... Watch me crank that Roosevelt!" —David Dennis, "Scotty" may have lived on D4L's debut album Down for Life, but it is all Fabo. This song is so good that at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards Kanye West famously gave his Video Of The Year award to U.G.K. We offer this list not as an authoritative canon but as an enthusiastic celebration that recenters the South's role as a creative center of hip-hop and presents the region for all that it has been and given to us. And "F*** You" featured one of the too-few collaborations between Pimp C, Webbie and Boosie. It foreshadowed the trajectory he'd ultimately follow, blending fiery political punditry with equally in-your-face production and reminded us of the monstrous talent of Mike's voice. —Brooklyn White, Contrary to popular belief, the DTown Boogie was a continuation of Dallas's rich dance legacy which started in the early 1980s when the city was highly regarded as one of the best pop locking scenes in the world. This beat change/mood switch happen each verse, fitting each rappers personality and tone, kudos to DJ Paul and Juicy J for expertly crafting this record. Lead single "Shoulder Lean" was a perfect storm of otherworldly production (courtesy of Mississippi's Lil C) and a readymade dance, but the latent power of both song and album was Dro's breathless command of similes and metaphors. At that point, mixtapes and albums had clear lines of distinction, but both had equal significance to an artist's credibility. The remix would go on to become one of the biggest songs of the era. Such a stellar collaboration between two legendary groups. Add to that the rapper's signature jog-in-place dance, and it was a recipe for greatness that only put the spotlight on Shawty Lo's charismatic gifts (not to mention that singular gravelly voice). Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (Remix) Lyrics: Hypnotize Minds, UGK! While this joint owned the summer and fall of 2006 — and bested Idlewild's tracks on the hip-hop charts in the process — Unk had to show he had bars to stay relevant as 2007 dawned and unfolded, ultimately landing on the Stomp the Yard soundtrack and inspiring pirates to splice the track with Gwen Verdon's Fosse moves. (Zay is one of Gucci's oldest collaborators; he produced the entirety of EA Sportscenter, the mixtape "Bricks" first appeared on; he told Red Bull Music Academy that this was the first track in the marathon session that also birthed OJ da Juiceman's "Make the Trap Say Aye.") The remix feels more like a victory lap than the original, which is as anxious as it is celebratory, but the shift in mood works; after all, it's hard not to smile when you're wearing the crown. It's the combination of three of the South's greatest gifts to music — OutKast, UGK and Three 6 Mafia — all taking the wheel behind a Willie Hutch sample and steering it into perfection. The distinction comes into focus with Jeezy's Trap or Die mixtape and the album it birthed, Thug Motivation 101. His subject matter ranges from Apollo Creed to armadillos, Gremlins and Geico ads, spun into some of the most clever and unexpected one-liners. The Movie trilogy captures an essential transitional period between Gucci's early hood-hero era and his arrival with "Lemonade" and The State Vs. Radric Davis at the tail end of 2009. It's an opulent description from an artist who's made opulence — from caviar to selling crack rock — part of his very creative essence. Alabama hasn't had the rap representation of bordering states like Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, so expectations were high for Mobile rapper Rich Boy to put his city and state on his back like Juvenile had New Orleans or Petey Pablo had North Carolina. In 2006, "Hustlin'" was a genre-gripping statement by the next hip-hop prodigy from the city that had already given the world 2 Live Crew, Trick Daddy, Trina, JT Money and, by 1981, the entry point of 70 percent of America's cocaine and weed and 90 percent of its counterfeit quaaludes. Archived. —Melvin Backman, Let's get two things crystal clear. The song starts off with Andre 3000 rhyming over the elegant do wop vocal harmonies until a stuttered drum kick changes the mood for Pimp C to spit fire. Once T.I. Unfortunately, a year following Bad Azz's release, Pimp C died — and in 2009 Boosie reported to prison while awaiting trial on first degree murder (he was acquitted in 2012). Nowadays, Boosie has made more headlines for his views on the transgender community, condoning — by the letter of the law — the statutory rape of his nephews and son by older women and dubbing himself an unofficial member of the Black Greek-letter fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi than his music. Let's also not forget it's Grammy Nomination. So, I typed a text to a girl I used to see Sayin that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna be And I apologize if this message gets you d And did he really owe Ross a 100 favors? Then, as now, a verse from either of these GOATs raises a record's lyrical relevance. After receiving the instrumental from a friend, Ross took the CD with the beat and drove three hours to a Trina concert later that night. His poorly-executed, record-label-micromanaged debut album, Monster, had underperformed and threatened to render Mike simply the tagalong on OutKast's "The Whole World," despite the measurable success of songs like the playful "A.D.I.D.A.S." The Soulquarians were also associated with a Northern, more highbrow persona despite the fact their biggest star, Erykah Badu, was from Dallas. —Justin Tinsley, "It's Goin Down" is the biggest song of Yung Joc's career. The Atlanta producer, who'd been quietly churning out major pop hits for a couple of years at the point of its release, didn't create a place-based anthem for Rich Boy, but rather a classic rap staple: a hood n**** success anthem. But that's just it about Boosie: He's as heralded as Southern MCs come, with a robust catalog of street classics and ghetto gospels making him a demigod in Southern gangsta rap. With every goofy bar, attended to with the precision of a brain surgeon, he reminds us that profundity isn't always a matter of self-seriousness or baring one's trauma but also of having fun with the art of skill. The difference between music that later feels dated and the joints that still grab you after a decade-plus has proven to be good production, as is the case with "Throw Some D's.". Andre's refusal to rap over Pimp C's drums help make his closing statements before tying the knot sound like a preamble, while Bun B argues his case to "get down with the team" rather than settle for less. "I think a lot of people be forgetting we hustlers and street cats," Fabo told XXL a few years later, but "Scotty" is a stark reminder. With cadences that never feel duplicated and production that translates as pure, unvarnished crunk, Savage Life encapsulates Southern rap at its most indefatigable. Though the subject matter was specific, the lessons were universal — a reminder to us (and maybe himself, even) of the long, trying process of the climb. Instead, he pushed himself to put out a project that was just as relevant and a resounding declaration that quote unquote rap with substance can sound like rap about substance. didn't come out with a second hit, the Def Jam signees (Myko McFly, Mook and Vee) were able to personify the melody-driven sound of the late 2000's that catapulted the likes of Roscoe Dash and Travis Porter to stardom. and Kevin Erondu icons in hip-hop. The undeniably catchy track managed to command attention, as the Atlanta rapper, over a synth-heavy beat by Nitti pushed forward his sound. Yet, speaking of Bad Azz in a vacuum of pure musical appreciation is to speak of the Baton Rouge titan in a manner that has, for years, made him one of the most celebrated Southern MCs. It was flashy, yet grimy. —Kiana Fitzgerald, Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Over and over, he deploys them in ways that elicit questions of why or how someone would even think of such a thing. The sobriety of a song like "Hear Me Cry" only makes his humor all the more welcome and revelatory. —Justin Tinsley, "It was my time even if it wasn't yet," Rick Ross reflected on writing his debut single "Hustlin'." Suddenly, Georgia-famous deejays Anthony Platt (aka Unk) and Montay Humphrey had cred for more than re-enlivening crunk with their invitation to the nation's dance floors for a celebration of every side of ATL. Even Jim Jones, riding the "We Fly High" wave, joined in on the fun, reminding urrybody Harlem's finest flock to the A's Magic City and Body Tap when they wanna get low. It comes on Imaqtpie's stream a lot of times. UGK (short for Underground Kingz) were a hip-hop duo from Port Arthur, Texas, USA. U.G.K. and shrewdly pairing them with Young Dro and Big Kuntry King from his label Grand Hustle, T.I. Over a stellar Earth, Wind & Fire "Fantasy" sample, he reminisces about his stacked Southern stallion. Arrogant, self-assured and subtly menacing, the Baton Rouge rapper wanted it to be known that he was an MC to be taken seriously. There's nothing like a good mixtape series — Sqad Up's SQ, Re-Up Gang's We Got It 4 Cheap, Lil Wayne's Dedication, Yo Gotti's Cocaine Muzik, Young Thug's I Came From Nothing, Gunna's Drip Season all feature the rappers who made them in their element. after “Stronger” beat “International Player’s Anthem”. To paraphrase Drake and apply it to Boosie's career, Pimp C could not have found him a better successor. The mixtape was grittier and unvarnished with its hustler's mentality devouring everything in sight. His voice is heavy, and a lot of his lines around this time were alternatively delivered in a semi-shout or a dragging slur, but his delivery is like a football center's, largesse propelled with deft, unseen footwork. Da Drought 3 arrived in the midst of Wayne's maelstrom of songs and mixtapes — he put out hundreds of tracks from 2006 to 2008 and damn near all of them were great — but this one stands as a testament to what the New Orleans rapper could do at his peak. The statement actually applies to both Chad Butler understudies Boosie and Webbie who, in 2004, released the criminally underrated joint album Gangsta Musik.
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