Bun B is half of the legendary hip-hop group UGK. His partner, Pimp C, died in 2007. Their new album is UGK For Life.

Christianity formed my deepest instincts, and I have been walking away from it for half my life.

The music of DJ Screw preserves the personalities and style of people foundational to Houston rap—some long-forgotten and too many deceased.

DJ Screw's slow, psychedelic DJ and production style has majorly influenced electronic music, R&B and pop. Houston-based artist Rabit and author Lance Scott Walker trace the roots of this pervasive sound.

Track six is when you give your favorites their flowers. If someone else was putting this playlist together, maybe they’ll have the best New York rapper or an entire West Coast label represented. Not you though; you’re throwing on Outkast. It may not be the song with the most airplay, but it is the one that might mean the most. As Andre 3000 once said, the South’s got something to say.

He goes by many names: Forty Fonzarelli, Charlie Hustle, 40-Water or maybe you know him as the Ambassador of the Bay Area. When it comes to Bay Area hip-hop, E-40 quite possibly the greatest of all time. His distinctiveness has kept him relevant for three decades now, from mob music in the 1990's to hyphy slaps in the aughts to new music today. A couple months ago E-40 put out a brand new record with another Bay Area veteran: Too $hort – it's called Ain't Gone Do It. We're taking the time to revisit our conversation with E-40 from 2019. When he joined us we pulled up some deep cuts from R&B...

DJ Screw - Chapter 82 - 98 Live 1998 (Rhino B-Day tape) Side A 1 2Pac - Get Money (2 min of WC- Just Clownin (instr) 2 Ice Cube - We Be Clubbin 3 Warren G feat Nate Dogg - Regulate 4 E-40, B-Legit, Richie Rich - Yay Deep 5 Hotboys - Hotboy 6 5th Ward Boys feat 8Ball & MJG - Fuck Strugglin 7 MJG feat 8Ball - Shine And Recline 8 Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat and Usher-The Party Continues (Instrumental) Side B 1 Mase feat 8Ball & MJG - The Playa Way 2 Richie Rich - Let's Ride 3 TRU - Haters 4 Ghetto Twins - Responsibility 5 8Ball & MJG - Not Tonight 6 Naughty By Nature - Mourn You Till I Join You (Instrumental) 7 Changing Faces featuring Jay Z - All Of My Days 8 2Pac - Hellraiser 9 Aaliyah - Hot Like Fire

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