I love and respect the elder statesmen, Scarface and UGK and so on, but most of the crop of post-DJ Screw rappers that made the city a hotspot a few years ago struck me as kind of talentless and corny (or, in Chamillionaire's case, talented and corny). It's funny, even though at one point my other blog was well known as a source for Houston rap coverage and one of the guys that used to write for it was totally obsessed with that stuff, I've always been kind of disinterested in that scene. Michelle Williams - "We Break The Dawn"ĥ0. Plies f/ Jamie Foxx and The-Dream - "Please Excuse My Hands"Ĥ6. Busta Rhymes - "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)"Ĥ4. The Roots f/ Wale and Chrisette Michelle - "Rising Up"ģ0. Lupe Fiasco f/ Nikki Jean - "Hip Hop Saved My Life"Ģ9. Lil Mama f/ T-Pain - "What It Is (Strike A Pose)"Ģ6. Trina f/ Killer Mike - "Look Back At Me"Ģ4. Plies f/ Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Part 2"ġ9. Webbie f/ Lil Phat of 3 Deep and Lil Boosie - "Independent"ġ7. John Legend f/ Andre 3000 - "Green Light"ġ6. Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. Jazmine Sullivan f/ Missy Elliott - "I Need U Bad"Ħ. Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - "No Air"ģ. Grand Buffet - Escape From Anthony Baboon's Nautical Playhouse: The Sample-Based Remixes EPĢ. They Might Be Giants - Here Come The 123'sĤ4. Foxboro Hottubs - Stop Drop And Roll!!Ĥ3. Parts & Labor - Escapers Two: Grind Popģ8. Jim Jones & Byrd Gang - M.O.B.: The Albumģ5. The Alchemist - The Cutting Room Floor Vol.
various artists - The Wire: " … and all the pieces matter"Ģ5. Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The MelodyĢ4. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonelyġ7. Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wildġ1. My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teethħ. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His FriendsĦ. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: 4th World WarĤ.