The 20 scariest Three 6 Mafia songs ever
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music / Hip-Hop Over 20 years of frightening the hell out of us over fire beats. By Mark Braboy October 31, 2018 View this post on Instagram Stripes A post shared by Thee Gangsta Boo (@missyeahoe) on Oct 14, 2018 at 2:03am PDT Between 1991-2001, Three 6 Mafia carved their own lane within hip-hop by meshing the sounds of gangster rap, Memphis soul, deep, dark 808s, haunting keys, and horror movie samples.The origins of the group, first dubbed the Backyard Posse, began in 1991 with South Memphis brothers DJ Paul and the late Lord Infamous as a rap duo dubbed The Serial Killaz, drawing inspiration from their fascination with real life and fictional murderers, the occult, and N.W.A. They, with North Memphis DJ/producer Juicy J gained local notoriety in Memphis by selling their homemade mixtapes in school and performing in clubs across the city and in ‘93, they came together to form Triple 6 Mafia. ADVERTISEMENT Three 6 Mafia’s hyper-violent, shocking, and disturbing lyricism softened as th...