This past year, Clay Perry was able to avoid, deal with, move past, and ultimately laugh off an absurd amount of hip-hop industry BS that probably would have derailed many other rap odysseys. Allegedly, the Fort Worth young legend in the making is retiring.ġ1. Aric Evans’ “Thank You, Kendrick” and “The Light” should both comfortably land on song of the year lists. See D Flo’s emotionally wrought track “Kofi Kingston.”ġ2. They are attitude-altering Soundcloud uploads from a person who, if you closed your eyes and thought about what a “Soundcloud rapper” typically looked like, you’d never picture. The last year, Fort Worth rap fans were blessed with the third installment of his mixtape series, No Longer local.ġ3. Lil Sick is the one person on the list with more soul than Andre the Giant’s wrestling boot. Allegedly, he is too pretty for a face tat.ġ4. Ashxs is the kind of experimental rapper you can create only when Sigourney Weaver, Wavy Gravy, and Old Dirty Bastard have sex at the 1988 Burning Man festival. If you allowed me to play five Roddie Flacco tracks inside the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s gala, I swear the pornosonic MC’s music would quickly turn the event into something resembling an AVN after-party.ġ5. Your favorite bartender’s favorite rapper J/O/E closed out 2019 strong thanks to his Milky Beatz-produced, “Live From the Funk.” Catch the man Panther City Propaganda dubbed “Brewpac” spitting rhymes to a crowd –– or game to some shorty –– at the local brewery of your choosing. I once saw David Allen Dope win a knife fight in a dark alley by slashing his assailant with slick wordplay and sharp-ass metaphors.ġ7. The prolific, high-speed six singles T-Ryde released in 2019 drive that point home.
The heart-wrenching 2014 track “S.I.M.C.I.T.R” dispels any such notion. Some out-of-town Fort Worth hip-hop day-tripper will flippantly assign the label of “Juggalo rapper” to T-Ryde, and it’s probably the laziest thing anyone could do. With the help of the good people over at Hear Fort Worth, the city’s music-promoting arm, we all know the answer to the question “Who Is Lou?” For some, the engaging, emotionally intelligent MC Lou Charle$ has become the face of Fort Worth rap.ġ9. So gather round and watch us alienate 19 immensely talented individuals, all the while bestowing a crown upon a king that is none the wiser to his coronation.Ģ0.
The comedic value in all of this is everybody pretty much already hates us. The true genius lies in the act of handing over the most thankless job in Fort Worth to idiots like us. In fact, it’s just common sense to ask the voice of Fort Worth hip-hop to construct the list. Now, we know what you’re thinking: We’re only saying that because he asked us to compose the 2019 Fort Worth hip-hop top 20 list. I can't fold Mention my name, bet I'm gon show up I'm for the bullshit, I had to grow up In love with the high tech, I had to pour up Boogotti Kasino, I I'm staying in the trap, had to move to the kitchen Bitch I'm from Texas, I'm sippin I try to quit it, but this shit addicting My lil bitch think that I'm pimpin She brought me some money, rapped up in a I just gave turned around, bought me a new What is you saying? Killers on payroll You can get killed and then left in Tatted my face, so I feel like I'm Fredo R.I.P.Weekly associate editor Eric Griffey is the smartest man in the world.