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memphis

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 08:36:52 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Memphis music represents the distinctive sound emerging from Tennessee's largest city, blending gritty Southern hip-hop with raw, lo-fi production and dark, hypnotic atmospheres pioneered in the 1990s. The tag encompasses both the city's influential underground rap scene characterized by haunting beats and street narratives, as well as its rich soul and alternative country traditions. This sound is marked by regional authenticity, DIY ethos, and a shadowy intensity that reflects Memphis's complex cultural landscape.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
42		1969-12	Booker T. & the MG's	Uptight	memphis soul
64		1975	Al Green	Greatest Hits	soul
29		1992	Gangsta Pat	All About Comin' Up	gangsta rap memphis
1		1995	The Brentwoods	The Good, The Bab & The Ugly		international # 36
28		1995-05-30	Three 6 Mafia	Mystic Stylez	horrorcore memphis rap	horrorcore # 65 memphis rap # 75
59		1996	Playa Fly	Fly Shit	dirty south memphis rap
4		1996-07-06	Smk	Aint Nuttin Shakin	gangsta rap memphis
76		1996-10-29	Gangsta Blac	Can It Be	gangsta rap memphis
8		1997	T-Tee	It Gets Greater Later	gangsta rap memphis
79		1997-01-14	Gangsta Pat	Homicidal Lifestyle	gangsta rap memphis memphis rap southern rap	southern rap # 45 memphis rap # 45
7		1998	DJ Paul	To Kill Again...The Mixtape	memphis
75		1998	Gangsta Blac	I Am Da Gangsta	gangsta rap memphis
5		1999	Gangsta Blac	74 Minutes of Boom	memphis rap memphis
41		1999	Hypnotize Camp Posse	Most Known Hits	gangsta rap memphis
63		1999-11-16	Playa Fly	Da Game Owe Me	memphis
46		2000	Big Boogie	Definition of Big Dude	gangsta rap hip-hop louisiana memphis rap southern rap trap	southern rap # 2 louisiana # 81
12		2000	Gangsta Pat	Show Ya Grill	gangsta rap memphis
34		2000	Tommy Wright III	Genesis: Greatest Underground Hits	gangsta rap memphis
67		2000	Manson Family	Heltah Skeltah	gangsta rap memphis
89		2000	Lucero	The Attic Tapes	memphis
19		2001	Dora	Dead Horse Lounge	classic rock memphis
83		2001	Three 6 Mafia	Prophet's Greatest Hits	gangsta rap memphis
52		2002	Eevil Stöö	Pinkkibikinihinkkichiksi	memphis memphis rap	memphis rap # 17
55		2002	Snowglobe	Our Land Brains	memphis
82		2002	Project Pat	Mista Don't Play	memphis rap
39		2002-06-18	Koopsta Knicca	Da K Project	memphis
96		2002-09-24	Lucero	Tennessee	country memphis
85		2002-10-08	Cory Branan	The Hell You Say	alt-country americana memphis singer-songwriter
27		2003	ben prestage	beale street	acoustic acoustic blues ballad country blues delta blues folk memphis roots	delta blues # 28 acoustic blues # 40 country blues # 59
9		2003-05-06	MC Mack	Macknificent	gangsta rap memphis
22		2003-07-22	Rock City	Rock City	memphis
91		2003-08-26	Frayser Boy	Gone On That Bay	memphis
95		2003-09-23	Lucero	That Much Further West	alt-country memphis rock
35		2004	Reatards	Fuck Elvis Here's the Reatards	america american american underground garage garage rock hardcore memphis usa	america # 16 american underground # 51
24		2004	Evil Pimp & Creep Lo	Kreepin Out tha Kut	gangsta rap horrorcore memphis southern rap
56		2004	Gangsta Pat	Da Dro	gangsta rap memphis
16		2005	Scandaliz Vandalistz	A Real Band demo	memphis pop rock
84		2005-09-27	Three 6 Mafia	Most Known Unknown	rap	dirty south # 69 crunk # 75
11		2006	Krucifix Klan	Da Last Krucifixin (Book of Revelations Chapt.1)	memphis
51		2006	Snowglobe	oxytocin	memphis
38		2006-01-01	ben prestage	Down-Home & Home-Made	acoustic acoustic blues ballad country blues delta blues folk memphis roots	delta blues # 40 acoustic blues # 49 country blues # 68
20		2006-02-28	Serapis	Serapis	memphis
90		2006-03-21	Cory Branan	12 Songs	alternative country memphis	alternative country # 81
74		2006-06-13	Nights Like These	The Faithless	hardcore memphis metalcore
40		2007	ben prestage	Real Music	acoustic acoustic blues ballad country blues delta blues folk memphis roots	delta blues # 41 acoustic blues # 51 country blues # 73
69		2007	Evil Pimp	Da Bad Guy Returns	horrorcore memphis southern rap	southern rap # 21
32		2007-03-20	Prophet Posse	The Return: Part 1	memphis memphis rap rap	memphis rap # 2
3		2008	ben prestage	Live At Pineapple Willy's	acoustic acoustic blues ballad country blues delta blues folk memphis roots	acoustic blues # 5 country blues # 34
13		2008	Al Kapone	pure ghetto anger	gangsta rap memphis
17		2008	Tommy Wright III	Genesis	gangsta rap memphis
31		2008	Young Dolph	Pulled Up (feat. 2 Chainz & Juicy J)	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
71		2009	Evil Pimp	Face The Terror	horrorcore memphis
73		2010-07-02	Young Dolph	By Mistake (Remix) [feat. Juicy J & Project Pat)	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
33		2011	Young Dolph	High Class Street Music	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
36		2011-04-05	ben prestage	One Crow Murder	acoustic acoustic blues ballad country blues delta blues folk memphis roots	delta blues # 39 acoustic blues # 48 country blues # 67
25		2011-06-21	The Bo-Keys	Got To Get Back!	funk memphis rock soul
6		2012	Young Dolph	A Time 2 Kill (Deluxe Edition)	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
43		2012	Young Dolph	A Time 2 Kill	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
48		2012	Young Dolph	Blue Magic	memphis gangsta rap hip-hop rap trap
53		2012	Young Dolph	Welcome 2 Dolph World	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
37		2013-05-13	Young Dolph	High Class Street Music 3 (Trappin Out A Mansion)	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
50		2013-10-15	Young Dolph	South Memphis Kingpin	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
81		2013-11-12	Da Mafia 6ix	6ix Commandments	memphis memphis rap	memphis rap # 47
87		2014-07-08	Young Dolph	High Class Street Music 4: American Gangster	memphis gangsta rap hip-hop rap trap
23		2014-08-11	Young Dolph	Preach	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
80		2015-02-24	Young Dolph	High Class Street Music 5: The Plug Best Friend	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
78		2015-07-25	Young Dolph	16 Zips	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
57		2015-10-08	Young Dolph	Shittin On The Industry	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
93		2016-02-19	Young Dolph	King of Memphis	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
62		2016-07-22	SPOOKYLI	Ice Cream Demon	memphis
94		2016-08-26	Young Dolph	Rich Crack Baby	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
77		2017	DJ Paul	Underground Vol. 16: For da Summa	hardcore hip-hop rap memphis	memphis rap # 20 gabber # 59
30		2017-01-04	Young Dolph	Bagg	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
49		2017-03-03	Young Dolph	Death Row	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
99		2017-03-03	Young Dolph	Gelato	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
98		2017-04-01	Young Dolph	Bulletproof	rap trap gangsta rap hip-hop memphis
97		2018-09-28	Young Dolph	Role Model	hip-hop gangsta rap memphis rap trap
65		2020-04-24	Young Dolph	Nothing To Me	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
70		2020-04-24	Young Dolph	Crashin' Out	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
92		2020-04-24	Young Dolph	Sunshine	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
61		2020-05-29	Young Dolph	16	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
66		2020-05-29	Young Dolph	Aspen	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
54		2020-06-26	Young Dolph	Bosses & Shooters	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
68		2020-06-26	Young Dolph	Blue Diamonds	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
100		2020-08-14	Young Dolph	Rich Slave	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap	gangsta rap # 31
72		2022-05-21	KSLV Noh	Pimp Slap	bass memphis phonk trap	phonk # 28
44		2022-11-18	Young Dolph	Yeeh Yeeh	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
26		2022-12-16	Young Dolph	That's How I Feel	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
45		2022-12-16	Young Dolph	Preach (feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
86		2022-12-16	Young Dolph	Cross Country Trappin	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
88		2022-12-16	Young Dolph	Major (feat. Key Glock)	gangsta rap hip-hop memphis rap trap
60		2023	TUNDRAMANE	Juxtapose Occult	memphis
10			Mark Sinnis	The Undertaker In My Rearview Mirror	alternative country deathrock gothic country memphis	gothic country # 20
18			The Wes Paul Band	Manchester to Memphis	blues country liverpool manchester memphis rhythm and blues rock n roll rockabilly	manchester # 9 liverpool # 76
47			Michael Garlington	Baloney Pony!!!!!!	acoustic alternative american americana anti-folk bluegrass country dixieland emo folk garage hardcore improvisation jam lo-fi memphis new orleans pop psychobilly roots san francisco soul soundtrack	new orleans # 9 roots # 16 jam # 24 san francisco # 46 improvisation # 58 anti-folk # 58 dixieland # 79
58			Dj. Zirk & Tha 2thick Family	Looken for Tha Chewin'	gangsta rap memphis memphis rap	memphis rap # 23
2			Rocko	High As A Test Rat	g-funk memphis
14			SHINIGAMI TENSHI	ECLIPSE PHONK	memphis phonk
15			Crossway Worship Band	On Bended Knee	acoustic adult contemporary christian rock easy listening memphis worship
21			Hey Heidi-Rae	Before the Sun Breaks	alternative christian memphis rock

Related genres

• gangsta rap
• rap
• hip-hop
• trap
• phonk
• rock
• memphis rap
• folk
• acoustic
• pop