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1.Michael Watts Presents Swishahouse, The Day
Hell Broke Loose (1999) Ill definitely start off with The Day Hell Broke
Loose, which is a Chopped and Screwed album.
Swisha House. Thats definitely an underground
album that I fell in love with. It was so jammin. It
was one of the Swisha House CDs that I had that I
was actually listening to on a daily basis.
2.UGK, Ridin' Dirty (1996) Of course, Ridin' Dirty, which is an amazing
album from UGK. From the blues aspect, and the
grit of that album is super amazing. What they
were rapping aboutas far as Port Arthur, and
the hunger in their voice. I feel like it really was
one of the reasons why I was so adamant about rapping about where Im from, and being
confident in being country, and excited to be
country, and Southern and tell people about it. 3.8Ball & MJG, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1999) In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1, 8Ball & MJG. Organized
Noize produced that one, as well. Paid Dues is
one of my favorite songs from 8Ball & MJG
featuring Cee-Lo Green. I was in high school, and
I was playing baseball around that time. It was
one of them things, when you on a long bus ride, playing We Started This will definitely get you
crunk. We started this sh*t, and we gon finish
this sh*t! They had a real playa pimp tight feel to
the music. We talkin about ridin around and just
tryna relax and soak up game. They definitely
dropped a lot of game and knowledge in their music.
4.8Ball & MJG, Comin Out Hard (1993) Comin Out Hard would be another album from
8Ball & MJG that I fell in love with, around 1999,
2000. It was because of a certain songPimps
was the name of the record. I could never figure
out how they used the sample and how they
flipped the sample, and it took me years to find out what the sample was. Im talkin about, like, a
year ago I found out what they sampled on
Pimps.
5.Project Pat, Mista Don't Play: Everythangs
Workin' (2001) Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin' of course.
Listening to Project Pat all the time. The way they
flipped samples and things like that was so
amazing to me. Mista Don't Play: Everythangs
Workin' was definitely an album I played on the
regular
6.Willie Hutch, The Mack Soundtrack (1973) This isnt an underground album, but The Mack
theme music by Willie Hutch. Im not sure how
many people have that in they deck. That was
one of my favorite albums. Its something I
listened to on a daily basis. Take Care Of Mama
is one of my favorite records ever. If youve ever seen The Mack, its the scene where his mamas
passing away and hes in the hospital talking to
her. Willie Hutch is such an amazing artist. His
discography is crazy, and hes behind a lot of
different soundtracks.
7.Playa Fly, Fly sh*t (1996) Definitely give a shoutout to Playa Fly. Im not
sure how many people are familiar with Playa
Fly, but I remember listening to Flizy Coming
and Crowin Me over and over again as a
young teenager. Its crazy, cause he had his
father singing on a lot of his hooks, and it was a lot as far as his family. His click, he named after
his grandmother, I think. Its crazy that he was
utilizing so much of his family in the music. I kind
of do the same, as far as my music, and actually
having my grandmother on one of my songs.
And dedicating songs to her all the time, and using content from her, so I understand what he
was doing with that. 8.Dirty Boyz, The Pimp & Da Gangsta (2001) Definitely the Dirty Boyz album The Pimp & Da
Gangsta was an amazing album, too. I remember
listening to 6 Deep Creepin, which was one of
the craziest storytelling records I had heard from
somebody in a minuteas far as them using
their environment so much in the record. Rollin Vogues was another record on that album that I
played in my car.
9.David Banner, Them Firewater Boyz, Vol. 1
(2000) David Banner, on the album where he was in
front of the White House. Them Firewater Boyz.
Hell yeah. I had the opportnunity to see Banner
perform a lot of those reocrds. His stage presence
man. You talking about somebody that will
jump out in the crowd. And he was spittin fire. I learned a lot from him as far as commanding the
crowd and giving your all on stage, regardless.
Hes one of the first artists that I saw perform
and I was like, Wow. He put on a real show. I
remember seeing him perform Like A Pimp
with Lil Flip, before that album came out, and he was going back in his catalog doing Firewater
Boyz and just killing sh*t. I was like, if I had to do
any kind of shows, I wanna be that kind.
Whether they knew the song or not, he could
make you learn the song right there and you
could be just as crunk as he was.
10.OutKast, Aquemini (1998) Aquemini is an amazing album. Its definitely not
what we would consider an underground album,
but its an album that influenced my music a lot.
Da Art of Storytellin Pt. 2 is an amazing record
to me. From the way the utilized sound effects,
the distortion, to the content. Liberation is probably one of my favorite songs ever. From Big
Rubes poem at the end, to everybody singing
their parteven Big Boi on that thing singin!
And the message behind it. Still being able to
have the Rosa Parks, its such a well rounded
album. Growing up and listening to it and being dumbfounded. Organized Noize, and how they
were able to use the sampling and the scratching
but it still sounded super organic and Southern.Big K.R.I.T. Lists His 10 Favorite Underground Albums | XXLMAG.COM
Hell Broke Loose (1999) Ill definitely start off with The Day Hell Broke
Loose, which is a Chopped and Screwed album.
Swisha House. Thats definitely an underground
album that I fell in love with. It was so jammin. It
was one of the Swisha House CDs that I had that I
was actually listening to on a daily basis.
2.UGK, Ridin' Dirty (1996) Of course, Ridin' Dirty, which is an amazing
album from UGK. From the blues aspect, and the
grit of that album is super amazing. What they
were rapping aboutas far as Port Arthur, and
the hunger in their voice. I feel like it really was
one of the reasons why I was so adamant about rapping about where Im from, and being
confident in being country, and excited to be
country, and Southern and tell people about it. 3.8Ball & MJG, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1999) In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1, 8Ball & MJG. Organized
Noize produced that one, as well. Paid Dues is
one of my favorite songs from 8Ball & MJG
featuring Cee-Lo Green. I was in high school, and
I was playing baseball around that time. It was
one of them things, when you on a long bus ride, playing We Started This will definitely get you
crunk. We started this sh*t, and we gon finish
this sh*t! They had a real playa pimp tight feel to
the music. We talkin about ridin around and just
tryna relax and soak up game. They definitely
dropped a lot of game and knowledge in their music.
4.8Ball & MJG, Comin Out Hard (1993) Comin Out Hard would be another album from
8Ball & MJG that I fell in love with, around 1999,
2000. It was because of a certain songPimps
was the name of the record. I could never figure
out how they used the sample and how they
flipped the sample, and it took me years to find out what the sample was. Im talkin about, like, a
year ago I found out what they sampled on
Pimps.
5.Project Pat, Mista Don't Play: Everythangs
Workin' (2001) Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin' of course.
Listening to Project Pat all the time. The way they
flipped samples and things like that was so
amazing to me. Mista Don't Play: Everythangs
Workin' was definitely an album I played on the
regular
6.Willie Hutch, The Mack Soundtrack (1973) This isnt an underground album, but The Mack
theme music by Willie Hutch. Im not sure how
many people have that in they deck. That was
one of my favorite albums. Its something I
listened to on a daily basis. Take Care Of Mama
is one of my favorite records ever. If youve ever seen The Mack, its the scene where his mamas
passing away and hes in the hospital talking to
her. Willie Hutch is such an amazing artist. His
discography is crazy, and hes behind a lot of
different soundtracks.
7.Playa Fly, Fly sh*t (1996) Definitely give a shoutout to Playa Fly. Im not
sure how many people are familiar with Playa
Fly, but I remember listening to Flizy Coming
and Crowin Me over and over again as a
young teenager. Its crazy, cause he had his
father singing on a lot of his hooks, and it was a lot as far as his family. His click, he named after
his grandmother, I think. Its crazy that he was
utilizing so much of his family in the music. I kind
of do the same, as far as my music, and actually
having my grandmother on one of my songs.
And dedicating songs to her all the time, and using content from her, so I understand what he
was doing with that. 8.Dirty Boyz, The Pimp & Da Gangsta (2001) Definitely the Dirty Boyz album The Pimp & Da
Gangsta was an amazing album, too. I remember
listening to 6 Deep Creepin, which was one of
the craziest storytelling records I had heard from
somebody in a minuteas far as them using
their environment so much in the record. Rollin Vogues was another record on that album that I
played in my car.
9.David Banner, Them Firewater Boyz, Vol. 1
(2000) David Banner, on the album where he was in
front of the White House. Them Firewater Boyz.
Hell yeah. I had the opportnunity to see Banner
perform a lot of those reocrds. His stage presence
man. You talking about somebody that will
jump out in the crowd. And he was spittin fire. I learned a lot from him as far as commanding the
crowd and giving your all on stage, regardless.
Hes one of the first artists that I saw perform
and I was like, Wow. He put on a real show. I
remember seeing him perform Like A Pimp
with Lil Flip, before that album came out, and he was going back in his catalog doing Firewater
Boyz and just killing sh*t. I was like, if I had to do
any kind of shows, I wanna be that kind.
Whether they knew the song or not, he could
make you learn the song right there and you
could be just as crunk as he was.
10.OutKast, Aquemini (1998) Aquemini is an amazing album. Its definitely not
what we would consider an underground album,
but its an album that influenced my music a lot.
Da Art of Storytellin Pt. 2 is an amazing record
to me. From the way the utilized sound effects,
the distortion, to the content. Liberation is probably one of my favorite songs ever. From Big
Rubes poem at the end, to everybody singing
their parteven Big Boi on that thing singin!
And the message behind it. Still being able to
have the Rosa Parks, its such a well rounded
album. Growing up and listening to it and being dumbfounded. Organized Noize, and how they
were able to use the sampling and the scratching
but it still sounded super organic and Southern.Big K.R.I.T. Lists His 10 Favorite Underground Albums | XXLMAG.COM
