Houston rap tapes : an oral history of Bayou City hip-hop / Lance Scott Walker ; foreword by Willie D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Lance Scott, author.

Contributor:

D., Willie, 1966- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rap musicians--Texas--Houston--Interviews.

Rap musicians.

Rap (Music)--Texas--Houston--History and criticism.

Rap (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.

Summary:

The neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Fourth Ward, Third Ward, and the Southside of Houston, Texas, gave birth to Houston rap, a vibrant music scene that has produced globally recognized artists such as Geto Boys, DJ Screw, Pimp C and Bun B of UGK, Fat Pat, Big Moe, Z-Ro, Lil’ Troy, and Paul Wall. Lance Scott Walker and photographer Peter Beste spent a decade documenting Houston’s scene, interviewing and photographing the people—rappers, DJs, producers, promoters, record label owners—and places that give rap music from the Bayou City its distinctive character. Their collaboration produced the books Houston Rap and Houston Rap Tapes. This second edition of Houston Rap Tapes amplifies the city’s hip-hop history through new interviews with Scarface, Slim Thug, Lez Moné, B L A C K I E, Lil’ Keke, and Sire Jukebox of the original Ghetto Boys. Walker groups the interviews into sections that track the different eras and movements in Houston rap, with new photographs and album art that reveal the evolution of the scene from the 1970s to today’s hip-hop generation. The interviews range from the specifics of making music to the passions, regrets, memories, and hopes that give it life. While offering a view from some of Houston’s most marginalized areas, these intimate conversations lay out universal struggles and feelings. As Willie D of Geto Boys writes in the foreword, “Houston Rap Tapes flows more like a bunch of fellows who haven’t seen each other for ages, hanging out on the block reminiscing, rather than a calculated literary guide to Houston’s history.”

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

FOUNDATION

MC Wickett Crickett (1959–2015)

DJ Steve Fournier

Darryl Scott

Captain Jack

Pam Collins

Jazzie Redd

RHINESTONE

DJ Ready Red

Willie D

Ricky Royal

Romeo Poet

Elite Al-B

Raheem

Lil’ Troy

Scarface

Def Jam Blaster

Sire Jukebox

SOUTHSIDE

K-Rino

DJ Domo

Rob Quest

N.O. Joe

DJ Styles

Matt Sonzala

Big Mike

Lez Moné

The ARE

K-Otix

Craig (BBC) Long

Murder One

Point Blank

Dope E

Top Dog

Snapp of The Niyat

B-1

Cl’Che

Justice Allah

Z-Ro

380 Dat Lady

KB Da Kidnappa

Icey Hott

DJ Gold

Klondike Kat

Russell Washington

DJ Chill

Lil’ Keke

Big DeMo

Wood

LOS

Southside Playaz

DJ DMD

Bun B

NORTHSIDE

G-Dash

Mike Moe

Salih Williams

Paul Wall

Slim Thug

Meshah Hawkins

Kay of The Foundation

FUTURE

Big Gerb (1983–2016)

Cal Wayne

Dr. Robert S. Muhammad

OMB Bloodbath

BLACKIE

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-1793-7

1-4773-1792-9

OCLC:

1269269032