Can we have a serious convo about Three 6 Mafia being one of the most innovative groups of all time

[Robbie3000]

Production wise yeah. Lyric wise? They left a lot to be desired.

If we are talking Memphis, Ball and G are head and shoulders above.

 

[H.I.M.]

Paul and Juice got a lot of samples from this song by DJ Zirk

Paul & Juice made like 10-15 different tracks off this song

Maybe more...

 

[HabitualLineSteppa]

"Gotcha Shakin'" just played off shuffle on my phone ....

Hip Hop Royalty...Flat out...

 

[H.I.M.]

Production wise yeah. Lyric wise? They left a lot to be desired.

If we are talking Memphis, Ball and G are head and shoulders above.

Lord Infamous can hang with Ball & G lyrically...Skinny Pimp, Playa Fly & T-Rock too (amongst HCP/Prophet Ent. members)

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I think its safe to say that you will find a few examples. But to what degree though? I don't think you'll find anything on par with the overwhelmingly pervasive view from the 30+ club that hip hop today is garbage.

We do have that pervasive opinion on West Coast Gangsta Rap from the older East Coast heads...and that era of West Coast music is viewed by many as "Classic HipHop".







@ 1:19

 

[Taadow]

Production wise yeah. Lyric wise? They left a lot to be desired.

If we are talking Memphis, Ball and G are head and shoulders above.

But you leavin' out one other aspect - styles.

3-6 and Pat was comin' was freakin' different styles as well. It ain't just what you say,
it's how you say it...

 

[10:31]

Production wise yeah. Lyric wise? They left a lot to be desired.

If we are talking Memphis, Ball and G are head and shoulders above.

Content and production

 

[GhostKnicca]

One of my favorites songs that lil pat produced.

 

[mobbinfms]

We do have that pervasive opinion on West Coast Gangsta Rap from the older East Coast heads...and that era of West Coast music is viewed by many as "Classic HipHop".







@ 1:19

I'll try to watch these when I'm off work. Are they saying that the music was trash, or did they have an issue with the content?
Thanks for posting

 

[JustCKing]

Yeah...but Outkast don't sound like Ball & G, sonically or content wise... nor did any other ATL rappers around the time of coming out hard...like i said, after COH Ball & G started to veer away from their base sound which you heard on COH, Listen to the lyrics and their features on DJ Sqeeky & DJ Zirk mixtapes from 91-93...ATL rappers didn't start biting the Memphis sound until 3-6 blew it up and Ball & G had long abandoned it.

Some of the subject matter on Southernplayalistic is heavily Eightball & MJG inspired. Jazze Pha's production also had a heavy Memphis influence. Dude named his label after the song he produced for Tela. Even in the early to mid 00's, Eightball & MJG were still influencing ATL's sound as you had T.I. and Ludacris citing them as influences.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I'll try to watch these when I'm off work. Are they saying that the music was trash, or did they have an issue with the content?
Thanks for posting

Combination of both. Usually if a HipHop head thinks someone has bad content/wack lyrics then the music overall is perceived as trash.

 

[Konnan]

They were so ahead of their time

They taught me how to pour up and pop pills before the shyt was even fashionable

 

[zayk35]

They dont have a Grammy.....they have an damn Oscar!!!!!

 

[shynewhatts]

I remember being a kid not knowing who these cats were and seen the hypnotize minds chain in a source advertisment with one their albums . I checked out their music based on that advertisment alone . Dope like their earlier music couldnt get into the later shyt

 

[OHSNAP!]

Infamous, Skinny Pimp, Gangsta Blac, T-Rock, Project Pat (post-98) and Playa Fly were their best spitters, but Paul and Boo came with some hard shyt here and there