Southern Rap that isn't mainstream questions

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

Now then, Outkast, Ludacris, etc. etc. are popular nowadays, along with Lil' Jon, Ying Yang Twinz, and the rest. Personally, I remember the good old days of 99/2000ish when a friend gave me a mix tape with "Whistle While you Twerk" and "Bia Bia" on it. The days when the AJC complained of Lil' Jon's use of the Confederate Flag. So anyways, also back then when my ears were opened to rap, people also were all into 3-6 Mafia, Project Pat, etc. So my question is, for those of you who know these guys--Ripper, IDRM, what is your opinion of them, and the general consensus?

 

Project Pat

 

Lil Wyte

 

3-6 Mafia

 

Oomp Camp

 

Pastor Troy

 

Juicy J's solo stuff

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Ludacris is from the South?...

[Black Lushus 0]

Ludacris is from the South?...

yes....ATL I believe, though I'm probably wrong...

[Black Lushus 0]

Now then, Outkast, Ludacris, etc. etc. are popular nowadays, along with Lil' Jon, Ying Yang Twinz, and the rest. Personally, I remember the good old days of 99/2000ish when a friend gave me a mix tape with "Whistle While you Twerk" and "Bia Bia" on it. The days when the AJC complained of Lil' Jon's use of the Confederate Flag. So anyways, also back then when my ears were opened to rap, people also were all into 3-6 Mafia, Project Pat, etc. So my question is, for those of you who know these guys--Ripper, IDRM, what is your opinion of them, and the general consensus?

 

Project Pat

 

Lil Wyte

 

3-6 Mafia

 

Oomp Camp

 

Pastor Troy

 

Juicy J's solo stuff

they all sound the same delivery-wise and beats-wise, though 3-6 Mafia is pretty decent....Outkast and to an extent, Ludacris are the only ones that are going to give you something different than you're average run-of-the-mill southern rap artist...

[MikeJordan23 0]

Ludacris is from Chicago, but claims ATL.

[2GOLD 0]

Whatever happened to that Bubba Sparkxx guy?

I heard him on Madden, his album was well received by critics and then he fell off the face of the Earth.

[Black Lushus 0]

yeah, he was actually a breath of fresh air...no not because he's white but because he was a southern guy that could actually flow as opposed to jumpin around screamin and yellin all the time...very good question 2Gold...

[Ripper 0]

To answer the orignial post, they all suck. Each and everyone of them suck something horribly, but 3-6 Mafia can produce some nice beats. Besides that, suck on a level that most have never seen.

 

And I do wonder what happened to Bubba Sparrx because dude was nice.

[swan 0]

Show some love for the Geto Boys. Houston is the south right?

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Last I heard of Bubba was Deliverence, where he was on about people forgetting who he was after his first album. Superb song.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Show some love for the Geto Boys. Houston is the south right?

Yeah, but it's like "Midwest South" rather than "South South," imo...

 

Although GB did help establish rap didn't have to be a "East/West Coast" thing, what with sensitive tunes like "Gangster of Love" and "Mind of a Lunatic..."

[DangerousDamon 0]

Bubba is due to drop a new album in the summer. With the right promotion Deliverance should have been platinum, but he is quite popular with random kids at my college who don't even know rap at all. He seems to be a guy that everyone has a burned copy of his album. Even though that and the pretty toney ghostface album were the last two cd's I bought before some asshole stole them and the rest of my cd's. But yes Bubba is real nice and dude is not just white MC but an MC that can really spit

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

Bubba is due to drop a new album in the summer. With the right promotion Deliverance should have been platinum, but he is quite popular with random kids at my college who don't even know rap at all. He seems to be a guy that everyone has a burned copy of his album. Even though that and the pretty toney ghostface album were the last two cd's I bought before some asshole stole them and the rest of my cd's. But yes Bubba is real nice and dude is not just white MC but an MC that can really spit

A buddies frat got him to do a party at UGA for some disease. He was a really nice guy I heard--he also paid some girl 50 bucks to show her tits and a promise she could be in his next video...

[razazteca 0]

So what exactly is the "Deep South" is it only Georgia, Alabama, Florida?

[Ripper 0]

So what exactly is the "Deep South" is it only Georgia, Alabama, Florida?

I guess Mississippi and Tennesee would count. Even the Carolinas if you want. New Orleans too probably. I think that Texas just goes too far west making them midwest.

[Ripper 0]

A buddies frat got him to do a party at UGA for some disease.

They paid him with disease? That sounds like a fucked up payout.

[razazteca 0]

No love for 8 ball & MJG or did they sell out now that they are with Bad Boy?

[Nighthawk 0]

Pastor Troy is pretty good. You know what you're getting pretty much, what sets him apart is all the religious rhetoric, which I like. He kind of sounds like a more volatile David Banner, if that helps. The problem is none of his albums are that great, but they're all about the same quality wise, so you don't need to pick and choose.

The others aren't worth your time, including 3-6 Mafia, who I don't care for at all. They did do the most mainstream song about drinking cough syrup though, so I'll give them that.

[2GOLD 0]

A buddies frat got him to do a party at UGA for some disease.

They paid him with disease? That sounds like a fucked up payout.

 

Come on Ripper, you're hip. You know how much the kids love to get polio and the plaque nowadays.

[Nighthawk 0]

Plaque isn't a disease, but it can lead to gingivitis.

[2GOLD 0]

Plaque isn't a disease, but it can lead to gingivitis.

 

You have the crap long enough you start feeling like it's a disease.

That and my damn keyboard seems to have the G where the Q is and the Q where the G is.

 

Cause you know, it was meant to be plague.

[Ripper 0]

Pastor Troy is pretty good. You know what you're getting pretty much, what sets him apart is all the religious rhetoric, which I like. He kind of sounds like a more volatile David Banner, if that helps. The problem is none of his albums are that great, but they're all about the same quality wise, so you don't need to pick and choose.

The others aren't worth your time, including 3-6 Mafia, who I don't care for at all. They did do the most mainstream song about drinking cough syrup though, so I'll give them that.

Pastor Troy said:

 

"Ho-ly

Bi-ble

As-sault

Ri-fle"

 

and pretended as though he just spit the greatest lyric in the history of god. Then he changed his voice completely and spewed:

 

"The Hardest decision that I got to make

Is which car I gone take when I skate

I rides big yo..."

 

Those two lines alone make me hate him. But I gave his albums a chance, and I hated him more. Even more so back in the day when he souded just like this guy named Miracle who I also hated.

 

 

And the best part about 3-6 mafia WAS Gangsta Boo, who they got rid off, and the fact that they have a mutha fucka named Crunchy Black that does this silly ass dance. Oh...and they start songs by calling people, "Bitch ass, ho ass, mark ass, trick ass, sucka ass, pussy ass, faggot ass, niggas" and then tell them to get on the dance floor. You just called me all that and I am supposed to start dancing to "ridin spinnas" with you on the dance floor. Fuck YOU.

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

A buddies frat got him to do a party at UGA for some disease.

They paid him with disease? That sounds like a fucked up payout.

Er... I meant do a show to raise money for cancer or something. I'd assume they paid him with money. And maybe the frat whores or what not.

 

Pastor Troy is great workout music. Before football games in highschool we'd blast something like, "Back Up" and go nuts, get pumped, etc.

 

Project Pat? Not the best rapper, but he's got enough random funny lines in his stuff to make listening to him ok. Anyone who raps about Hungry Hungry Hippos and Spaghettios can't be too bad.

 

Razateca: "No love for 8 ball & MJG or did they sell out now that they are with Bad Boy?" I remember hearing a burned cd in my buddies car with a bunch of the stuff I mentioned above and then "Pimp Hard" comes on--and the guys in the car just started laughing when they start talking about doing "Big Boy stuff!"

 

Also I remember kids in Freshmen year trying to get pussy by using "Slob on my Nob" by Three Six. Not surprisingly, they were all virgins come graduation...

[Black Lushus 0]

whatever happened to UGK? that was a southern group I could get into...

[Ripper 0]

whatever happened to UGK? that was a southern group I could get into...

Pimp C got locked up and Bun B still continues to be one of the most underrated mutha fuckas in rap.

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

Speaking of Oomp Camp, has anyone else in the Atlanta area ever seen the ghetto Oomp Camp show that comes on Saturday nights at like 3 AM on UPN?

[Ripper 0]

Speaking of Oomp Camp, has anyone else in the Atlanta area ever seen the ghetto Oomp Camp show that comes on Saturday nights at like 3 AM on UPN?

Yes...for the love of god yes....

 

I can't turn from that show for some reason. I mean, the videos are horrible, but I just stay glued to the screen and laugh.

[razazteca 0]

BET UnCut horrible without the half naked women?

[Chuck Woolery 0]

Bun B still continues to be one of the most underrated mutha fuckas in rap.

Part of that is probably because his name is "Bun B". Not knowing who he was and seeing that name on a CD made me say, "Damn, what a lame motherfucker."

 

That said, I'm in the same boat as IDRM pretty much. Three Six Mafia is downright worthless, I dig Pastor Troy a bit (he was on a sick "Yeah!" remix), and I also liked what little bit of Juicy J I heard. Nothing to really set it apart from the crowd, but good if it's what you're looking for.

[ant_7000 0]

To answer the topic none of them to me aint shit. 3-6 mafia does produce decent beats and I like a few singles from them. Im kinda want to know more about Mike Jones more, liked his verse from "still tippin" is he any good?