Tag: Houston hip hop

• January 15, 2021

  State of The Game Vol.41-The Voice and Legacy of Devin The Dude with Fat Tony

  ATTENDEES  Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, Fat Tony  AGENDA  New Business  ● Discuss the evolution of Devin The Dude over the course of the 1994 Odd Squad album Fadanuf Fa Erybody to his first(The Dude) and second(Just Tryin’ To Live) solo album. What is his voice and how did it develop? ● Track the ongoing influence…
• March 11, 2020

  Song of The Year-Hit My Phone by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Kehlani

  Song of The Year-Hit My Phone by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Kehlani by Dan-O You just can’t beat the kind of collaboration that unites two fabulously interesting artists coming off their best work. In 2019, Kehlani dropped the elegant and well crafted While We Wait while Megan Thee Stallion was everywhere. She dropped her Fever project, dropped some killer…
• April 3, 2018

  Song of The Year-I’ll Be Fine by Trae The Truth

  Song of The Year-I’ll Be Fine by Trae The Truth by Dan-O More than any project before his new album Hometown Hero represents the uniqueness of Trae The Truth. His voice has always been raspy, stabbing, and relentless a fantastic guest feature flow to shake you from your comfort zone. Hometown Hero dresses itself to…
• April 27, 2017

  Album recommendation of the week-Lorraine Motel by Killa Kyleon

  Album recommendation of the week-Lorraine Motel by Killa Kyleon by Dan-O Socially conscious rap music is filled with misinformation. First point-you don’t have to be a social scientist/genius to construct a meaningful album with a socially conscious message. Do not listen to anyone’s album for the answers on life; this is their art and perspective…
• April 19, 2014

  Six Degrees of Drake

  Six Degrees of Drake by Dan-O The widespread success of Drake has caused the spread of a new sound. Does anyone remember when Ghostface Killah started doing sing heavy hooks and it was controversial? People were mad and questioning how hardcore his music was…now being able to sing or fake sing the chorus (sometimes several…
• November 30, 2013

  Mixtape Review-I Am King by Trae The Truth

  Mixtape Review-I Am King by Trae The Truth by Dan-O The sound most affiliated with Houston hip hop is the one we all remember from Mike Jones (and Paul Wall). The gleeful gold grilled riding music that Drake has brought back into every stereo. A lot of the country knows the name DJ Screw but…