Triple Six Mafia - Underground Vol. 1: 1991-1994 (appreciation thread)

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Back in their earlier days, 3 6 were one of the most unique and brilliant acts of their time and this compilation is their magnum opus.

This is Triple Six at their absolute best imo. The beats are raw as fukk but beautiful at the same time. The rappers have their own unique styles and sound so goddamn good over these beats (Lord Infamous is my favorite. His triple-time flow is fantastic and he spits the rawest shyt of the group yet is oddly charming.) I fukking love the sampled hooks too; hard as fukk yet catchy which makes it fun to rap along to.

My top 3 songs: "Playa Hataz" (this might be my all-time favorite 3-6 joint), "Where da Bud At" and "Mask and da Glock"



What y'all think?
 
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"Where Da Bud At" is my favorite track off this tape and one of my favorite 3 6 songs period.

So is "Talk Ya Ass Off"



It's always funny how the beautiful, weird hard-hitting shyt is always slept on but gains stature over time. While whatever's popular fades into the dust.

Compare 3 6 to 8Ball and MJG. Ball and G were the more typical, accessible Memphis act. shyt is night and day. Nobody gives a fukk about them nikkas now.
 
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SirBiatch said:
"Where Da Bud At" is my favorite track off this tape and one of my favorite 3 6 songs period.

So is "Talk Ya Ass Off"



It's always funny how the beautiful, weird hard-hitting shyt is always slept on but gains stature over time. While whatever's popular fades into the dust.

Compare 3 6 to 8Ball and MJG. Ball and G were the more typical, accessible Memphis act. shyt is night and day. Nobody gives a fukk about them nikkas now.
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Breh, when I mentioned Lord Infamous being oddly charming in the OP this is exactly the song I had in mind! He shined on that shyt.

I agree with the rest of your comment too. These songs were recorded pre-Mystic Stylez and were barely known outside of people who collected the OG 3-6 tapes until this compilation released in 1999. Obviously in the 2000's, albums such as When the Smoke Clears or Most Known Unknown were getting more attention from the public but you know what the funny thing is? The full album vid for Underground Vol. 1 on YouTube has more views than the two albums I mentioned :lolbron:

Clearly, you can tell over time people started fukking with this tape and realizing how dope it is. I'm a young breh so I wasn't fully around back in their mainstream heyday so this is just an observation of mine :jbhmm:
 
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MidnightMercenary said:
Breh, when I mentioned Lord Infamous being oddly charming in the OP this is exactly the song I had in mind! He shined on that shyt.

I agree with the rest of your comment too. These songs were recorded pre-Mystic Stylez and were barely known outside of people who collected the OG 3-6 tapes until this compilation released in 1999. Obviously in the 2000's, albums such as When the Smoke Clears or Most Known Unknown were getting more attention from the public but you know what the funny thing is? The full album vid for Underground Vol. 1 on YouTube has more views than the two albums I mentioned :lolbron:

Clearly, you can tell over time people started fukking with this tape and realizing how dope it is. I'm a young breh so I wasn't fully around back in their mainstream heyday so this is just an observation of mine :jbhmm:
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Exactly. It's a time-old pattern. Brehs come up with some beautiful eccentric shyt. People hate/sleep on it. Then copy. And if the act keep putting out music, they suddenly become more known and people go "yeah I love [insert respected musical act] I've been a fan from day one" :duck:

I didn't hear of 3 6 Mafia at all till the early 2000s. And to me, their more mainstream stuff is not a good representation of them AT ALL. I thought all their stuff was corny garbage. I remember them winning the Oscar and I was just shocked. Signaled a sign of dumb times to come (which it was).

Since SGP, Lil B and especially ASAP Rocky brought that whole style back (and now it's pretty much the backbone of modern hip hop), it made me dig more into 3 6. The underground shyt is when you really start to realize how revolutionary they were. And of course the Project Pat shyt.






@Wa$$up @thewiseman what are your favorite 3 6 joints?
 
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SirBiatch said:
Exactly. It's a time-old pattern. Brehs come up with some beautiful eccentric shyt. People hate/sleep on it. Then copy. And if the act keep putting out music, they suddenly become more known and people go "yeah I love [insert respected musical act] I've been a fan from day one" :duck:

I didn't hear of 3 6 Mafia at all till the early 2000s. And to me, their more mainstream stuff is not a good representation of them AT ALL. I thought all their stuff was corny garbage. I remember them winning the Oscar and I was just shocked. Signaled a sign of dumb times to come (which it was).

Since SGP, Lil B and especially ASAP Rocky brought that whole style back (and now it's pretty much the backbone of modern hip hop), it made me dig more into 3 6. The underground shyt is when you really start to realize how revolutionary they were. And of course the Project Pat shyt.






@Wa$$up @thewiseman what are your favorite 3 6 joints?
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I fukking love "Funky Town". That beat goes stupid hard :ohlawd:. That's the best song on the Underground Vol. 2 compilation imo.

What are your top 5/10 favorite Three 6 joints?
 
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SirBiatch said:
Exactly. It's a time-old pattern. Brehs come up with some beautiful eccentric shyt. People hate/sleep on it. Then copy. And if the act keep putting out music, they suddenly become more known and people go "yeah I love [insert respected musical act] I've been a fan from day one" :duck:

I didn't hear of 3 6 Mafia at all till the early 2000s. And to me, their more mainstream stuff is not a good representation of them AT ALL. I thought all their stuff was corny garbage. I remember them winning the Oscar and I was just shocked. Signaled a sign of dumb times to come (which it was).

Since SGP, Lil B and especially ASAP Rocky brought that whole style back (and now it's pretty much the backbone of modern hip hop), it made me dig more into 3 6. The underground shyt is when you really start to realize how revolutionary they were. And of course the Project Pat shyt.






@Wa$$up @thewiseman what are your favorite 3 6 joints?
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I haven't gotten them too much aside of their discography aside from When The Smoke Clears, but there is something about this song that I really fukk with :patrice:



I actually like Project Pat's solo stuff a bit. So Hi and Chickenhead are two songs that I enjoy playing a lot.
 
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