It ain't all Cadillacs and lean down here in Texas. We were big on Eric B and Rakim back in the day, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest as well. And many Texas rappers choose to draw from such universal influence rather than from a more localized sound. Houston's K-Otix hit pay dirt a decade ago doing just that. Since then, Waco's Strange Fruit Project has enjoyed similar success breaking the stereotypical mold of what Texas rap is supposed to sound like. In the present tense, Austin's Kydd Jones follows the iconoclastic lead, putting a jazzy spin on his raps that never fail to captivate...
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