Tag archive for ‘southern hip hop’

• Big Boi and Discovery: “Shutterbug Swing Tree” (The White Panda Mashup)

  10/15/10 • (0)

  

  Mushy mushy mashups for Friday feasts, has me tripping over “Shutterbug” meets “Swing Tree.” The mashup of Southern rapper, Big Boi and Brooklyn hipsters, Discovery (Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot) makes for an interesting jam. A long time ago we hyped Discovery, particularly their track “So Insane,” which is crazier than Lindsay Lohan (Friday means I can [...]

• Pimp C (Ft. Bun B and Drake) “What Up”

  10/14/10 • (1)

  

  The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones, is the solo posthumous album, of Pimp C. The lyricist, one half of UGK (the other being Bun B) put Southern rap on the forefront. They’re as important to southern rap as Ghetto Boys or Outkast. The track rolls like a grimy southern beat, smoothed out by Drake’s “whaaat uppp,” adding a [...]

• Big Freedia Puts Azz Everywhere

  9/16/10 • (2)

  

  “Gay rapper,” ‘strippers,” and “sissies” oddly fit into a sentence, but are even more peculiar describing a burgeoning scene in New Orlean’s hip hop called “Bounce music.” Paving the way is Big Freedia (pronounced “Free-da”), the undisputed “Queen Diva” of the genre. Here is an interesting video describing the scene that accompanies a New York Times article about [...]

• “You Aint No DJ” by Big Boi ft. Yelawolf

  9/02/10 • (0)

  

  This is the official video for “You Aint No DJ’ from Big Boi’s new album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. The track features Yelawolf who looks like Travis Barker from Blink 182.

• Listen to Bun B “Trill G”

  8/06/10 • (0)

  

  Bun B is to Southern rap what Jay Z is to New York. Originally one half of the legendary UGK group, Bun B has continued to produce album, after album, maintaining his position as one of the South’s most enamored emcees. In 2007, Pimp C, the other half of UGK, died from an overdose on coedine cough syrup [...]