Complex catches up with Three 6 Mafia veteran Juicy J for a rundown of J's 25 most essential songs. It makes for a fascinating history of Memphis rap in the 1990s, complete with J's comments about how it all went down:
"Live By Yo Rep (B.O.N.E. Diss)" (1995)
"Man when we did that we was young and stupid--being real. We was young and stupid. Just some old stupid ... It wasn't ever no beef, man. We cool with them, they good people, just some stupid ... back in the day, man. They good dudes, man. We did some music with one of them, Krayzie Bone....something back in the late 90s, something on Project Pat's album."
"Da Summer" (1995)
"It's the first song Three-6 Mafia had on the radio. They didn't want to play our music on the radio. And we gave them that one, they said, like, that one was talking about the summer, it's laid back, it was groovy. So they were like, Cool, we'll play this one."
"Late Nite Tip" (1996)
"Man I remember all of us was in the studio and we just put it together and we did it. I can't remember all that stuff. That was what was going on at the time. We just went in the studio and did that ... . That's how we used to do it. Go up in the studio, just make a record, you know? Make a beat, and finish the whole song. Until it was done....Just went in the studio and did it. I can't--back then we just got drunk, got high, went in the studio and made records. Like we still do."
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