This isn’t about the “Baby Momma” whoo whoo knob slobbing and “Azz and Tittiez”/“Poppin’ My Collar” Triple 6—this is the best of their serious stuff, the sounds that set the standard for Memphis hip-hop, and created a subset of Southern rap that ranged from horrorcore to Academy Awards.
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“I Told Em” – Last 2 Walk
D Paul, Three 6, King of this Memphis sh*t.
“Walk Up To Yo House” – Smoked Out, Loced Out
It’s pretty simple. Triple 6 knock on your door, then shoot you with a sawed-off shotty because, well, apparently you ran your mouth. And yes, this does need to be reiterated for three minutes and fifty seconds.
“Watcha Do” – Chapter 2: World Domination
Calling the “boys” to run a train, needing a mouth that can fit two nards--you know, the usual stuff.
“Weak Azz Bitch” – When The Smoke Clears
You say “Bitch.” That’s how this game works.
“Gunclaps” - Chapter 2: World Domination
I’ve never been sure why DJ Paul addresses Kemosabe throughout his verse; I mean, term of endearment definition aside, it’s the nickname for The Lone Ranger’s horse (Tonto). Not sure why you’d tell a horse that you’ve got hoes in the lobby and that you’re jacked on blow, but whatever.
“Got It 4 Sale” – Most Known Unknowns
For once, it’s actually about dealing the drugs rather than doing them. No word on prices though.
“Beatin’ Them Hoes Down” – Smoked Out, Loced Out
If anyone knows what the name of that first drum sample is, I’ll pay cash, straight up.
“Prophet Posse” – Chapter 2: World Domination
I don’t know what DJ Paul is hollering in the background, but it gets stuck in the head pretty easily.
“Who Run It” – When The Smoke Clears
Always good to cram the whole Three 6 family on a track together.
“Barrin You Bitches” – When The Smoke Clears
Not entirely sure what “barrin” means, but it’s happening to you bitches.
“Beatem 2 Da Floor” – Da Unbreakables
...self-explanatory…
Who Da F*ck You Playin Wit” – Choices II: The Setup
Packed your bags, mashed the gas, best to best to hide out…bitch.
“Anyone Out There” - Chapter 2: World Domination
Lord Infamous kills his family for what seems no reason, spends some time in a mental hospital, wants to do it again, pays off a maintenance man to help him escape and bury him in a coffin to hide from the police, and ends up being buried alive because the maintenance man gets killed. That’s some Edgar Allan Poe sh*t.
“Tear Da Club Up” – Mystic Stylez
The first time they tore the club up. Not quite as rough, but when you’re barely of age, it’s a little more difficult to get slammed without paying off a homeless person. A half-sober conscience can only be so immoral. You are given an invitation to go to hell though.
“Break Da Law ‘95” – Mystic Stylez
Think of it as the “F*ck Tha Police” for the South.
“Gette’m Crunk” – Chapter 1: The End
A complete encapsulation of what Southern hip-hop is.
“We Got Da Dope” – Mystic Stylez
Hood chiller.
“Put Ya Signs” – When The Smoke Clears
Here’s a real rarity: a track about what Triple 6 do before they decide to beat the sh*t out of you. I’m not exactly sure what the nature of the aforementioned sign is, but apparently it’s all that’s necessary to “make them n*ggas fight [what] make them hoes fight.”
“Gotta Touch ‘Em” – Mystic Stylez
Yeah, you could twist around the hook if you wanted to, especially the part where Lord Infamous says I gotta touch they ass, but given the copious amounts of the occult in the lyricism, I think the point is pretty clear.
“Stomp” – Chapter 1: The End
You don’t find too much scratching on Three 6 tracks, so there’s one thing to cherish from this one. A strong second would probably be the Unsolved Mysteries sample.
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