He was smart with his money...so smart he never has to rap again and is living better than everybody from his era and even the young ones in the game now.
To a mainstream audience most will think of his Ridin Dirty song but to anyone who grew up in Texas from 99-2004 we all remember his countless verses on various mixtapes. Dude was lyrically on another level with his lyrics during this timeframe
@@marcosmireles7545 haha yeah you’re right. I can even remember when he used to go by his Chameleon. I always think it’s pretty cool that years later people that grew up no where near Texas make videos speaking on the impact of Paul Wall and Chamillionaire. I knew they were huge in state but their music was able to reach every corner of the planet. Shame they couldn’t stay on the same page and capitalize on their talent during their peak.
@@homedeezyfasheezy5662 I'm 38 now and from Florida. I downloaded Chamillionaire back in 2000 off of Kazaa, Bearshare and Limewire and Houston rap was basically all I listened to from 16 to 20 years old. Chamillionaire screwed sounds better than anyone else. I listened to Flip, Cham, UGK, Scarface, Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Rasaq, Paul Wall, 50/50 Twin, Young Redd, Big Pokey, and several others. The only rappers I can name from my own state are the mainstream ones, that's how much reach Houston had across the country. Stay Sucka Free.
@@Phil8sheo cool man, im 39 so we grew up during the same time frame. that’s funny you said that about Cham screwed. Some friends and I were talking about this the other day, how his voice was perfect for screwed music. Years later I would find out how popular Texas rap was outside of the state but at the time I was just a dumb kid thinking the music was mostly confined to the Houston-San Antonio-Austin-south Texas area. I met this one homeboy from Cleveland a couple of years ago that said for whatever reason Cham and Paul were huge up there around the Color Changin Click era.
He had enough of the music industry due to universal wanting him to make another ridin dirty song.. And the creative differences Fun fact: The song ' Bottoms Up' by Trey Songz, the instrumental was supposed to go to Chamillionaire but they wanted a pop smashing song. Its a shame how Chamillionaire isn't seen to his fullest potential, his got lyrics, rhythms, production, instrumentals. His got it all! One of the best lyricist of all time! Those who know they know.
@@TrackDealerDFunk Damn.. just by listening to the instrumental Chamillionaires version would of been good! It most likely would of been on his album 'Venom'.
When you say Chamillionaire to me... First thing to come to MY mind is... "In love wit my money" when him and Paul Wall were the "Color Changing Clique"... 😏😁😁
🎵They see me rollin' They hatin' Patrollin' and tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty🎵 #CLASSIC
My boy Cham 💪💪. Favorite rapper of all time and in my top 5. Never had to sell drugs and got wealthy just off of his smarts, never allowed a label to pimp him, and always evolving.
This is a great channel. I grew up on some of these guys you do videos on.. I was in my late teens when riding dirty came out and that sh!t was EVERYWHERE. Every car that would have a decent system would bump that all the time
Me being from NYC, when "Ridin" came out we had no choice but to pay attention to Chamillionaire, I never seen a rapper from the south that was rapping like the way he did, especially at the time period when that God awful "snap music" was popular, I wanted to here more from him, but I'm glad his other business ventures is working out.
He arrested his money right and he did what he was supposed to do with his money and that's why he's one of the rappers from the early 2000s that still has money
He is a genius and deserves more mainstream credit for the incredible freestyles he and Paul Wall use to do back in the day, got me through alot of tough days, I appreciate them as a group more
I’m wit bro in the beginning of the video. Tf happened to Rich Boy. I know he wasn’t with giving up his creative direction or “selling his soul” based on how he put it, but bro’s entire first album was solid from top to bottom. Hate how only the single got love. Was an undeniable banger though.
When I think of Chamillionaire I think of the song he did with Ciara - Get Up. Paul Wall legs was as white as his Nike air force ones. Whatever happen to Mike Jones??? I stay flossing in that candy paint, blowin' dank, Sippin' drank on 84 swangers Tearin' up the lane, tearin up the lane. That song brings back memories. Why when Chamillionaire was trying to get into the future tech he seemed kind of like a Manchurian candidate??? Or MK Ultra of sorts was taking over him? When he was doing that interview it was like he was in a trance
@@alchemastery he was running with the Bone flow... Hence why his first blowup single had Krayzie Bone. (He started using it way more after that, especially from 04-10' on his big release albums and mixtapes, before he just up and quit in the 2010s after a few great EPs) Huge fan of Both artists, and their are major several parallels... Chamillionaire's sound was nothing like the other Swishahouse artists after he blew up.
NOBODY was doing it better back in the day. He was the total package. Lyrics, flow, voice, everything. Then you put it over a Houston beat and you created absolute magic. His stuff absolutely trounces what's being put out today.
What happened to chamillinaire? Nothing he came in about his business stayed focus on business and he's handling his business that's how it should be but most get blinded by fast money and then just try and copy someone else's work when they money low
CHAMILLIONAIRE is just like 50 CENT. These dudes make money with every moving day. Let it be anything these two Guys always found a way to make money outta everything. There are no Rappers Like 50 CENT and CHAMILLIONAIRE in thiz HIP-HOP RAP GAME PERIOD.
@@ertfgghhhh Oh, ok! Thanks for the info. I thought his Pops had on aviators and that his Momma had on some of the big sunglasses that women wear nowadays too! 😂
Universal stopped funding Chamillionaire when he decided to stop making radio hits. Ultimate Victory was a "real" album. Maybe a bit too real for the radio. That was his decision, though. He could have stuck with the radio hits and dropped the creativity, but he didn't. For that, I applaud him.
Chanillionaire and Paul wall didn't want to answer that highschool question because they went to Jersey village high. A predominantly white highschool in the suburbs. They feared their street credibility would have been ruined if they answered that question.
My favorite rapper thanks to Kazaa, Napster, & Limewire. Get ya mind correct I can recite back to front front to back word for word. If you started with Ridin Dirty you do NOT know Chamillionaire
17:05 Shocked me Ali!🤣🤣 These rappers try to act hard in music videos and lyrics to get their popularity going/money stacked up. Then start talking hella proper when the "white media" has them answer some questions.🤣🤣
He needs to be talked about more in the music industry and shown as an example to newer artists.
He won't as long as they can keep that part secret about the auditors lol
What a breath of fresh air to see and hear people play the game strategically! Chamillionaire definitely deserves his flowers.
He was smart with his money...so smart he never has to rap again and is living better than everybody from his era and even the young ones in the game now.
Him and Slim were smart af and saved that money
@@bradleydahlgren6632 it's not about saving. It's about investing smart like he did
@@bradleydahlgren6632 😊
Lyrical genius he still is the truth
To a mainstream audience most will think of his Ridin Dirty song but to anyone who grew up in Texas from 99-2004 we all remember his countless verses on various mixtapes. Dude was lyrically on another level with his lyrics during this timeframe
To your point kinda, this that know him as King Koopa...
@@marcosmireles7545 haha yeah you’re right. I can even remember when he used to go by his Chameleon. I always think it’s pretty cool that years later people that grew up no where near Texas make videos speaking on the impact of Paul Wall and Chamillionaire. I knew they were huge in state but their music was able to reach every corner of the planet. Shame they couldn’t stay on the same page and capitalize on their talent during their peak.
Is he in your Top 5?
@@homedeezyfasheezy5662 I'm 38 now and from Florida. I downloaded Chamillionaire back in 2000 off of Kazaa, Bearshare and Limewire and Houston rap was basically all I listened to from 16 to 20 years old. Chamillionaire screwed sounds better than anyone else. I listened to Flip, Cham, UGK, Scarface, Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Rasaq, Paul Wall, 50/50 Twin, Young Redd, Big Pokey, and several others. The only rappers I can name from my own state are the mainstream ones, that's how much reach Houston had across the country. Stay Sucka Free.
@@Phil8sheo cool man, im 39 so we grew up during the same time frame. that’s funny you said that about Cham screwed. Some friends and I were talking about this the other day, how his voice was perfect for screwed music. Years later I would find out how popular Texas rap was outside of the state but at the time I was just a dumb kid thinking the music was mostly confined to the Houston-San Antonio-Austin-south Texas area. I met this one homeboy from Cleveland a couple of years ago that said for whatever reason Cham and Paul were huge up there around the Color Changin Click era.
Man is a legend idc what anyone says he’s the definition of a hard working man
Most def
Stay riding dirty
still one of my favorite rapper's Chamillonarie needs to comeback to music🔥🔥🔥
Indeed
Yes I agree
He used rap as a platform to build generational wealth 🎉🎉🎉
Mixtape messiah is 1 of my favorite all-time albums! From the intro to outro loved it!!!
3 cds of destruction. My favorite mixtape by him as well.
He had enough of the music industry due to universal wanting him to make another ridin dirty song.. And the creative differences
Fun fact: The song ' Bottoms Up' by Trey Songz, the instrumental was supposed to go to Chamillionaire but they wanted a pop smashing song.
Its a shame how Chamillionaire isn't seen to his fullest potential, his got lyrics, rhythms, production, instrumentals. His got it all! One of the best lyricist of all time! Those who know they know.
You are correct about the Bottoms Up beat because I’m the co-producer of that track and he did have it first.
@@TrackDealerDFunk No way was Chamillionaires version ever finished?
@@SJSounds Yes but I never heard it.
@@TrackDealerDFunk Damn.. just by listening to the instrumental Chamillionaires version would of been good! It most likely would of been on his album 'Venom'.
When you say Chamillionaire to me... First thing to come to MY mind is... "In love wit my money" when him and Paul Wall were the "Color Changing Clique"... 😏😁😁
big swangas and vogues
he was also on Ciara’s Get Up which went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Yep
🎵They see me rollin'
They hatin'
Patrollin' and tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Tryna catch me ridin' dirty🎵 #CLASSIC
I love what he did- got on, fell back, & invested wisely. common sense 👏🏾 love to see it 💙
My boy Cham 💪💪. Favorite rapper of all time and in my top 5. Never had to sell drugs and got wealthy just off of his smarts, never allowed a label to pimp him, and always evolving.
This is a great channel. I grew up on some of these guys you do videos on.. I was in my late teens when riding dirty came out and that sh!t was EVERYWHERE. Every car that would have a decent system would bump that all the time
What made Chamillionaire a legend, its very simple. He could spit and destroy a track without cursing on it off the top of the dome.
Including the diss songs for Mike Jones 😂
Perfect time for another Ali joint can wait let's get a WHT BIG TUCK or TUM TUM from DSR next!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed lol
Naw fam they not big enough.. that won't draw in views
Talking on bout my highschool/early 20's right there!!! Lol #817
Me being from NYC, when "Ridin" came out we had no choice but to pay attention to Chamillionaire, I never seen a rapper from the south that was rapping like the way he did, especially at the time period when that God awful "snap music" was popular, I wanted to here more from him, but I'm glad his other business ventures is working out.
I like his lyrics and style. Love he turned it into generational wealth. Much respect
Thank you Ali!❤️🥰
He arrested his money right and he did what he was supposed to do with his money and that's why he's one of the rappers from the early 2000s that still has money
He is a genius and deserves more mainstream credit for the incredible freestyles he and Paul Wall use to do back in the day, got me through alot of tough days, I appreciate them as a group more
I respect him how down earth and humble he stayed.....
Idk about y’all but dat boy krayzie bone gave em the best verse ever on riding dirty man and that was the only reason why I was listening to the song
I’m wit bro in the beginning of the video. Tf happened to Rich Boy. I know he wasn’t with giving up his creative direction or “selling his soul” based on how he put it, but bro’s entire first album was solid from top to bottom. Hate how only the single got love. Was an undeniable banger though.
Mannn we should aspire to be like Chamillionaire the dude's a 🔥🔥🔥 businesses man
BET basement freestyle still the hardest and fans gotta go back to the underground with swishahouse and Color Changin Click to hear that raw Koopa
One of the best business minded rappers ever.
Not 50
@@deeznutz766 Dude he said one of the best...Not the best. Plus 50 was spoon feed business ventures by Jimmy Iovine
Wait, was the part about Timbaland wanting 500k in this? lol I missed it
And he got his money!! This man is a legend and should be respected ❤
My favorite rapper all time, underrated and he was all about his money
Iove these deep dives into rap history.
It was a well known and established fact that Timbaland and The Neptunes were charging that much for a beat unless you were one of their artists
Nothing happened to him... He's still Rich and better than most rappers now
Cam a legend down here in texas period
My comment made it to a video 🙌🏽 Thanks!
When I think of Chamillionaire I think of the song he did with Ciara - Get Up. Paul Wall legs was as white as his Nike air force ones. Whatever happen to Mike Jones??? I stay flossing in that candy paint, blowin' dank, Sippin' drank on 84 swangers Tearin' up the lane, tearin up the lane. That song brings back memories. Why when Chamillionaire was trying to get into the future tech he seemed kind of like a Manchurian candidate??? Or MK Ultra of sorts was taking over him? When he was doing that interview it was like he was in a trance
That mixtape messiah was A hood classic
Cham was on that singing rap in the early 2000s
Yes. I always said before the was drake; there was chamillionaire and nate dogg
@@alchemastery he was running with the Bone flow... Hence why his first blowup single had Krayzie Bone.
(He started using it way more after that, especially from 04-10' on his big release albums and mixtapes, before he just up and quit in the 2010s after a few great EPs)
Huge fan of Both artists, and their are major several parallels... Chamillionaire's sound was nothing like the other Swishahouse artists after he blew up.
One thing I can say about Houston rappers is there real deal hustlers you don’t see too many of them go broke after rap
NOBODY was doing it better back in the day. He was the total package. Lyrics, flow, voice, everything. Then you put it over a Houston beat and you created absolute magic. His stuff absolutely trounces what's being put out today.
He did a track with slick Rick. And the track slaps
What happened to chamillinaire? Nothing he came in about his business stayed focus on business and he's handling his business that's how it should be but most get blinded by fast money and then just try and copy someone else's work when they money low
He's rolling in the business world for sure
I got to see this man live for free in kawait shout out to him for real
Cham a vibe fr he got common sense
Koopa is a legend. I saw him perform this last August
Every mixtape he put out was fire
Inspiring video love to see one of ours succeed we can all learn from this.
He was a very sweet guy when I met him
That title though lol
He’s an underground legend in Texas
RESPECT 🙏🏽
Paul wall and bubba sparxxs use to confuse tf outta me lol
Cham one of the greatest
1 of my favorite artists
He was also in the Marines before rapping.
CHAMILLIONAIRE is just like 50 CENT. These dudes make money with every moving day. Let it be anything these two Guys always found a way to make money outta everything. There are no Rappers Like 50 CENT and CHAMILLIONAIRE in thiz HIP-HOP RAP GAME PERIOD.
King Koopa!!!!!!
I fell out when I saw the family portrait with his Mom & Pops with their sunglasses on in the family pic!
Those weren't sunglasses. They are tinted eyeglasses. It was the fashion in late 70s, early 80s. The flash of the camera makes the glasses look darker
@@ertfgghhhh Oh, ok! Thanks for the info. I thought his Pops had on aviators and that his Momma had on some of the big sunglasses that women wear nowadays too! 😂
What albums they do separate but packaged together?
That song would of been raw! Tim and Cham, man……
from that Nawfside houston texas!!!
hip hop police is his best song .. thats pure genius...
He was always a computer Wiz he used rap as a kickstart even though he was good at rap he was thinking ahead business wise
2002 I was at AIT at Fort Blss, Tx and bought GYMC, and maaaaaaan. It was over.
Sound of revenge is underrated
lol you DO know that's Tobe Nwigwe @18:23 . . . . or did you/your editors just not care to verify lol
No sir not ridin dirty I'm from Texas I think of him and Paul Walls mixtape whenever I think of Chamillionaire.
Great story !!!
What was that first song that played with them 2…? At 3:25..?
Thanks
also wondering
Shit was in freshman year when his album dropped and it was a dope album
Universal stopped funding Chamillionaire when he decided to stop making radio hits. Ultimate Victory was a "real" album. Maybe a bit too real for the radio. That was his decision, though. He could have stuck with the radio hits and dropped the creativity, but he didn't. For that, I applaud him.
You know what I'm saying!
Chamilitary man
Chanillionaire and Paul wall didn't want to answer that highschool question because they went to Jersey village high. A predominantly white highschool in the suburbs. They feared their street credibility would have been ruined if they answered that question.
Ali, you don’t need no clickbait titles for views man. Don’t do that!
You make good content but don’t digress to trash view tactics.
umm. the title is so irrelevant compared to the gems this guy has, where does the timbaland 500,000 dollar convo come in?
Bruh I’m saying,this was basically click bait 🙄
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These 💰 out in the world, you just need to get your hands on it.
My favorite rapper thanks to Kazaa, Napster, & Limewire. Get ya mind correct I can recite back to front front to back word for word. If you started with Ridin Dirty you do NOT know Chamillionaire
He didn't meet Paul Wall at school he lived down the street from him
"All King, Koopa the Don, cruise with a gun.
If being rich was a contest, Chamillion you would've won......"
Chamillionaire is one the greats. People who just saddle him with "he did ridin' dirty" dont understand or listen to hip hop.
Can he stop saying you know what I'm saying🙄🙄🙄
Houston slang….
The Mixtape Messiah!
didn't know he was hustling before riding dirty that's the first I heard
Lol my man holding up that ginseng. I bet he’s either drinking it now or getting there
Bro Chamilionare is a genius just like hov and master P definitely a role model/ idol for me personally
I stopped half way when who ever it was… that kept on sayin “ you know what I’m sayin” every second word..🤣..I lost brain cells listening to him.. lol
Man Cham could rap frfr. We still waiting on gymc 2
Cham is amazing
We need more exposure thrown on Chamillionaire. I LITERALLY GREW UP ON HIM, and the man is the absolute truth! 🗣️💯🎶🫡
They went to Jersey Village High School
‘you know what i’m sayin?’
17:05 Shocked me Ali!🤣🤣 These rappers try to act hard in music videos and lyrics to get their popularity going/money stacked up. Then start talking hella proper when the "white media" has them answer some questions.🤣🤣
Fake ass niggas
I was like who in the hell is that talking 🤣🤣😂😂🤣
It’s called code switching. There’s nothing wrong with that.
@@reret8556 💯💯🤣
@@cuteyalexia code switching has nothing to do with changing your voice
koopa said he’ll never cheat on his money !
Favorite rapper the mixtape messiah
Very smart man!!!
That whole cd was about Mike Jones
🎯🎯💯💯💯