![]() Flanked by inseparable right hand man the Bird House, the business-minded rapper signed to indie label Babygrande Records last December.ĭesign by Zeke Barbaro / Magna Carda photo by John Anderson Hoody Rap (Chucky Conway + Feddi Brosevelt) Recommendation: Hoody Raps on Audiomack Breakout track "Ben10" likens a Percocet tablet's power to a Cartoon Network character. Gooo! Dubbo's local stature surged in 2020 thanks to a gung-ho mentality emitting magnetic energy. Dubbo Recommendations: "Ben10" and "Valero" ![]() Then there's Geto Gala, a sight-to-behold created in tandem with local do-everything Jake Lloyd. Deezie Brown Recommendations: "I Want It All (w/ Chris Bosh)" and Geto Gala (w/ Jake Lloyd)īastrop's king MC spearheaded production on 2020 Austin AOTY contender Candy Blue Like Screw, a portal to Nineties Texas hip-hop, for fellow 'Strop royalty EC Mayne. The rebellious, self-proclaimed "Voice of the Struggle" flips his own hardships into fuel for those he loves, but he also struts here and there too ("Push Start"). A Scathing Critique of Current Affairs by Chucky BLKĬolony Park Loony employs Atlanta and Chicago-influenced melodicism to fortify strong-hearted lyrics. ![]() A proficient poet of spoken word, the McCallum High alum uses unorthodox technique to strike down everything wrong with America's nightmarish indecency. The above album title's directness falls quite opposite from Weezer's tactic of turning nearly half its discography into the color wheel. Whatever you want, she's got it.Ĭhucky Blk Recommendation: A Scathing Critique of Current Affairs She can bewitch with sensual tunes ("Pull Up") or lead with powerful rhyme ("Lost Girls Poem") thanks to a ferocious flow and poetic pen. Cha'keeta B Recommendations: 2 Incomparable and "Pull Up"Ĭha'keeta B moved to 78723 from Dallas at the age of 2. Why start in his 28th year? "September 7th" explains a passionate desire to make his son proud. The second of those tapes, Product of 1992, contains a healthy batch of heartfelt sentiments ushered over pitched-up soul samples. Eastside newcomer Roderick Brittenham exudes the heart of a lion on his first two projects. No, J.Lo's ex didn't leave Sunday Night Baseball to become a rapper. Social media clips lovably vary from performing on Bernie Sanders' Twitch stream to covering "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington Jr. The well-traveled native of Madras, India, raps, produces, and sings to the tune of over 1 million listeners on Spotify. Our criteria dictated that artists must live in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and have released at least one song since June 1, 2020.ĭesign by Zeke Barbaro / Deezie Brown photo by John Anderson Abhi the Nomad Recommendations: Modern Trash and "Risky Business" Yet we wanted to present a reintroduction of sorts to the elite tier of Austin MCs as venues start reopening this summer. Who knew more than seven rappers lived here!?Īs evidenced by the amount of rap in the Chronicle's "New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week" over the past year, a list of local rappers could easily accommodate 50 or even 75 artists. His uploads chronicling a homegrown "street-rapper" competition, as well as his Top 15 Austin rappers list intrigued me mightily. Last month, I came across local YouTuber Trey6HundoQuentin TV. These are tools that the artists back then didn't have, unfortunately." ![]() "It's not hidden in a way, nor is it Austin's best kept secret. "The difference between then and now is that because of the rise of the internet, there's more coverage," continues Jones. So basically, there wasn't that much coverage of it happening." "You hear stories back in those days of local artists performing at South by Southwest in smaller venues, but they were like hotel ballrooms in the outskirts of the city. That was our South by Southwest, which wasn't something we really went to. "When I was coming up, our events for Black people were like Texas Relays," explains the MC-turned-deejay during a phone interview. Pioneers such as Bavu Blakes, the late MC Overlord, and Tee Double deserve infinite acknowledgement. A constantly growing pool of resilient local rappers spanning a multitude of sounds finally appears primed to garner the genre its proper due in a city full of gatekeeping laggards.Ĭonfucius Jones, co-host of KUTX's invaluable hip-hop radio show The Breaks, clarifies hip-hop existed locally long before this current progression. The Austin hip-hop scene's collective march toward widespread recognition is taking longer than Avatar 2 (revisit "Hip-Hop on the Verge," Music, Jan.
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