Its the hiphop music you love, but edited so you can listen to most of it around your kids or your parents. Memphis rap was crucial in the horrorcore movement, as the genres dark, sinister sound was perfectly suited for the styles frightening lyrics. Mid 90s memphis underground rap tapes tuesday, 4 september 2012. Compilation made by me, original song of funksoulrnbpop sampled by memphis rappers. Al kapone presents memphis underground rap alliance 1 al kapone presents sir vince 1. It has been characterized by its often low budget, repetitive production and its occasional lofi sound that also heavily utilizes the roland tr808 drum machine and minimal synth melodies, as well as double time. Switch to the dark mode thats kinder on your eyes at night time. Definitely check out the tracklisting after the jump and download the. Here are the key players in early memphis hiphop, gangster rap and horrorcore. I have in my collection an extensive amount of unheard material from the years of 1992 to 1999 all from original cassettes that have been saved in collectors collection and passed down to me to process to mp3 and digitalize the product to a higher quality memphis underground rap music has become a sacred phenomenal in the underground. Gangsta rap, west coast, gfunk, southern rap, midwest.
Bass and lead guitar strings, heavy kickdrums, 808s, sadistic synths and more. Tha memphis underground tapes 196 clique crucifixes 196 clique money made pt 2. In memphis in the early 1990s, if you needed to know exactly which songs your pals gangstawalked to on a balmy saturday night, you could. Oldschool underground memphis rap tapes from the 90s. France frankenstein fugees fully loaded funkmaster flex gdep gfunk gside gslimm gambino family game related gang starr gangsta gangsta blac gangsta boo gangsta rap gangstaz boogi germany get low playaz geto boys ghetto concept ghetto kaos ghetto.
Music lovers from heavy metal, rap, and blues will love the skillful and immersive atmosphere of the production from this album. Mid 90s memphis underground rap tapes thursday, 9 may 20. Lyrically, it was just as abrasive, as the rappers spun profane, gritty tales about urban crime. Aphilliates movement as a producer on gangsta grillz radio and sirius xm radio. Switch to the light mode thats kinder on your eyes at day time.
Top 100 hip hop albums of the 1990s mediafire 320 kbps. Gangsta pat deadly verses 1995 deadlyass memphis gangsta rap. This blog focuses on the underground scene, since those artists often dont release a clean version like the big acts do. Ive also included old albums that either dont have clean versions, or the clean version is very poorly done. The unsung heroes of early memphis rap red bull music. Gangsta pats father was a drummer with many famous bands, including isaac hayes the movement.
Gangsta d n control fresno, california 1998 gangsta wanted inglewood, california 1995 handy man the adventures of handy man texas 1. Gangsta rap, gfunk, midwest, dirty south, west coast. Evolving out of hardcore rap, gangsta rap had an edgy, noisy sound. I have in my collection an extensive amount of unheard material from the years of 1992 to 1999 all from original. Inc melly mel the mad scientist memphis menace merced mercenary records mercury records messy marv mia x miami micc michael marshall michigan midnight midwest midwest mayhem midwest records mik ceaser mil ticket records. Sign me up to the faw mailing list and show me the free download links. Stream tracks and playlists from early memphis rap on your desktop or mobile device. Gangsta rap or gangster rap is a style of hip hop characterized by themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the gangsta, o. Perhaps most notably, it was memphis rap, along with miami bass, that laid the groundwork for crunk. Tommy wright iii me against the world da crime click grew up in magnolia 10 wanted men all about that cash criminal mane fist full of bricks mr. A look at the most influential early rappers and producers in the memphis hiphop scene.
Highlights include the rapidfire title track, and tha oj murder story, in which pat claims responsibility for the murder of nicole simpson. This album is guaranteed to be an evil delight to all hip hop, or should i say wicked hop fans. Memphis rap gangsta pat discography 31 releases 1990. Memphis underground rap tuesday, may 19, 2009 mephis underground rap features a twist beetween southern crunk and horror film sample and the lyrics seem to offend alot of religous people. Gangstamusikk from tha underground 2 tha realest mainstream strictly gangsta. Other volume 10 on my blogspot by paul is not a fake project but maybe this is another. How one atlanta dj is quietly documenting memphis rap. Memphis rap, also known as memphis hip hop and in some forms memphis horrorcore, is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in memphis, tennessee in the early 1990s. Tracklist book 1 01 ambitionz az a ridah 02 all about u 03 skandalouz 04 got my mind made up 05 how do you want it 06 2 of amerikaz most wanted 07 no more pain. A blog to find and download old memphis tapes, this is. Another thing that caught my attention is that bhigh is a lover of underground memphis rap music.
The genre evolved from hardcore rap into a distinct form, pioneered in the mid1980s by rappers such as icet and popularized in the later part of the 1980s by rap groups like n. Typical gangsta rap number, just the vocals have to be filled in. His early life was tumultuous with family drama, his parents divorce, and running afoul of the law. Memphis rap was crucial in the horrorcore movement, as the genres dark, sinister sound. Sometimes the lyrics were an accurate reflection of reality. Yo gotti from da dope game 2 da rap game release date. Im gonna be looking out for all of my supporters with this one. Early memphis raps tracks playa fly slangin rocks pt. Many of his videos featured not only the newcomers from memphis but legends from like dj paul of three 6 mafia, tela, 8ball, skinny pimp and playa fly.