Run It!Killa Kyleon- Badge On My Neck (off Serve and Collect, 2006)
Killa Kyleon- Flow (off Purple Punch, 2006)
Killa Kyleon just put out a new song with Z-Ro entitled "Swang Real Wide", and it's probably one of the best songs released this year so far. The beat's a classic Texas country rap tune that you might find on a Z-Ro album, all chunky basslines and lugubrious string samples. Z-Ro goes about as hard as you'd expect, and anyone that knows Killa Ky should expect his greatness on the track. But not many outside of Texas know Kyleon, and that's a problem.
I've been aware of Kyleon's existence ever since I got into Houston rap around 2004, but I didn't really pay him much mind until a couple years later. As I suspect is the case with a lot of other people outside of Houston, I just assumed he was a Slim Thug weed carrier, or at most the OJ to Thugga's Gucci. This is probably because he seems to pretty much have fallen comfortably into the role as the lieutenant of the Boss Hogg Outlawz crew. This position, however, belies his talent. Kyleon is probably the best lyricist of that crew, even better than Slim Thug, and he's definitely one of the best punchline rappers out of Texas, something pretty apparent on his solo cut from the 2nd BHO album, "Badge On My Neck" ("Rubberband banks, pockets full of dead honkeys"). That album, Serve and Collect, is the best compilation album of the 2000s and probably deserves its own post, but that's really when I first started checking for Killa on a more consistent basis.
He's also got a really great voice for Screw tapes, and his mixtape Purple Punch, is great to ride out to. I hope he starts getting more shine from "Swang Real Wide", and he's able to put together some more successful tracks like it. He definitely deserves it.
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