Hip Hop Scene in Texas cities (Houston, Dallas: living in, transit, top 10)

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

I wouldn't even say Dorrough is terrible. Don't know about his lyrics but from what I've heard of him, he makes some decent dance music.

And that's one area Dallas definitely has Houston beat, music you can move to. A lot of H-Town artists are so busy making ridin music that they leave out the fun part of hip hop.

And I'm starting to feel like lyricism is very overrated. Especially since 60% of the rap I listen to anyway is only because of the instrumentals.

I can count on both hands the number of artists that actually have good flow.

Houston has club tracks as well:

Candi Redd: Independent B****es
Z-ro: If that's how you feel
Kinfolk Thugs: Dump Truck
Paul Wall: Bizzy Body and Lemon Drop

These are some songs that will play in the clubs; at least in Texas.


I don't care for the dance tracks coming out of Dallas because half of them look stupid/ Have you seen the flex??? worst dance EVER

I'm not even going to get started on Franky......

[portyhead24]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Well, he beats out the Party Boyz...

"Party Boooooyzzzz...(flex, flex)...we in dat thang!!"

God "hip hop" is dead as dead (at least what's popular on the radio). That song sounds like "inside peanut butta outside jelly" or whatever the hell. Man, if only y'all knew how easily this song would be to make in any music program. Maybe take an hour or to to create. It's kinda disheartening that any no talent fool can get on the radio with a "banga" nowadays. I haven't heard a song that goes anywhere near hard in a while

[MrMcCoySays]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Houston has club tracks as well:

Candi Redd: Independent B****es
Z-ro: If that's how you feel
Kinfolk Thugs: Dump Truck
Paul Wall: Bizzy Body and Lemon Drop

These are some songs that will play in the clubs; at least in Texas.


I don't care for the dance tracks coming out of Dallas because half of them look stupid/ Have you seen the flex??? worst dance EVER

I'm not even going to get started on Franky......

I didn't say Houston didn't have none. I just said they're not as good as Dallas in that area. Big Tuck, Tum Tum, Damn D, etc. (and yeah I liked Stanky Leg, so what, what u gonna do about it? lol). And neither Houston or Dallas can out shine Atlanta or Memphis when it comes to dance tracks.

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by portyhead24

God "hip hop" is dead as dead (at least what's popular on the radio). That song sounds like "inside peanut butta outside jelly" or whatever the hell. Man, if only y'all knew how easily this song would be to make in any music program. Maybe take an hour or to to create. It's kinda disheartening that any no talent fool can get on the radio with a "banga" nowadays. I haven't heard a song that goes anywhere near hard in a while

Welcome to corporate music man. In the mainstream, art is dead. It's all about money no matter which genre your talking about. And don't listen to the radio. Nothing good can come of it.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

I didn't say Houston didn't have none. I just said they're not as good as Dallas in that area. Big Tuck, Tum Tum, Damn D, etc. (and yeah I liked Stanky Leg, so what, what u gonna do about it? lol). And neither Houston or Dallas can out shine Atlanta or Memphis when it comes to dance tracks.

I don't know if this should be a bad or good thing.

The thing is Dallas lacks substance; Houston hip hop scene is more diverse; including substance. Spitting out songs like stanky leg, booty dew, flex, hit dat hoe, and more back to back. That's not a vibrant hip hop scene to me. Ice Cream Paint Job and Dallas girls didn't help out the situation much either.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

I would too, but that's not saying much. Because while Hova is a skilled lyricist, I can't say I'm a fan of his "MUSIC".

Rapping is essentially talking to rhythm, but it alone is not music. So if you have good lyrics but garbage production.....

K-Rino is a good example of great lyrics but mostly garbage production. If he had better production, I think more would listen. His beats grow on you though and he probably picks the simple fruity loop beats because he wants you to focus on the lyrics. I know some people like that.

[MrMcCoySays]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

I don't know if this should be a bad or good thing.

The thing is Dallas lacks substance; Houston hip hop scene is more diverse; including substance. Spitting out songs like stanky leg, booty dew, flex, hit dat hoe, and more back to back. That's not a vibrant hip hop scene to me. Ice Cream Paint Job and Dallas girls didn't help out the situation much either.

Well that's not all Dallas is about.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

Well that's not all Dallas is about.

Well, post the other stuff that it's about.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

It's just rap, people. Y'all act like rappers be spittin the Holy Word or somethin lol.

Hip hop music was not born out of lyricism, and even today it isn't always the focus of the song. It's two parts: the lyrics and the beat. As long as one is good I can listen to it.

But I take it you two aren't exactly the dancing type lol.

But lyricism was still part of hip hop and it became the main ingredient to a great artist as hip hop evolved. It transitioned into lyricism once we got to the golden era of hip hop (88-94 sometimes 96). Dancing or party tracks while still there was still balanced out by lyricism. Flow is not the only aspect of a successful artist. His content, wordplay, voice, delivery, subject, and versatility. It shows skill. Plus production and charisma is also an ingredient to a successful artist. This is why when you see many people's top 10, you see people that had great production, a charismatic personality, creative lyrics. You're going to see NAS, Tupac, Common, Jay-Z, and more over Young Joc, Baby, or Lil Jon. This is why hip hop is indeed music. You try telling me that when you listen to the Roots in a concert and try to pass that off as not being music.

When it comes to new artists for hip hop. Fashawn impresses me more because he has the talent and the skill over somebody like Soulja Boy that makes nothing but dancing music. If you don't know who Fashawn is, I'll post a link to one of his songs later.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Houston has club tracks as well:

Candi Redd: Independent B****es
Z-ro: If that's how you feel
Kinfolk Thugs: Dump Truck
Paul Wall: Bizzy Body and Lemon Drop

These are some songs that will play in the clubs; at least in Texas.


I don't care for the dance tracks coming out of Dallas because half of them look stupid/ Have you seen the flex??? worst dance EVER

I'm not even going to get started on Franky......

Is it any worse than Frankieeeeee. Memo to Dallas, find an identity. They don't know if they want to Houston or if they want to be Atlanta. DSR was just a weak copy of Swisahouse in the early part of this decade. Not to mention that every member in that crew was hot garbage.