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Paul Wall is proof that being a street team member can pay off and then some. A hip-hop obsessive from an early age, his entry into the music business as a whole came when he was 14 years old and he started doing promotional work for Michael "5000" Watts' record label, Swishahouse. As he approached the end of his teenage years he began rapping himself, regularly collaborating with Chamillionaire and recording any raps that he came up with. At the end of 1999, he convinced Watts to let him and Chamillionaire rap on his radio show, and the resulting freestyle was so good that it essentially made both of their careers.
Their freestyle appeared on one of Watts’ mixtapes, entitled “Choppin Em Up Part 2”, and both rappers were formally signed to Swishahouse for future releases. However, after Slim Thug left the label Wall and Chamillionaire both left with him and they formed their own duo called The Color Changin’ Click. They began releasing their own line of massively acclaimed mixtapes and they eventually inked a record deal with Paid In Full Records, who released their debut album “Get Ya Mind Correct” in 2002. The duo split soon after this but both would go on to have massively succesful solo careers, with Wall’s solo success coming in 2005 with the release of his debut album “The People’s Champ”.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, knocking Kanye West’s “Late Registration” off the top spot at the same time. Its lead single “Sittin’ Sidewayz” was also a slow-burning hit, stalling at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 but was eventually certified Gold. He was the featured collaborator on Nelly’s 2005 number one hit “Grillz”, however, and ever since then he’s been one of the most beloved names in southern hip-hop. While he might not have achieved the success of some of his peers he’s still massively acclaimed by all who know him, and can blow the roof of any venue he plays in to boot. To this day, he comes highly recommended.
Probably Paul Wall’s single most prominent piece of mainstream exposure to date came via Kanye West’s now-classic Late Registration joint ‘Drive Slow’, and in many ways, that’s fitting; Wall’s style of flow and general approach to his rhymes is laid-back, restrained and well measured. It’s actually in stark contrast to his appearance; with his diamond-studded grills adorning his teeth and baggy clothing, he looks more like some kind of millionaire skater kid than a rapper, but that’s just one of the contradictions that makes Wall’s music so intriguing; his deep, casual delivery is one of the most arresting in rap’s recent history. He’s continued to write and record over the past decade, remaining a favourite with the critics, even if his commercial performance hasn’t matched up to that. Last year’s #Checkseason saw Wall debut a dramatic new look, having lost 100lb since 2010; his signature style remains, though. It’s the same when he performs live; he doesn’t bring the same kind of flashy behaviour that so many of his peers do, but he’s so subtly arresting as a performer, it doesn’t matter - he’s one of the most underrated rappers on the live circuit today, with fans waiting with bated breath for a UK return.
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He’s probably not by any means the closest thing that hip hop has to a household name, either in his native United States or anywhere else for that matter, but that’s not to say that Slim Thug - or Stayve Jerome Thomas, to give him his full name - hasn’t met with some serious success in his career; back in 2005, he dropped his debut album Already Platinum, and whilst the titular prophecy did not ultimately end up coming true - instead, Thug will have a gold disc hanging on his wall at home - the album did enter the U.S. albums chart at an entirely respectable number two, helped in no small part by the collaborations that Thug had been part of on the charts to that point, especially Mike Jones’ ‘Still Tippin’ in late 2004. Since releasing Already Platinum, Thug has made three more solo records, with the latest, Boss Life, dropping late last year. He’s perhaps better known, though, as a member of Boss Hogg Outlaws, with whom he’s served up four full-length albums and toured extensively; Thug’s signature energy and aggressive flow are a huge part of Outlaws’ live shows, and he continues to hit the road with them sporadically today, especially in their native U.S.
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