The Ultimate Dirty South Rap Collection
Lil’ Wyte
Lil' Wyte
Biography
Patrick Lanshaw (born October 6, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wyte, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a member of the rap collective Hypnotize Minds and owner of the independent label Wyte Music.
Lil Wyte was part of an all-white hip hop group, the Shelby Forest Click. Subsequently, the group's home-made demo tapes came to the attention of Three 6 Mafia. Juicy J and DJ Paul (one song in particular is said to have gotten him signed with a song titled Memphiz Playaz.) signed the rapper and worked later with his debut album.
Lil Wyte appeared on Project Pat's song "Crash da Club" from his album Layin' da Smack Down in 2002. His debut album Doubt Me Now was released in 2003 and it became popular, selling over 135,000 copies without promotion. The album Doubt Me Now featured Juvenile, Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy, La Chat and Josey Scott. The album had 3 popular songs "Oxycotton", "My Smoking Song", and "Acid". Lil Wyte signed a record deal with Asylum Records and recorded second album Phinally Phamous, which was released in October 2004 and sold over 230,000 copies. It featured Three 6 Mafia, Dirtbag, Frayser Boy, and Josey Scott. He was featured on the single "Who Gives A Fuck Where You From" from DJ Kayslays album. Also making many tunes with Juicy J.
His style has been described as quick-rapping, "machine gun-like delivery". Lil Wyte described his style: "I've always felt like I was a pretty complex rapper to be from the South - I feel like I put a lot into my music."
After years of touring, promoting and recording his third studio album The One and Only was released on June 5, 2007. It featured Project Pat, and Three 6 Mafia. He released his fourth album The Bad Influence on August 25, 2009 which is his only album without any features.
The song "Who I Iz" by Three 6 Mafia featuring Lil Wyte and Trillville was featured on the PC game Saints Row.
Even though his solo albums have charted low on Billboard 200, they found much bigger success on U.S. R&B always getting into the top 20 except for Doubt Me Now, and U.S. Rap so far always getting into the top 5 except for Doubt Me Now.
He also performed on the Gathering of the Juggalos in 2010, 2011, 2012, and on the main stage in 2013. In 2012, he recorded for Insane Clown Posse's cover album Smothered, Covered & Chunked along with Anybody Killa, appearing on "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me", a cover of the Geto Boys song. After that he released his highly anticipated fifth studio album Still Doubted?. On this album he worked with I-20, Big K.R.I.T., Kansas City Missouri rappers Tech N9ne and Young Keese, having Young Keese make an appearance on his mixtape titled Da Wyte Out. The first single is "Sike" which also appeared on his Wyte Christmas 3 mixtape. It was released On June 19, 2012. He was out on the "Still Doubted?" Tour throughout the United States. His collaboration album with JellyRoll called "No Filter" was released on July 16, 2013. The first single is "Break Da Knob Off" produced by The Colleagues. On August 13 he announced on Twitter that he will be recording his next solo album titled No Sick Days. He confirmed it to be released in early 2014. He also worked on a collaboration album with rapper Frayser Boy titled B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives) and the 4th part of Wyte Christmas mixtape which was released on the 24 of December. On the mixtape he confirmed that his solo album "No Sick Days" will be released on the 20th of April. Also on the 20th of December Lil Wyte and JellyRoll both uploaded a picture of them in the studio confirming that a part 2 of No Filter is in works. A week after the release of his solo album No Sick Days he confirmed working on his next album titled "Overworked and Underpaid". On the 22nd of July he released a mixtape with DJ Hylyte titled Wyte Lytes which contained songs from previous Lil Wyte albums and from the album Witch by Gangsta Boo and La Chat. On the outro of the mixtape he said he is planning to release Overworked and Underpaid late 2014 or early 2015. He is currently working on an EP called Stonertown EP which is fully produced by T-Stoner. He revealed the cover of the EP also adding that it will soon be released.
Discography |
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Lil Wyte - Doubt Me Now |
Hypnotize Minds | 2003 |
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Lil Wyte - Phinally Phamous |
Hypnotize Minds | 2004 |
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Lil Wyte - The One And Only |
Hypnotize Minds | 2007 |
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Lil Wyte - The Bad Influence |
Hypnotize Minds, Asylum Records | 2009 |
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Lil Wyte - Still Doubted? |
Wyte Music Records, Hypnotize Minds | 2012 |
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Lil Wyte & Jelly Roll - No Filter |
Phixieous Entertainment | 2013 |
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Lil Wyte - No Sick Days |
Phixieous Entertainment, Wyte Music | 2014 |
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Lil Wyte & Frayser Boy - B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives) |
Hypnotize Minds, Wyte Music | 2014 |
Guest Appearances |
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Project Pat - Layin' Da Smack Down |
Loud Records | 2002 |
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Three 6 Mafia - Da Unbreakables |
Hypnotize Minds, Columbia | 2003 |
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Frayser Boy - Gone On That Bay |
Hypnotize Minds | 2003 |
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Three 6 Mafia - Most Known Unknown |
Hypnotize Minds, Columbia | 2005 |
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Frayser Boy - Me Being Me |
Asylum Records, Hypnotize Minds | 2005 |
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Chrome - Straight To The Pros |
Hypnotize Minds | 2005 |
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Kay Slay - 74 Minutes Of Drama |
Starz Music | 2007 |
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Three 6 Mafia - Last 2 Walk |
Hypnotize Minds, Columbia | 2008 |
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Cutthroat - The Takeova |
D-Brady Entertainment, Hypnotize Minds | 2010 |
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Duo - Double Vision |
Bankrupt Records | 2010 |
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$hamrock - Tha WyteRapper $how |
Wyte Music Records | 2011 |
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SNO - Year Round |
Hypnotize Minds, Wyte Music | 2011 |
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Southern Indo Kingz - Not Ya Average High |
Southern Indo Kingz | 2011 |
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Insane Clown Posse - Smothered, Covered, And Chunked |
Psychopathic Records | 2012 |
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DJ Paul - A Person Of Interest |
Scale-A-Ton Entertainment | 2012 |
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Lord Infamous - Back From Tha Dead: Deadly Proverbs |
Wyte Music Records | 2012 |
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Thug Therapy - Thug Therapy |
Wyte Music | 2012 |
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Skitzo - The Deities |
Skitzoandmerk LLC | 2012 |
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Pastor Troy - The Streets Need You... |
Madd Society Records | 2013 |
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Twiztid - A New Nightmare |
Twiztid LLC | 2013 |
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Gangsta Boo & La Chat - Witch |
Phixieous Entertainment | 2014 |
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MJG - Too Pimpin' 2.0 |
MJG Muzik | 2014 |
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Thug Therapy - Club'n & Thug'n |
Sound Circuit Music | 2014 |
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Frayser Boy - Not No Moe |
Phixieous Entertainment | 2014 |
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Vamp'd Up - Live Forever |
Not On Label | 2014 |
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Da Mafia 6ix - Watch What U Wish... |
S.A.T.ENT Music LLC | 2015 |
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Joseph Junior - Ear Wax |
Young King Nation | 2015 |
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DJ Paul - Master Of Evil |
Psychopathic Records | 2015 |
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J.Smitty - Exhumed |
Not On Label | 2016 |
Compilations |
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DJ Kay Slay - The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain From The Game |
Columbia | 2004 |
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Various - Three 6 Mafia Presents Choices II: The Setup |
Hypnotize Minds, Columbia | 2005 |
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Three 6 Mafia - Most Known Hits |
Hypnotize Minds | 2005 |
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DJ Kay Slay & Greg Street - The Champions: The North Meets The South |
Koch Records | 2006 |
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Various - Lil Wyte And Wyte Music Presents Cocaine & Kush |
Wyte Music | 2008 |
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Mr. Sche - All Star Game |
Junkadelic Music, Immortal Inc. | 2013 |