Project Pat, Rapid Ric, Los Kemet [outside]

Where does one even start with North Memphis hip-hop legend Project Pat? His husky flow and exaggerated vocal inflections first debuted nationally with 1999’s Ghetty Green. Still, it was his magic feature on the hook of 2000’s “Sippin’ on Some Syrup,” a signature Three 6 Mafia smash, that pulled Pat into the zeitgeist. His gold-selling second studio album, 2001’s Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin, featured “Chickenhead” and “Don’t Save Her,” which somehow simultaneously became hood club and vanilla frat party classics. More recent years have seen him featured on tracks with 21 Savage, Denzel Curry, and Drake. – Kahron Spearman