 Producing stories on everything from political scandals to the hottest new bands, with gutsy reporting, stylish writing, and staffers who've won everything from the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi feature-writing award to the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. Nobody needs seven plasma screens in the passenger side armrest. In this case, we’re not talking about anybody, we’re talking about Erik B and Rakim. It honestly doesn't get much better than that. Where else are you gonna get the wisdom that top-notch hoes get the most and not the lesser? LET’S BACK UP FOR A SECOND. This tack is the best off his national breakthrough The 3rd Wish: To Rock The World, which peaked at No. But it was precocious in its own right and well worth being the wistful feeling in the song. Bun B ft. Pimp C, Z-Ro, Young Jeezy and Jay-Z - "Get Throwed", Jay Z's was an early adopter when it came to collaborating with the South. Overview Songs (7) About. It’s hard to come across a song that accurately depicts the decadence of the millennial generation’s brand of 20-something after-dark festivities while also keenly and slyly pointing to how hollow it all is, as the eerie production does so well. 00:00. It breathes youth and schoolyard chants in its brash glory. Support Us In This Article: Beastie Boys 2. It was impossible to turn on Dallas radio and not hear this song four times an hour. HDB, Not sure how one can be an Underground Legend as a freshly minted 21-year-old with one independent album out, then a major release on a major label. Geto Boys - “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”Listen, man, this track is just so fucking good. There's no other way to describe it. Honey the Hippie - "Faded". Privacy, Offering our readers free access to incisive coverage of local news, food and culture. These are the 50 Best Houston Rap Songs that have ever been. HDB. HDB, 23. Fair or not, Houston has been, and likely for the foreseeable future will continue to be, seen from the outside as a caricature of itself. There's a reason June 27th is considered a holiday in Screwston; take a listen and you'll know why. He's actually kind of more emotional, but because it's conceivable that Z-Ro may have psychically hurt someone he gets a bit of a pass. If I had ID I wouldn't need ID. HDB, 34. HDB, 38. He's your more grimy alternative to the dude with his head in the clouds. A hamfisted snapshot of its most commercially viable period, the 2005 MEGABOOM that turned Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Slim Thug and Chamillionaire into insta-folk heroes, has been stretched out into a gigantic billboard and planted right the fuck at every street leading into the city. "Southside" was a shockingly mild mainstream hit when it dropped, peaking at No. It was his time to shine. If you cannot rap, verbatim, the first 10 bars or so of the “Mo City Don” freestyle you aren’t allowed to be a Texan. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: California Privacy Policy | California Collection Notice | Do Not Sell My Info. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t great; it was just a very unique moment. -topic ft. Paris P - "Rainy Day in Dallas", -topic, one of the city of Dallas' great wordsmith's, created a song that you can reliably chill to every single time it begins to rain. HDB, Terrance Spectacle thinks outside of the box. But who hasn't had that moment, when you needed to blast this at 3:00 a.m. when the only thing up is self loathing? We're instead going to concentrate on the straight political fire spit by J. Terrance Spectacle thinks outside of the box. Chingo Bling - "They Can't Deport Us All", This is what happens when a dude with an agenda and a marketing degree looks at Weird Al and decides to have as much fun as possible at the expense of people oppressing his people. Since we started the Dallas Observer, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we would like to keep it that way. HDB, It's always nice to get a reminder of just how do-it-yourself experiment rap music has been and always will be. It’s for car rides and lit blunts, and sometimes that’s as Texas as you can get. Also, the Southside isn't some goofy dance that requires a week of one hour rehearsals before homeroom like all the shit kids are doing today. It wasn't pretty. © Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terrence Spectacle - "Futon". About Us, Woody Allen says we're in it for the eggs. This is them at the peak of their powers, and it's a banger that makes you nostalgic for the world before people brought in indie artists to produce their tracks. JPF, The synth intro to this H-town track is iconic for all the right reasons: It’s a slow burn into a hard bump and an endless thump. They're included in this list though because they belong to Houston. HDB, "Can't Come Down" came at a time when A.Dd+ was having a bit of a sea change from being a duo that would more or less bring a party along with some smart rhymes. Join the Observer community and help support independent local journalism in Dallas. Who? 44. But this is Paul Wall at peak Paul Wall — his smoothest, most relaxed and coolest. By the time Scarface’s released his third solo studio album The Diary, all the drama regarding the Geto Boys were in his rearview. 3. W. got off easy with the Kanye line; H.W. Not to mention, the beat is insanity. got straight bunker bustered in this song. DJ Paul and Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia produced the song, drawing a sample from Willie Hutch, the oft-overlooked soul singer who was born in Los Angeles but raised in Dallas. Travis Scott ft. Young Thung, Rich Homie Quan - "Mamacita", Last year was a monumental year for Travis Scott and his mixtape, Days Before Radio, was a blog-rap fan smash. Mr. Lucci- "Mr. Diabolical" Dallas hip hop has always been slightly behind the curve, and while Mr Lucci was making excellent music for a 17-year old at the turn of the century, it felt a little out of step with what was going on everywhere else. HDB, Kevin Abstract is the type of organically weird and creative artist that a lot of contemporary rappers tend to fake. This is exactly what you should expect when three of the greatest Southern — ahem, excuse me — greatest raps groups of all time jump on a single track together. Check out this in-depth countdown of the best 100 rap songs of 2007 from a variety of artists, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Aesop Rock, and EL-P. Well, that's because he's kind of got dual citizenship. FOLLOW. But with local journalism's existence under siege and advertising revenue setbacks having a larger impact, it is important now more than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. HDB, 14. UGK ft. Outkast - “Int'l Players Anthem”, This song is so perfect and amazing that any couple that doesn't play this at least once during their wedding, well, I hope their marriage fails, crashes, burns and implodes. Real Recognize real. To find out more, visit our cookies policy and our privacy policy. Lil' Troy - "Wanna Be a Baller"Not only did this track break into the Billboard Top 100, but it also gave us the immortal line “Switch from Motorola to a Prime Co. phone.” That lead to confused listeners of Boom 94.5 googling, “What the hell is a Prime Co. phone?” JPF, Z-Ro is the Drake of Texas. All rights reserved. We’re guided through a debaucherous night about town, as he and his team paint the city a deep shade of red. K. Vation ft. Devy Stonez and Brandon Fxrd - "Truth", Three Iras cohorts jump on one song and give it their every ounce of energy. Or at least a card-carrying Texan who is mildly interested in rap music. When chaos is organized, it's typically as swift as this. HDB, 21. Brilliant. HDB, This is almost not a rap song and just pure spoken word, but really what's the difference? UGK is from Port Arthur, everyone knows that. A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term "Texas" - from the Lyrics.com website. The phrase traces back, in record, to 8 Ball and MJG. But this is perhaps the most fun iteration of it in its early days. The latter is the overwrought custom cars that got extremely gauche in the wake of "Pimp My Ride." Contact Us, More. "Futon" is almost a phantasm, a dreamlike song, and those are best without the confines of a box. A particularly lasting effect that came of Blue, the Misfit’s debut solo album, Child In The Wild, was a genuinely great Dallas rap song. But when this released on MLK day this year, it was a particularly powerful song. This should be played in therapy sessions across the nation. Source(s): Sorry...hope this helps. No. HDB, 35. Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our terms of use, our cookies policy, and our privacy policy. Hutch, a Booker T. High School grad, gave the world a beauty in “I Choose You,” which is chopped up and sped up to lay a gospel and triumphant foundation for the track. The premise of the song, "to chunk up the deuce for the North and the South," would like a lot of things be corny if it weren't for perfect execution. "Pocket Full of Stones" is the epitome of early independent and underground Texas rap. These are the 50 Best Houston Rap Songs that have ever been. What isn't funny is the energy on this song. While the song isn’t specifically about Texas, neither is Ohio’s official rock song, “Hang On Sloopy,” about the Buckeye State. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues. HDB, Scarface, one of the greatest rappers ever, takes you through just how it was growing up on his block in the south side of Houston. South Park Mexican - "I Must Be High" South Park Mexican is a troubling artist, but he’s the most successful Latin rapper in the history of Texas. JPF, They used to say the South couldn’t really rap. Stream the best live Hip Hop radio stations in Houston, TX online for free, only on iHeartRadio! 7 Tracks. HDB. P.S. These are both vital ingredients of Texas rap. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. See more ideas about Songs, Texas, Texas music. By clicking 'X' or continuing to use the site, you agree to allow cookies to be placed. Z-Ro - “Mo City Don”Let the truth be told: Z-Ro pulled a vintage Lil Wayne here and took another person’s beat and completely annihilated it. It's funky and a bit of a dark horse that can shut down the right party when unexpected. It's a brutal take down of presidential privilege and the real-life consequences of politics. It belongs in a museum, it's that damn important. FOLLOW. HDB, 4. It comes from their 2012 release Starships & Rockets (Cooly Fooly Space Age Funk) and promises all the space-aged funk that's advertised, with the assistance of a private dancer dressed in all purple. The beat here, with higher octave piano licks, is a layer of menacing over what's more or less another in a long line of pride anthems to come from the Lone Star State. With songs like "My Hometown" and "El Cerrito Place," Robison helped define Texas country. The violence went down outside a Buc-ee's in Denton, TX and the video shows a couple of maskless Trump supporters telling another man to beat it … Not all state songs need be self-aggrandizing, jingoist jingles. Latest updates from "Texas" on HotNewHipHop! Geto Boys - “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta”, Listen, we're not going to discuss that certain Mike Judge movie from the '90s that used this song perfectly in a montage. However, that didn’t stop him from paying homage to his storied past with “My Mind’s Playing Tricks On Me 94.” History would transform “No Tears” from emotional album cut to iconic show of irony during the opening scene of Mike Judge’s corporate comedy Office Space. "Welcome to Dallas," arguably one of our city's best rap songs, was the second track on Tha Absolute Truth, Tuck's 2006 album, which featured … Who knows completely. But this song is great. It's the perfect rack that's maybe one of the most important pieces of music ever created. May 6, 2015 - Of the estimated 3500 songs written about Texas and Texas places, here are our 10 favorites. “UGK was his baby,” Bun said of his late friend Pimp C. And the elegant, entrancing “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You),” is inarguably one of the best hip-hop songs of all time. Big Tuck Ft. Tum Tum and Slim Thug - "Tussle", I believe this song is about getting into fisticuffs, right? It didn’t quite happen, but man the material this duo put out is still breathtaking in its ambition so many years later. Point is, there's been a lot of great rap music out of Texas in its history, so we decided to compile a list of the 50 greatest rap songs to come out of Greatest State in the Nation. JPF, Another track that's kind of more important than good, or did Weird Al absolutely ruin this song forever? If only it wasn't tougher to get a job while high. Paul Wall Ft. Big Pokey - "Sittin' Sidewayz", This is most people's public introduction to Paul Wall, who has proceeded to create a career off of basically the same verse anagrammed and repositioned to maybe be a little different verse for the next time around. Pages in category "Songs about Texas" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. JPF, 6. Bush. The beat is plain bottled aggression. HDB, From the Dallas-bred and Houston-educated rap group comes an early fan favorite of theirs, "Private Dancer." Prince on George H.W. Namely, your supply is out. The verses are completely unafraid of being a confessional and sharing a breadth of emotion. Here Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy trade some truly melancholy bars about hopelessness that the paltry jobs climate can bring and a certain green substance that at least soothes the pain. Beginning with the best, without further ado, here is the most current list of the Top 10 Country Songs About Texas: 1. This list may not reflect recent changes . Lil' Keke ft. Paul Wall, Bun B - "Chunk Up the Deuce", Okay, perhaps this is peak Paul Wall. Who?Mike Jones.Who?Fuck this. The momentum dissipates and must be refocused on a new project. Damaged Good$ (DMG$) - "HOODRAT $HIT"For a short time everyone in Dallas thought DMG$ were going to be the breakout group from the area. For your listening pleasure, here is HipHopDX’s Best Rap Songs of 2020 … so far. It's perfect. HDB, 20. I'm also not sure Maxo Kream takes more than about two breaths on this song. RELATED: The 50 Best Bay Area Rap SongsRELATED: The 50 Best Chicago Rap SongsRELATED: The 50 Best Atlanta Rap SongsRELATED: Green Label - The 10 Best Music Venues in Houston, Green Label - The 10 Best Music Venues in Houston. We've had just about three decades of great Texas rap music from Port Arthur to Dallas to Austin to make us forget that for some reason Vanilla Ice is the highest-selling rapper from the state. HDB, 25. Also, Honey is spitting the truth. -topic tackles some of his greatest attributes here: evocative, earnest, melancholy, sharp tongued. If you don’t know what know what the trunk is full of, if you aren’t aware of what Z-Ro has never been, if you aren't privvy of what he blows on, you should be exiled to Oklahoma. After nearly a decade creating music, he’d surely put in those 10,000 hours that Mr. Gladwell speaks of. Pour up a cup of that turn up; you’re only young once. Mike Jones Ft. Paul Wall, Slim Thug - “Still Tippin”, At the turn of the century, the Third Coast rose up, and for a brief time conquered the world of hip-hop with it's swampy beats, endless swag and cartoonish performers. The Dallas Observer may earn a portion of sales from products & services purchased through links on our site from our affiliate partners. It's like, why do I need ID to get ID? JPF, "Pilgrims" isn't long, and that's really for the better. A. Abilene (song) Aggie War Hymn; All My Ex's Live in Texas; Amarillo by Morning (song) Amarillo Sky (song) Austin (song) B. Baptism (song) But ultimately, who gives a fuck? Raised in the Texas Hill Country, Charlie Robison has been a staple of Texas and Red Dirt music for 20 years. Listen To Our Texas 30 Picks On Rdio and Spotify Right Now. 50 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks list, and it’s SPM to a T. It’s got a slow, methodical beat that allows SPM to showcase his lackadaisical flow and delves into the life of a man who needs to stay in a haze to function in a world out to get him. HDB, Trae and Z-Ro make the most depressing music known to man, but also a little uplifting too because it's relatable. 00:02. HDB, This is an impenetrable song that is a low-key self-esteem booster. That we weren’t talking about anything. Thanks to tracks like "One Day" by UGK or "Sittin Sidewayz" by Paul Wall, that embarrassing fact doesn't have to matter. Sam Lao gets in and gets out with some fierce bars on a chaotic beat. **I realize it doesn't have "Deep In The heart of Texas" in the lyrics above, but I can't find anything that has that in it that is rap or hip hop related. Best Rap Albums Of 2020 …(so far) Best R&B Songs Of 2020 …(so far) The Playlist. At the start of "One Day," we get a wailing Ron Isley, on full emotional display and a slow, mopey bassline to set the tone. #texasRap. PLAY. Songs. Paris P from A.Dd+ effectively brings some heat to the table as well in a pensive verse. Track 5. It resembles a real relationship, and maybe our prevailing goal. RiFF RAFF is a punk. JPF, Not a fan of the use of "faggot," but the song is what you would call a banger. Le$ ft. Paul Wall and Slim Thug - "Steak and Shrimp", Even a cool three decades into Texas rap, two truths remain unshakable: 1) We will always need car music to drive real slow to and 2) we will always needs cookout music to BBQ real slow to. “Still Tippin” features three of that period’s biggest success stories: Slim Thug would go on to be one of the elder statesmen of the scene, while Mike Jones would become one of the Internet's first big music sensations and Paul Wall would go on to be that guy everyone pretended to like. "Get Throwed" comes a bit after the hearts and minds of the country were won, but this song is a fiesta and round table of Southern greats with amazing bars throughout. DJ DMD ft. Lil' Keke and Fat Pat - "25 Lighters", There's Kendrick, Big K.R.I.T., Z-Ro and I'm sure even more who have taken the phrase, "25 lighters on my dresser, yes sir," and thrown it into one of their songs. This is almost not a rap song and just pure spoken word, but really what's the difference? HDB, 27. Blue, the Misfit - “No Care in the World”, Blue, the Misfit’s year was supposed to happen in 2014. Terms, He found his niche as an artist, which is his own take on hell. Here is a slow dance in a burning room and bass rattling song with two other stars from 2014, Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug, who will always be remembered as the magical duo that gave us Rich Gang. HDB, 16. We spent an unreasonable amount of time combing through the hallways of history, listening to everything from the adored and undeniable classics to the ultra-meta and rap nerdy. 49. Track 6. But suffice to say, the spirit of hip hop in its stage of infancy lived on in the South long after it was since abandoned for a new “lyrical” or “pop” flair in the “mecca.” A prime example of rap music staying true to its early days through the South is the Dirty South Rydaz’s throwback freestyle, which was just true. Remember, "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" by the Geto Boys came from the Lone Star State, as did the recent hit "Mamacita" by Travis Scott featuring Rich Gang. Just keep that clock radio on. #texasRap. Take "Drugs" and you'll find a fresh sound with some obvious influences, but something new nonetheless. Though we’ll always instantly clamor over Andre 3000’s legendary verse from the moment he enters with the old-manish bars (“So, I typed a text to a girl I used to see”), every single verse is littered with old Southern-fried genius aphorisms on life and general player shit. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Alas, it wasn’t as gargantuan as it could’ve or perhaps should have been. Sometimes you need to sample Miriam Makeba to let the world know how bad things are. Houston's Rhythmic Hip Hop radio station, playing all your favorite hip hop and R&B. Start with The Madd Hatta Morning Show, celebrity news and everything Houston. It wasn't perfect. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. HDB, One of the many instances in which a Southern rapper proves himself way more clever than what was once expected of a Southern rapper by the general public above the Mason-Dixon. There was the early era Miami bass-infused silliness, the '90s West Coast funk that conquered America, and, eventually, the brands/cultures/lifestyles that UGK and the Geto Boys created, which have served as the influence and inspiration for an untold number of Southern (and, as of late, northern, western and eastern) rappers. - "Hood Party", Fat Tony is a smart ass black boy. But the Bun B philosophy has its strong points as well: You know the game and how it goes; we're trying to get chose. Your requirements don't involve cotton candy machines in the trunk, no. One of the best rap records of 2015, in Dallas, the state of Texas or otherwise. The boisterous horns make it a clear contender for HBCU crowd hype song. But ultimately, this is a beautiful songs despite some of the ugliness within it. HDB, 2. JPF, There are a lot of oddly romantic and cool songs in the history of Texas rap. Case in point: chew on the mic like a mic buffet. UGK is from Port Arthur, everyone knows that. 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