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Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert

December 18, 2023 • The rapper's performance radiates with his decadeslong passion as an emcee and producer.

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap

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Music Features

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap

August 3, 2020 • Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has given to us.

Stressed Out: How 'Mind Playing Tricks On Me' Gave Anxiety A Home In Hip-Hop

Left to right: Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D of the Geto Boys perform in Houston in 2015. Marco Torres/HOU/VMG via Getty Images hide caption

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Stressed Out: How 'Mind Playing Tricks On Me' Gave Anxiety A Home In Hip-Hop

May 29, 2019 • Gangsta rap had been known as aggressive, rebellious and political, but the Geto Boys' 1991 hit made it something new: vulnerable. Hip-hop's relationship with mental health has never been the same.

Stressed Out: How 'Mind Playing Tricks On Me' Gave Anxiety A Home In Hip-Hop

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Music Reviews

Scarface's 'The Diary': A Southern Classic

January 27, 2009 • Breaking away from the formula of his early work, 1994's The Diary showcases Scarface at a high point in his solo career. The Houston-bred rapper set his gritty angst against a backdrop of live instrumentation and laid-back tempos that made for a Third Coast classic.

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Song Of The Day

Complex and Intense, a Rap Icon Returns

January 17, 2008 • The song is called "Girl You Know," and it's the work of a Southern rapper, but this is no mindless club banger. For one thing, Scarface ranks atop the shortlist of Southern rap's greatest of all time, and he didn't get there by making forgettable music.

'Girl You Know' by Scarface

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