Suave House: Pioneers Of The South

[@NothinButGame]

Mr Mike is one of the greatest lyricists ever hella underrated

[@dredocs]

I agree he dope

[@ants8527]

Mr Mike was a Beast back in 1995'' 96'' He was like the wilde card of Suavehouse. He got alot of new music out on spotify And on youtube🎶😎

[@linkercasas1004]

Im still slapping Tela's "Piece of Mind" album! Shooooonuff!!! 😎🔈🔉🔊 During the mid and late 90's....Suave House records made my high school years some of the best times!

[@markishayes1888]

Me too a few days ago and that Mr Mike wicked ways

[@dredocs]

Me too

[@mramplified77006]

Suave House is definitely one of the most underrated and forgotten independent rap labels ever. Glad to see them getting some love!

[@thakiddkidd34]

The Bay Area and the South had the same struggles musically but look at them now, staples of the game

[@81deaths]

Eightball & MJG "Throw Ya Hands Up feat Outkast" is a classic

[@jones192]

"Just like candy" was one of the best samples in history as well.

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@Paul.Billingsley]

Tony draper on production 17 years old!

[@NEEKZ81]

T-Mixx was so raw with the beats…he had that signature southern funk like Organized Noize

[@dredocs]

He was his beats were top notch

[@verderriscursey]

Jazze pha too!

[@macadomusic]

Tela - Piece of Mind Top 10 rap album of all time

[@KOVIDGOON]

I was 11 in 93 had just moved from south central Los Angeles after the riots to my dad in baton rouge my sister put me on to 8BALL N MJG I knew the music word for word. We use to beat on the desk to lay it down. I recently reintroduced the L.A. youths to space age pimpin during the pandemic.

[@dredocs]

Sounds like great times and I'm sure they loved it.

[@demetriusmaston7754]

Did they like it?

[@TrusnoTV]

That's official right there👍🏿🤞🏿💯

[@KOVIDGOON]

@@demetriusmaston7754 fam they took it and ran with it. I hear it up and down Crenshaw blvd. Those was some good times for me only time as a kid I experience peace. Im moving back in a few months finally 30 years later.

[@demetriusmaston7754]

@@KOVIDGOON That’s what’s up keep passing on the good shxt we the same age I was born in Culver City moved to Biloxi Mississippi 6 months old 💯💯

[@7Eightyone]

When you bought a suave house release you knew it was gonna have smooth beats with serious spitters.

[@dredocs]

Facts!!

[@KingHarris83]

Ball & G, UGK, and OutKast top 3 duo’s for me. I’m from Texas so the shit they talked about hits my soul

[@noble7461]

South got the best duos. EPMD is the only non-south duo that were equal.

[@92alpha13]

T Mixx production is tight and in the pocket.

[@demetriusbryson1706]

YES SIR, THANK YOU T’MIX…!!!

[@dredocs]

🔥

[@81deaths]

MJG "NO MORE GLORY " & EIGHTBALL "LOST" ALBUM ARE CLASSICS

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@DougieFresh45]

Still had Mjg cd for years. Got broken. I was heart broken.

[@demetricebell3798]

Tony Draper needs to be given his flowers. Real down south bosses!!!!

[@InspirationalBaseballSta-wd9on]

Me in my brother's fell out because I didn't want to be a rapper I vision rap becoming this way. I want to be Draper or J Prince of Chicago Bosspimp inc

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@GeeMoney843]

finally. someone put the proper respect on this great label

[@ChaaZied]

EightBall" Lost" album was dope ASF 💥

[@trainyourdog7351]

8 ball MJG and Crime boss are still dope to this day!! "Phil you was real but Betty's lyin"

[@OrlandoWalls]

"...please let me see my son then he starts crying...THE CLICK!"

[@trainyourdog7351]

@@OrlandoWalls poor phil🤦🏾

[@Life101_mindset_makeover]

8ball & MJG “In Our Lifetime”…played it so much had to buy it twice. Press play, spark ya blunt and ride….every song fih…song rotation is perfect. One of the best albums ever made, regardless of genre. Legendary label and staple of country rap tunes. Much respect to all the Suave House greats💪🏾🔥

[@tradeordye3000]

Yup

[@dredocs]

In our lifetime had a special place that was the only CD we had on a trip to Savannah for orange crush and was the only CD we had for a week it was a great soundtrack for that week though.

[@jones192]

Space Age pimping is a classic. No debate needed.

[@hardhitterradio3430]

CERTIFIED

[@dredocs]

At all

[@Pauldingcountyinmate404]

Big facts 💯💪🏿

[@aBROhammLincoln]

I don’t know who the hell you are, but check it! This might be one of the BEST rap documentary voice overs I’ve heard!! Very professionally done 💯

[@dredocs]

Thank you

[@bhall4391]

Im Born & Breed from Mississippi. Raised off Ball & MJG. I went to France 🇫🇷 for work and all the guys we were working with from there was talking about Eightball & MJG. Legendary shit...

[@timothywalker3426]

Wat part of da sipp u from?

[@bhall4391]

@@timothywalker3426 Columbus, MS.

[@timothywalker3426]

@@bhall4391 I got peeps in the jack,magee,ms&up in da delta area.

[@killakangz5317]

"on top of the world" my favorite album.💯

[@Infrared-6]

Everytime I listen to Unsolved Mysteries I have to listen twice.

[@dredocs]

That eightball verse is insane

[@Infrared-6]

@ do you know if Thorough disses 11/5 on Its Going Down?

[@Marvin-ut4xs]

Coming out hard - top 10rap albums of all times from front to back In 91 when they first hooked up it was NEARLY impossible to get a song by a southern artist to be played outside the south; by the time they parted ways the south was on top of the rap game - that last statement was powerful for those of us from the first generation of rap going global

[@firethetruth82]

FACTS

[@htownvet3293]

That South Circle album was classic!

[@richardrussi4202]

Cartel Big facts

[@midwestmarauder4821]

Should've been platinum!!! One of my favorite albums eva!

[@Larrytalls]

South Circle & crimeboss mr. Mike bring it back

[@jamestownstudios8543]

Suave House was huge in Milwaukee. I’m still bumpin’ “Another Day, Another Baller” in 2024.

[@ednhouston835]

No more Glory was way ahead of its time

[@morrisblanks7015]

Yes sir

[@boss94ways51]

​@@morrisblanks7015CLASSIC...

[@demichelloconley1888]

Helluva album

[@mbkxpizza]

Facts in the middle of the night classic, good damn man, shine and recline my faves on that album

[@mbkxpizza]

South circle their first album was fire from beginning to end

[@BigKeefTV]

I'm str8 from Atlanta and 8ball & Mjg are two of the souths favorite groups...

[@Pauldingcountyinmate404]

I was 16 when I first heard coming out hard and now I'm 47 still jamming to them 💯💪🏿

[@dgranger9288]

Suave house was ahead of their time it was one of the best labels of its time💪💪

[@sepulvedaprince7157]

I'm from Los Angeles CA born and raised and I still bump tela till this day 2024. ✌🏾🤴🏾🍇

[@mr.donttrip8201]

Im 43. Growing up in Oakland, Ca 8 and MJG was heavily on rotation.

[@ants8527]

Eightball & MJG will always be known as Legends of southern Hip Hop who put it down for the south Especially coming in the game right behind Rap-A-Lot!!! Great Documentary!🎶🔥😎

[@dredocs]

Love them. Thanks fam

[@ants8527]

@@dredocs your welcome And yes Im a long time 8 Ball And MJG fan I been rockin their music since 1993'' And I enjoyed the Documentary I don't know If you've done anything on Project Pat And 3-6 Mafia If not I think that would be a good Doc as well since your on Memphis. Thanks😎

[@marlonburden3117]

💯

[@MrCalverino]

I still have my Crime Boss "All In The Game" cassette

[@Flyspitt]

That Album is a classic…”Comin Out Hard” I listened to this everyday as a YoungBoy

[@jaywashington7491]

Thanks for the ride down memory lane. The South definitely had some playas back then. Geto Boys-UGK-Outkast-Dungeon Family-8ballMjg-MasterP and NoLimit. That 90's era of rap cannot ever be duplicated.

[@dredocs]

Beat of times. Thanks for tuning in

[@derod00007]

That Mr. Mike Album was Hard. Total Shock was one of my favorites . Tela's Piece of Mind was smooth too. Suave House forever..

[@EricD870]

Mike is so underrated lyrically

[@hottrakz]

Tela- Peace of Mind was everything and I am from Philadelphia. I got put on when I was living in Texas in Fort Hood.

[@mogulgiant3201]

@hottrakz yep

[@lwwarren9485]

Suave, rap-a-lot, UGK, Street Military, Fakkulty, man them days were so fun.

[@peepininmywindow5170]

Man them days completely warped my expectations of Southern Music. Like we had ALL THAT going on, and you could still cross the other sides of the city and get Swishahouse in its infancy, Dope House in its beginning, Dj Screw and all them cats in their absolute prime, and even Pasadena had folks like Aggravated dropping work. We won’t even talk about Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee/Memphis. We were absolutely spoiled. It all sounded different, unique and anything you picked up was destined to be fire. God man, what days them were

[@justinryanweaver]

Suave house was always putting out that dope sh!t

[@ajpatton2010]

Mr Mike was 1 of the coldest that touched a mic

[@BigfoxN-A-chiccenhouse]

To this day

[@Flyspitt]

In Our Lifetime was one of my favorite albums they was dropping jewels 💎

[@beatzbyreefah]

Space age pimpin and sho nuff are bonafide hip-hop classics.

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@KOVIDGOON]

Popped in first! 💯lets go

[@slinkdog82]

South circle went hard still jam that Mr Mike

[@SketeStevens]

i was with Devin the Dude during the recording of his album Just Trying to Live.. Tony Draper stopped by one day at the studio

[@dredocs]

That's dope

[@wscwad7788]

On Top Of The World was by far the biggest album of 1995!!! It could drop now and go platinum!

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

I luv ball n G but WRONG!!!! Great album but not better than "Cuban links", "the infamous", or "Dogg food" if we being honest

[@fats3231]

Lost is top 5 hip hop album ever!

[@worm_da_mayor7388]

Tony Draper my guy good ass dude with great biz mind

[@EdwardNDavis]

My dad is Big Duke! S/o Tony Draper my pops always speak highly of him.

[@dredocs]

Straight up much respect to y'all.

[@MrTommy0326]

Comin out Hard Eightball & MJG 90s memories ! They are dope

[@J.Lyons1998]

8Ball & MJG=GOATS

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@russellmagee7684]

Man! Thank you for putting this together. People forget about suave house but they made some damn good music.

[@dredocs]

Thank you

[@AurielArizola]

"Relax and Take Notes" goes hard AF.

[@outrlmts1879]

Attitude by South Circle is such a banger

[@charlieb3a]

I remember riding in moms honda as my sis ,had that Tela slamming through them speakers,those was the days R.i.p sis 💙

[@MallyG678]

Just had to say, 'Coffee Shop' w/ Redman off "Lost" goes waaayyyyy too HARD!! 🔥🔥

[@dredocs]

It was

[@juliusgraham5952]

Don't forget "All on me" was that 🔥🔥

[@jamesroberts1810]

Suave house ..yeeesirrr houston roots ..i jammed the hell out of ball and gs music...for real

[@thejuice5966]

Them Draper Boys 🥃🥃💪💯

[@alucard1067]

Yessir!!!

[@nicstone3141]

Got ran out of Houston

[@andrewbarberFSD]

thank you for making this. they deserve all this love and more. they were an important label in the midwest

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@jameswilliams406]

I love suave house o always go to bat for them when people bring up the 90s southern labels and artist

[@EricD870]

What a stroll down memory lane. Suavvvvve click!💯

[@Flyspitt]

When Tela dropped I was at Sam Goody buying his album…

[@ReyHugoTelevision614]

Eightball & MJG "Outside Looking In" was the first album of theirs I had and been a fan of Suave House ever since. "Wicked Wayz" by Mr. Mike is a classic

[@terrancewoods3463]

Another great trip back down memory lane.🔥. Great job bro💪🏿✊🏿😎

[@dredocs]

Thank you.

[@jones192]

I have been waiting on a Suave House documentary forever.

[@jazmitch50]

I absolutely loved this documentary. Suave house helped musically usher me from a preteen into adulthood. So many great and terrible memories associated with this catalogue.

[@_hop18_]

Dope doc. Took me down memory lane. Classic southern hip hop. 8 ball and MJG are two of the greatest lyricists IMO.

[@dredocs]

Thanks fam they're my favorite group

[@robinhood-s7g]

8ball and MJG albums was 🔥 my favorite is on the outside looking in and On Top of the world , Crime Boss both albums and Mr-/mike was 🔥

[@kungfuheaven1927]

I loved the organic beats on Suave House records, they were beautiful. The first time I heard "Shine and Recline" I just melted. So different and so much more groovy than the New York sampling and looping - those Suave House beats would swing.

[@HypnoticHollywood]

What artist made Shine and Recline?

[@mondialman]

@@HypnoticHollywoodIt’s on MJG’s No More Glory album, feat 8ball.

[@ronaldmccartney6168]

Shine an recline is a all time classic

[@sherrillraymond7595]

Mane

[@knowthyself6335]

Bro! As a fan who lived throughout all this. You did a good breakdown of all the history. You you broke everything down Chronologically also. Man I miss these days. I wish Drape would have keep Ball, G, South Circle and Crime Boss together.

[@dredocs]

Same here thanks for watching

[@knowthyself6335]

@@dredocs Already!

[@jeremyguyton7059]

Thank you my brother for posting this video took me back to my freshman year in high school I have all my 8Ball and MJG Cds to this day any thing they are on I have purchased still supporting them to this day

[@dredocs]

Thank you they're 2 of my favorites hope I did em justice

[@vincentwelch8577]

My only beef with Suave House is they didn't drop Psychodrama album and me coming from Chicago that's my all time favorite group and he held onto them without dropping any albums that's my only issue with Suave House they fumbled on that one

[@dredocs]

I agree psycho drama was dope when I 1st heard them on twista album I was like these dudes are beast and they killed every feature no matter who they were with. They probably could have saved suave if they would have got put out they had a good buzz going.

[@vincentwelch8577]

@@dredocs exactly and here in Chicago they was dropping alot of music on features Newsense from the group dropped a solo album but the problem was it was all local this before internet and KZbin so unless you was here in the Chi you couldn't get there stuff and it hurt them nationally they never got a fair shot. The game missed out on many great Chicago artists Triple Darkness, Drama Ward, Qualo, etc.

[@CKingdomRockTv]

They were used to write songs for suave house artists and you can tell which songs. I was hanging with Psyde in Sugarland when I was living in Houston. Plus a visit and intro to Tony before Psyde put hands on him.

[@EricD870]

Yep💯

[@BigfoxN-A-chiccenhouse]

We all was waiting on that album!

[@pep2st8p64]

TELA "Piece of Mind" classic

[@darringriffin6625]

Ball N G and TELA!!!! 2 staples in my childhood

[@jeffsmith7876]

Mjg Snapped on Friend or Foe

[@JasonRiveraLongshotProductions]

One of my all time favorite verse.

[@DougieFresh45]

Just listened to that song days ago.

[@demetriusbryson1706]

I always wish Crime Boss’ Classic FRY HAD 3 VERSESSSSSS….!!! One Of The Hardest Tracks Ever, The Beat, Mood,Energy in That Short Short Joint….He Simply Said “COME 1 COME ALL….!!!” I had the cassette tape and I dubbed it 3 Times on a blank cassette to make the track longer, Then CB HIT US WITH “BIG CHIEFING” The Timeless Summer Jam, We Grew Up On SUAVE HOUSE,TELA’s “STRANGE”….They Had That Futuristic Production that still can’t be mimicked to this very Day…!!! 8BALL & MJG’s “On The Outside Lookin’ In” will FOREVER BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS IN HIPHOP”CRUMBS TO BRIXX” was the theme song for Southern Beautiful Struggle(Most Amazing Beat Ever)…!!! L.I.D, WHAT DO YOU SEE, In The Line Of Duty, All In My Mind,PIMP HARD,The 1st Episode,C.O.H. aka Come Out Hard, 4 REAL,…THATS SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING PRODUCTION & LYRICS OF HIPHOP EVER…..Sheesh…!!! SUAVE HOUSE RECORDS TONY DRAPER, T-MIX & Mr. DJ, , MO SUAVE A…THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOP TIER AND FUTURISTIC PRODUCTION “UNSOLVED MYSTERIES” ,”Gotta Maintain” TELA’s “TIME”, PIECE OF MIND(Perfect Summer Jam), Ghetto Madness , NO SELLOUT, LICK’em Up Shot & “Everyday Allday”Crime Boss’ “CHEMICAL IMBALANCE” Tracks are NUTZ…Perfect Beats, Vibes and Songs…!!! I always wanted to hear MR MIKE AND 2CHAINS ON A TRACK TOGETHER..”Gotta Maintain”….THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING AND MUCH NEEDED SUAVE HOUSE MINI DOC….GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THAT SUAVE HOUSE FAMILY….SUPREME HIPHOP THAT I LOVE

[@demetriusbryson1706]

SOUTHERN G’FUNK….!!!

[@tyrinburns1207]

"Fry" was that Heat 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@davidblank5296]

💯

[@mariobankhead8108]

They left off fry , that’s how the story goes and the OG smoke song “big chiefing” on Crime Boss album…

[@kmiller0402]

I love how Tela’s song ‘Let it Rain’ has the sound of windshield wiper blades in the background ❤

[@bumpbaty6971]

Man I was 17-18 yrs old in Louisiana we bumped everything from Suave House. By last name is Drakes, and in the streets heavy Ppl used to call me T Drapper back then. Rap Alot and Suave House really put the South on the Map in the Rap Industry back then.#HTwn2AlexandriaLa💪🏽💪🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@BlackMusicGenre]

Shout out to the Suave House, 8ball & MJG, Tela, Crime Boss, Mr. Mike , NOLA, Psycho Drama, Through (him and Mr. Mike were in the group South Circle). Back in the 90s the South stuck together on this Rap music. This is why I believe the south has run the game for so long. I'm from New Orleans and Comin Out Hard was playing crazy here . Don't get me started on the On The Outside Lookin In album. This was a dope documentary as well. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@dredocs]

All classic music I was a huge fan of suave. Thank you

[@BlackMusicGenre]

​​@@dredocs No doubt. You keep doin ya thing . Being born in the early 80s and from the N.O. , 8ball & MJG was major part of my adolescent years. I remember May 1998 going to Sam Goodie and purchasing 8ball's Lost, Soulja Slim's Give It To Em Raw, and DMX's It's Dark AndHell Is Hot, all 3 had the same release date I believe. Again, keep up the excellent work.

[@jeffreywilliams9220]

Tela, crime boss, Nola, south circle man the list goes on t mixx

[@darringriffin6625]

T mixx beats were 👌!!! TELA was my favorite out the whole crew

[@benjaminnnamdiibezim5310]

Rick Ross as well

[@ericawells7164]

These are the best Duo rappers to ever do it. I'm a fan I was 13 when they came out RESPECT ❤️

[@cloudnationmedia8326]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 I'm so tired of Ballin by Tela. It is one of my all-time favorite records. I enjoyed the entire album. From my hometown, Chicago psycho Drama is legendary. Would love to see something on Florida pioneers and their impact on the origins of hiphop.

[@dredocs]

It'll be coming the south gonna get a lot of shine

[@gradieroberson4697]

I'm from Texas ,Psychodrama went platinum down here

[@kingba7749]

"Geto Madness" is one of the best songs ever made. That beat go crazy 🔊

[@mh1977mh]

This makes me wanna grow my wave nouveau back out!

[@psilentGT]

You can't grow your top. It would look funny. 😄 S curl was the thing at that time.

[@dredocs]

Don't do it lol

[@PrydeWater901]

🤣😂😅 The curl died with BB King!!

[@JagoP352]

"Get it how u live, Do it how it goes" 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dredocs]

🔥🔥🔥

[@kincamell2]

Gratitude for sharing.

[@TrusnoTV]

"Teflon da don", imagine that!🤔 Shout out to Pen N Pixel, for the artwork on all the covers, in which this would change the scene of how future album covers would be laid out from artists coming out the south! Fun Fact- Gangsta Pat would be the artist, that introduced 8ball, to OTS records, as Pat was the first premiere artist to come out of Memphis! That Coming out hard album was the first joint I heard from dem boiz, & that joint changed the way that many people perceived MEMPHIS rap after that hit the RAP scene! Great video though, I definitely learned a few things, that I didn't know about! Solid💯💯

[@dredocs]

I've heard of gangsta pat he gets a lot of love from people from Memphis

[@TrusnoTV]

@@dredocs Absolutely! You might wanna do a story on OTS Records, they were one of the pioneers from the Memphis gangsta rap era, where many artist got started at!

[@dericbrewster9959]

Crimeboss south circle tela ball & G...

[@benjaminnnamdiibezim5310]

Rick Ross too

[@44acreshomer51]

Met Tony Draper once has a heart big as texas

[@dredocs]

I can believe that

[@lochnkey5216]

Great video. Took me back to the good old days

[@413slim]

My favorite rap label of all time. And Suave may have been the most talented label ever out the south. They all could spit

[@dredocs]

True

[@Labrail4523]

Still to this day I get up and bang suave house the whole roster love them southern pioneers 4real “24”…..

[@tonyteague4930]

Welcome to the...... suave house! Came to turn the mutha...lights out!!

[@belusbell5663]

J Prince ended up Hating on Draper Saying Houston ain’t BiG Enough for 2Record Labels definitely helped sabotage Suave House 💯💯

[@dredocs]

I can see that

[@kennyrock7153]

He really Did that???? DRAPER GREW UP UNDER J prince!!!!

[@breytonlemons6714]

​@kennyrock7153 alot of people don't know that draper is from Memphis tho alot people think he from h town that's why he's able to get ball & g down to the Houston in the first place

[@dredocs]

@@breytonlemons6714 that I didn't know thanks for the info

[@A.D.907]

He was born in Memphis and raised in Houston ​@breytonlemons6714

[@mrdanshote]

This was dope 👏🏾👏🏾

[@DigitalSoapboxmedia]

Dope doc

[@dredocs]

Thank you fam I appreciate it

[@BanditsandBusiness]

Excellent documentary. Glad I discovered this channel. The YT algorithm does it magic yet again, lol!

[@dredocs]

Thank you I appreciate it