Terms, This is exactly what you should expect when three of the greatest Southern — ahem, excuse me — greatest raps groups of all time jump on a single track together. One of the best rap records of 2015, in Dallas, the state of Texas or otherwise. Rewind 10 Seconds. These are both vital ingredients of Texas rap. After nearly a decade creating music, he’d surely put in those 10,000 hours that Mr. Gladwell speaks of. TEXAS RAP. There's a reason June 27th is considered a holiday in Screwston; take a listen and you'll know why. Track 7. 2. HDB, Scarface, one of the greatest rappers ever, takes you through just how it was growing up on his block in the south side of Houston. Not to mention, the beat is insanity. Producing stories on everything from political scandals to the hottest new bands, with gutsy reporting, stylish writing, and staffers who've won everything from the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi feature-writing award to the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. Lil' Keke ft. Paul Wall, Bun B - "Chunk Up the Deuce", Okay, perhaps this is peak Paul Wall. Blue, the Misfit - “No Care in the World”, Blue, the Misfit’s year was supposed to happen in 2014. A. Abilene (song) Aggie War Hymn; All My Ex's Live in Texas; Amarillo by Morning (song) Amarillo Sky (song) Austin (song) B. Baptism (song) HDB, From the Dallas-bred and Houston-educated rap group comes an early fan favorite of theirs, "Private Dancer." HDB, 16. HDB, Terrance Spectacle thinks outside of the box. Circulation, Not easily understood, nor appreciated, but a true delight. JPF, "Pilgrims" isn't long, and that's really for the better. HDB, 27. But who hasn't had that moment, when you needed to blast this at 3:00 a.m. when the only thing up is self loathing? The beat is plain bottled aggression. HDB, 34. This should be played in therapy sessions across the nation. 00:02. Just keep that clock radio on. HDB, One of the many instances in which a Southern rapper proves himself way more clever than what was once expected of a Southern rapper by the general public above the Mason-Dixon. Who? HDB, 35. JPF, 3. The violence went down outside a Buc-ee's in Denton, TX and the video shows a couple of maskless Trump supporters telling another man to beat it … It breathes youth and schoolyard chants in its brash glory. It's a brutal take down of presidential privilege and the real-life consequences of politics. He's not a big fan of us either. UGK is from Port Arthur, everyone knows that. There are two classes of people who enjoy this song dearly: The ones who revel in the aforementioned facts of independence and those who look through all of that surface and crack a smirk at the unrestrained soul. Real Recognize real. Point is, there's been a lot of great rap music out of Texas in its history, so we decided to compile a list of the 50 greatest rap songs to come out of Greatest State in the Nation. Listen To Our Texas 30 Picks On Rdio and Spotify Right Now. "Futon" is … got straight bunker bustered in this song. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: California Privacy Policy | California Collection Notice | Do Not Sell My Info. "Get Throwed" comes a bit after the hearts and minds of the country were won, but this song is a fiesta and round table of Southern greats with amazing bars throughout. RELATED: The 50 Best Bay Area Rap SongsRELATED: The 50 Best Chicago Rap SongsRELATED: The 50 Best Atlanta Rap SongsRELATED: Green Label - The 10 Best Music Venues in Houston, Green Label - The 10 Best Music Venues in Houston. Woody Allen says we're in it for the eggs. He's got flows and styles for days. The boisterous horns make it a clear contender for HBCU crowd hype song. The 50 Best Texas Rap Songs. 35 minutes of freestyle for a friend's birthday over a patented Screw mix was a come-to-Jesus moment for the music of Houston. HDB, 41. K. Vation ft. Devy Stonez and Brandon Fxrd - "Truth", Three Iras cohorts jump on one song and give it their every ounce of energy. Terrence Spectacle - "Futon". Except it does, for a song that isn't eligible for this countdown because it's billed as Jay Z featuring. Hutch, a Booker T. High School grad, gave the world a beauty in “I Choose You,” which is chopped up and sped up to lay a gospel and triumphant foundation for the track. We use cookies to collect and analyze information on site performance and usage, and to enhance and customize content and advertisements. Before you pore over our picks for the best Texas songs, you’ll probably want to know about the methodology behind the list, starting with how we define a Texas song. HDB. With songs like "My Hometown" and "El Cerrito Place," Robison helped define Texas country. It wasn't pretty. 'Dicked Down in Dallas' Singer Comes to Southern Junction... Dallas Music News: Gas Monkey Bar ‘n’ Grill Closes... 5 Charley Pride Songs That Celebrate His Southern Roots. Latest updates from "Texas" on HotNewHipHop! Here is a slow dance in a burning room and bass rattling song with two other stars from 2014, Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug, who will always be remembered as the magical duo that gave us Rich Gang. When chaos is organized, it's typically as swift as this. Updated daily. It belongs in a museum, it's that damn important. JPF, I'm not sure there's a rap group from the South that has ever used soul samples as perfectly as UGK did in their early days. The verses are completely unafraid of being a confessional and sharing a breadth of emotion. For your listening pleasure, here is HipHopDX’s Best Rap Songs of 2020 … so far. The beat here, with higher octave piano licks, is a layer of menacing over what's more or less another in a long line of pride anthems to come from the Lone Star State. Bun B ft. Pimp C, Z-Ro, Young Jeezy and Jay-Z - "Get Throwed", Jay Z's was an early adopter when it came to collaborating with the South. PLAY. If you cannot rap, verbatim, the first 10 bars or so of the “Mo City Don” freestyle you aren’t allowed to be a Texan. The video is a party in each of these guys' cities of choice. 4) “The Yellow Rose of Texas” by Various Artists including Elvis Presley and Mitch Miller 5) “God Blessed Texas” by Little Texas 6) “Galveston” by Glen Campbell That we weren’t talking about anything. But ultimately, this is a beautiful songs despite some of the ugliness within it. But ultimately, who gives a fuck? If I had ID I wouldn't need ID. This is them at the peak of their powers, and it's a banger that makes you nostalgic for the world before people brought in indie artists to produce their tracks. We're instead going to concentrate on the straight political fire spit by J. The best hip-hop songs aren’t blueprints – they are calls to action, reminders that you can start a revolution in three minutes. Houston's Rhythmic Hip Hop radio station, playing all your favorite hip hop and R&B. Just this: If you've answered yes to the above, you've got a slab and may lean back, right hand on the pinewood and drive two miles per hour. If only it wasn't tougher to get a job while high. We’re guided through a debaucherous night about town, as he and his team paint the city a deep shade of red. But this is Paul Wall at peak Paul Wall — his smoothest, most relaxed and coolest. HDB, 10. It's endlessly quotable, the hook sampled from an Issac Hayes track is instantly recognizable and Bushwick Bill's closing verse is a thing of beauty that perfectly sums up what it's like to have your world crowded by things that aren't there. What isn't funny is the energy on this song. It’s for car rides and lit blunts, and sometimes that’s as Texas as you can get. Fat Tony ft Kool AD, Despot. Where else are you gonna get the wisdom that top-notch hoes get the most and not the lesser? 0 1 Le$ ft. Paul Wall and Slim Thug - "Steak and Shrimp", Even a cool three decades into Texas rap, two truths remain unshakable: 1) We will always need car music to drive real slow to and 2) we will always needs cookout music to BBQ real slow to. The latter is the overwrought custom cars that got extremely gauche in the wake of "Pimp My Ride." Since we started the Dallas Observer, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we would like to keep it that way. Geto Boys - “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”Listen, man, this track is just so fucking good. Scarface ft. Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel - "Guess Who's Back", Scarface, Jazy- Z and Beanie Sigel together is already a dream come true, but also get this—production from Kanye West. HDB. Remember, "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" by the Geto Boys came from the Lone Star State, as did the recent hit "Mamacita" by Travis Scott featuring Rich Gang. Life hits you in a lot of weird ways, like when the party ends and there's nothing left to help you end the night, and that sucks. Namely, your supply is out. "Pocket Full of Stones" is the epitome of early independent and underground Texas rap. © Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. There's no other way to describe it. Lil' Troy - "Wanna Be a Baller"Not only did this track break into the Billboard Top 100, but it also gave us the immortal line “Switch from Motorola to a Prime Co. phone.” That lead to confused listeners of Boom 94.5 googling, “What the hell is a Prime Co. phone?” JPF, Z-Ro is the Drake of Texas. - "Hood Party", Fat Tony is a smart ass black boy. This is the Neptunes at their absolute prime, the work of true bosses. If you don’t know what know what the trunk is full of, if you aren’t aware of what Z-Ro has never been, if you aren't privvy of what he blows on, you should be exiled to Oklahoma. They're included in this list though because they belong to Houston. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Track 5. It was impossible to turn on Dallas radio and not hear this song four times an hour. 00:02. Everyone knows that too. There's been The Geto Boys, Rap-a-Lot, UGK, the 2005 boom, the titans that preceded … Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues. HDB, Bro do you even smoke? 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It’s hard to come across a song that accurately depicts the decadence of the millennial generation’s brand of 20-something after-dark festivities while also keenly and slyly pointing to how hollow it all is, as the eerie production does so well. 44. Track 6. Beginning with the best, without further ado, here is the most current list of the Top 10 Country Songs About Texas: 1. 3. Honey the Hippie - "Faded". Nobody needs seven plasma screens in the passenger side armrest. While the song isn’t specifically about Texas, neither is Ohio’s official rock song, “Hang On Sloopy,” about the Buckeye State. May 6, 2015 - Of the estimated 3500 songs written about Texas and Texas places, here are our 10 favorites. Damaged Good$ (DMG$) - "HOODRAT $HIT"For a short time everyone in Dallas thought DMG$ were going to be the breakout group from the area. P.S. Case in point: chew on the mic like a mic buffet. DJ DMD ft. Lil' Keke and Fat Pat - "25 Lighters", There's Kendrick, Big K.R.I.T., Z-Ro and I'm sure even more who have taken the phrase, "25 lighters on my dresser, yes sir," and thrown it into one of their songs. These are the 50 Best Houston Rap Songs that have ever been. I'm also not sure Maxo Kream takes more than about two breaths on this song. UGK follows up with a lush portrait of death, decay and the prison industrial complex in the American ghetto, where your life can just hinge on a dice game or your livelihood can always rest with an overzealous justice system. LET’S BACK UP FOR A SECOND. Best Rap Albums Of 2020 …(so far) Best R&B Songs Of 2020 …(so far) The Playlist. It's funky and a bit of a dark horse that can shut down the right party when unexpected. 1. We've had just about three decades of great Texas rap music from Port Arthur to Dallas to Austin to make us forget that for some reason Vanilla Ice is the highest-selling rapper from the state. But this is perhaps the most fun iteration of it in its early days. When they get together it's like Morrissey with a pint of lean dressed in an XXL shirt from Foot Locker. 50 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks list, and it’s SPM to a T. It’s got a slow, methodical beat that allows SPM to showcase his lackadaisical flow and delves into the life of a man who needs to stay in a haze to function in a world out to get him. HDB, 14. Staff, COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Mr. Lucci- "Mr. Diabolical" Dallas hip hop has always been slightly behind the curve, and while Mr Lucci was making excellent music for a 17-year old at the turn of the century, it felt a little out of step with what was going on everywhere else. It's quite dramatic to bump your chest saying that you need absolutely no help, because you can do bad all on your own. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t great; it was just a very unique moment. However, that didn’t stop him from paying homage to his storied past with “My Mind’s Playing Tricks On Me 94.” History would transform “No Tears” from emotional album cut to iconic show of irony during the opening scene of Mike Judge’s corporate comedy Office Space. JPF, 1. HDB, It's always nice to get a reminder of just how do-it-yourself experiment rap music has been and always will be. Volume 60%. It was his time to shine. #texasRap. A particularly lasting effect that came of Blue, the Misfit’s debut solo album, Child In The Wild, was a genuinely great Dallas rap song. 3-2 lead's it off with a short verse about a shaky relationship with his mother because he sold drugs to survive. HDB, "Black America" came at the height of social unrest — and of course, we're still there. Stream the best live Hip Hop radio stations in Houston, TX online for free, only on iHeartRadio! All rights reserved. Also, Honey is spitting the ... 48. It's the moment everyone said, “Fuck it, Jolly Ranchers, Sprite and cough syrup is a great fucking idea. Careers, The other product, the one we can get behind, is a slab, which just has to look good and bang loud music. 00:00. JPF, Another track that's kind of more important than good, or did Weird Al absolutely ruin this song forever? Paris P from A.Dd+ effectively brings some heat to the table as well in a pensive verse. Houston, Hip Hop, Rap, Radio, Texas, KBXX See more ideas about Songs, Texas, Texas music. UGK is from Port Arthur, everyone knows that. ", "Candy Shop", "Hate It or Love It" and "Just a Lil Bit"—and tied with Bow Wow and Kanye West for the … But Houston, like all of the proper rap cities, has a long and winding history; nearly a quarter century's worth of stories and characters and songs. It's like, why do I need ID to get ID? More. Who?Mike Jones.Who?Fuck this. HDB, 26. Or at least a card-carrying Texan who is mildly interested in rap music. JPF, There are a lot of oddly romantic and cool songs in the history of Texas rap. Travis Scott ft. Young Thung, Rich Homie Quan - "Mamacita", Last year was a monumental year for Travis Scott and his mixtape, Days Before Radio, was a blog-rap fan smash. The premise of the song, "to chunk up the deuce for the North and the South," would like a lot of things be corny if it weren't for perfect execution. HDB, 7. Songs On these playlists About Interview Artist … TEXAS RAP. HDB, This is an impenetrable song that is a low-key self-esteem booster. Even if you're wearing Starbury's and looking decidedly not good, this song makes you feel like Tommy Ton is dying to snap you at New York Fashion week, you draped up and dripped out maniac. -topic ft. Paris P - "Rainy Day in Dallas", -topic, one of the city of Dallas' great wordsmith's, created a song that you can reliably chill to every single time it begins to rain. JPF, 6. And the elegant, entrancing “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You),” is inarguably one of the best hip-hop songs of all time. HDB, Out of all the dance-rap songs, this might be the only truly bearable one. Take "Drugs" and you'll find a fresh sound with some obvious influences, but something new nonetheless. Paul Wall Ft. Big Pokey - "Sittin' Sidewayz", This is most people's public introduction to Paul Wall, who has proceeded to create a career off of basically the same verse anagrammed and repositioned to maybe be a little different verse for the next time around. Sometimes you need to sample Miriam Makeba to let the world know how bad things are. This tack is the best off his national breakthrough The 3rd Wish: To Rock The World, which peaked at No. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox, Dallas Restaurant Directory: Takeout/Delivery/Dine-in, Dallas Rapper Lil Ronny Motha F Has Made Fans of Beyoncé and T-Pain, Dallas Rapper Ron C Looks to Restart a Career Owed and Lost to Drugs, Lil Twist's Flailing Rap Career Could Be Fooly Faime's Big Break. FOLLOW. HDB, 21. Well, that's because he's kind of got dual citizenship. W. got off easy with the Kanye line; H.W. HDB, 20. Big Tuck Ft. Tum Tum and Slim Thug - "Tussle", I believe this song is about getting into fisticuffs, right? JPF, Maybe the most popular and ubiquitous song to come out of Dallas during the great rise of the South in the late '90s and turn of the century. HDB, "Can't Come Down" came at a time when A.Dd+ was having a bit of a sea change from being a duo that would more or less bring a party along with some smart rhymes. It wasn't perfect. The top Rap Songs artist of the 2000s was 50 Cent, who attained seven number-one singles during the decade—"In da Club", "21 Questions", "Magic Stick", "P.I.M.P. -topic tackles some of his greatest attributes here: evocative, earnest, melancholy, sharp tongued. Whose gonna make sure you're aware that Paul McCartney's lawyer's couldn't stop the slaughter of the pockets, the other side had a leg up? This is almost not a rap song and just pure spoken word, but really what's the difference? He's your more grimy alternative to the dude with his head in the clouds. In This Article: Beastie Boys RiFF RAFF is a punk. "Ice Cream Paint Job" is both a product of America's most brilliant creations and a disgusting blemish. It honestly doesn't get much better than that. Join the Observer community and help support independent local journalism in Dallas. PLAY. Though we’ll always instantly clamor over Andre 3000’s legendary verse from the moment he enters with the old-manish bars (“So, I typed a text to a girl I used to see”), every single verse is littered with old Southern-fried genius aphorisms on life and general player shit. JPF, They used to say the South couldn’t really rap. Geto Boys - “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta”, Listen, we're not going to discuss that certain Mike Judge movie from the '90s that used this song perfectly in a montage. “Still Tippin” features three of that period’s biggest success stories: Slim Thug would go on to be one of the elder statesmen of the scene, while Mike Jones would become one of the Internet's first big music sensations and Paul Wall would go on to be that guy everyone pretended to like. The point isn't that putting your feelings out their isn't bad and you're a proper idiot if you think so, but that Z-Ro is very good at it. HDB, Not sure how one can be an Underground Legend as a freshly minted 21-year-old with one independent album out, then a major release on a major label. 12. We lost DJ Screw far too soon at the age of 29, but he did give us almost 300 mixtapes, and none were more important than No. Contact Us, It’s glorious. HDB, 19.Slim Thug - "Like a Boss"Slim Thug's album, Already Platinum, didn't even go platinum, which is funny. Brilliant. Start with The Madd Hatta Morning Show, celebrity news and everything Houston. ©2020 Dallas Observer, LP. 7 Tracks. Offering our readers free access to incisive coverage of local news, food and culture. But "Way We Ball" was the lead single from the Underground Legend album and was chock full of a shrill children's chorus and limping beats. This one here is the hipster Pitchfork wave featuring none other than Despot and Kool AD. This song is more important than genuinely good. But the Bun B philosophy has its strong points as well: You know the game and how it goes; we're trying to get chose. He found his niche as an artist, which is his own take on hell. FOLLOW. UGK is the master teacher here, low key helping us all stay a little more woke. Sam Lao gets in and gets out with some fierce bars on a chaotic beat. HDB, Trae and Z-Ro make the most depressing music known to man, but also a little uplifting too because it's relatable. Fullscreen . HDB, 2. Overview Songs (7) About. Pages in category "Songs about Texas" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. Fuck yes you do, because you went to college and you know there's not a track that better sums up the plight of the modern day smoker like Devin the Dude's digression on a world where everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. These are the 50 Best Houston Rap Songs that have ever been. But with local journalism's existence under siege and advertising revenue setbacks having a larger impact, it is important now more than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. At the start of "One Day," we get a wailing Ron Isley, on full emotional display and a slow, mopey bassline to set the tone. Songs. JPF, 31. HDB, 23. But it was precocious in its own right and well worth being the wistful feeling in the song. HDB. Alas, it wasn’t as gargantuan as it could’ve or perhaps should have been. TEXAS RAP - SoundClick artist page #texasRap. “Int'l Players Anthem” is nothing less than a power circle. You can help by participating in our "I Support" membership program, allowing us to keep covering Dallas with no paywalls. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. It didn’t quite happen, but man the material this duo put out is still breathtaking in its ambition so many years later. Terrance Spectacle thinks outside of the box. Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our terms of use, our cookies policy, and our privacy policy. An obvious heir to the late aughts work of Kanye and Kid Cudi. DJ Paul and Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia produced the song, drawing a sample from Willie Hutch, the oft-overlooked soul singer who was born in Los Angeles but raised in Dallas. Also, Honey is spitting the truth. But Jay Z too? Support the independent voice of Dallas and help keep the future of Dallas Observer free. No. Support Us DJ Screw - “June 27th” The freestyle that created a genre and started a musical revolution. HDB, 25. A hamfisted snapshot of its most commercially viable period, the 2005 MEGABOOM that turned Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Slim Thug and Chamillionaire into insta-folk heroes, has been stretched out into a gigantic billboard and planted right the fuck at every street leading into the city. Dallas hip-hop has always played in the shadows of Houston’s superstar hip-hop scene, but every so often a local rapper or group from the city produces a song that catches fire. Privacy, Here Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy trade some truly melancholy bars about hopelessness that the paltry jobs climate can bring and a certain green substance that at least soothes the pain. It's perfect. UGK ft. Outkast - “Int'l Players Anthem”, This song is so perfect and amazing that any couple that doesn't play this at least once during their wedding, well, I hope their marriage fails, crashes, burns and implodes. Z-Ro - “Mo City Don”Let the truth be told: Z-Ro pulled a vintage Lil Wayne here and took another person’s beat and completely annihilated it. Thanks to tracks like "One Day" by UGK or "Sittin Sidewayz" by Paul Wall, that embarrassing fact doesn't have to matter. Check out this in-depth countdown of the best 100 rap songs of 2007 from a variety of artists, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Aesop Rock, and EL-P. "Futon" is almost a phantasm, a dreamlike song, and those are best without the confines of a box. HDB, 4. By the time Scarface’s released his third solo studio album The Diary, all the drama regarding the Geto Boys were in his rearview. To find out more, visit our cookies policy and our privacy policy. "Welcome to Dallas," arguably one of our city's best rap songs, was the second track on Tha Absolute Truth, Tuck's 2006 album, which featured … JPF, The synth intro to this H-town track is iconic for all the right reasons: It’s a slow burn into a hard bump and an endless thump. In the height of the Geto Boys' popularity the group put out a best of album with a track that features the head of Rap-A-Lot records eviscerating the sitting president for his actions during the Gulf War. No real “substance” but a smattering of braggadocio, flamboyance and keen wordplay. Let's do this shit.” And then they did, because this shit was so unlike anything anyone outside of the Screwed Up Clicks crew had heard before. Mike Jones Ft. Paul Wall, Slim Thug - “Still Tippin”, At the turn of the century, the Third Coast rose up, and for a brief time conquered the world of hip-hop with it's swampy beats, endless swag and cartoonish performers. "Southside" was a shockingly mild mainstream hit when it dropped, peaking at No. HDB, This is almost not a rap song and just pure spoken word, but really what's the difference? South Park Mexican - "I Must Be High" South Park Mexican is a troubling artist, but he’s the most successful Latin rapper in the history of Texas. We spent an unreasonable amount of time combing through the hallways of history, listening to everything from the adored and undeniable classics to the ultra-meta and rap nerdy. Source(s): Sorry...hope this helps. It resembles a real relationship, and maybe our prevailing goal. Pour up a cup of that turn up; you’re only young once. Many can relate to the plight, which is why so many are willing to forgive SPM’s transgressions. In this case, we’re not talking about anybody, we’re talking about Erik B and Rakim. But when this released on MLK day this year, it was a particularly powerful song. They're included in this list though because they belong to Houston. He's actually kind of more emotional, but because it's conceivable that Z-Ro may have psychically hurt someone he gets a bit of a pass. JPF, Not a fan of the use of "faggot," but the song is what you would call a banger. #texasRap. Your requirements don't involve cotton candy machines in the trunk, no. **I realize it doesn't have "Deep In The heart of Texas" in the lyrics above, but I can't find anything that has that in it that is rap or hip hop related. 49. Help, Dallas' independent source of local news and culture. Each time this song plays it has to grow on you. About Us, This list may not reflect recent changes . Fair or not, Houston has been, and likely for the foreseeable future will continue to be, seen from the outside as a caricature of itself. It comes from their 2012 release Starships & Rockets (Cooly Fooly Space Age Funk) and promises all the space-aged funk that's advertised, with the assistance of a private dancer dressed in all purple. Who knows completely. A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term "Texas" - from the Lyrics.com website. HDB, 46. HDB, Kevin Abstract is the type of organically weird and creative artist that a lot of contemporary rappers tend to fake. But this song is great. Emmanuel Duron went viral after attacking a referee following his ejection from a high school football game. Chingo Bling - "They Can't Deport Us All", This is what happens when a dude with an agenda and a marketing degree looks at Weird Al and decides to have as much fun as possible at the expense of people oppressing his people. For this month's issue of Texas Monthly, writers Jeff McCord and John Morthland took on an ambitious assignment: coming up with a list of the 100 best Texas songs. The phrase traces back, in record, to 8 Ball and MJG. Prince on George H.W. Also, the Southside isn't some goofy dance that requires a week of one hour rehearsals before homeroom like all the shit kids are doing today. 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