Texas Rapps Flashback: Hood Soul

Merely a few years ago, North Austin's Hood Soul Records seemed properly primed for an outright explosion of Texas rap style. Featuring singer Fif Wheel in addition to a squad of rappers including Nawfstar and Nac, Hood Soul also had Salih and Tomar Williams of Carnival Beats on board for their dynamic 2007 mixtape titled Got That Hood Soul...

Big K.R.I.T. Meets DJ Michael "5000" Watts

Big K.R.I.T. is obviously from Mississippi rather than Texas, but upon the release of his new album Return of 4ever, it's a beautiful thing to see his Third Coast style being embraced so wholeheartedly across the Lone Star state. Hopefully, K.R.I.T.'s new album will receive the same chopped and screwed treatment that was applied to his former album K.R.I.T. Wuz Here courtesy of Houston's DJ Michael "5000" Watts....

Texas Rapps Flashback: Z-Ro's G Love freestyle

Z-Ro's first appearance on a DJ Screw mixtape came in 1998. The tape was made for Screw's brother Al-D and it was called G Love. Screw had Z-Ro rhyme over a reworked instrumental to Devin the Dude's "Sticky Green"...

Texas Rapps Flashback: Z-Ro's Blue 22 freestyle

In 1999, Z-Ro made his most famous appearance on a DJ Screw mixtape. The tape was called Blue 22 and Screw placed Ro's verse over the the reworked instrumental to Mean Green's "Major Players". In the video clips below, a very young looking Z-Ro delivers his verse as a normal-speed accapella and then the Screw version follows...

Cory Mo & Killa Kyleon - I Live It

Houston's Cory Mo and Killa Kyleon serve up a hearty dose of game by way of this slight deparrture from Cory Mo's usual laid-back, old school funk-oriented production style... 

Gerald G - Gone Away video

Austin's Gerald G promised a video a month during the course of 2011 and here is the latest installment, featuring singer Brent Carter...

Bavu Blakes - Eddie Long video

Life-long Texan Bavu Blakes now lives in Long Beach, California, but best believe it's a big event when he comes back to Austin to do a show. Utilizing a beat constructed by Reggie Coby of Dred Skott, Bavu finds his SXSW performance from just last week already spun into a quality video by Crew 54's Dookie Vizion Productions...