Chamillionaire

Texas. It's the best. Big Tex, blue bonnets, southern belles, George Bush, Pantera, Tex Mex, and Shiner Bock. Yea, one would most certainly be ill-advised to go anywhere else for any reason. Real talk.

But the best part of Texas may or may not be Chamillionaire. (Don't get it twisted, though - the coolest thing from Texas may be from Houston, but Dallas is still the spot.) I pumped the dude's The Sound of Revenge for a solid three years (which is not to say that I don't still visit it on the regular). Then came Ultimate Victory, yet another solid product. And from the looks of the first single off of Chamillionaire's upcoming Venom, the man's still got a grip of quality cuts to come. "Good Morning" is easily one of the most radio-friendly tracks he's put out (due in no small part to that sample), which in this case isn't a bad thing. So nice.

Chamillionaire + Paul Wall + Ricochet

Aight. So let's move on to some Texas rap. First up is a classic from Paul Wall and Chamillionaire: "Falsifying." Could've gone with some U.G.K. I suppose (R.I.P. Pimp C), but this Color Changin' Click joint has been dear to me for many, many years. Two of Houston's finest (I don't really dig Paul Wall, but it's a whole different story when he's with Chamillionaire) doing some great stuff. Pre-beef brilliance.



And then there's a new joint: Ricochet's "Clean as a Whistle." Song is everywhere you go in Dallas. What's more, it's all over the radio. Simply inescapable. Which, of course, is a good thing. Gotta love songs that drop the line, "I'll pop your ass like a pimple." There's a lot of really hot stuff coming out of Dallas these days, and y'all will be hearing a lot of it here.