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Pistol, also known as P. Gates, King P, is a highly revered Gangsta-Rapper in Middle Tennessee's rap community. Once signed to the infamous Ruthless Records, home of Eazy E-, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony,etc... Pistol was the first Nashville rapper to make it big on a local & national scale.

It has been said that Pistol was the first major Tennessee artist and set the precedent for Tennessee albums. You can hear in this earlier track of his an early 90's westcoast/midwest undertone which ends with a strong southern climax. -> Pistol, Boogie - Kickin' Shit With King

Young Gangsta - 1991


Hittin' Like A Bullet - 1994


The Shoulda Killed Me - 1995


Money & Power - 1996

Strapped Is The Way To Be

Ballaholic - 1999


Speed Ballin' - 2000

Intro
If I Should Die

Vol. 6 - 2001

Thats Life

Get Cha Weight Up - 2003


Respect - 2004


Drug Stories - 2005


Fed Material - 2007

Make It to Court
Going To Da Fedz
Go Wrong
I Remember
Ridin' Dirty
Westside

didn't know about him at all...

thx for the pretty damn complete topic, eheh...

what would be his best album in your opinion?

^^ I'm catchin' up to him myslef, I've only known about him for about 2 months. I've only heard Money & Power, Vol. 6, Ballaholic & Fed Material and a few compilations.

I'd go with Fed Material, his most recent release. It features Haystak and some other Nashville boys.

If anybody is interested and needs a further push, contact me by pm and I'll send a few album zshare links, on the strentgh that if you like then you buy.

shame on u ...

Peep this!!

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv00WrKGKac

oh putain le son et le clip tuent !!!

C est clair le son tue!

Il sort d ou le sample?? Mistah X, Cricket et Ese Silent l' ont utilisé aussi. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI1XA9cWReM )

^^
Oh shit.

I'm assuming the latter was sampled by Pistol. Pistol song concepts and beats are very extraordinary. I plan to sample him more than once, for this upcoming group I'll work with. Does anyone have the linear notes/credits for this Mistah X album???

MalcoM a écrit:shame on u ...

Peep this!!

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv00WrKGKac

He made a few videos....

i'm pretty sure there's a sample used on that pistol track, same one that's on that sureno track ... dunno what it is tho... But yea I guess he did put out a few videos out... that "life of a playa" track is just off tha hook... and it's a dope video too... if u got any videos by Pistol please post em up playa!!

Yeah, you got a point, I wasn't thinkin' about it from that angle. b/c of his past beats I figured it was his own.

Now to find out what song is being sampled.........

Maybe a west coast artist or a Roger Troutman type singer......

I'll see if I can get him to post those videos; hopefully, he'll pull them out the vaults, like the pictures he's been posting.


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Ooowww good looking out ahaha straight OG pictures right there!! Yea just let us know if you can get your hands on any more videos man, would be truelly appreciated!!

awesome pics!!

pistol is definitely one of the OGs of nashville rap. next to kool daddy fresh i would say...
i like that "ballaholic" album best. but the last two albums were kind of repetitive

respect de 2004 est bon....le dernier est pas mal...mais ya des trucs dans le mix des son ki sont casses coui...

moi j'ai le tout premier en vinyl ; celui sorti chez ruthless, il est bon , tres marqué dans le temps et passablement mal masterizé ou mixé ou meme préssé....mais qui s'ecoute bien.....pas de featuring bien que le skeud soit produit par ruthless records....d'ailleurs j'ai une mixtape qui va sortir avec Le son de cet album, rollin in my 6'4......guettez les bacs.....