Memphis Murder Ballads

Memphis Murder Ballads

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1993 -2001

Murder rap: An M-Town tradition? These 16 funkytown underground joints focus on homicide. Silver tones, smelly corpses, getaway cars, poison: these artist paint a picture of ghetto Memphis that’s threatening and detailed. Sadistic psychos who murder for laughs and nameless killers who fear the judgement of god. Ill haunted house beats… a brutally dark and disturbing vibe that’s distinctive of Memphis rap from the 1990s. Also there’s mad rapid-fire double time rapping, which I notice in a lot Memphis rap. Thanks to everyone uploading tape rips. In combination with a heavy sprinkling of gunshot samples, the tape pops add to the lofi, crunchy, grimey, sinister sound.

Memphis Murder Ballads
Eightball & MJG – 9 Little Millimeta Boys 1993
Organized Crime – U Know The Deal 1995
Kingpin Skinny Pimp – Nobody Crosses Me 1996
Al Kapone – Sinista Funk 1994
B-Low – Ski Mask Over My Evil Grin 2001
Gangsta Boo – Kill Kill Kill Murder Murder Murder 1998
Project Pat – Red Rum 2000
Indo G & Lil’ Blunt – Redrum 1995
Tommy Wright III – Killin Spree 1997
Gangsta Pat – Killa [Part 2] 1995
Lokee – Puttin Niggas on Da News 1996
Orange Juice Click – What You Wanna Do 1995
3 Memphis Kniccas – Rest Your Soul 1995
Lil Noid – Load My Clip 1994
Blackout – Dim Da Lights 1995
Three 6 Mafia – Life or Death 1996