The album's standouts are the rapping mayhem of Body Parts,Īnd especially the piano-driven suspense of Late Night Tip,Īlthough the most elegant and effective production trick might be the The End (1996) that features the propulsive Gette'm Crunk,Ī natural evolution from the proto-crunk of Three 6 Mafia also launched the subgenre of Memphis crunk with theĭeeper, fuller, bottom-heavy production of the album This album popularized in Memphis the "trap" style thatĨBall & MJG had already introduced on On the Outside Looking In (1994),Īnd that would spread around the nation a few years later. The slow, ominous, creepy beats engineered by DJ Paul and Juicy JĬoncoct a nightmarish atmosphere that seems more related to To the Satanic Fuckin Wit Dis Click (Lord Infamous' apex). Tear Da Club Up (replete with John Carpenter-style piano figures)įrom the orchestral funk-soul shuffle Long Nite toįrom the ghostly Sweet Robbery (funereal rapping and rattling noises) San Francisco's acid-rock of the 1960s), which is cloud-rap ante-litteram,įrom the suspenseful horrorcore of Live By Yo Rep and To the mellow and dreamy Da Summa (with a refrain reminiscent of The gangsta rap of Break Da Law '95 (a DJ Paul solo song) The songs actually didn't stick to one style but rather explored a Lyrics, inspired by horror movies, indulged in demonic and generally
(especially DJ Screw's psychedelic sound) except that their Memphis counterpart to Texas' DJ Screw and UGK Lumped into the southern hip-hop movement, a sort of The first official album, Mystic Stylez (1995). Having become a sextet with the addition of rappers Koopsta Knicca (Robert Phillips), Crunchy Black (Darnell Carlton) and Gangsta Boo (Lola Mitchell), they changed name to Three 6 Mafia and released In between Lord Infamous released his Solo Tape (1994). Vol 3 Spring Mix '95 (1995), an elegant demonstration of their skills.ĭJ Paul also produced Lord Infamous' cassettesĬome With Me 2 Hell II - Lords of Terror (1995), which probably Juicy J cleaned up a 1994 tape to create Chronicles of the Juice Man (2002).ĭJ Paul and Juicy J jointly assembled the mixtapes Underground Vol 2 - Club Memphis (1999) collects more, but of lower quality.ĭJ Paul cleaned up an old 1993 tape to create Underground Volume 16 - For da Summ (2002) and Notably the gangsta rap Ridin' da Chevy and the horrorcore of Playa Hataz and Walk Up to Your House. Underground Vol 1 - 1991-1994 (1999) is a compilation of early material, Pimpin' and Robbin' is the standout.Īt the same time Koopsta Knicca released his first solo album, The lo-fi, murky production and the sleepy, foggy rhythm makes the songs sound drugged. Smoked Out Loced Out (1994), when they still called themselves Triple Six Mafia. Memphis' Three 6 Mafia, formed around the trio of When the Smoke Clears - Sixty 6, Sixty 1 (2000), 5/10 Tear Da Club Up Thugz: CrazyNDaLazDayz (1999), 6/10 ( Copyright © 2006 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)Ĭhapter 2 - World Domination (1997), 6/10 Three 6 Mafia: biography, discography, review, links
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