Throwback Thurs: Three Six Mafia - Da Summa (remix)
For me Three Six Mafia will always be considered classic because of the way they poured gasoline the torch of Southern Hip Hop in the late 90s and early 2000. They put M town on the map and meshed so well with Texas Hip Hop acts like UGK that they helped contribute to a unified, slowed down, heavy sound based off the rampant use of that Barre, Lean, Texas Tea...whatever you want to call it, just ask JaMarcus Russell if you want some.
Their music was a big reason why I grew into a big fan of Southern Hip Hop and hate if you want, but they did win an Oscar back in '06. Little known snack of wisdom here, did you know their original group name was the Backyard Posse? Glad they changed their name and despite different group members like Crunchy Black and Gangsta Boo leaving the group to pursue solo efforts, the dynamic duo of @therealjuicyj and @DJPAULKOM have remained a nucleus that has held together their sound throughout the years.
By far my favorite album of theirs is When the Smoke Clears: Sixty Six, Sixty One, which was released back in 2000. In know that album front to back and for good reason, so many of the tracks on there were so unapologetically hard with undeniably in your face Southern swagger. Since then I can't say I've listened to any of their albums front to back and it's a little more evident they've lost the griminess of their music and sound. But that's neither here nor there, it's Throwback Thurs, so we're here to celebrate what was dummies!
As an aside, I chose this track because I heard that well known whiny, back and forth synthesizer on @yelawolf's track Love in Not Enough that made Triple Six's Da Summa (remix) track below so notable. Girl had Yeller broken hearted in the chevy...
And to take it a step further, the original sample was from Rick James's track from 1992 titled Hollywood. Peep the slow jam below with that crazy synth backdrop...
...Shoot even @BOWWOW on Outta My System and Devin tha Dude sampled it on Anythang, but I'm throwing that in as more of a footnote. Respect to Devin for what he did with the beat though, he's one of the unheralded artists out there that deserves more dap. Matter of fact let me throw in a clip of his version because it's right up there as far as doin' the sample justice like Three Six did...
I dunno about y'all but this summa has been hotter than a muffffuggin rainforest jungle in the desert...wrap you minds around that pita bread sammich...and give it a listen, classic Three Six from '07...
Three Six Mafia - Da Summa (remix)
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Their music was a big reason why I grew into a big fan of Southern Hip Hop and hate if you want, but they did win an Oscar back in '06. Little known snack of wisdom here, did you know their original group name was the Backyard Posse? Glad they changed their name and despite different group members like Crunchy Black and Gangsta Boo leaving the group to pursue solo efforts, the dynamic duo of @therealjuicyj and @DJPAULKOM have remained a nucleus that has held together their sound throughout the years.
By far my favorite album of theirs is When the Smoke Clears: Sixty Six, Sixty One, which was released back in 2000. In know that album front to back and for good reason, so many of the tracks on there were so unapologetically hard with undeniably in your face Southern swagger. Since then I can't say I've listened to any of their albums front to back and it's a little more evident they've lost the griminess of their music and sound. But that's neither here nor there, it's Throwback Thurs, so we're here to celebrate what was dummies!
As an aside, I chose this track because I heard that well known whiny, back and forth synthesizer on @yelawolf's track Love in Not Enough that made Triple Six's Da Summa (remix) track below so notable. Girl had Yeller broken hearted in the chevy...
And to take it a step further, the original sample was from Rick James's track from 1992 titled Hollywood. Peep the slow jam below with that crazy synth backdrop...
...Shoot even @BOWWOW on Outta My System and Devin tha Dude sampled it on Anythang, but I'm throwing that in as more of a footnote. Respect to Devin for what he did with the beat though, he's one of the unheralded artists out there that deserves more dap. Matter of fact let me throw in a clip of his version because it's right up there as far as doin' the sample justice like Three Six did...
I dunno about y'all but this summa has been hotter than a muffffuggin rainforest jungle in the desert...wrap you minds around that pita bread sammich...and give it a listen, classic Three Six from '07...
Three Six Mafia - Da Summa (remix)
| Download
