Ten minutes ago, I just went and picked up 8oz of dat mudd. I also picked up a copy of Fat Pat's - Ghetto Dreams.
I'm listening to it as I write because I had to "get my mind right" before I started this.
Track 12 TOPS DROP.........I start to smile.
It brings me back to a time when, although we all wanted Houston to blow up like it is now, all we cared about
was making sure we respected OUR music. Mayne I miss the old Houston............
You know you're from Houston if:
-on the drug tip LMAO buying 2 for $5 or 3 for $10 niggas rollin the sweets extra big (wasn't smoking then)
-Stores selling Single Newports (some still do)
-Ohhh @ starching the pants LOL
-wearing HILFIGER, POLO and NAUTICA
-EVERY hood had had that COOL dopefiend that used to shoot the shit and be talking shit, and didn't hide the fact
that he smoke LOL
-HOOD SHIT: late at night dopefiends walking around like its daylight or riding on bikes lolll
-Dopefiend nigga can fix ANYTHING!
-going to the BOOTLEG on Sundays (Acres Home)
-seeing the HOOKERS walk: especially on Waco in 5th Ward (shout out to the nickel!! used to chill on Dan & Hersche....
with the identical row houses and shit; niggas selling dope out of em)
-Going to the HOURLY rooms (Tweety's and if you nasty; THE BARRON on W. Montgomery!)
-when gas didn't cost much and rode on the South and the North
-Going to MACGREGOR PARK
-On MLK on Sundays
-Going to Lincoln City Park in the 44
-You remember Lil Flip used to go hard when he was wit Sucka Free...
-You remember when Original 84'z & 83'z was tha shit (before there was TWW)
-You know the beat to the June 27th freestyle.
-You remember when you first heard screw music.
-You can remember every word to the songs, "Bar Baby" and "Maaann."
-You remember " I got 25 lighters on my dresser ... "
-You never get tired of singing the hook to "Wanna be a Balla."
-You can sing a screwed song off the dome and remember when the chops come in, lol
-You know what comes after "draped up dripped out." (You knew this before Bun B's song).
-You can understand Yungstar when he is rapping.
-You think of classics in terms of music from Fat Pat, UGK, Big Moe, and Scarface.
You see, as fast as a few of our homeboys are reaching super-stardom (because they were our homeboys before any
MTV appearance or video on MTV), we're losing the very substance from which our spotlight came.
I ask myself, what happened to us? Where's OUR music at?
Remember when you could go to the Kappa Beach Party in Galveston and just dap-up Paul Wall and Slim Thug? Remember when they had
no body guards...no guest appearances from Pharrell or Lil Wayne...and they were getting dissed by the same stuck-up girl
that just dissed you and your homies?
Remember when you could give a CD to a DJ at 979, and he'd play it just because it jammed? Now, the only way you can get a
song played is if you have a deal, or you have thousands of dollars (see "payola" aka illegal).
With giant radio conglomerates taking over, and successful Houston rappers not helping spotlight the up-and-coming music
scene, we're losing it.
I remember groups like Beltway 8. No major deal, but you knew who they were and you knew a few of their songs. Same way
that the S.U.C. and Swisha House started out. But who can you name now that's getting radio play and you know their songs,
like we did with the other groups just a few years ago?
Ever since Southwest Wholesale went out of business, independent (aka TRUE) Houston music has been on the decline.
There was a time when all one had to do was get some money, press up CDs and get them in stores in "Tha H," but now,
it's nearly impossible.
I'm longing for the days of yesterday when the clubs ONLY played Houston music, and artists like Jay-Z, Young Jeezy,
and 50 Cent were only played when you needed to get a rest or when the club wasn't poppin'. I'm longing for the days
when the DJ at T-town or Max's (or Chocolate Town or Jamaica Jamaica for y'all older cats) would play DJ DMD's
"25 Lighters," then Keke's "Pimp tha Pen," followed by "3 in da Mornin'," Fat Pat's "Don't Knock My Hustle," "Superstar,"
"Tops Drop," and last but not least, he'd play "June 27th," and when Youngstar's verse would come in, drop the beat, and
the whole club would rap his verse line for line.
I MISS THA OLD H-TOWN....
-i remember going to astroworld actin a damn fool deep as hell... fuccin wit hoes, takin niggas jays, plexin with them
southsidas weekly before they banned the sw and ns shirts..hittin up fright fest every year
-i remember hittin up richmond strip every weekend when the streets were live as hell and the laws couldnt handle
everyone.. (we were able to make u-turns).. hoes flashin tits hangin out the sunroofs.. seein all the slabs stuntin
out there.. rollin by maxis and t-town.. cant forget oasis
-i remember goin to the og timmy chans on sundays just to get some cheap ass food then hit the vard and enjoy the show..
-i remember everybody and they mama had a southside slappy (rarely see that anymore)
-i remember hittin up in "zone" lol at fun-plex.. n the skating rink when solange and kelly would be up in there
everyweek.. (damn i miss that skating rink lol)
-i remember goin to sharpstown to just chill and meet everyone up.. going to mama for grills and shit with her
janky ass... hittin up city sport to buy every shirt they had..
-i remember going to sleep late cuz you tryin to out starch everyone the next day at school lol..
pants standin up by themselves and just hearin them stratch every step you take like "yeahhh nigga my shit on point"
lmafo walkin stiff as hell tryna make ya crease last til the end of the day..
-i remember hiding the fact that i listened to swishahouse from all my niggas cause them niggas would start clownin n shit
-i remember hittin up cds and tapes to grab all the tapes n cds (if i didnt have a way to go to the screw shop)
-i remember Saturday Nights watching Channel 8 (PBS) watching STREET FLAVA with D Solo!! OMG! firs time I seen Botany
Boys "Thought of Many Ways" video
-i remember if you had WARNER CABLE (now Comcast) and have public access channel #17 nigga we was up watching SPLIT SECOND
VIDEO!
The first time I seen Scarface's "Never Seen A Man Die" video because my old best friend spent the night and we ate pizza
watching the shit lol
-i remember the Teen club on 249 (The All Star) and MADD HATTA performed "Say What You Wanna Say" And my mom bought me
that CD :D back in 97
-i remember taking the Coca Cola can to Astroworld for the discount lol (If you didn't have a season pass)
-i remember Being at Astroworld and it was HOT as hell but you aint give a damn lmao and cuzz you was getting phone numbers
(lol we aint had shit to worry about but going to school and being on the phone with your gal or your homeboys/homegirls)
-i remember Fat Pat, Keke, music playing on 97.9 (local GOOD Houston rap)
-i remember Lil Flip blew the fuck up
-i remember trippin jammin that YOUNGSTA
-i remember SUAVE HOUSE NIGGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-i remember Swishahouse got big locally and buying the CDS (Before and After the Kappa, Fuck Action, ect)
-i remember Going school shopping and getting some cold ass KICKS!
-i remember The Astrodome (hell yea)
-i remember Screw Tapes (to this day)
-i remember Going to the Southside!!!
-i remember Going to Sharpstown was the shit (Greenspoint mall also)
-i remember Gallery Furniture commercials (we will save you MONEY!!!!
Not to sound old but those was the good old days!
-KING RANSUM-
