The neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Fourth Ward, Third Ward, and the
Southside of Houston, Texas, gave birth to Houston rap, a vibrant
music scene that has produced globally recognized artists such as
Geto Boys, DJ Screw, Pimp C and Bun B of UGK, Fat Pat, Big Moe,
Z-Ro, Lil’ Troy, and Paul Wall. Lance Scott Walker and
photographer Peter Beste spent a decade documenting Houston’s
scene, interviewing and photographing the people—rappers, DJs,
producers, promoters, record label owners—and places that give
rap music from the Bayou City its distinctive character. Their
collaboration produced the books Houston Rap and Houston Rap Tapes.
This second edition of Houston Rap Tapes amplifies the city’s
hip-hop history through new interviews with Scarface, Slim Thug,
Lez Moné, B L A C K I E, Lil’ Keke, and Sire Jukebox of the
original Ghetto Boys. Walker groups the interviews into sections
that track the different eras and movements in Houston rap, with
new photographs and album art that reveal the evolution of the
scene from the 1970s to today’s hip-hop generation. The
interviews range from the specifics of making music to the
passions, regrets, memories, and hopes that give it life. While
offering a view from some of Houston’s most marginalized areas,
these intimate conversations lay out universal struggles and
feelings. As Willie D of Geto Boys writes in the foreword,
“Houston Rap Tapes flows more like a bunch of fellows who
haven’t seen each other for ages, hanging out on the block
reminiscing, rather than a calculated literary guide to Houston’s
history.”
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