“His inherent charm and freewheeling stream-of-thought rap style has earned him an undeniable reputation in Texas. And he has a new album out this summer (spoiler: it’s the tits). It’s not unreasonable to assume that he could be the next one up.” - Complex Magazine

10 New Houston Rappers to Watch Out For: Fat Tony
http://www.complex.com/music/2013/05/10-new-houston-rappers-to-watch-out-for/fat-tony

“3rd Ward” - Beyoncé

Tomorrow night in the H (Wednesday, 2/13) come party with me, OG Ron C, Yves Saint (The Nice Guys), Dorrough, and more at Kornbread’s (9373 Richmond). Ladies drink free 9-11pm (!!!) which is pretty throwed plus the whole function is free all night for any & everybody.

Ciroc Boyz South DJ’s Welcome to Houston party for NBA All-Star Weekend 2013. Get loose.

Screwed Up: Ain’t Nuttin’ Better

We finna be Groovin’ on a Sunday this weekend in Houston.



I’m hosting my player potnas iPod Ammo & Klinch’s early evening function GOODBYE / HELLO at The Flat on Sunday, December 30th! We gonna kick back from 5pm till 10pm and celebrate 2012 right before we roll into the new year’s eve madness. They gon be in the mix while I back ‘em with some very official yappin’.

The party is FREE with RSVP: http://goodbyehellohtx.eventbrite.com (!!!)

$5 at the door without RSVP!

Sunday, December 30th
5:00pm - 10:00pm
21+ (duh, it’s a bar, bruh)
The Flat
1701 Commonwealth St.
Houston, Texas 77006

FB Event: http://on.fb.me/12NqrcH

ODD SQUAD (Devin the Dude + Blind Rob Quest + Jugg Mugg) very classic Houston rap music right here. I’ll never forget when I found this CD in high school! I was already a Devin fan but didn’t know bout his Odd Squad background yet. DJ Screw was their first DJ too (crazy!) way back in the gap.

Peep this interview w/ Rob Quest speaking on that era: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/noz-pit-stop-houston2

I lost this album several hard drives ago! If anybody got it holler at me!

“I KEEP YA FULL LIKE A TIMMY CHAN WING DINNER”  - ROB QUEST

prisonrodeoclownschool:

Today I drove down to Angleton outside of Houston and talked to a career class about being a music writer.

My hometown hero @CraigHlavaty spoke to a class bout being a music writer. Much love for mentioning me amongst UGK, B L A C K I E, Black Flag, Stooges, Rolling Stones, and more.

used to have a poster of this up in the spot i took karate at

3 times a week i was learnin to whoop ass and zen it out while big moe watched over me 

much love to the og master mungu you taught me well

“the 1st major independent record label” 

(Source: mcgregormcgregor)

peep a new noisey mini-doc on screwston texas. got interviews with several legends + up & coming rap stars. watch me walk ‘em round 3rd ward and king’s flea market (this is the way we baaawwwwll).

street flava got a youtube channel hell yeah #screwston

used to stay up many late nights on ch. 8 for this 

much love to this young woman who found herself last night and set her mind, body, & soul free

HOUSTON RAP CONNECTS ON ZZ TOP’S “I GOTSTA GET PAID”
by Treats, Mass Appeal

Fat Tony: I fuck with ZZ Top forever. That’s some real H-Town rock ‘n’ roll legends right there, my nigga. I just did a lil DJ thing at a hardcore/metal show in Richmond, VA and jammed their cover loud as fuck. Growing up, “25 Lighters” was the biggest song of all-time, in my mind. Lil Keke and Fat Pat’s verses were ingrained deeply into the brains of every young black kid living on the southside of Houston, especially in my neighborhood 3rd Ward which was the home to many stars like Big Moe. I literally heard “25 Lighters” every day, either on the radio or out the mouth of a fellow classmate. So you know I was bout it, bout it when Tom Cruz sampled it for “Luv It Mayne.”

Hearing Murs say “R.I.P. Fat Pat” before his verse really took me by surprise. Sometimes I forget how big Screw and all that ’90s Houston rap really was. Being a kid, it was just the locals making incredible music for the locals. But now that I’m a man, I see it spread to underground hip hop fans everywhere! What was once just my beloved regional sound is now a big influence for anybody taking the time to stencil TRILL on their clothes or slow down a song in audacity for their Tumblr. Crazy shit. I still remember my mama picking me up from school and informing me of Fat Pat’s death while waiting in the drive-thru at Whataburger. He was really the star of the scene in his last year of life. Everyone thought he’d break out of Texas but now his soul is forever resting here with us. Much respect to Port Arthur’s DJ DMD, the same great town that birthed UGK. Shout out to Das Racist who got on the “Luv It Mayne” remix and helped Fat Pat’s voice reach many more people.

Tom Cruz: My mother’s family is from Houston—pretty much all in the 3rd Ward. Being that I didn’t grow up with her, I’d visit a lot: the summers, and holidays, over the years— most importantly the years where Texan rap culture was at its zenith—the mid-to-late ’90s. At 14/15-ish, my older cousins used to sneak me into this ratchet ass club called T-Town using one of their expired licenses, and 10 extra bucks. In T-Town you could see the physical manifestation of Trill (LOL). There were boppers exposing they titties dancing on speakers, doing the Southside, the Bunny Hop, and my personal favorite, Monkey on a Stick. The height of the evening was actually in the parking lot, where my cousins would try to grab girls arms as they passed (I had more game, talking patios to them with that Black and Mild in my ear…LOL). In that parking lot is where I first heard “25 Lighters” distorting loudly from a slab, the screwed version. The phrase “luv it mane” for me kinda expressed the whole scene. Years later I’m trying to give Tony a back drop that encompassed all the adventures: from when I threw that epic BBQ in Pearland with my cousin Laylah, to when I was trying to get K.C.’s little cousin to jump off but everybody knew I was also talking to Andrea, and my fake cousin Beau Ana… Aaww cot damn… All in one phrase I could sample, “luv it mane” was it. BTW, before Lil Flip hit the national scene, believe it or not, his tapes was throwed as shit, ‘member that! Hahahaha. “Spill my drink on my clothes… I can do dat.”

(via Mass Appeal: HOUSTON RAP CONNECTS ON ZZ TOP’S “I GOTSTA GET PAID”)

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… FRIDAY JULY 6th 2K12 …
… 10:00 PM …
… $8 …

WAREHOUSE LIVE: GREEN ROOM
813 ST. EMMANUEL
HOUSTON, TEXAS

Art: Darek Garcia :: http://shickenscratch.com 

HOUSTON. JULY 6th.

FAT TONY & TOM CRUZ. 10ILLE.

MORE INFO SOON.

Photo: @kylewukasch

hamoneverything:

Screwed in Houston - Music World - VICE

Today’s bubblegum rap may rule the charts, but at VICE we prefer our beats harder and more innovative. Follow along as we head south to the Third Coast to groove on one of the most original rap scenes ever realized. Houston is a city defined by its geography—low and slow, hot and hard, bayous and parking lots spreading for endless flat suburban miles. But a lack of citywide zoning creates pockets of distinct communities within Houston’s sprawl, and in these unofficially cordoned-off neighborhoods, Dirty Southern rap was born.

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