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This is Three 6 Mafia taking no steps forward and two steps back.įurthermore, Three 6 Mafia demonstrate an increasing Hollywood influence, as the most significant change on this release is the appearance of glitzy peers that they have decided to work with.
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“Playstation” and “I’d Rather,” for instance, drag amidst dumbed-down lyrics and tedious synths and chants. Just like their beats, the flow and lyrics of the group - which has been relegated to a duo - are best at their most classic: Juicy J laconically slurring and DJ Paul fiercely growling grave hood tales.Īlthough Juicy J and DJ Paul do sound best when performing the sound they invented, at times it can become monotonous on this release - not only because the tracks have a tendency to blend together, but because Last 2 Walk continues a trend of releasing similar-minded music with modest invention or progression. Also exemplary is the offbeat posse cut, “First 48,” on which chopped and screwed Rachmaninoff-sampled organs enliven the track, creating an ominous gothic ambiance that perfectly complements typically threatening, violent narratives. Take “On Some Chrome,” featuring an on-point and intact UGK, which contains a digitized sample of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” that weaves with a profound, reverbed bass line and an Eastern-styled vocal sample in striking ways. It is when the group puts new twists on this tried-and-true formula that Three 6 Mafia shines. The classic Three 6 Mafia sound features a Southern sonic landscape that descends into the valley of fast jeep beats, while concurrently reaching up towards the epic heights of majestic symphonic samples.
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Much of the album finds the group remaining true to their Memphis, Ten-a-key musical roots. With Last 2 Walk being Three 6 Mafia’s first release since this success, the group’s aspiration to remain both, if not equally, Holly and hood pulsates through it. The familiar premise being: you can spit hustlin’ and flowin’ plebs into Hollywood, but you can’t take the hood outta them.
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But more exemplary was their MTV reality show, Adventures in Hollyhood, in which the members of Three 6 Mafia struggled to adapt to their yuppie, bourgie (hell) environment. Most notably was their illustrious Best Song Academy Award for “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp,” from the film Hustle & Flow. Although they have been crafting the same unique style of hip-hop in the Memphis underground rap scene since 1991, it is only during the past few years that they have been able to achieve significant critical and commercial success. For instance, southern rap outfit Three 6 Mafia serve as an interesting case study. The reverberations were varied, with certain artists better able to take advantage of the more tolerant, less prejudiced consumer market. 15 million cumulative album sales and a string of hit singles will do that to an art form. On the cusp of the 21st century, rappers Eminem and Nelly released The Marshall Mathers LP and Country Grammar, respectively, and hip-hop became pop music.