League of Extraordinary G'z - Yes He Is video

Austin's League of Extraordinary G'z shot this video while touring the West Coast with Jackie Chain. Dred Skott's Esbe the 6th Street Bully, who spits the first verse here, has been out of his head lately, ripping the mic in nothing short of spectacular fashion. C.O.D.'s S-Dot and Tukdagat follow suit, rounding out the song with their own nifty takes on rapid-fire execution...

Blofly - Comin' Out tha D video

I like it a whole lot more when a Dallas rapper reminds me of Houston instead of reminding me of Atlanta. Blofly here with some standard issue...

Queen Deelah & T-Fly - Dope video

Gotta love it when someone from your own neighborhood really starts to shine. Austin's T-Fly is a graduated product of The Cipher organization, run by members of Public Offenders over at Reagan High School, and here she joins Queen Deelah for a study in lyrical detoxification...

Texas Rapps Flashback: Geto Boys' Straight Gangsterism

For the Geto Boys' 1993 album Til Death Do Us Part, Willie D was temporarily replaced in the group by fellow Rap-A-Lot affiliate Big Mike. This led to a classic song titled "Straight Gangsterism" featuring the lyrical triumvirate of Scarface, Big Mike, and Mr. 3-2, who had formerly been a member of the Convicts with Big Mike... 

Texas Rapps Flashback: Strange Fruit Project

Waco's Strange Fruit Project does soulful hip-hop as well as anyone. Their producer Symbolic One, much like his Texas counterpart Mike Dean, has been tapped in recent years by Kanye West to be a part of his studio team. "Get Live" comes from Strange Fruit's 2006 album The Healing and features Symbolic One, Myth, and Myone sharing the mic with Erykah Badu... 

D Rose & Tray Chaney - Life on Film video

Houston's D Rose gets a helping hand from Tray Chaney who adds a verse, DJ Cozmos who produced the track, and Damien Randle of the Legendary KO who directed the video...

Texas Rapps Flashback: DJ Screw & Big Pokey Bow Down freestyle

This one comes from DJ Screw's Headed 2 the League cassette that came out in '97. It features 22 minutes of Big Pokey wrecking Westside Connection's "Bow Down" and put frankly, there's hardly a flow out there that embodies the Screwed Up Click like this one...