Get F'ed Up With Bear: No Houston, There Isn't Any Problem
Published: Friday - July 6, 2007
Words by Bear Frazer
There isn't any secret that the Houston Movement blew the fuck up back in 2005 when Mike Jones, Paul Wall and Slim Thug were introduced on a national scale via "Still Tippin'." From there, it was pandemonium.
Everybody jumped at the opportunity to holla at Mike Jones on his cell phone and every artist holla'd at Paul Wall to get a pair of grillz, while Slim Thug was trying his best to make sure some fool didn't leak his album. The guys in demand and the H-Town sound was something new to most of us.
I enjoyed it and still do to this day. Paul Wall and Slim Thug are some of the guys whose music I look forward listening to everyday. They're delivery is smooth and they don't try to complicate what their saying. Plus, I don't mind hearing them talk about how cool their whip is or how nasty their grillz are.
But as we fast forward to 2007, some hip-hop media outlets are questioning whether Houston is just a fad. I think this is fucking ridiculous, and what makes this even more ridiculous is the fact that some of the people who have been saying this have never lived in the South.
This year alone has been big for Houston. So far, Paul Wall, Lil' Flip and the Boss Hogg Outlawz have released albums, and by the end of the year, new records from Mike Jones, UGK, Slim Thug and Chingo Bling will be on shelves. That's not even mentioning the young artists coming out and dropping for the first time like the G.R.i.T. Boys. Plus, Michael Watts and the Swishahouse is in the process of dropping his latest mixtape, Something To Smoke 2. And we haven't even touched on the smaller independent labels in the area, including the ones owned by operated by some of these artists.
I'll admit, the Houston Movement may not have the same zing it first had when it emerged onto a mainstream level in 2005, but then again, does anything when it first comes out? Yeah, that's what I thought. And I'll also admit, some of these artists may not see the same success in moving units because they might not have the right single for radio, because record sales as a whole is dropping, etc.
Regardless, Houston isn't a fad. It's only getting stronger and even a blind man can see that.
Your BFF, Bear.Fuckin.Frazer.
(PS - If someone sees a blog comment under my name, it isn't from me. I don't respond to blogs.)
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