E.S.G. (of The Screwed Up Click) | Houston, Texas

E.S.G.

Biography

E.S.G., or Cedric Hill as he was born, is a rapper from Houston, Texas (although he was born in Louisiana and moved to Houston later in life) who played a key role in the development of Houston’s Chopped And Screwed sound alongside DJ Screw in the mid to late ’90s, beginning with his debut LP Oceans Of Funk in 1994. The more popular songs from this album were repackaged with new songs and released as a faux-sophomore effort by Perrion Entertainment in 1995, as the landmark Sailin’ Da South.This album contained several radio-friendly, summery tracks, none moreso than "Swangin’ & Bangin’", which was also re-worked (or “screwed”) by close friend DJ Screw. Both the original track and its slowed down alter-ego cemented Hill’s place as a mainstay in the burgeoning Houston rap scene and also the wider southern rap movement.

E.S.G. spent several years in jail following an incident in which his partner was shot dead in a home invasion. E.S.G. returned fire and killed the intruder (“Nigga broke in my crib, shot my partner in the head, so I grab my chopper left a bitch nigga dead”). He was subsequently charged with first degree murder and was incarcerated before beating the charge. Sailin’ Da South was released and gained him notoriety while he was on lock. He was then released and increased his workrate, releasing Return Of The Living Dead shortly after in 1997.

He is an original member of Screwed Up Click, the group formed by the late DJ Screw.

Discography
	E.S.G. - Ocean Of Funk	Perrion Entertainment	1994
	E.S.G. - Sailin' Da South	Perrion Entertainment, Priority Records	1995
	E.S.G. - Return Of The Living Dead	Black Hearted Records	1997
	E.S.G. - Shinin' N' Grindin'	Wreckshop Records	1999
	E.S.G. - City Under Siege	Wreckshop Records	2000
	E.S.G. & Slim Thug - Boss Hogg Outlaws	S-E-S Entertainment	2001
	E.S.G. - All American Gangsta	S.E.S. Entertainment	2004
	E.S.G. - Screwed Up Movement	Sure Shot Recordings	2006
	E.S.G. - The Chronicles	Scarred 4 Life Entertainment	2008
	E.S.G. Of The S.U.C. - Digital Dope: The Reintroduction	Gracie Productions	2009
	E.S.G. - Everyday Street Gangsta	E1 Music	2009
	E.S.G. - Greatest Independent Hits	E1 Music	2009
	E.S.G. - Owner's Manual	G.O.A.T., Pyramid Records	2011
Guest Appearances
	Riding High Southside Playaz - You Gottus Fuxxed Up	LafTex Records	1998
	Money & Da Power Dead End Alliance - Screwed For Life	Dead End Records	1998
	Dirty South Fat Pat & The Wreckshop Family - Throwed In Da Game	Wreckshop Records	1998
	Friends Turn Foes Lil' O - Blood Money	Game Face Entertainment	1999
	Yo Got Me 4-Trey - Prophecy Of Profits	Rag$ 2 Riche$ Records	1999
	Ya Only Live Once $hot Caller$ - Ya Only Live Once	Big Ballin' Records	1999
	Down South Killas Down South Deficit - Apocalypse	Afrodisiac, Top Notch Records	1999
	Ryde Or Dye Pymp Tyte - All N' Yo Face	Wreckshop Records	1999
	Ball (Till Ya Fall) Mista Madd - Mista Madd & The Supa Thuggz	Paid In Full Entertainment	1999
	Behind Closed Dozes Big Steve aka Granpappy Mafioso - My Testimony	Woss Ness Entertainment	1999
	G-Strangz C-Note - Third Coast Born	Big Shot Records	1999
	Chop Chop H.$.E. - Hustlaz Stackin' Endz	Sucka Free Records	1999
	Push Till Ya Shine Future Entertainment Presents Texas Syndicate	Future Entertainment	1999
	Murda Weapon Bun B & Mddl Fngz - Live! From Da Manjah	Perfecto	2000
	Ya Only Live Once (Screwed) Pounds Ki'z Ozeez - From Dirty To Clean	Ballin' 2000	2000
	Maan!! Big Moe - City Of Syrup	Wreckshop Records	2000
	I Can Make You Dance H.A.W.K. - Under H.A.W.K.'s Wings	Dead End Records	2000
	Luv It Main C-Note - Third Coast Born 2000	Big Shot Records	2000
	Realest Rhymin' Lil' Flip - The Leprechaun	Sucka Free Records	2000
	We Thoed Mista Madd - Can I Live?	Paid In Full Entertainment	2000
	Syrup City Rebel - One Deep Volume 1	South World Records	2000
	Do You Love The Southside The Wreckshop Family - The Dirty 3rd: The Album	Wreckshop Records	2000
	Crash D-Gotti - Street Sermon	Wreckshop Records	2000
	Come Down Come Through Part 2 Lil' Black - On The Road Again	Big Baby, SoSouth	2000
	So Real Squirt - Universatility	Black Jewel Records	2001
	Hold Up Jhiame - Syrup City Hitz	Case Entertainment Group	2001
	Pull Up Knockin Southern Saucy - Saucy World	Saucy Lab Records	2001
	The Legend DJ Screw - The Legend	Bigtyme Recordz	2001
	Drop That Thang Gangsta One - Deep South Playa	Billionaire Records	2001
	H-Town G.I.N. - Straight Out Da Bottle	Presidential Records	2001
	Party Over Here Woss Ness - The Only Way To Beat Us To Cheat Us	Woss Ness Entertainment	2001
	Love For Ya Lil' Keke - Platinum In Da Ghetto	In The Paint Records, Koch	2001
	Bend Ya Knees, Touch Ya Toes (Do Ya Thang) Lil' O - Da Fat Rat Wit Da Cheeze	Game Face Entertainment	2001
	Bleed Da Game P.K.O. - Ain't Went No Where	Ballin' 2000	2001
	Get Up Southern Made Playaz - Doin' Dem Boyz	Stronghold Records	2001
	Chop 'Em Southside Pentagon - Money Over Everything	SoSouth	2001
	Party Over Here Vicious - I Ball Like Kobe	Par-La Records	2002
	Young And Restless Soap C - Young & Restless - The Ghetto Soap Opera	Knock Down Records	2002
	These Hoes Killa Cole - Dat Hillbillie Fonk	Blackboy Records	2002
	Holdin' Grain Lil' Breazy - Checkmate	Iced Down Records	2002
	I'm A Key Player Key Players (G.T. & Steve Nice) - Key Players Vol. 1	Key Players, SoSouth	2002
	4-Da-Money Money Black - 4 Da Money	Coast 2 Coast Records	2003
	Hard Knock Life Lil Keke Presents 1 Da Boy - Down South Texan	Avarice Entertainment	2003
	Riding High Mike-D. Aka Bosshog Corleone Presents His Greatest Flows: My Gift To The World	Corleone Family Entertainment	2003
	Platinum Team Ice Water Slaughter - T.H.U.G.S.	Dead Game Records	2003
	This Is For My Key Players (G.T. & Steve Nice) - Key Players Vol. 2	Key Players, SoSouth	2003
	Behind Tint Frank White - Driven	Unkutt Records	2004
	Raise It Up The Screwed Up Click - Making History	EQ Entertainment	2005
	Hold Up Z-Ro - Z-Ro And The SUC	Tru Blue Entertainment	2006
	Friends Turn Foes Lil’ O - Blood Money: The Retold Story (Deluxe Edition)	Bar None Entertainment	2006
	Hold Up Stinkaboo - Tha New Kid On Tha Block	Square Bitness Records	2006
	Swang'em On Em Hard Kottonmouth - King Kong Kotton	Fortune Funk Entertainment	2007
	Thoed Mista Madd - Still Standing	Paid In Full Records	2007
	Bitch Nigga Stinkaboo - Tha New Kid On Tha Block: Round 2	Square Bitness Records	2007
	Lamborghini Doors Lil Keke & H.A.W.K - Still Wreck'in	Presidential Records	2008
	Mak'n Cash Forever C-Note - Texas Hold 'Em	SoSouth	2010
	Behind Tint Frank White - My Life Is A Movie	Unkutt Global	2011
	Squeezin Grane Mista Mathew - Flew Da Coupe	Every Corner Records	2012
	What The South Is About Tow Down - Coming Home	D.I.M.E. Records	2012
	Lift Weight Doobie Smoov - Get Blowed	Not On Label	2011
	What It Do Lil David - I'm The Dam Connection	Denver Roe Music	2012
	The Legendary DJ Screw Bun B - Trill OG: The Epilogue	Rap-A-Lot Records	2013
	Scarface Big Love & P.C. Gz - Music Over Bricks	Candy Sto' Productions	2013
	The Take Over Screwed Up Click - The Take Over	Double Tap Entertainment	2014
	Bump N Grind Da Grace Boys - #ScrewDaWorld	Grace Boys Entertainment	2014
	Box Chevy Lil Keke - Money Don't Sleep	Swisha Blast Ent., Seven 13 Music, LLC	2014
	You Know It Big Pup - My Life Yo Entertainment	United Negros	2015
	Trill Pimp C - Long Live The Pimp	Mass Appeal Records	2015
Compilations
	Watch Yo Screw DJ Screw - 3 'N The Mornin' Part Two	Bigtyme Recordz	1995
	Swisha Killa Various - Legal Dope	Priority Records	1995
	The South Down South Hustlers - Bouncin' And Swingin'	No Limit Records, Priority Records	1995
	Swangin & Bangin Various - Straight From The Streetz Presents The Houston Hard Hitters Vol. 2: The Soundtrack	Paid In Full Entertainment	1999
	Do You Wanna Ride Various - Realest Ni@@as Down South	Rap-A-Lot Records, Priority Records	1999
	My Block Various - The Art Of Pimpin	Pimpology Records	2000
	No Ballin, On The Side Line Various - The Eye Of The Storm	Blak Ark Entertainment	2000
	Hold Up D-Town M.O.B. - Million Dolla Lick	Houston Heavyweights	2001
	You Only Live Once Various - Poetic-1 Presents Unforgiven 2: Addicted	Mobb Status Entertainment	2001
	Soldier Til I Die J-Tweezy - Da Ghetto Mouth Piece Of Da South	Off Da Heezy Entertainment	2001
	Do You Love The Southside Fat Pat - Greatest Hits	Wreckshop Records	2001
	Hold Up P.K.O. - Greatest Hits: Still Big Ballin'	Big Ballin Recordz	2001
	Swangin' And Bangin' Various - Perrion Records Best	Perrion Records	2002
	Makin' Cash Forever Various - Platinum Players: The Game Is To Be Sold Not Told	Irie Productions	2002
	Snitch Various - Third Coast Soldiers	Ghetto Brothers Records	2002
	Hold It Up Various - Spice 1 Presents The Playa Rich Project 2	LGB Music Group	2002
	Ride Wit Me Daz Dillinger - Who Ride Wit Us The Compalation Vol. 2	Dogg Pound Online	2002
	Ballin DJ Screw - As The World Turns Slow	Wreckless Entertainment	2002
	Only Live Once Big Jut ‎– Screwed Up Fo Life	Houston Heavyweighters	2004
	Rollin' Various - Dirty States Of America	Image Entertainment	2004
	South Side Boyz Various - Capone & Tha Nigga'z & Ese's Clicka Presents Traffic	On My Hustle Records	2004
	Grippin' Grain Wreckshop Records - Hitlist Vol. 3	Wreckshop, SoSouth	2004
	We Don't Play Various - Rhythm Trax & Gamelace Presents Texas Game Spitterz Vol. 1	Rhythm Trax & Gamelace	2004
	Open Up Yo Eyes Various - 12 Disciples Of S.C.R.E.W. 4: Chicken & Drank	Beltway 8 Records	2004
	DJ Screw - Flows From The Lost Grey Tapes	Screwed Up Click Entertainment	2004
	Maan! Big Moe - Classics Vol. 1	Wreckshop Records	2004
	3rd Coast Shunny Pooh - 3rd Coast Finest Volume 1	SoSouth	2004
	South Coast Ryders (Original) Southern Playas United - Stanken Up The Highway	Woodfiggaz Inc.	2005
	Make The Music Fat Pat - Since The Gray Tapes	Screwed Up Click Entertainment	2005
	Swangin' & Bangin' Various - The Best Of Southside Of H-Town	Perrion Records	2006
	Superstars Various - H-Town's Most Wanted	Wreckshop Records	2006
	Roll Wit Me Various - Down South Chronic	Billionaire Records	2006
	Drop Yo Top Heavyweighters - Tilting The Scales	Wreckshop Records	2006
	We Da Shit Big Moe - The Best Of...	Wreckshop Records	2007
	Stop Then Look Lil' O - Greatest Hits	Bar None Entertainment	2007
	All About My Doe Various - Straight From The Streets Presents The Houston Hard Hitters Vol. 4	Paid In Full Entertainment	2008
	Mann Various - Straight From The Streetz Presents The Houston Hard Hitters Volume 5	Paid In Full Entertainment	2008
	This Is 4 My Niaz** Various - Straight From The Streets Presents The Houston Hard Hitters Version 7.0	Paid In Full Entertainment	2008
	Realist Rhymin' Various - Wreckshop Records: The Greatest	Wreckshop Records	2009
	Flossin Looking Good South Park Mexican - Free SPM	Dope House, SoSouth	2010
	Stop Then Look Lil Keke - The Don Ke Chronicles	Hustletown	2010
	Maan!! Lil C - Best Of Lil C	Brickmade Entertainment	2013
	Still Breaking Boys Lil' Keke - Top Features, Vol. 2	Seven 13	2015