Album

The Peoples Champ

Paul Wall

2005 · Hip Hop

3 collectors on Gatefold own this

The Peoples Champ by Paul Wall

The Peoples Champ is a Hip-Hop album by Paul Wall, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

About

The crawling, surreal Houston rap style known as “screw” has gained a nationwide profile, with representatives like Paul Wall taking it way beyond Texas. He claims to be a fan above all, but behind his modesty is a convincing spitter with a stack of tracks that sound laden with doom even as he and his crew are simply bragging about their cash or celebrating their syrup habits. “Sittin’ Sidewayz,” Wall’s breakout single, is a spectral, echoy track that makes partying sound as threatening as an escaped prisoner. Similarly, “Trill” wouldn’t sound out of place in a horror movie; its placement in the sequence helps demonstrate a seeming intent to continually slow the album’s tempo until it has no choice to pick up (a little) speed with the Kanye West-produced “Drive Slow.”

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1I'm A Playa
  2. A2They Don't Know
  3. A3Ridin' Dirty
  4. A4State To State
  5. A5So Many Diamonds

Side B

  1. B1Smooth Operator
  2. B2Sittin' Sidewayz
  3. B3Internet Going Nutz
  4. B4Trill
  5. B5Sippin' Tha Barre

Side C

  1. C1Drive Slow
  2. C2March N' Step
  3. C3Got Plex
  4. C4Girl

Side D

  1. D1Big Ballin'
  2. D2Sip-N-Get High
  3. D3Just Paul Wall

Sound DNA

  • Hip-Hop
  • West Coast
  • bassheavy
  • swaggering
  • urban

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 12 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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