Young Doc Gooden, aka Austin Brown, has been making quite a name for himself in Denton over the past few months with a series of well attended parties and musical events that have exhibited a great deal of stylistic diversity and, well, style. Lately, Young Doc has been working on building up a weekly residency at Hailey's on Monday nights where he'll play the latest in southern hip hop, ghetto house and a lot of other stuff that inspires thoughts of purple drink and debates concerning high/low/no brow pretty much equally. Guy was nice enough to put a mix together for us, so check the track list and some little write ups Austin did for each track, then download it
here. Tracks:
UGK – Itn’l Player’s Anthem (Chopped and Screwed)
This is a lane hoggin anthem.
E.S.G. – Realist Rhymin’ (feat. Lil Flip)
E.S.G. gets into some topical James Byrd flow towards the end which gives me chills everytime, but Lil Flip’s verse is the most crucial on this song. E.S.G. actually wrote “Wanna Be a Baller” by Lil Troy, but never got credit (or money) for it. There’s no telling how big he could have blown up if he had gotten credit for a number one hit. E.S.G. is the greatest rapper of the S.U.C. that never achieved his potential of mainstream success. He’s also mentally unstable.
Lil Keke – Down South (feat. A.G., Archie Lee, and Da Hitman)
The instrumental on this track is a real classic. It sounds like when you go into Guitar Center and press play on one of the sequencers or really expensive keyboards.
Slim Thug – I Ain’t Heard (Chopped and Screwed)
What would Pharrell think if he heard what was done to his masterpiece.
Trae – Pop Trunk Wave (feat. Fat Pat)
This song reminds me how good it feels to get paid. Trae is a self-proclaimed “asshole by nature,” and I think that’s awesome.
Fat Pat – Tops Drop
If you listen to this song and click your heals three times, you can actually appear in a Cadillac on I-10 going through downtown Houston. Just be careful with that styrofoam cup in the cupholder.
H.A.W.K. – World Come 2 an End
You can really see where Lil Wayne got his style listening to way H.A.W.K. flows. All of the similes and clever rhymes came straight from H.A.W.K.
Ghostwriters – H-Town Luv (Chopped and Screwed)
“We’ve come a long way from comin down and sayin man.” Just seeing where rap radio is now, and seeing where it started with DJ Screw, its amazing how professional the whole scene has become.
Big Moe – Bar Baby
I got in an argument at a party that Big Moe has better flow that Biggie. ‘Bar Baby’ is equivalent of ‘Juicy’ by Biggie. Listen to them back to back and you tell me I’m wrong.
Fat Pat – Jammin Screw
This song uses the popular Slave – Watching You sample.
Big Steve and Double D – Supa Hoe Layer (feat. Granpapper Mafioso and Noke D.)
“I took a trip to Louisiana and met a hoe at the mall.” That’s real life stuff.
Pimp C – Workin the Wheel
I was watching Lou Reed at SXSW, and this guy with a camera and a microphone from some website asked me what my favorite rock lyrics of all time were. “I’m Pimp C I ain’t never made love.” Just think about it…
Mike Jones – Flossin (feat Big Moe)
I went through about a month of my life where before I could listen to anything else on my iPod, I had to listen to this song at least twice. The only SwishaHouse rapper on this mix.
UGK – Somethin Good (Chopped and Screwed)
An old school UGK hit the only way to hear it.
Killa Kyleon – Back to Front (feat. Slim Thug and Sir Daily)
The super-used UGK “Front Back and Side to Side” sample, but this song gets me buck. “H-town: the home of the Rockets and the Texans, and we got the cheapest prices cause we cop it from the Mexicans.” Real talk.
Z-Ro – It Don’t Stop
Z-ro takes a lot of influence from Tupac. Most of his songs are full of truth bombs and political rap. He has a pretty extensive discography, which is pretty impressive considering how often he is in and out of jail.
E.S.G. – Swangin and Bangin
Forget Weezy, Jay-Z, 3000: E.S.G. is the greatest rapper alive. He’s still alive right?
