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texas

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 06:09:14 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Texas hip-hop blends Southern rap's chopped and screwed production style with soulful, melodic flows and heavy bass. Rooted in Houston's street culture, it emphasizes slow tempos, introspective lyrics, and syrup-influenced vocal effects. The sound ranges from gritty gangsta narratives to smooth, emotional storytelling.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
52		1956-02-04	Ray Price	Greatest Hits	country honky tonk texas western swing	honky tonk # 70 western swing # 89
38		1967	Ray Price	Ray Price's Greatest Hits	country honky tonk texas western swing	honky tonk # 57 western swing # 85
44		1968	Ray Price	American Originals	country honky tonk texas western swing	honky tonk # 60 western swing # 86
20		1977	Ray Price	Burning Memories	classic country country honky tonk texas western swing	honky tonk # 46 western swing # 81
54		1987	Lyle Lovett	Pontiac	alt-country americana	alt-country # 29
7		1989	Willie D	Controversy	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 80
68		1989	Cold Sun	Dark Shadows	acid rock texas	acid rock # 65
80		1991	Jerry Jeff Walker	Great Gonzos	country texas
48		1992	Point Blank	Prone To Bad Dreams	gangsta rap hip-hop houston rap texas	houston rap # 90
73		1992	Radney Foster	Del Rio, Tx 1959		early 90s country # 24
6		1993	20-2-Life	Inside Looking Out	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 79
67		1993-08-17	Scarface	The World Is Yours	hip-hop rap southern hip hop texas
74		1994	E.S.G.	Ocean of Funk	rap texas
50		1994-06-21	Big Mello	Wegonefunkwichamind Chopped & Screwed	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 91
1		1995	5th Ward Juvenilez	Deadly Groundz	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 75
24		1995	K-Rino	Danger Zone	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 85
83		1995-09-12	E.S.G.	Sailin' da South	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 98
62		1996	Robert Earl Keen	No.2 Live Dinner	alt-country country singer-songwriter texas
28		1997	Lil' O	Greatest Hits	dirty south houston rap texas	houston # 72
36		1997	Slaid Cleaves	No Angel Knows	alt-country americana cajun folk rock singer-songwriter texas	cajun # 93
59		1997	Ray Price	Super Hits	country honky tonk texas western swing	honky tonk # 79 western swing # 93
51		1997	Slaid Cleaves	Live At Blue Highways	texas
95		1997-03-11	Scarface	The Untouchable	dirty south texas	dirty south # 62
11		1997-10-21	PSK-13	Born Bad?	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 81
41		1998	Roger Creager	Texas Fed, Texas Bred: Redefining Country Music, Vol. 2
79		1998-03-24	Lil' Keke	The Commission	dirty south hip-hop houston rap southern rap texas	dirty south # 44 southern rap # 57 houston # 92
5		1998-10-27	K-Rino	K-Rino	gangsta rap houston rap southern rap texas	southern rap # 1 houston rap # 78
12		1999	Lil' Keke	It Was All a Dream	dirty south hip-hop houston rap texas	houston # 68
93		1999	Blaze Foley	Live at the Austin Outhouse	americana country folk singer-songwriter texas
46		1999-01-01	Guerilla Maab	Rise	gangsta rap houston houston rap southern rap texas underground rap	southern rap # 18 houston # 77 houston rap # 89
4		1999-08-21	Natural Calamity	Thicker Than Water	texas
78		1999-11-23	Edgewater	Edgewater	alternative metal hard rock nu metal texas
70		2000	Lower Class Brats	The Clockwork Singles Collection	street punk texas	street punk # 59
60		2000	Adam Carroll	Lookin' Out the Screen Door	americana folk texas
82		2000-07-18	Big Moe	City Of Syrup	dirty south hip-hop houston rap southern rap texas	dirty south # 51 southern rap # 63 houston # 95
16		2000-09-12	Asleep At The Wheel	Comin' Right at Ya/Texas Gold	texas western swing	western swing # 79
40		2000-10-20	Texas	The Greatest Hits	pop rock
45		2001	Z-Ro	Z-Ro	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 88
87		2001-02-13	Rodney Crowell	The Houston Kid	texas
71		2001-06-26	Z-Ro	King of da Ghetto	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 94
9		2002	DJ Screw	Sentimental Value	chopped and screwed rap texas	chopped and screwed # 76
13		2002	Big Mello	Bone Hard Zaggin Chopped & Screwed	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 82
8		2002	Sub Oslo	the Rites of Dub	dub texas
53		2002-02-19	The Mountain Goats	All Hail West Texas	folk singer-songwriter
34		2002-04-22	Big Moe	Purple World	dirty south rap	dirty south # 39
84		2002-05-28	Guerilla Maab	Resurrected	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 99
65		2002-08-20	Frank Black and the Catholics	Devil's Workshop	texas
30		2003	K-Rino	Ten Year Run	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 87
64		2003-05-20	The Marked Men	The Marked Men	texas
33		2004	Ill Harmonics	Monkey Business	texas
2		2005	Gold Digger	The Gold Digger Live Bootleg E.P. (2005)	acid rock alternative alternative rock british rock britpop electronic electronic rock electropop funk rock grunge japan london new rave new wave rave rock texas	new rave # 14 british rock # 56
88		2005	Z-Ro	4/20 the Smokers Anthem	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 100
14		2005	Salim Nourallah	Beautiful Noise	texas
42		2005-02-08	Pushmonkey	Year of the Monkey	alternative austin houston rock texas	houston # 76 austin # 90
39		2005-04-11	Bushwick Bill	Gutta Mixx	gangsta rap southern rap texas	southern rap # 17
43		2005-08	Danny Schmidt	Parables & Primes	americana folk singer-songwriter texas
35		2005-09-12	Absu	Mythological Occult Metal: 1991-2001	black metal texas
29		2006	Eric Church	His Kind Of Money (My Kind Of Love)	contemporary country texas
3		2006-02-28	Z-Ro	Gangstafied	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 77
97		2006-05-16	The Marked Men	Fix My Brain	punk rock texas
37		2007	Cory Morrow	Live From Austin, TX
58		2007-03-05	Brownout	Homenaje	funk instrumental latin texas usa
66		2007-04-17	K-Rino	Book Number 7	gangsta rap houston rap rap texas	houston rap # 93
10		2007-08-07	Mark McKinney	Get It On	country texas
22		2008-01-31	Trae	Givin Em Da Businezz	dirty south hip-hop rap texas
63		2008-02-05	Carolyn Wonderland	Miss Understood	austin blues blues rock jam singer-songwriter texas trio	jam # 58 austin # 94 trio # 96
75		2008-12-02	Scarface	Emeritus	gangsta rap houston rap southern rap texas west coast rap	west coast rap # 28 southern rap # 54 houston rap # 95
18		2009-05-12	Prong	Power of the Damn Mixxxer	industrial metal texas
17		2009-05-18	The Watermarks	Thoughts Like Bombs	alternative electronica houston noise pop pop rock shoegaze texas	houston # 69
76		2009-09-15	The Band of Heathens	One Foot In The Ether	alt-country americana texas
23		2010	Fat Tony	RABDARGAB	houston rap texas	houston # 70
15		2010-08-31	Sahara Smith	Myth of the Heart	austin bass singer-songwriter texas	austin # 85
72		2011	Black Books	an introduction to...	alternative austin dream pop texas indie rock	austin # 96
26		2011	Roger Creager	Surrender	country texas
55		2011-04-26	Whiskey Myers	Firewater
31		2011-07-19	Mike Zito	Greyhound	blues blues rock rock roots texas	roots # 45
49		2012-01-31	Ruthie Foster	Let It Burn	acoustic american blues female vocalists folk gospel singer-songwriter soul texas
32		2012-12-12	Glue	Demo 2012	austin hardcore hardcore punk texas	austin # 89
25		2013-01-28	Black Books	Aquarena	alternative austin dream pop indie rock texas	austin # 87
61		2013-02-22	Blacktop Mojo	BlackTop Mojo	country rock southern rock texas
77		2013-07-15	DJ Screw	All Screwed Up	gangsta rap houston rap texas	houston rap # 96
27		2013-07-19	Gogol Bordello	Pura Vida Conspiracy		latin rock # 10
92		2014	Two Knights	Shut Up	emo indie rock math rock mathcore midwest emo pop punk post-hardcore screamo texas
94		2014-02-07	Robert Ellis	The Lights from the Chemical Plant	acoustic alternative austin country rock texas	austin # 99
19		2014-03-11	Snow Tha Product	"Holy Sh!t" - Single	english rap spanish texas
69		2015-02-24	Valise	Young Bloomer	indie pop indie rock texas
90		2015-06-30	Sublime with Rome	Sirens	alternative rock reggae ska texas
47		2016	Various Artists	Let's Step Outside - Great Country Songs about the Great Outdoors	alt-country americana country texas
96		2019-05-17	Ciara	Beauty Marks	pop austin rnb	austin # 100
98		2020-01-24	iann dior	Good Day	emo hip-hop rap texas trap
56		2022-11-09	Devin	The Dude	g-funk houston texas	g-funk # 33 houston # 82
57		2022-11-25	BigXthaPlug	Enemies	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 33
85		2022-11-25	BigXthaPlug	New Day	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 67
100		2023-01-27	BigXthaPlug	Mr.Trouble	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 96
91		2023-06-13	BigXthaPlug	Active	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 77
99		2023-06-13	BigXthaPlug	Big Stepper	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 95
81		2023-09-08	Trae	Tha Truth Show - Street Edition	texas
86		2023-12-01	BigXthaPlug	Rap Niggas	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 70
89		2024-10-11	BigXthaPlug	Safehouse	hip-hop rap southern rap texas trap	southern rap # 72
21			Various Artists	A Taste of Texas	texas

Related genres

• gangsta rap
• rap
• houston rap
• houston
• austin
• hip-hop
• rock
• country
• dirty south
• alternative