K Sanneh on mike jones

Slim Thug and MIA are both on Interscope that's a collab I want to hear

April 17, 2005
A Visitor's Guide to the Houston Sound
By KELEFA SANNEH

BIG MOE: This outspoken syrup devotee is one of the most engaging members of the Screwed Up Click. His 2002 album "Purple World" (Wreckshop/Priority) is an entertaining introduction to his woozy mix of rapping and crooning.
Audio: 'Still da Barre Baby,' by Big Moe (From the album 'Purple World' ©2002 Wreckshop)

DEVIN THE DUDE: A brilliant oddball with a spaced-out flow. Hear it on last year's "To Tha X-Treme" (Rap-A-Lot), which includes a track based on a Brer Rabbit story.
Audio: 'To the Extreme,' by Devin the Dude (From the album 'To the Extreme' ©2005 Rap-a-Lot)

DJ SCREW: Huge selection at www.screweduprecords.com. Novices might begin with the impeccably sequenced "Endonesia" or "Leanin on a Switch," a freestyler's delight.

GETO BOYS: The group's leader, Scarface, remains one of hip-hop's best storytellers, as he proved on his most recent solo album, "The Fix" (Def Jam South). And in January the Geto Boys, who put Houston on the map in the 1980's, returned with a strong reunion album, "The Foundation," on the long-running label Rap-A-Lot, which has played a crucial role in the scene's evolution.

LIL' FLIP: Last year, Houston's best-selling star released a shaggy but lovable double album, "U Gotta Feel Me" (Columbia). His new mixtape is "Kings of the South" (Clover Geez, find it at www.mixunit.com), a collaboration with the tough-talking raconteur Z-Ro, whose new album, "Let the Truth Be Told" (Rap-A-Lot), is due out next month.
Audio: 'Sunshine,' by Lil' Flip (Featuring Lea) (From the album 'U Gotta Feel Me' ©2004 Sony Music Entertainment)

PAUL WALL & CHAMILLIONAIRE: This witty, biracial duo released one of the best recent Houston hip-hop albums, "Get Ya Mind Correct" (Paid in Full). They've since parted ways, but both have major-label debuts due this summer.

SLIM THUG: Originally with Swisha House, he's now signed to Interscope, part of the Neptunes' Star Trak camp. Visit bosshoggoutlawz.com to buy the swaggering mixtapes with which he made his name, as well as "Welcome to Tha Hood," by his fierce protégé, Killa Kyleon.
Audio: 'Still Tippin',' by Chamillionaire, Mike Jones and Slim Thug (From the album 'The Day After Hell Broke Loose' ©2005 Rap-a-Lot/Asylum)

SWISHA HOUSE: This ambitious label, now hooked up with Warner Brothers, is known for its mixtapes. One of the best is "The Day Hell Broke Loose 2" (swishahouse.com), a dud-free compilation.

UGK: The duo's 1996 masterpiece, "Ridin' Dirty" (Jive), is full of tough, intricate, impossibly smooth rhymes. And last month Rap-A-Lot released "Sweet James Jones Stories," a surprisingly consistent collection of rhymes from Pimp C, the group's incarcerated half.
Audio: 'Ridin' Dirty,' by UGK (From the album 'Ridin' Dirty' ©1996 Jive)

OTHER MIXTAPES: Bun B contributes tongue-twisting rhymes to "Southern Smoke 17: The Texas Mixtape Massacre" (www.djsmallz.com). And Rapid Ric's new CD, "Whut It Dew 2" (find it at www.thescrewshop.com), includes "Country Boy," a bluesy collaboration between Paul Wall and Killa Kyleon. And don't miss "Drama" (also at www.thescrewshop.com). the spectacularly cantankerous new mixtape from the eager antihero Trae.

Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company

Also, yeah, if the NEW YORK TIMES is getting on your nuts, then the bandwagon's probably already full, & it's time to trade it in.

Also, yeah, if the NEW YORK TIMES is getting on your nuts, then the bandwagon's probably already full, & it's time to trade it in.

I'm not sure i understand what this means. Who are you directing this at, the artists? Listeners? Critics?

Tinny robot operator voice: "Hello. You have reached---"
Slim: "DA BAWSSS"

hahahahaha

Anyone know where I can download or watch the Still Tippin' video?

Thanks, Amon.

haven't checked out the 'official' disc and probably won't

post your sizzurp recipes here!

I can't pass a branch of Thornton's without nipping in and buying one of those nougat things.

"I'm not sure i understand what this means. Who are you directing this at, the artists? Listeners? Critics?"

I THINK what I was getting at was that if the Times deems you worthy of coverage, then the "trend/fad" isn't a "trend/fad" so much as it is an actual THING that needs to stop being looked at as a "trend/fad" that smaller publications can talk about to gain cache w/ folks that give a shit. (I might have it twisted, though.) (& the "trade it in" comment = "you're gonna need more room") ("& a DVD player")

Of course, didn't the Times publish that glossary of fake grunge slang ten years ago? If that's true, then pretend that didn't happen.

more like a decade!

dk's recent govt names post about dyke jones is spot on.

i think part of the secret about screwing and chopping is that you have to keep with both, go back and forth. after listening to the screwed and chopped disc last night i put on the regular one this morning and 'still tippin' was, like, jittery. i'm sure if i play it another 20 times i'll start feeling the driftiness (which is delicate) again.