⁣In the early 2000s, the music industry was seeing a pivotal shift in coastal dominance. Throughout that era the south rose up and staked their claim once and for all and like Andre 3000 said, “the south got something to say”. To me southern hip hop has always been needed in the game because of the texture and cultural soul it provides to and for more than just African Americans. The south still represented the remanence of the trials black people faced generations ago, and displayed that through dialect, instruments, dress code, and even the taste in things like cars and medication Around that time one city in particular were making a noticeable mark. Houston. Lil Flip was right in the mix of that and looking like he had what it took to even translate to future hip hop climates. He’s released 17 studio albums in 20 years in the game, which has to be a record in itself, but after the first 3 or 4, Lil Flip was almost as they say irrelevant. Popping up here and there, mainly for run ins with the law or a feature or two. A far cry from where many saw the braided southern MC with a flow that was catchy and easy to sing along with. What happened to Lil Flip? How’d he go from FREESTYLE KING to not mention at all in 2021? Here are 3 reasons his growth was stunted.