The Ultimate Dirty South Rap Collection
Big K.R.I.T.
Big K.R.I.T.
Biography
Recalling the Dirty South sound of UGK and Scarface, Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T. spent five years on the mixtape circuit honing his skills before his 2010 release took his career to another level. The release was the mixtape K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, a groundbreaking critical success that had bloggers declaring the South's future. It was a commercial success as well, generating enough downloads and "likes" that the Def Jam label took notice, signing the artist that same year. It was also the year K.R.I.T. -- which stands for "King Remembered in Time" -- appeared on Curren$y's Top 40 debut, Pilot Talk, along with Wiz Khalifa's hit mixtape Kush & Orange Juice.
His 2011 release, Return of 4eva, was extravagant by mixtape standards, with elaborate cover art and guest appearances from Chamillionaire, Raheem DeVaughn, and David Banner, along with challenging titles like "Another Naive Individual Glorifying Greed and Encouraging Racism." A track on R&B singer Chris Brown's 2011 mixtape, Boy in Detention, indicated that his commercial aspirations were still there as well, although the guest list for his 2012 debut, Live from the Underground, would be a mix of true hip-hop (Eightball & MJG, Devin the Dude, and Bun B) and truly surprising (B.B. King, Anthony Hamilton). The surprises continued on his 2014 album, Cadillactica, which took on more left-field genres and heavier topics. A year later he released the It's Better This Way mixtape while the RBC label rounded up some of his early recordings for All My Life.
Discography |
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Big K.R.I.T. - R4: The Prequel |
Def Jam Recordings | 2011 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - 4evaNaDay (Road Less Traveled Edition) |
Def Jam Recordings | 2012 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground |
Def Jam Recordings | 2012 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica |
Def Jam Recordings | 2014 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - All My Life |
RBC Records | 2015 |
Guest Appearances |
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Slim Thug - Tha Thug Show |
E1 Music | 2010 |
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Curren$y - Pilot Talk |
DD172 | 2010 |
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Berner - The White Album |
Bern One Entertainment, SMC Recordings | 2011 |
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Pimp C - Still Pimping |
Rap-A-Lot 4 Life | 2011 |
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Lil' O - Grind Hard, Pray Harder |
Bar None Entertainment | 2011 |
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J.A.Y. Young - Saturday Night Live |
Showtyme Entertainment | 2011 |
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Dom Kennedy - From The Westside, With Love II |
The OpM Company | 2011 |
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CunninLynguists - Oneirology |
RBC Records | 2011 |
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The Roots - Undun |
Def Jam Recordings | 2011 |
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Phonte - Charity Starts At Home |
Hardboiled | 2011 |
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DJ Statik Selektah - Population Control |
Duck Down, ShowOff Records | 2011 |
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Smoke DZA - Rolling Stoned |
iHipHop | 2011 |
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Self Scientific - Trials Of The Blackhearted |
Not On Label | 2011 |
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Bobby Creekwater - Revenge |
BGOV Media Group | 2011 |
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J.Stalin - Memoirs Of A Curb Server |
Livewire Records | 2012 |
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Yo Gotti - Live From The Kitchen |
Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records | 2012 |
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Big Boi - Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors (Deluxe Edition) |
Def Jam Recordings | 2012 |
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8Ball - Life's Quest |
E1 Music | 2012 |
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Lecrae - Gravity |
Reach Records | 2012 |
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Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate |
Warner Bros. Records, Jet Life Recordings | 2012 |
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DJ Khaled - Kiss The Ring |
Cash Money Records, We The Best Music Group | 2012 |
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E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 5 |
Heavy On The Grind Entertainment | 2013 |
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Slim Thug - Boss Life |
Hogg Life Entertainment | 2013 |
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Cory Mo - Take It Or Leave It |
C Mozart Music, Javotti Media | 2013 |
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Bun B - Trill OG: The Epilogue |
Rap-A-Lot Records | 2013 |
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Rittz - The Life And Times Of Jonny Valiant (Deluxe Edition) |
Strange Music, Inc | 2013 |
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Tech N9ne - Something Else |
Strange Music | 2013 |
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Fantasia - Side Effects Of You |
RCA | 2013 |
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A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP |
Polo Grounds Music, RCA | 2013 |
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Mr. Midas - Son Of The Crack Era |
Mulinjer LLC, O.C. Squared, Gang Green Int. | 2013 |
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A-Villa - Carry On Tradition |
Closed Sessions | 2014 |
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Rick Ross - Hood Billionaire |
Maybach Music Group, Slip-N-Slide Records, Def Jam Recordings | 2014 |
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Grafton Street Jules - Sleep When I Am Dead |
Opium Digital | 2014 |
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Ludacris - Ludaversal |
Def Jam Recordings, Disturbing Tha Peace | 2015 |
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Dizzy Wright - The Growing Process |
Funk Volume | 2015 |
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Statik Selektah - Lucky 7 |
Duck Down Music, ShowOff Records | 2015 |
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Fall Out Boy - Make America Psycho Again |
Island Records, DCD2, Crush Music | 2015 |
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Raury - All We Need |
Columbia | 2015 |
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Bilal - In Another Life |
eOne | 2015 |
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Azizi Gibson - A New Life |
36 Brick House | 2016 |
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B.o.B - Ether |
No Genre, EMPIRE | 2017 |
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Curren$y - Pilot Talk: Trilogy |
Jet Life Recordings | 2017 |
Compilations |
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Various - Chalklines: Double Homicide |
Home Team Entertainment | 2006 |
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DJ KTone - Left Lane Music Vol. 1 |
Still Livin' Entertainment, Elite Entertainment | 2011 |
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Various - A3C Volume 1 |
iHipHop Distribution | 2011 |
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EMPIRE Distribution - The Best Of 2011 |
EMPIRE Distribution | 2011 |
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Lil' Keke - Top Features, Vol. 1 |
Seven 13 | 2013 |
Production |
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Berner - The White Album |
Bern One Entertainment, SMC Recordings | 2011 |
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Smoke DZA - Rolling Stoned |
iHipHop | 2011 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground |
Def Jam Recordings | 2012 |
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Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate |
Warner Bros. Records, Jet Life Recordings | 2012 |
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J.Stalin - Memoirs Of A Curb Server |
Livewire Records | 2012 |
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Bun B - Trill OG: The Epilogue |
Rap-A-Lot Records | 2013 |
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Rick Ross - Hood Billionaire |
Maybach Music Group, Slip-N-Slide Records, Def Jam Recordings | 2014 |
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Slim Thug - Boss Life |
Hogg Life Entertainment | 2013 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica |
Def Jam Recordings | 2014 |
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Big K.R.I.T. - All My Life |
RBC Records | 2015 |