The People’s Champ itself is a blazing testament of Houston-based rap, which has remained underground for most of its history. Also included as guests on The Peoples Champ are rappers T.I., Bun B, Three 6 Mafia, Freeway and the acclaimed Kanye West. For instance, it is apparent in tracks like “Sittin’ Sidewayz” which contrasts guest MC Big Pokey’s “lean”-based slur. In fact Wall’s verbal skills put him in the spotlight, his rap distinctively characterized by his low southern drawl but with clear articulation. Following his 2004 release Chick Magnet, Wall has made an original recipe better with the highly anticipated 2005 release, The People’s Champ, keeping it in the same slowed tempos and trunk-booming bass that made Houston the new home for lowriders, ice grilles and a growing rap movement that people call “screwed and chopped.” Despite his race, as another white rapper in an African-American-dominated league, Wall has left mentioning of his own color out of the equation rather than capitalizing off it, proving that as long as you can spit, you’re in the game. He has made waves in the American hip hop community ever since people began noticing the hook that Wall laid down on fellow Houstonian and labelmate Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin” and his 20 karat “ice grille” embedded in his teeth. (November 1, 2005) - With bass thicker than cough syrup, time-stopping tempos and laid-down hooks with that all too familiar H-Town (Houston) element, Paul Wall has once again stepped up his rep with the Swishahouse crew.
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