Throughout his storied career, the one thing Face felt was human. “It’s a beautiful thing when you’re able to express yourself with words and people fall in love with your ability to deliver a story.” Through a catalog built off his word, tenor and demeanor, the rapper who once ran for city council and ran through the hallways of Willowridge High School became a legend – your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. Still, the song itself became part of more Scarface lore, much as how the bleak and paramount 1994 album The Diary put Face on a different stratosphere than other rappers within the city. I can only imagine what that would have turned out to have been if I could’ve had that verse. ‘Cause I told him I had a verse from Pac. Of course, at the time, he told me that Biggie didn’t want to. I went to Puffy after Pac had got killed, I went to Puffy and asked him if Biggie could be on that record. “Because, I wanted Biggie on that record. “On ‘Smile,’ the interesting thing… that record didn’t go like I really wanted it to go,” Prince told the Rap Radar Podcast in 2018. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. Prince, Rap-A-Lot founder and the one label figure who remained a constant in Face’s career, the plans for “Smile” originally didn’t include Tupac. He’s recorded with JAY-Z and Nas and Tupac Shakur their collaboration “Smile” was one of the last songs Pac recorded before he was fatally shot in Las Vegas in 1996.Īccording to J. The Fix and The Diary are among two of the culturally revered Houston rap albums of all time. “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster” means two different things for two different sects of America. 1991’s “Minds Playing Tricks On Me” with The Geto Boys, introduced the world to a slice of Houston and the recurring characters of paranoia and frustration in his life. He’s the first Houston rapper to have a No.
The accolades for Scarface are immeasurable in terms of Houston hip-hop, much less the South. “I get to go out there and say farewell by myself, and then I get to say it with you.” “The cool part about it is, I get to say farewell twice,” he told Willie D.
He’s Houston’s original microphone gangster.ĬLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR APP AND TAKE US WITH YOU ANYWHERE! It will ultimately succeed because somehow, someway, Brad Jordan has beaten death (he attempted suicide as a child), COVID, a stint in a mental health facility, the criminal justice system and is credited with being among the first to introduce mental health, depression and more to hip-hop.
It’s asking to pack nearly 30 plus years of history, themes, mythology, and more into one night. The show, announced via his Geto Boys Reloaded podcast with Willie D, is a swan song. Scarface takes one final bow on stage at the House of Blues. Recording Industry Association of America.On Friday (November 12), Mr. ^ "American album certifications – Scarface – The Untouchable".^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997".^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997".
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