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Some people will come up to me and say, somebody stole this from you flow wise. I’m just humbled and honored to contribute. Like, a lot of my verses or things I might have said in verses became symbols like, “I got the internet going nuts,” or, “What it dew.” When I do new stuff, it’s tough for me as an artist performing because people got me stuck in time with it. Man, a good 90 percent of my show set is all shit that came out that year. We didn’t market it out then like we do now with the different Twitter and Instagram accounts who bring those stats up. But it’s all comparative to what was out at the time. It was a big deal, but to us, we’d think like UGK Ridin’ Dirty went No. I was thinking about it as the anniversary was coming up so I double-checked, and no, it was Scarface. We just went off for what everybody told us. And we were like, “Damn for real?” And we never really fact check. They told everybody, Atlantic, everybody. Taking it back to 2005, what was the reaction when you went No. The NBA shut down on my birthday, and I treat my birthday like the chronological marker for the year and that’s when we said, “Oh this for real.”

Listening back to Subculture, we started it at Red Bull Studios before COVID hit but listening I mentioned COVID and the pandemic and I paused like, “Oh shit.” It’s been a blur. Even with the Subculture album, we did it right before quarantine 'cause I remember when I was flying home, they were discussing shutting down this and that. How many times during this quarantine have you had to wonder, “Is today really what day it is?” We spoke for nearly two hours last month, covering major labels versus independence, faith, his old friend Kanye, and his status as an OG in Houston hip-hop. When he worked on his new album Subculture (listen here), a project pieced together through various studio sessions before and after a global shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he tied himself to the process of collaboration even further. He gained ink, gained and lost a considerable amount of weight, and reclaimed his life.

He released more albums and witty one-liners about Houston car culture and lifestyle, worked with many and befriended even more. Then Cham and Paul split, eventually leading Paul to a resurrection in 2005-and cementing his place as one of hip-hop’s most beloved characters.īut unlike others whose stars waned after a moment of perceived glory, Paul continued on.
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The two eventually signed a local label deal with Paid In Full Entertainment, releasing one official album in 2003: Get Ya Mind Correct. Paul Wall found fame with his rhyming partner, Chamillionaire. Watts and Ron C would later split, with the former becoming one of the South’s premiere DJs and the latter starting The Chopstars. Both units dabbled in chopped and screwed music, with Swishahouse co-founders Michael “5000” Watts and OG Ron C morphing into the next logical point of the sound after DJ Screw passed in November 2000. He started in the late ‘90s as part of the Swishahouse, a rag-tag collective of Northside Houston rappers initially believed to be the antithesis to the Screwed Up Click. Paul’s initial turn at stardom had not come without its rocky moments.
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He stole the show on Kanye West’s Late Registration with “Drive Slow” and by the September release of his debut album The People’s Champ, Paul had done something no other Houston rapper except Scarface had done-he achieved a No. With one flash of his platinum grill, he created a generation who specifically wanted jewelry from him. In fact, 2005 could be summed up as the year of the People’s Champ. That look, that belt, and that song helped establish Paul Wall to a national audience. He wore a Rockets jersey, held up a replica of the WWE Intercontinental title belt and his first lines to America were as Southern and comfortable as can be: “What it do, it’s Paul Wall-I’m the people’s champ.” There, rapper Paul Wall stood out mightily next to the lanky and lean Slim Thug and du-ragged Mike Jones.
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If there is a moment in time that could crystalize when the world was free and no one could predict the future, it’s the “Still Tippin” video shoot.
