Every high school has cliques, and we ran with the weed-smoking, class cutting… damn near misfits. "We took classes together, and we were two of the same. "It was seventh grade at Ridgeway High ," he told HipHopDXin 2010. MJG remembered the first time he met Ball, back in the junior high. Add that to the poverty that veiled the city, which mostly consists of warehouse jobs, and you have a perfect environment to create soulful, raw music, which Ball & G did via their mainstream introduction to the rap world, 1993's classic, Coming Out Hard. The blues-drenched rap style of Ball & G isn't surprising given the city's rich musical history.
The legendary Stax Records whose roster was only rivaled by Motown in the late '60s and early '70s, also calls Memphis home. Al Green, Isaac Hayes, the Bar-Kays as well as Sam and Dave all called the city home. The talent that comes from Memphis reads like a Who's Who List for black music.
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