Here is a tracklist of the music music playing in the background, please like to help people find the tracks they want 0:00 - (See Replies) 0:58 - Three Six Mafia - Niggaz Aint Barin Dat 2:24 - Three Six Mafia - I Thought You Knew 3:50 - Tom Skee Mask - Annamosity 8:08 - Dj paul and juicy j - porno movie instrumental 10:32 - Tommy Wright III - Runnin -N- Gunnin 10:57 - DJ Spanish Fly - Cement Shoes 11:36 - DJ zirk - supa straight instrumental 12:57 - Three Six Mafia - Mask & Da Glock instrumental 15:40 - Children Of The Corn - Devil Shyt 16:00 - Antwon x Lil Ugly Mane - Underwater Tank instrumental 17:20 - Juicy J - Dreads shakin 17:40 - 990x - In a crowded place (on soundcloud)
If you're a metalhead, like I am, and somehow find yourself here, this kind of music is right up your alley (trust me..) Can't stop listening to this shit when I need something different to listen to, it's straight evil, sinister, menacing, and my favorite: heavy.
As a metalhead/hip hop head that grew up in the 80's 90's That's pretty much how I've lived my entire life. I was jammin Dj Squeeky, ball and G, kingpin skinny pimp, gangsta pat since it was all brand new. Shit i listened to Memphis rap before I ever even learned about Pantera
Yeah, when you realize that tracks like 2 Thick and Lock'Em in The Trunk were made in 1993 and think about where hip-hop was at that time, it is really incredible to think about. That was before Doggystyle dropped, before the first Boot Camp Click albums, before the first Wu-Tang albums, etc....
I often think that Memphis rap was to rap/hip hop what black metal was to metal. In the beginning it was ridiculed for being strange, lo-fi , satanic, etc. Until years later it was propelled into the mainstream and influenced the culture after that widely. Just my opinion.
You're not wrong about the Black Metal thing. That's why I love "Mystic Styles". It's dark, grimy and basic. Honestly though, Esham from Detroit did it earlier than Three Six, but he had a different approach. Esham mainly samples and an 808, Three Six did it using a keyboard and a MPC.
I mean, the last, and I'd argue best generation of Hip Hop did that too. 90s hip hop was vastly different to dudes in bell bottoms saying everybody clap ya hands...
@Son Goku stfu ya tik tok watching tryna be edgy colourful fruit loop hair tight jeans cutting off ur circulation wearing corny fool new wave sucks my diku sounds gay asf mumbling and moaning n shh
Crazy how in the long run, the South (which was deemed irrelevant at the time) pretty much dominated hip-hop. East Coast and West Coast sounds had their time in the sun for sure in the 90s and early 2000s but everything onwards pretty much draws exclusive inspiration from Memphis and generally the Southern scene as a whole. Trap, soundcloud rap, phonk, lofi beats, the whole goth/vamp aesthetic, all of this is the influence of Memphis horrorcore.
Memphis doesn’t make Horrorcore, we make that Devil Shyt. Just look and listen to the tapes esp. of 2 lo key. Horrorcore is a Houston thing that extends to Detroit and New York
Of course hardware will always sound better than software but nobody got time to be setting all that shit up lol i started on hardware but my laziness won over lol
I have in no way ever been about "that life" or been in the streets, but when you cross that bridge into Memphis, you can almost feel the air change and feel why Memphis put out the sounds it did
@Joshua Katchy im from Mississippi and whenever I go to Memphis you can feel the dark violent energy that is STILL in the air when you drive through it. Unlike other cities, Memphis almost has NO good parts in it, even downtown.
@@peewee6479 all my family is in desoto and Tate county and when we visit we don’t go through Memphis at night. Watching the Memphis news during the day is enough
@@peewee6479east Memphis is fairly tame but honestly compared to other cities it’s still dangerous. Everyone just kind of knows to not go out walking past a certain time and what areas to avoid. I walked home from a friends house in my early twenties very late at night and quickly learned my lesson. A beat up Buick slowly drove past me very eerily. And then floored it in reverse coming back towards me. I immediately booked it and climbed peoples fences into their backyards and hid next to someone’s house where I could still see the street. I saw the same Buick slowly driving around still so I ran across the street into a golf course nearby. Ran in the pitch dark across the whole course trying not to trip. Freaked me the fuck out.
The 90's era rap scene from Sacramento, CA was another over-looked underground scene. Rappers from Southern California (Los Angeles area , Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire) and rappers from the Bay Area (Oakland, San Francisco, Vallejo, Hayward, Pittsburg) were getting mainstream exposure by the late 90's. Hip-hop from Sac-Town and the California Central Valley was sort of in this weird position though. A lot of the artists there used darker themes and I've even seen some label Sacramento rappers as "horroorcore." X-Raided, (who just got out of prison recently this year ) was one of the first Sacramento mc's to make a splash. Psycho Active (1992) was his first album. Anyways, X-Raided was with the Garden Blocc Crips and after accidentily killing a woman (I think she was the grandma to this Blood and X was targeting the blood for a retaliation killing but shot and killed her instead without knowing) he was charged and went to prison. He released over a dozen albums while imprisoned. Brotha Lynch Hung, C-Bo, Gangsta Dre and other rappers carried on the scene over the next few years. Now, we've got rappers like Mozzy making big splashes
I'm not sure if you're aware but a lot of Memphis artists such as Zirk, Gangsta Pat, Tommy Wright & Squeeky has shared this on their personal pages. You're telling the basic history right in their eyes, that's saying something. Thank you for this. Love the SGP vids too.
appreciate the comment. me and Zirk have talked abit. very cool. I'd like to try and interview these guys one day so they can tell the full story from there perspective
@@Turismo4k MF IF YOU DO THAT ON THIS TIMES, WHEN THE KIDS IGNORE REAL HISTORY AND STILL ON DRAKES TYPE SHIT. YOURE THE ORIGINAL ONE MAN. Btw I think you can start with Gangsta Pat, hes underrated asf and he talks with us about these underated memphis legends memories.
Memphis Native here. If you were here in the 90’s you had to go to Mr. Z’s on Cleveland, Skinny Pimp’s shop on Overton Crossing in Frayser, or Lady B’s on Hollywood near Chelsea to get the tapes.
I grew up in Memphis in the 90s and to see the ghastly-looking environments that is the landscape of old Memphis rap is what makes this genre so intriguing.Theres so much demonic activity and death connected to this music that makes it seem truly diabolical.It brings to mind ppl I witnessed as a kid who were in very dark ,cracked out states who are probably all just ghosts and poltergeists in the ether by now.
Facts all i bumped in high school was three 6 mainly. I also fw skinny pimp, kia shine, yo gotti, and the legends 8ball & mjg all of them had 🔥production especially three 6
Recently saw some lil white boy say the greatest Memphis rapper of all time was NLE Choppa. Really goes to show how under appreciated the Memphis underground is regardless of its immense influence.
I wasn't aware of the scene but knew about triple 6 mafia back in middle school 08. I enjoyed the sound and was slightly informed but it never really hit the scene here in cali like artists such as ice cube, too $hort, etc.
Crazy how in the 90s southern rap was mocked and hated but southern rap and the southern sound runs hiphop today, specifically Atlanta, Memphis, and Houston. Being from Memphis we always had a distinct sound and beats
yeah, trap is one of the biggest hip hop sub-genres out there, but i hope in the future the west coast comes up with something that mixes west coast hip hop with trap
As a kid I didn't like it, and I also thought a lot of Westcoast was trash too. I really liked NYC rap above most else; but in the recent decade I've been revisiting a lot of rap & Memphis puts it down hard. Much props, and Imma throw some variety bangers from East & West Coast, then Memphis for y'all to jive to. M.O.P. - Drama Lord Spice 1 - Born II Die Project Pat - Out There Peace y'all, & bless up ✌️🙏
In Chicago we loved and respected all genres and locations of music. Most of us black folks parents were from the south and we definitely listened to Memphis hip-hop.
Fasho as a 20 year old growin up my pops downloaded 3 6 entire discography including various others. and i definitely swiped that shit from hims. Grew up fw rock, jazz, etc. If you can look over the gang shit, Our city beautiful and different
It's crazy to think that, not only did 3 6 Mafia sample other artists and received backlash over it, they then went after Suicide Boys for doing the same thing.
Dj Paul only went after Suicide Boys for when his nephews Seed Of 6ix used suicide boys beats for an ep called suicide 6ix. Suicide Boys threw a fit and threaten to sue them. Which is ironic due to more than half their catalogue is sampled from Dj Paul and 3 6 Mafia.
I LOVE how much y’all know just how important Tommy Wright is and was to this sound. An originator on his own in a war zone. And goddammit he is still with us!
I met Paul and J after a show, I was backstage...wasted...I told Paul, "PLEASE bring back that old shit, creepy, dark, demonic sounding shit!" Juicy J was like, "Uh huh...bring back the old stuff" He was totally mocking me and rolling his eyes, you could tell I was the millionth person to say that. But YOU know! That old stuff was so grimey! Horror movie sounding shit! Sorry J but that's what made me fall in love with 3-6's (M town) sound! I found an old Memphis Mixtape (CD) with Skinny Pimp, 3-6, gangsta Blac, etc...must have been around 96.Still fuck with all that shit!
Nah, I find each of the scenes had their own variance...alt had a different sound but it was still dirty south, swear most the new trap flows come from project pat tho
This is strong work. I grew up in the area in the 80s and 90s and worked at stores that sold these tapes. Its rare to hear this many incredible recommendations in one place. You mention a couple of tapes I completely forgot about. A lot of these tapes were also, and in some cases, mostly sold at flea markets, swap meets, as well as a few well-stocked car trunks out front of dollar general.
Born and raised in memphis and some of us have been making this distinction since at least 15 years ago. Never thought folks would catch onto that like they have. It’s amazing.
I love so much with all my heart and sincerely when people document and make very interactive videos like this to credit underground and underrepresented musicians and public figures.
Hell naw...i highly disagree...check out new york and Brooklyn where trap and hip hop begin....memphis brought a different STYLE which were ignorant lyrics about gang banging robbing and killing...look at memphis now...that shyt look like a bottom city full of slow ignorant ppl...SAD!
I tried searching for a documentary about this genre/culture a couple months ago and was surprised at how little to almost nothing there was. Truly a blessing that this video exists.
So glad I grew up in the Memphis area as a kid & young adult, when Memphis rap was real underground. At a time when one of the most influential hip-hop scenes & sounds was in it’s infancy. There was something really fucking cool about that time..when a lot of that stuff was just specific to our region & We were passing around mixtapes and CD’s.. participating & helping the underground..when lot of folks from other places didn’t even know that half of it even existed. It’s really cool to see how far it has come..and the rest of the world can hear the style through countless newer, popular artists.
No chopped & screwed either which means no vaporwave and no vaporwave means no cloud rap which means our entire modern rap scene would be completely different
I watched this documentary a couple years ago and fell in love with Memphis rap. I was at a George Clinton and Funkadelic show last weekend and ended up running in to Tommy Wright. Dude is super cool, and ended up hanging out.
Born and raised in Memphis (Orange Mound, Lamar and Knight Arnold, Walter Simmons housing projects), grew up listening to everything you recommend. It's eerie hearing music my older cousins use to play on cassette tapes become the staple of what hip hop is today. Great video
Since when did WSP start rolling with the mound? They roll with the Eastside 38118 That's southeast memphis buddy. I went to sheffield high so you KNOW i know. I thugged with them niggaz daily...especially back in 04 when the east was bumpin heads with the mound.
Skrate up, I'm steeped in extreme metal and punk, this Southern shit is just dope STYLEZ OF THE ANCIENT MUTIILATIONS, TORTURE, CHAMBERS FILLED WITH BODIES IN MY BASEMENT
Moves Smitt Doomshop is a record label composed of nashville artists who make memphis music and do a fine good job of bringing that old school grime to the scene. Suicide boys did an okay job with it but check out doomshop
Moves Smitt Doomshop is a record label composed of nashville artists who make memphis music and do a fine good job of bringing that old school grime to the scene. Suicide boys did an okay job with it but check out doomshop. Look up the artist baker ya maker & freddy dredd
It’s sad tho the people blastin phonk don’t understand where it came from and artists are creating it without knowing the roots. People are just adding cowbell to a drum roll now lol.
@@nhpivotlk That's the case with anyone who's just looking at a genre from the surface level though. Like I'd think most people who bothered to actually look even a bit deeper into the genre will know that it pulls heavy inspiration from Memphis Rap. Now how that shit got so popular in Eastern Europe, and Japan, I've no fuckin idea.
Shit homie Memphis has been getting bad this year, fucking 22 road rage shootings on 240 alone in the past 5 months. 5 different shootings a day on wreg3 and that's just the shit that makes it the news. Plus GDs and VLs have been goin extra hard recently
The End by Three 6 is to this day still my favorite rap album. DJ Paul’s beats were sounding like they were produced in the seventh circle of hell, the samples were integrated incredibly well, the lyrics were diabolical, and Lord Infamous was at his peak.
The end is Def a great way to start your journey into Memphis rap. Mystic styles still my favorite album from Three6. Lord Infamous way Def at his peak. Koopstas Devils Playground reminds me about all my high-school days
That was my first 36 album or actually I'm wrong, first I got World Domination pt. 2 and my 2nd album was The End that final track off that album is mad underrated, same with their Da Unbreakables album from 03' that was their last great album i.m.o. one of their strongest albums out of their catalogue
An interesting little fact about the influence of Memphis Rap: When UK legend Dizzee Rascal was finding his sound as a producer in the early 00s, though the work of local artists around him played a big part, he is quoted as saying that his early output (including the production on classic Grime record Boy in da Corner) was an attempt at making beats like Three 6 Mafia and the Memphis scene in general. As the record is one of (if not) the most influential records of UK Grime, it could be said that Memphis Rap went on to influence the most important musical movements in the UK (which laid the foundation for UK Drill, one of the hottest genres of today).
@toptier bryan Sure, if you want to be reductive. Music is constantly evolving, being reimagined and melded with other styles. Obviously Chicago Drill is a big influence, it’s in the name, but the production and cadences show an obvious if not greater influence from grime music, and NY drill sounds far more like UK drill than Chicago drill. 5 months ago when I posted this comment both UK and NY drill were most definitely popping off, calling them “one of the hottest genres” was not a stretch by any means.
Just got done watching the Evolution Of Hip Hop on Nextflix and when you got down to southern hip hop pioneers there were no mention on Memphis! What a shame. I'm so hurt and disappointed. They refuse to see us. 💔
Been a fan of Memphis underground tapes since around 2000, i.e. as soon as the internet made it possible to access those artists (I am not from the South). It's mind bogging how ignorant people are, especially given that all this stuff is just a click away on RUclips...
Memphis has one of the best rap scenes to ever exist. It’s the home to most of my favorite rappers..M.C Mack , Dj Squeeky , Dj Zirk , The Playa Posse , Lil Noid , Shawty pimp and Pretty Tony. Incredible documentary man, Memphis needs more love.
More artists than any city, more product than any other city, most distinct and in a league of its own, all after even being LATE to the party. Cocaine is a HELL ova drug!
This is easily one of the best documentaries on the Memphis rap scenes ever. I've watched it atleast a dozen times and come back to it quite a bit. All of your videos are great. There's something about the early Memphis production that's always mystified me. You can understand how a beat or etc was made and you can recreate it but there's something else to it that's hard to put in to words (and I think SGP was able to comprehend and utilize this in his production). I think this documentary in and of itself captures that essence of mystique.
the fact you chose "nigaz aint barin dat" as a opening to this documentary shows how fuckin classic and iconic to whole memphis sound this track is. in fact, it is one of my most favorite tracks EVER
This is my 3rd or 4th time watching this documentary and i can't get enough of it. It's made so perfectly from start to end, also found alot of great artists and songs from this. Thank you Turismo!
@@tydendurler9574 the thing is that when they were doing it in the late 90s & early 00's it was good.. Now these young kids have transformed it into steaming piles of garbage.
@@slicedbread5692 to me, this specific late 90's and early 00's BS wasn't good either. I was 15 back then, best age, and i started listening to Rap via Cypress Hill, Wu Tang and especially Bone Thugs n Harmony. When i heard Triple 6 for the first time, i immediately thought it was BS compared to other music. 10 years later same. 20 years later still same, although i can get behind the vibe and the feeling of certain Mixes. Still not comparable to really good music imo. Southern Rap is like the little, slightly dumber brother to east/west Rap. Period I mean, how do Tech N9ne and someone like Gucci Mane even exist in the same realm?!?
@@tydendurler9574 just putting Gucci Mane in the conversation is blasphemous.. You've listened to Project Pat and dont enjoy it? If so all i can say is everybody's taste is different.. I do like Bone Thugs but they aren't exactly what id call deep lyricists either.. But i do like more detailed rappers as well.. And just a side note i was 14-15 in 2000 also
when he mentioned how Memphis rappers would sample each other beats, i automatically thought about three 6 song gotcha shaking on the end album...dj paul said at the beginning "yea u punk, im bout to take ya beat and go nationwide" ...then everyone proceeded to kill that beat 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The south has contributed heavily to hip-hop. Let's be honest, a lot of rappers kind of bit off of Three 6 Mafia's style. Rap-A-Lot, No Limit, Suave House had the south on lock.
Hey guys, thanks so much for all the comments and feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed. I just wanted to mention that a follow up video will be released in the future adding some new found information and addressing some of my errors. I didn't want to drag this video on for too long, hence why some artists are missing. I will make the next one longer and more in depth. If you have anything to add please let me know, you can message me on twitter (link in the description). More documentary style videos like this will be coming out in the near future discussing music history, so stay tuned. Thanks
Turismo this is Al Kapone mane, good work on this doc. Be sure to check out my latest release called Jason Mask I dropped this Halloween 2018. Go to alkaponememphis.com and click the link to check out Al Kapone music.
Man, i got to say this was a very well done production!!! Im a big fan of memphis rap and its awesome to hear an aussie that is into this same music!! I have definitely learnt a lot! Keep it up!
Being introduced to PHONK as a genre really opened me up to southern Hip-Hop. Memphis is absolutely its own thing, definitely worthy of recognition. Great video, man. Edit: Shout out to EvilAesthetic's "DON'T SLEEP" compilations for really opening the sound up to me here on YT. Amazing shit there.
Growing up in Memphis as a kid my mother worked in a music store my great uncle's owned Poplar Tunes downtown right next to 201. I remember DJ Paul and Tommy Wright the Third Al Capone and all other Memphis rappers we're coming to the store and check and see how much money they made and drop off more tapes and CDs and the only place you could get the original tapes and CDs was at Mr Z's on Cleveland Avenue those were the good old days.
Excellent video friend, I'm from the UK and Southern Hip Hop is my favourite of the American subgenres. Some rich knowledge here, even more impressive as you sound like you are from Australia? I hope the guys that made this scene watch this video and appreciate the effort you have put into understanding their art. Thanks for the upload.
Born in raised in the 901.48years of age.i seen all this.lived thru all this.survived all this.it was more than music this was life in Memphis.nappy hair and gold teef and bad jheri curls.MLK park on sundays.smokin onions.seeing Ball and G in the mound daily.Paul and Juicy w Crunchy Black jookin at the Pistol Place skating rink lot....I loved my city and its music then and still love to hear the old shit now...glad yall recognize ATL stole our shit 👍
This is an excellent, well-researched video. I am glad to see Memphis start to get the credit they deserve. All that music was wayyyyyy ahead of it's time.
Three 6 Mafia gets the credit cause they arguably did it better than anybody else and were able to put it all together better than most. They captured the streets of Memphis (and most of the south really) like Mobb Deep did the streets of NYC. I lived in both places and was mad active in the streets of both places and we'd be listenin to Wu or Mobb in Memphis and Three 6 or TW3 and all of it in Florida lol Obviously each section fw their own local music but mad others from outside had a spot in rotation too. Their lyrics aren't "evil". Very few really play w demonic shit. The violence that came with the drugs and gangs and PTSD that followed lead to the music bein an outlet and therapeutic for the makers and listeners. Shit half the time we'd be bumpin hard shit on our way to do dirt to get pumped for it. It had it's roll. Just like if I'm gunless in the streets of BK... I want DMX in my head lol. Drill has Memphis to thank 💯 Everybody keeps givin ATL all the credit but ATL was on a different, more melodic and funky, route before The M put on.
No mention of scarface brad jordan set the standard for hard southern hiphop facts he had dark hard street lyrics from the get. Although your rite about 36 bein the most well known due to production skill set they learned from listen to span fly zirk squeek and probly blackout and sound it was the talented and legendary roster they had aroundrecording with them gb fly skinny koop etc... because on the mic juicy and paul were pretty much mediocre if that ! listenin to back yard posse the yard befor they labled them selves triple 6 on that song g.b and nigga 9 easily out raped them np
Georgia native. Absolutely agree that ATL trap is influenced heavily by Memphis. Heck, I think DJ Paul even said the ATL fanbase was one of their biggest.
I grew up in NYC, in the hood back in the 90's and early 2000's. I was sort of an outsider because 1)I was a Gothic/metal head Latino kid who was also into the rave scene heavy. I wasn't much into hip-hop even though I knew all about it, because again, I was in the hood. How could I not know? I used to listen to this local college radio station that featured all different types of music. And one day this student put on rap from the south. Specifically it was emphasized that it was from Memphis. It was pretty much a 3 6 Mafia and Lord Infamous Playlist with other rappers here and there from Memphis. I was IMMEDIATELY hooked. 3 6 Mafia and Lord Infamous was dark, hard, gritty and the style was just so unique. It was nothing I was hearing on the mainstream. From there I became a 3 6 Mafia fan and I was STOKED to see them come out with "Who Run It" and "Sippin On Syzzurp". It was crazy because prior to that, I was the only person I knew who was all about Southern rap outside of the Hot Boyz who were hot and mainstream at the time. Till this day, not many people know how influential Memphis rap is and how it's shaped the styles of many rappers today.
Great comment, thanks for watching I 100% agree. I think allot of people feel the same way about Memphis rap. It really is unique and appealing to a certain demographic of people. Doesn't surprise me that a raver would be into it.
It was in 97 when a friend of mine heard of them and told us of a group named 3 6 mafia from Tenn and they had a song called tear the club up and were getting banned. A few months later their video was on BET. Been on em' since. Same thing with black rob. Friend of mine been up North and came back and told me about a song called whoa and was singing it. Same thing few months later the video dropped.
this video is awesome, appreciate the time you spent on this. im a producer and artist and I'm always trying to continue learning about genres/scenes and their influence on mainstream hip hop. this video was greatly educational!
Crunk originated in Memphis major shout to 3-6 Mafia w/ “Mystic Styles”... I’m glad I was part of the culture via High School Band Competitions mid 90’s.
I was a drum major at Melrose. I remember goin clubbin to the D on Sunday nights in high school. People don’t even know Memphis was what got Lil Jon started.
way before lil John & the Eastside boys changed it into "crunk" we were "getting buck!" of course they copied our style and music. it wasn't until lil scrappy admitted it during an interview that people understood.
The crack wars here in Tennessee in the 90s was insane, it was so violent, it’s crazy how all of 3-6 clicked up and made it to the mainstream, it blows my mind
@@Gregorio413 What do you mean? Three Six definitely had their mainstream era. Most Known Unknown is the most mainstream they could get without completely abandoning their core sound. Plus they won an Oscar lol
Exactly what I thought lol. But even if you listen to his older work, he gets progressively worse by following trends. Atleast he knows how to hustle the industry.
IDK who started TRAP.....I'm from NY...but when I heard it , I feel in love and still is...I heard this trap about 1991-92...Keep ya head up Memphis...now I know the truth.. bless....
Billy Luna it was a good P.O.V. But trust me it’s so far from the exact truth as he stated his depth wasn’t as deep as it could be nor does he understand a lot of there terminology. The real aspects of beef was left out as to who what when were and why. What he spoke on was the exact reasons why people see the culture as it is and it’s great nonetheless but imagine that being 3ft of a pool that has an abyss far to deep to imagine. Ex. The Dj zirks 2 thick is def the most sampled song prob in hip hop rap. But what needs to be acknowledged is the fact it’s not so much because of that stoooopid dumb hard beat but the psychopathic, schizophrenic, basket case. Buckshot in the former, as it seems many do not know that it’s the 3rd last verse as Zirk is 2nd and Tom skeemask is first. As legends go. Between him and lord infamous the dude is remarkable on all songs. Though his basket of apples are very few compared to infamy in numbers when referring to songs. He set the tone for the killer shyt to be cool. . Find snubnose. Him a guice are a group and he goes by trey 8/ then soon Trey buck. Find ghetto child and you can see how awesome this mf is.
Memphis Rap completely changed my music listening when I was a teen in late 90s early 2000’s. First time I heard 3-6 it blew my mind, as a kid growing up on Metal and Hip up I found Memphis rap to just speak to me.
I've been a hardcore 3-6 fan since I bought Chapter II: World Domination in 1998. I was so proud of them when they won the Academy award, they truly deserved it... not just for their work on hustle & flow, but their influence on rap music in general. I've listened to the horrorcore genre on bandcamp and they are literally taking the same instruments and muffled sound and emulating old memphis beats.
Wow I had no idea southern rap was hated and unpopular back in the day. It was so ahead of it’s time and it is dominating hip hop today. The beats are insane.
Here is a tracklist of the music music playing in the background, please like to help people find the tracks they want
0:00 - (See Replies)
0:58 - Three Six Mafia - Niggaz Aint Barin Dat
2:24 - Three Six Mafia - I Thought You Knew
3:50 - Tom Skee Mask - Annamosity
8:08 - Dj paul and juicy j - porno movie instrumental
10:32 - Tommy Wright III - Runnin -N- Gunnin
10:57 - DJ Spanish Fly - Cement Shoes
11:36 - DJ zirk - supa straight instrumental
12:57 - Three Six Mafia - Mask & Da Glock instrumental
15:40 - Children Of The Corn - Devil Shyt
16:00 - Antwon x Lil Ugly Mane - Underwater Tank instrumental
17:20 - Juicy J - Dreads shakin
17:40 - 990x - In a crowded place (on soundcloud)
0:00 - unreleased beat by me, 10:32 - tommy wright: runnin and gunnin
cola thanks
Turismo can you please post that beat or make it buyable
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bump
It’s a shame these kids have no idea about the importance of Memphis rap and what it all created. RIP LORD INFAMOUS
Not all of us.
Lies....Anyone who listens to like denzel curry,space ghost purp,bones,xavier wulf,and lil ugly mane knows the importance.
Whole Lotta Dog Treats lmfao yeah right. Guarantee you the majority of kids who listen those dudes can’t name a Lord Infamous song
@@TomFoolery_Escobar I saw one of his concerts on youtube and like 90% of the people in the audience were white.
Im 24 and british and I came up on triple 6. Old Memphis rap gets more love from the younger generations than it ever got before.
"north Memphis, South Memphis, Westwood, orange mound.. " I got instant chills.
Pardon my ignorance, but what's that from?
@@fuzzydunlop1753 the first time I heard it was the start of "This Ain't No Game - Project Pat" that was a loooong time ago.
@@fuzzydunlop1753 these are all communities in the Memphis area. Along with Hickory Hood, Blackhaven, and Binghampton.
niggas aint barring that: three six mafia
That track was on a few Memphis songs. I think playa Fly stuff to. I might be wrong though
Memphis cover art is the most hilarious and diabolical shit I’ve ever seen
They didn’t give 2 fucks!! Ha
MONEY BUTT NAKED - WELCOME TO PHUNKY TOWN BEST COVER EVER😂
That’s what gave them their charm lol
Thats Illuminati bullshit son
where is that picture on the thumbnail
from I still cant find it
If you're a metalhead, like I am, and somehow find yourself here, this kind of music is right up your alley (trust me..) Can't stop listening to this shit when I need something different to listen to, it's straight evil, sinister, menacing, and my favorite: heavy.
yep
As a metalhead/hip hop head that grew up in the 80's 90's That's pretty much how I've lived my entire life. I was jammin Dj Squeeky, ball and G, kingpin skinny pimp, gangsta pat since it was all brand new. Shit i listened to Memphis rap before I ever even learned about Pantera
Who else turned up here looking for venoms welcome to hell?
Produce and record on my own 80s 90s Memphis influance .
then u understand why im so appreciative of being both a metalhead and someone who grew up right outside of memphis lmao
Im glad somebody said it memphis beats and style of rappin was like 2 decades ahead of its time
Yeah, when you realize that tracks like 2 Thick and Lock'Em in The Trunk were made in 1993 and think about where hip-hop was at that time, it is really incredible to think about. That was before Doggystyle dropped, before the first Boot Camp Click albums, before the first Wu-Tang albums, etc....
Yes it was
@@GM53946 to be real tho, those type of beats zirk and squeeky were doin was already done by rick rubin back in the 80s
It was the drugs that made their mind think like that
@LEE
NO... RICK RUBIN MADE SOME BEATS ON SOME FASTER TEMPOS THAN MEMPHIS RAP...
I often think that Memphis rap was to rap/hip hop what black metal was to metal. In the beginning it was ridiculed for being strange, lo-fi , satanic, etc. Until years later it was propelled into the mainstream and influenced the culture after that widely. Just my opinion.
Completely agree
That's a pretty good accurate like thought. Man 💯
i fuck with the opinion
You're not wrong about the Black Metal thing. That's why I love "Mystic Styles". It's dark, grimy and basic. Honestly though, Esham from Detroit did it earlier than Three Six, but he had a different approach. Esham mainly samples and an 808, Three Six did it using a keyboard and a MPC.
As someone who's immersed deeply into both genres this is 100% accurate
This generation of rappers think they created a new wave not knowing
they just been riding it.
N1NE a lot clearly know their influences. Guys like Denzel Curry and $uicideboy$ have talked about it before.
I mean, the last, and I'd argue best generation of Hip Hop did that too. 90s hip hop was vastly different to dudes in bell bottoms saying everybody clap ya hands...
@Son Goku stfu ya tik tok watching tryna be edgy colourful fruit loop hair tight jeans cutting off ur circulation wearing corny fool new wave sucks my diku sounds gay asf mumbling and moaning n shh
Son Goku The formula is all the same. Heavy bass, smothered in hats; trap isn’t nearly as dark as memphis shit though.
Majority of successful artists aren't ignorant with theory and history of the music they endeavor in.
Crazy how in the long run, the South (which was deemed irrelevant at the time) pretty much dominated hip-hop. East Coast and West Coast sounds had their time in the sun for sure in the 90s and early 2000s but everything onwards pretty much draws exclusive inspiration from Memphis and generally the Southern scene as a whole. Trap, soundcloud rap, phonk, lofi beats, the whole goth/vamp aesthetic, all of this is the influence of Memphis horrorcore.
It's crazy to think that the Lo-fi genre is really influenced by a very dark genre and branded as being "satanic" xD
Memphis doesn’t make Horrorcore, we make that Devil Shyt. Just look and listen to the tapes esp. of 2 lo key. Horrorcore is a Houston thing that extends to Detroit and New York
Black Sheeo was From North Carolina but you dont find out unless you listen to the whole album
You didn't include the Houston scene, New Orleans and Louisiana, and Florida.
The goth and vampire aesthetic is due to Memphis?
Do you realize how legendary and informative this video will become
He’s actually right expect to hear some harder shit than ever coming from my way real soon
Only for white kids.
its crazy how those old "cheap" analog drum machines knock harder and sound better than anything digital out today
damn bruh its almost like everybody thinks that...
Of course hardware will always sound better than software but nobody got time to be setting all that shit up lol i started on hardware but my laziness won over lol
Literally none of that is true get the fuck out of your bubble. Digital is and always will be superior.
Analogue and digital are both awesome.
Not really
I love how you compared Memphis horrorcore to Norwegian black metal that’s hard
Mao Zedong _ agreed great and accurate comparison .
Yes yes yes!!!
it goes together like peas and carrots
it makes sense when you hear artists like KevinTheCreep who blend the 2 genres
Somehow I knew I'd see something about black metal somewhere in here.
I have in no way ever been about "that life" or been in the streets, but when you cross that bridge into Memphis, you can almost feel the air change and feel why Memphis put out the sounds it did
@Joshua Katchy im from Mississippi and whenever I go to Memphis you can feel the dark violent energy that is STILL in the air when you drive through it. Unlike other cities, Memphis almost has NO good parts in it, even downtown.
its a violent ass area
@@peewee6479 all my family is in desoto and Tate county and when we visit we don’t go through Memphis at night. Watching the Memphis news during the day is enough
@@peewee6479east Memphis is fairly tame but honestly compared to other cities it’s still dangerous. Everyone just kind of knows to not go out walking past a certain time and what areas to avoid. I walked home from a friends house in my early twenties very late at night and quickly learned my lesson. A beat up Buick slowly drove past me very eerily. And then floored it in reverse coming back towards me. I immediately booked it and climbed peoples fences into their backyards and hid next to someone’s house where I could still see the street. I saw the same Buick slowly driving around still so I ran across the street into a golf course nearby. Ran in the pitch dark across the whole course trying not to trip. Freaked me the fuck out.
Memphis fine, keep a gun
Memphis is so over looked when it comes to rap culture. Thanks for doing the city some justice.
Sleepy Dub Sneaky Satan doesn’t like the light shining in his dwellings.
@@distantcreation Your satan is generic. Im my own satan, never follow shadows. Stay thirsty my friend.
DISTANT stay sleep
M-Town💯
The 90's era rap scene from Sacramento, CA was another over-looked underground scene. Rappers from Southern California (Los Angeles area , Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire) and rappers from the Bay Area (Oakland, San Francisco, Vallejo, Hayward, Pittsburg) were getting mainstream exposure by the late 90's. Hip-hop from Sac-Town and the California Central Valley was sort of in this weird position though. A lot of the artists there used darker themes and I've even seen some label Sacramento rappers as "horroorcore." X-Raided, (who just got out of prison recently this year ) was one of the first Sacramento mc's to make a splash. Psycho Active (1992) was his first album. Anyways, X-Raided was with the Garden Blocc Crips and after accidentily killing a woman (I think she was the grandma to this Blood and X was targeting the blood for a retaliation killing but shot and killed her instead without knowing) he was charged and went to prison. He released over a dozen albums while imprisoned. Brotha Lynch Hung, C-Bo, Gangsta Dre and other rappers carried on the scene over the next few years. Now, we've got rappers like Mozzy making big splashes
I'm not sure if you're aware but a lot of Memphis artists such as Zirk, Gangsta Pat, Tommy Wright & Squeeky has shared this on their personal pages. You're telling the basic history right in their eyes, that's saying something. Thank you for this. Love the SGP vids too.
appreciate the comment. me and Zirk have talked abit. very cool. I'd like to try and interview these guys one day so they can tell the full story from there perspective
@@Turismo4k Gangsta Pat the Original super star with the Fast flow even N.W.A. was goin signed him
@@Turismo4k whats the instrumental at the origins part ?
@@Turismo4k
MF IF YOU DO THAT ON THIS TIMES, WHEN THE KIDS IGNORE REAL HISTORY AND STILL ON DRAKES TYPE SHIT. YOURE THE ORIGINAL ONE MAN. Btw I think you can start with Gangsta Pat, hes underrated asf and he talks with us about these underated memphis legends memories.
@@didyouhearthat6550 ruclips.net/video/iu-qeZefl4U/видео.html here ya go g
The fact that there isn't a lot of info on the Memphis rap scene only adds to its mystic nature. You are doing good work. Thank you
Mystic STYLES!!!!
For real, that’s why I’m so obsessed with it, it’s unlike anything else you hear. So unique
Ong just like Cali life style
I always wonder if any of these shootings and murders are true
@@cloroxbleach4493 most of them are
Memphis Native here. If you were here in the 90’s you had to go to Mr. Z’s on Cleveland, Skinny Pimp’s shop on Overton Crossing in Frayser, or Lady B’s on Hollywood near Chelsea to get the tapes.
The reason Memphis rap wasn't famous because it wa sahead of it's time
No, blame it on Jazze Pha
It's not ahead of time.
Its classic and people keep tryna renew it.
your wrong.
@Uncle Osiris nigga STFU pussy
@Qunicy Holman Demonic music in the deeply religious south, not a recipe for commercial succes
The 90s where the best in music. All genres had their own style. Especially Texas and Memphis. Southern is real
40oz Lopez Texas the best
Memphis and Houston held the WHOLE south down in the 90's, opening the door for Atlanta's explosion on the scene.💯
Yeah seriously let's give some credit to Texas especially Houston
@@gabagool__ they're all on that melodic piano rap beat type shit
Andres Vercetti I mean we all know that Texas rap mainly from screwston is the best rap in the fucken universe no one can beat dem Texas boys
rip lord infamous and koopsta. my fave rappers by far
Digi Plexus i have to agree!!!!
Lord Infamous was so raw
Digi Plexus wise man
Memphis Legends off top Rip Lord & Koop
Real mutha fuckin shit fuck fake ass juicy j
I grew up in Memphis in the 90s and to see the ghastly-looking environments that is the landscape of old Memphis rap is what makes this genre so intriguing.Theres so much demonic activity and death connected to this music that makes it seem truly diabolical.It brings to mind ppl I witnessed as a kid who were in very dark ,cracked out states who are probably all just ghosts and poltergeists in the ether by now.
can you say more on this 🤔
Memories that are very personal to your environment. Things you never share or think about. Times in your life you'd rather not relive.
@@johnindigo5477good way to put it
I was born and raised in Nashville and mostly all we listened to was Memphis rap and we had a rap scene ourselves but nothing like Memphis 🫡
Memphis cowbell is legendary. One of the many great influences from Memphis
oh yeah, phonk is great
Yeah cowbell beats are insane
"I need more cowbell!
"
@@donmichaelcorbin4417 HAHAHA
Gotta have more cowbell baby
Memphis was the 1st to have the hardest beats
Facts all i bumped in high school was three 6 mainly. I also fw skinny pimp, kia shine, yo gotti, and the legends 8ball & mjg all of them had 🔥production especially three 6
Brian Stone I used to bump dj screw and ugk when I was in my middle school
freemoney music producer/artist And still got the best beats to this day.....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥...
@@1Slo5ooh yeah ugk was dope too. I definitely fw them one of my favorite rap groups. #ripPimpC
Nah mane, atlanta had hard beats, new york, Detroit, Memphis definitely up there but they aint the first
Man you really did your research on Memphis rap.I'm from Memphis,You know the meaning to the slang and everything..
Cornelius Edwards I promise 😂😂😂🤣🤣
Mane on God
Mane!
Recently saw some lil white boy say the greatest Memphis rapper of all time was NLE Choppa. Really goes to show how under appreciated the Memphis underground is regardless of its immense influence.
I wasn't aware of the scene but knew about triple 6 mafia back in middle school 08. I enjoyed the sound and was slightly informed but it never really hit the scene here in cali like artists such as ice cube, too $hort, etc.
Zayd fartzad sounds like some Indian Muslim name 😂stop you’re not black
Crazy how in the 90s southern rap was mocked and hated but southern rap and the southern sound runs hiphop today, specifically Atlanta, Memphis, and Houston. Being from Memphis we always had a distinct sound and beats
yeah, trap is one of the biggest hip hop sub-genres out there, but i hope in the future the west coast comes up with something that mixes west coast hip hop with trap
As a kid I didn't like it, and I also thought a lot of Westcoast was trash too. I really liked NYC rap above most else; but in the recent decade I've been revisiting a lot of rap & Memphis puts it down hard. Much props, and Imma throw some variety bangers from East & West Coast, then Memphis for y'all to jive to.
M.O.P. - Drama Lord
Spice 1 - Born II Die
Project Pat - Out There
Peace y'all, & bless up ✌️🙏
Only niggaz in NYC hated for real back in the day in DC we bumped a ton of southern and west coast rap.
Like a boomerang
Memphis is Houston lil cuz in the rap scene
In Chicago we loved and respected all genres and locations of music. Most of us black folks parents were from the south and we definitely listened to Memphis hip-hop.
Fasho as a 20 year old growin up my pops downloaded 3 6 entire discography including various others. and i definitely swiped that shit from hims. Grew up fw rock, jazz, etc. If you can look over the gang shit, Our city beautiful and different
Yup even us Cali folk. We know where we came from . And we are slowly returning to the South
Facts! Chicago niggas love 36 Mafia
It's crazy to think that, not only did 3 6 Mafia sample other artists and received backlash over it, they then went after Suicide Boys for doing the same thing.
Goats
I’m shocked 3-6 dissed bone thugs but literally stole from tommy and dj zirk and dj squeeky
Dj Paul only went after Suicide Boys for when his nephews Seed Of 6ix used suicide boys beats for an ep called suicide 6ix. Suicide Boys threw a fit and threaten to sue them. Which is ironic due to more than half their catalogue is sampled from Dj Paul and 3 6 Mafia.
@@SpookySkareflow that’s true but that doesn’t change the fact of him being the same situation
@@yun-vl6jw it indeed does
I LOVE how much y’all know just how important Tommy Wright is and was to this sound. An originator on his own in a war zone. And goddammit he is still with us!
AMEN AMEN AMEN
Narrated by a white suburbs dude…
@@schaftsson7392 do you have any black creators that talk about these subjects?
Now he plays at hella metal /punk clubs I love it . I’m glad he’s getting recognition he deserves
@@schaftsson7392 keep complaining loser
DJ Paul is one of the greatest producers( he is so slept on) and hard beats sampled unsolved mysteries show made it a hard ass beat.
Don't forget that he co produced every beat with Juicy J
Dj Paul is producing Bone Thugs new album!
I met Paul and J after a show, I was backstage...wasted...I told Paul, "PLEASE bring back that old shit, creepy, dark, demonic sounding shit!" Juicy J was like, "Uh huh...bring back the old stuff" He was totally mocking me and rolling his eyes, you could tell I was the millionth person to say that. But YOU know! That old stuff was so grimey! Horror movie sounding shit! Sorry J but that's what made me fall in love with 3-6's (M town) sound! I found an old Memphis Mixtape (CD) with Skinny Pimp, 3-6, gangsta Blac, etc...must have been around 96.Still fuck with all that shit!
@Flexington Steele well, it aint completely wrong.
Juicy all about the new wave trap now 🤙
The hip hop community needs to put more respect on Memphis rap and their HUUUUGE influence on rap
Being from Memphis and seeing ATL blow up and get credit for our sound .... Mane
Facts and I'm from Atlanta
Well ATL is Triple 6 biggest supporters. Dj Paul says it always. 🔮💫
AMENTI THE WRITER MEDIA , Don’t matter , it’s still our sound except for the mumble shit they be doing
Nah, I find each of the scenes had their own variance...alt had a different sound but it was still dirty south, swear most the new trap flows come from project pat tho
eggzackly
This is strong work. I grew up in the area in the 80s and 90s and worked at stores that sold these tapes. Its rare to hear this many incredible recommendations in one place. You mention a couple of tapes I completely forgot about. A lot of these tapes were also, and in some cases, mostly sold at flea markets, swap meets, as well as a few well-stocked car trunks out front of dollar general.
Peace to Psychopathic Savage and all the other RUclips channels who kept The forgotten sounds of Memphis underground ringing through time.
True
True dat
Tru tru
The devil shyt must live forever
@@iminsideyourwalls9432 yuh!
memphis trap is the black metal of hiphop
edit: 17:05 lul exactly
Agreed.
Born and raised in memphis and some of us have been making this distinction since at least 15 years ago. Never thought folks would catch onto that like they have. It’s amazing.
EXACTLY!!!
@@germsincognito8329 agreed I can believe you without a doubt
@@germsincognito8329 ay I was a black metal kid when I found Memphis rap and that's what caught me on to it haha
Let's all not forget that Tommy literally dropped a dude he didn't like's address on a song
“If I can’t find you, I know where yo momma stay...”
Man I hate Bone
@@liddell437 it was me against the world
@@LXNEPLVYA Me against da world. "If I can't find you, I know where yo mama stay. Winchester spring street, left first driveway."
@@Tj-uu1ww naw man I was randomly saying man I hate bone
I love so much with all my heart and sincerely when people document and make very interactive videos like this to credit underground and underrepresented musicians and public figures.
thank u
memphis rap is what really birthed trap. salute to lord infamous, koopsta knicca, dj screw, pimp c and all the other lost legends from the souf.
Mocha Tj 💯
Mane hol up up mane
Hell naw...i highly disagree...check out new york and Brooklyn where trap and hip hop begin....memphis brought a different STYLE which were ignorant lyrics about gang banging robbing and killing...look at memphis now...that shyt look like a bottom city full of slow ignorant ppl...SAD!
And Tommy Wright also attributed to the origin of trap music.
@@hammercanttouchthis big faccts im sleep for not putting tommy up there.
the culture needed this vid
lil memory card EXACTLY
PREACH
I tried searching for a documentary about this genre/culture a couple months ago and was surprised at how little to almost nothing there was.
Truly a blessing that this video exists.
Big facts, Memphis long overdue for theirs
True shit.....stand up M-town💯💯💯💯
Lord Infamous was the most underrated MC ever
@Jacob G 😂😂😂😂
So glad I grew up in the Memphis area as a kid & young adult, when Memphis rap was real underground. At a time when one of the most influential hip-hop scenes & sounds was in it’s infancy. There was something really fucking cool about that time..when a lot of that stuff was just specific to our region & We were passing around mixtapes and CD’s.. participating & helping the underground..when lot of folks from other places didn’t even know that half of it even existed. It’s really cool to see how far it has come..and the rest of the world can hear the style through countless newer, popular artists.
"DJ Zirk"
Finally someone throwing some respect on my uncle's name
jackpress15 is he really your father ????
@@pablomarquezjr4254 No, he's my uncle. I don't really get to see him all the time, but he's still doing his thing
Damn. The "Lock em in da" truck originator
Real shit 💪
The foundation is firm
WOULDN'T BE NO CRUNK MUSIC OR TRAP MUSIC WITHOUT MEMPHIS, REAL TALK!!!!!!
There wouldn’t be no Crunk, Trap, Cloud Rap, Phonk, and Drill without it.
@@fuziontonygaming yeah I see why they were clowned they fucked hip hop up
You mean "real talk mane" 😂😂
@@pooder3078 they were underground so inwouldnt be them but the people who bit they style and took ot main stream but you just a hata mane 😆
No chopped & screwed either which means no vaporwave and no vaporwave means no cloud rap which means our entire modern rap scene would be completely different
We’re still bumpin Lord Infamous in Texas. “Anyone out there” is still one of the best rap songs ever.
Yes sir
Especially now that lil infamous did the Dr.Malik to give a 3rd persons view as he was dr. Malik.
The doc lord was tryna escape from.
LORD INFAMOUS DA 🐐of all dis shit frfr . N Tommy Wright
@N-ZYLUM beatz that’s dj Paul’s artist . But I’ll still check it ou t
That’s one of the hardest beats ever!
I watched this documentary a couple years ago and fell in love with Memphis rap. I was at a George Clinton and Funkadelic show last weekend and ended up running in to Tommy Wright. Dude is super cool, and ended up hanging out.
Born and raised in Memphis (Orange Mound, Lamar and Knight Arnold, Walter Simmons housing projects), grew up listening to everything you recommend. It's eerie hearing music my older cousins use to play on cassette tapes become the staple of what hip hop is today. Great video
Crazy man I remember rolling through white haven listening to scarecrow or project pat ...
really dude new orleans had its era and wayne was/ is on top
Since when did WSP start rolling with the mound? They roll with the Eastside 38118 That's southeast memphis buddy. I went to sheffield high so you KNOW i know. I thugged with them niggaz daily...especially back in 04 when the east was bumpin heads with the mound.
Grew up in 3 6 and gangsta pat... and SPM, zro and all that I'm from texas...
really dude lol west coast
I bought Three six Mafia: "mystic Stylez" when I was 14 back in 2001. That album scared the shit outta me 🤣🤣
lol #OkMillenial
Love how you mentioned Doomshop Records, and comparing Southern Horrorcore to Norwegian Black Metal?!! You’re good mane!
Daniel Meza Doomshop is keeping the evil spirits alive & young
Skrate up, I'm steeped in extreme metal and punk, this Southern shit is just dope
STYLEZ OF THE ANCIENT MUTIILATIONS, TORTURE, CHAMBERS FILLED WITH BODIES IN MY BASEMENT
@@HollowedCrow I didn't catch the doomshop part; what's that?
Moves Smitt Doomshop is a record label composed of nashville artists who make memphis music and do a fine good job of bringing that old school grime to the scene. Suicide boys did an okay job with it but check out doomshop
Moves Smitt Doomshop is a record label composed of nashville artists who make memphis music and do a fine good job of bringing that old school grime to the scene. Suicide boys did an okay job with it but check out doomshop. Look up the artist baker ya maker & freddy dredd
I was introduced to phonk through the drift scene coming out of Japan, it’s wild how totally disconnected words sometime collide with one and another
Fr
It’s sad tho the people blastin phonk don’t understand where it came from and artists are creating it without knowing the roots. People are just adding cowbell to a drum roll now lol.
@@nhpivotlk 😂😂 sad reality
@@nhpivotlk That's the case with anyone who's just looking at a genre from the surface level though. Like I'd think most people who bothered to actually look even a bit deeper into the genre will know that it pulls heavy inspiration from Memphis Rap. Now how that shit got so popular in Eastern Europe, and Japan, I've no fuckin idea.
@@nhpivotlkright 😭
if they didnt kill each other in memphis the 90s we would prob have better rappers today..Memphis in the 90s was waaayyy too lit
Facts💯
U mean 2 Thick
@@foyoGames 😂💯
Shit homie Memphis has been getting bad this year, fucking 22 road rage shootings on 240 alone in the past 5 months. 5 different shootings a day on wreg3 and that's just the shit that makes it the news. Plus GDs and VLs have been goin extra hard recently
Dirtroad has
The End by Three 6 is to this day still my favorite rap album. DJ Paul’s beats were sounding like they were produced in the seventh circle of hell, the samples were integrated incredibly well, the lyrics were diabolical, and Lord Infamous was at his peak.
Juicy j made half of all the beats aswell
The end is Def a great way to start your journey into Memphis rap. Mystic styles still my favorite album from Three6. Lord Infamous way Def at his peak. Koopstas Devils Playground reminds me about all my high-school days
That was my first 36 album or actually I'm wrong, first I got World Domination pt. 2 and my 2nd album was The End that final track off that album is mad underrated, same with their Da Unbreakables album from 03' that was their last great album i.m.o. one of their strongest albums out of their catalogue
That, and Mystic Stylez are my favorites.
Cocaine is a HELL ova drug
An interesting little fact about the influence of Memphis Rap: When UK legend Dizzee Rascal was finding his sound as a producer in the early 00s, though the work of local artists around him played a big part, he is quoted as saying that his early output (including the production on classic Grime record Boy in da Corner) was an attempt at making beats like Three 6 Mafia and the Memphis scene in general. As the record is one of (if not) the most influential records of UK Grime, it could be said that Memphis Rap went on to influence the most important musical movements in the UK (which laid the foundation for UK Drill, one of the hottest genres of today).
@toptier bryan Sure, if you want to be reductive. Music is constantly evolving, being reimagined and melded with other styles. Obviously Chicago Drill is a big influence, it’s in the name, but the production and cadences show an obvious if not greater influence from grime music, and NY drill sounds far more like UK drill than Chicago drill. 5 months ago when I posted this comment both UK and NY drill were most definitely popping off, calling them “one of the hottest genres” was not a stretch by any means.
Grime, Drill, Trap, Memphis Underground and that Crunk/fighting murzik instigatin’ it’s the same shit just with the dials set a little different.
Just got done watching the Evolution Of Hip Hop on Nextflix and when you got down to southern hip hop pioneers there were no mention on Memphis! What a shame. I'm so hurt and disappointed. They refuse to see us. 💔
💯🤷🏾♂️
@Southside Playa yep they talked about Texas 4sure.
Bruh that's what I said when they got to the South. All ATL and Maimi. No Houston or Memphis. Dafuq
They will never give us our props
Bri Jay Check the new season, Memphis is being repped.
I love Memphis. I live in the UK and first went there in 88 and then went in 89,90,91. Then returned in 2012. Funky Town for life
bout damn time a documentary came out about old school memphis rap , i been on that sound since late 2011 early 2012
same i started listening around 2012 or 2013 and still find new shit that blows my mind
I bn on it since 91 dj Spanish fly
Been a fan of Memphis underground tapes since around 2000, i.e. as soon as the internet made it possible to access those artists (I am not from the South).
It's mind bogging how ignorant people are, especially given that all this stuff is just a click away on RUclips...
a jewish bar of soap that’s love msn
@@pimpsno6164 Spanish Fly that nigga
Memphis has one of the best rap scenes to ever exist. It’s the home to most of my favorite rappers..M.C Mack , Dj Squeeky , Dj Zirk , The Playa Posse , Lil Noid , Shawty pimp and Pretty Tony. Incredible documentary man, Memphis needs more love.
And also Lord Infamous and the greatest female rapper ever to exist...Princes Loko. May they both rest in peace.
More artists than any city, more product than any other city, most distinct and in a league of its own, all after even being LATE to the party. Cocaine is a HELL ova drug!
Mac dle dj squeeky shawty peamp
Mr. TiniMaine
$uicideboy$ fans need to watch this documentary
E T R N L nah yall need to watch this doc to see why we like suicideboys so much
Suicide the only genuine ones carrying this on
E T R N L yeeeet
This why im here, plus phonk and other Memphis type music is the shit
Suicide boys is all horrorcore with no Gangsta.
They made a Tupac movie, an Obama movie, they need to make a Netflix series for Memphis rap, not a movie a SERIES
Hip Hop Revolutions go over how hip hop started to now. So I recommend you watch that
I'm making a video game based on the underground memphis scene
fuck netflix
@@Waldo2O5 immediately subscribing to your channel. I want to see it when it comes out
Hustle and flow is the closest thing i can think of.
Bruh, everything out today is shaped by 90s memphis rap. Everyone is biting infamous and playa fly
Memphricans exactly!! 💯
A lot of people do give them credit though. Especially underground rappers.
100
Thank you for giving fly his props
My boy ganxta pat
This is easily one of the best documentaries on the Memphis rap scenes ever. I've watched it atleast a dozen times and come back to it quite a bit. All of your videos are great. There's something about the early Memphis production that's always mystified me. You can understand how a beat or etc was made and you can recreate it but there's something else to it that's hard to put in to words (and I think SGP was able to comprehend and utilize this in his production). I think this documentary in and of itself captures that essence of mystique.
Lord Infamous created the "Migo flow" YEARS ago....
Dj Price who made more money off the flow tho
^ Theres always a clown who wants to bring up the next mans money 🤦🏾♂️ that shits irrelevant to the original comment.
@@_KeepItG facts bruh
Migos sound retarded, forget them
Migos flow is a watered down version lol
the fact you chose "nigaz aint barin dat" as a opening to this documentary shows how fuckin classic and iconic to whole memphis sound this track is. in fact, it is one of my most favorite tracks EVER
Whats classic about robbing killing and gangbanging???? Please answer that question zombie....yall ignorant af these days...
MY QUEEN ima give my dumass opinion cause get a hobby. You all over the comments in this video
The fact that drake used that song in his new song no friends in the industry song
@@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841 man gone on , niggaz ain barin dat
Memphis rap was spooky as hell back then.
Ain’t that right 😅😅😅
This is my 3rd or 4th time watching this documentary and i can't get enough of it.
It's made so perfectly from start to end, also found alot of great artists and songs from this. Thank you Turismo!
Memphis is no joke the pioneer of ALL the rap music that’s out today.
This is facts
At least we know who to blame then
@@tydendurler9574 the thing is that when they were doing it in the late 90s & early 00's it was good.. Now these young kids have transformed it into steaming piles of garbage.
@@slicedbread5692 to me, this specific late 90's and early 00's BS wasn't good either.
I was 15 back then, best age, and i started listening to Rap via Cypress Hill, Wu Tang and especially Bone Thugs n Harmony.
When i heard Triple 6 for the first time, i immediately thought it was BS compared to other music.
10 years later same.
20 years later still same, although i can get behind the vibe and the feeling of certain Mixes. Still not comparable to really good music imo.
Southern Rap is like the little, slightly dumber brother to east/west Rap. Period
I mean, how do Tech N9ne and someone like Gucci Mane even exist in the same realm?!?
@@tydendurler9574 just putting Gucci Mane in the conversation is blasphemous.. You've listened to Project Pat and dont enjoy it? If so all i can say is everybody's taste is different.. I do like Bone Thugs but they aren't exactly what id call deep lyricists either.. But i do like more detailed rappers as well.. And just a side note i was 14-15 in 2000 also
cool 👍
i hope this video blows up
SMOKE-N-BONE it already is
SMOKE-N-BONE I been telling niggas trap music came from Memphis
@@ksager123 right for real...this is old news to us but its dope seeing memphis finally getting recognized
SMOKE-N-BONE right
Check out SMOKE-N-BONE also! Very dope mixes from south to the bay! You rock.
some tracks so hard that if you close your eyes you could watch the music video...
Damn
Facts
Dead
Wow. You're right
when he mentioned how Memphis rappers would sample each other beats, i automatically thought about three 6 song gotcha shaking on the end album...dj paul said at the beginning "yea u punk, im bout to take ya beat and go nationwide" ...then everyone proceeded to kill that beat 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I like Bone and Easy but Tommy got down on "Thuggish Ruggish Bustaz"
Yea I remember that fuck u bone
Hardheaded goes too hard. Type of music that could start a riot...Tommy don't play!
Ganxta pat......mo,murder
Memphis and Texas don’t get enough credit for what they’ve done.
You should do a episode on Houston
Agree💯
Rip Dj Screw 💯
The south has contributed heavily to hip-hop. Let's be honest, a lot of rappers kind of bit off of Three 6 Mafia's style. Rap-A-Lot, No Limit, Suave House had the south on lock.
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3-6 bit memphis too surprisingly. Took a lot of samples from squeeky, zirk, etc
Iv watched this documentary like 5 times! I love it man thanks for this sick documentary!
Anybody 35 and older should know that Tennessee and Texas are were Southern rap started
Shelby Brown texas is kinda reaching
Fuckin Facts mane
I'm 26 and I knew this when I was 18
Speak them mfkn facts bruh!!!💯💯💯💯💯💯
Science I was 12, so like 2 years ago when I became interested in other subgenres of rap
Hey guys, thanks so much for all the comments and feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed.
I just wanted to mention that a follow up video will be released in the future adding some new found information and addressing some of my errors. I didn't want to drag this video on for too long, hence why some artists are missing. I will make the next one longer and more in depth.
If you have anything to add please let me know, you can message me on twitter (link in the description).
More documentary style videos like this will be coming out in the near future discussing music history, so stay tuned.
Thanks
as someone who also nerds out over how ahead the Memphis scene was, I watched this with a big smile on my face.
Turismo this is Al Kapone mane, good work on this doc. Be sure to check out my latest release called Jason Mask I dropped this Halloween 2018. Go to alkaponememphis.com and click the link to check out Al Kapone music.
Man, i got to say this was a very well done production!!! Im a big fan of memphis rap and its awesome to hear an aussie that is into this same music!! I have definitely learnt a lot! Keep it up!
you should upload a tracklist! whats the jawn at 4:00
Some of the most amazing music on earth and it's cool to see people appreciating it in this day and age. Lookin forward to the new vid!
South Memphis native in here. Good work. Probably the most known song in Memphis that uses the cowbell is Lock em in tha trunk by DJ Zirk
That song really had people dead in trunks!
@@mr.nooorthmemphis1059 damn dawg thats crazy
vegitausa ya I can see where devilish trio got there influence from because I hear that bell so often! Which is a subtle touch to mephis
Being introduced to PHONK as a genre really opened me up to southern Hip-Hop. Memphis is absolutely its own thing, definitely worthy of recognition. Great video, man.
Edit: Shout out to EvilAesthetic's "DON'T SLEEP" compilations for really opening the sound up to me here on YT. Amazing shit there.
Don't Sleep Vol.7 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
EA and Ryan Celsius the Goats
Xavier wulf and chris travis keeping the Memphis rap alive
And duke duce
money bagg yo
Facts man.
suicideboys
Doom shop records g59 etc
This is like the 10th time I’ve watched this video and the attention to detail is undefeated. Best documentary on RUclips
Thanks for watching 👍
Growing up in Memphis as a kid my mother worked in a music store my great uncle's owned Poplar Tunes downtown right next to 201. I remember DJ Paul and Tommy Wright the Third Al Capone and all other Memphis rappers we're coming to the store and check and see how much money they made and drop off more tapes and CDs and the only place you could get the original tapes and CDs was at Mr Z's on Cleveland Avenue those were the good old days.
That's actually pretty sick
SleepingGiant 888 I totally remember that!
SleepingGiants 888 Probably had some conversations with your people. Shits a trip ain’t it?
Sounds dope as fuck
@PEACE ALL dont get it twisted, you can totally fuck around and lose your life back then too. Memphis wuznt no damn playground!
Excellent video friend, I'm from the UK and Southern Hip Hop is my favourite of the American subgenres. Some rich knowledge here, even more impressive as you sound like you are from Australia? I hope the guys that made this scene watch this video and appreciate the effort you have put into understanding their art. Thanks for the upload.
It’s kids here that don’t know it’s pronounced “Project Pat-ah” 😂
You mean the player from the sizzouth? He always packs a gattah, gold teeth in his mizzouth.
barbara gill get out
His full name is actually Project Pat-ahh, attracted to dime piece-ahh,
I'm dirty south-ahh, french braids, gold teeth-ahhs.
Is this the Marc Johnson girl skateboards
A tracted to dime pea sus
Project Pat is Memphis top 5, easily
Numba one
@@jackk59196 nah
yeah he can flow
Project pat go the hardest.
@@porkchopzworld nahhh
Born in raised in the 901.48years of age.i seen all this.lived thru all this.survived all this.it was more than music this was life in Memphis.nappy hair and gold teef and bad jheri curls.MLK park on sundays.smokin onions.seeing Ball and G in the mound daily.Paul and Juicy w Crunchy Black jookin at the Pistol Place skating rink lot....I loved my city and its music then and still love to hear the old shit now...glad yall recognize ATL stole our shit 👍
Lol go look up the hard boys. All Memphis had was the beats Atlanta been talkin about the hood and selling drugs.
What u know about Ronnie woods car wash.
I concur my brother I concur
PLAYA FLY
This is an excellent, well-researched video. I am glad to see Memphis start to get the credit they deserve. All that music was wayyyyyy ahead of it's time.
Three 6 Mafia gets the credit cause they arguably did it better than anybody else and were able to put it all together better than most.
They captured the streets of Memphis (and most of the south really) like Mobb Deep did the streets of NYC. I lived in both places and was mad active in the streets of both places and we'd be listenin to Wu or Mobb in Memphis and Three 6 or TW3 and all of it in Florida lol Obviously each section fw their own local music but mad others from outside had a spot in rotation too.
Their lyrics aren't "evil". Very few really play w demonic shit. The violence that came with the drugs and gangs and PTSD that followed lead to the music bein an outlet and therapeutic for the makers and listeners. Shit half the time we'd be bumpin hard shit on our way to do dirt to get pumped for it. It had it's roll. Just like if I'm gunless in the streets of BK... I want DMX in my head lol.
Drill has Memphis to thank 💯 Everybody keeps givin ATL all the credit but ATL was on a different, more melodic and funky, route before The M put on.
No mention of scarface brad jordan set the standard for hard southern hiphop facts he had dark hard street lyrics from the get. Although your rite about 36 bein the most well known due to production skill set they learned from listen to span fly zirk squeek and probly blackout and sound it was the talented and legendary roster they had aroundrecording with them gb fly skinny koop etc... because on the mic juicy and paul were pretty much mediocre if that ! listenin to back yard posse the yard befor they labled them selves triple 6 on that song g.b and nigga 9 easily out raped them np
Exactly. Atlanta trap-music got it's roots in Memphis too. Real ATL niggas will tell you too.
100
their lyrics are most definitely "evil". wtf?
Georgia native. Absolutely agree that ATL trap is influenced heavily by Memphis. Heck, I think DJ Paul even said the ATL fanbase was one of their biggest.
Been obsessed with the scene since I was 14 dedicated many years to archiving and storing hundreds of tapes on drives and computers
You on soulseek? Reminds me of tape trading metal in the mail, but digital.
jove w1993 bro make a channel and start uploading all them shits!
I grew up in NYC, in the hood back in the 90's and early 2000's. I was sort of an outsider because 1)I was a Gothic/metal head Latino kid who was also into the rave scene heavy. I wasn't much into hip-hop even though I knew all about it, because again, I was in the hood. How could I not know?
I used to listen to this local college radio station that featured all different types of music. And one day this student put on rap from the south. Specifically it was emphasized that it was from Memphis. It was pretty much a 3 6 Mafia and Lord Infamous Playlist with other rappers here and there from Memphis. I was IMMEDIATELY hooked. 3 6 Mafia and Lord Infamous was dark, hard, gritty and the style was just so unique. It was nothing I was hearing on the mainstream. From there I became a 3 6 Mafia fan and I was STOKED to see them come out with "Who Run It" and "Sippin On Syzzurp". It was crazy because prior to that, I was the only person I knew who was all about Southern rap outside of the Hot Boyz who were hot and mainstream at the time.
Till this day, not many people know how influential Memphis rap is and how it's shaped the styles of many rappers today.
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Great comment, thanks for watching I 100% agree. I think allot of people feel the same way about Memphis rap. It really is unique and appealing to a certain demographic of people. Doesn't surprise me that a raver would be into it.
It was in 97 when a friend of mine heard of them and told us of a group named 3 6 mafia from Tenn and they had a song called tear the club up and were getting banned. A few months later their video was on BET. Been on em' since. Same thing with black rob. Friend of mine been up North and came back and told me about a song called whoa and was singing it. Same thing few months later the video dropped.
@@ronnfly Black Rob was a one hit wonder though
@@danzena4059 tru that lol!! Jus relating of how back then music wasn't quite discovered as fast as it is today via internet etc
this video is awesome, appreciate the time you spent on this. im a producer and artist and I'm always trying to continue learning about genres/scenes and their influence on mainstream hip hop. this video was greatly educational!
dude literally just said it like "koopsta kah-nicca" xD, but fr this a dope documentary, love memphis sound, and appreciate you puttin this together
Kellar Moore u stupid
He didn’t wanna say nigga obviously
the old video of Xavier Wulf and Chris Travis tho
Not alotta people know about them
@@tjnaptown91 yeah it's sad they're legends
I looked at the comments to see if anyone else noticed that
RAIDER KLAN days!!
@@deadboy4991 they are underground legends !
Crunk originated in Memphis major shout to 3-6 Mafia w/ “Mystic Styles”... I’m glad I was part of the culture via High School Band Competitions mid 90’s.
Puranium But crunk ain’t dead 👀
İ recently realize that.
I was a drum major at Melrose. I remember goin clubbin to the D on Sunday nights in high school. People don’t even know Memphis was what got Lil Jon started.
way before lil John & the Eastside boys changed it into "crunk" we were "getting buck!"
of course they copied our style and music.
it wasn't until lil scrappy admitted it during an interview that people understood.
I just found memphis rap recently due to the phonk genre. this is by far my favourite rap genre.
The crack wars here in Tennessee in the 90s was insane, it was so violent, it’s crazy how all of 3-6 clicked up and made it to the mainstream, it blows my mind
Three six mafia never really went mainstream they would've have mainstream success but they mostly stayed underground in a way
@@Gregorio413 not in the internet era
@@Gregorio413 lol " gamers " on 90´s music
@@hjillumi880 what??
@@Gregorio413 What do you mean? Three Six definitely had their mainstream era. Most Known Unknown is the most mainstream they could get without completely abandoning their core sound. Plus they won an Oscar lol
Lmfao yo gotti was harder when he was a kid
Right!!!
Yep
@Coitus Handguns they aren't "hungry " anymore lol just living life
Exactly what I thought lol. But even if you listen to his older work, he gets progressively worse by following trends. Atleast he knows how to hustle the industry.
Coitus Handguns wait serious question is Kodak black out of jail right now or is he still in jail
IDK who started TRAP.....I'm from NY...but when I heard it , I feel in love and still is...I heard this trap about 1991-92...Keep ya head up Memphis...now I know the truth.. bless....
Billy Luna it was a good P.O.V. But trust me it’s so far from the exact truth as he stated his depth wasn’t as deep as it could be nor does he understand a lot of there terminology. The real aspects of beef was left out as to who what when were and why. What he spoke on was the exact reasons why people see the culture as it is and it’s great nonetheless but imagine that being 3ft of a pool that has an abyss far to deep to imagine.
Ex. The Dj zirks 2 thick is def the most sampled song prob in hip hop rap. But what needs to be acknowledged is the fact it’s not so much because of that stoooopid dumb hard beat but the psychopathic, schizophrenic, basket case. Buckshot in the former, as it seems many do not know that it’s the 3rd last verse as Zirk is 2nd and Tom skeemask is first. As legends go. Between him and lord infamous the dude is remarkable on all songs. Though his basket of apples are very few compared to infamy in numbers when referring to songs. He set the tone for the killer shyt to be cool. . Find snubnose. Him a guice are a group and he goes by trey 8/ then soon Trey buck. Find ghetto child and you can see how awesome this mf is.
Lex Luger started trap i believe
Ghetto mafia started trap music out of atlanta.
@@mikejarmon8431faglanta ain’t start nothing
Memphis Rap completely changed my music listening when I was a teen in late 90s early 2000’s. First time I heard 3-6 it blew my mind, as a kid growing up on Metal and Hip up I found Memphis rap to just speak to me.
I've been a hardcore 3-6 fan since I bought Chapter II: World Domination in 1998. I was so proud of them when they won the Academy award, they truly deserved it... not just for their work on hustle & flow, but their influence on rap music in general.
I've listened to the horrorcore genre on bandcamp and they are literally taking the same instruments and muffled sound and emulating old memphis beats.
so many amps snapped to Late Nite Tip. legendary stuff
THIS IS COOL MANE, KEEP DAT SHYT GOING. MUCH LOVE FROM RUSSIA
FunFact: Tommy Wright III was a member of 10 Wanted Men
nigga and another fun fact,Lo Key was his cousin and Tommy W produced beats for Lo Key
TW3 was the leader of 10 wanted men
He also started a fake manson family, stealing lil jacks shit striaght up while he was in jail.
The enisstial s even match numerically as well twIII T.en W.anted. men. III
Doomer pill
Wow I had no idea southern rap was hated and unpopular back in the day. It was so ahead of it’s time and it is dominating hip hop today. The beats are insane.