Viper is an anomaly of an artist that's never been taken seriously. His rise to fame coincided with what fans like to call the beginning of his "recycle era", where because of his newfound fame the cogs in his brain churned out the idea of making as many albums as possible by reusing the same tracks over and over and over again, likely because he thought that'd boost his popularity. It did, but not the way he likely intended, and it's cast a shadow over his original work.
It's REALLY disheartening that people think he is nothing but a joke artist, because his 2003-2010 run has some of the most interesting and honest work that anyone has done in his style. He pretty much did cloud rap before anyone, even lil B did.
This isn't a joke. Viper's meme status makes people way too skeptical, but he has talent. Talent that's he's unfortunately lost touch with, but talent that was utilized to an incredible extent for over a decade. I say over a decade because he has a rap history pre-dating his first release, going by names like Lee Dogg and J-Ride. Here's a track that surfaced from 1999: youtu.be/7J6icndqSB8
Finding the highest quality versions of everything has taken months. I've had to look through many, many CDBaby archive links to find the first releases since Viper never seems to keep the originals. It ends up capping at 320kbps, but I did obtain a FLAC copy of his very first album, Hustlin Thick, from a CD copy I got that was originally released as a Self-Titled album under the moniker "Lee Dogg"
This is considered the complete discography because while he did continue to release music and still does after this, his focus and idea of making music has changed so incredibly drastically to the point that he's essentially a completely different artist now. This is the FULL Viper discography. (Think The Simpsons and then Zombie Simpsons if you understand that)
2003 Hustlin' Thick:
2006 Ready and Willing:
The Most Underrated album in his discography. Incredibly out there production that would put even Clams Casino to shame. Whatever led him to this sound is one of a kind.
2006 Heartless Hoodlum:
A continuation of what Ready and Willing was doing with even more emotional cuts, including the saddest one I've ever heard in my life, Clip In.
2006 Southwest Hooligan:
A more laid-back album, with more midi-driven beats than sample-driven ones. In fact, looking back and only one song has a sample. This album has some of the most stripped down songs of all time that'll make you feel like you have a single brain cell. It's great
2008 You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack:
Not a lot to say about this one. I love a lot of these tracks for the same reasons why I love Southwest Hooligan.
2008 The Paper Man:
A B-Sides Album, a pretty great one at that. "Motherfuck your record label, trick."
2008 The Hiram Clarke Hustler:
This is Viper's Magnum Opus. It includes the best of his emotional cloud rap and the peak of his G-Funk. This album will carry you through every emotional state Viper ever toyed with. It's My favorite album in his discography and deserves a chance. This is the album I like to listen to when I'm having an anxiety attack and need to be reminded of how simple the pleasures in life are.
Maybe One Day She'll See Me Again is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard even to this day.
2010 These Rappers Claim They Hard When Them F**s Never Even Seen The Pen:
The Beginning of Viper's transition in sound. Very pop-like sound? Think when Triple 6 Mafia went from Horrorcore to Crunk in "The End."
2016 Viper Beat Loops:
Not released by Viper, but INCREDIBLY important. Some DJ you can find on YouTube isolated as many instrumentals as he possibly could from these albums and made the cleanest instrumental loops I've ever heard. They've been used in some really cool ways by some people too, for example: youtube.com/watch?v=PKvHz7eHr_Y
**2020 One Day You'll See Me Again**
A bootleg I made with the intent to make the perfect viper listening experience/eulogy
DOWNLOAD (this music isn't protected by any label nor can it be bought anywhere the iTunes versions of these are different and worse so it's legal):
mediafire.com/file/f2m7jv0e49anbrx/Viper_The_Rapper.rar/file
Ah s***, i finally got the project recommendations from one of my favorite lowkey niggas.
My hops really my favorite song from him
The person who runs that channel is literally just like Viper but younger, used to talk to them a lot. They're perfect for the position.
i’ve never been able to get with his vocals, but man that’s a good song right there
i’ve never been able to get with his vocals, but man that’s a good song right there
Listen to My Hops, you really start to get it once you get that track
RYM screenshots
Listen to My Hops, you really start to get it once you get that track
will do, thanks for the rec! and this must’ve been a lot of work to compile so good s*** man.
it’s funny cuz i’m like the #1 Lil B stan but have never gotten into Viper. i used to hate when people compared B to Viper because i was only familiar with some of his later work, the stuff he seemed like he was just f***ing around on, and always felt like B never really compromised quality in exchange for the memes like that. feel me? i had no idea dude was making music in 03, that’s shocking
will do, thanks for the rec! and this must’ve been a lot of work to compile so good s*** man.
it’s funny cuz i’m like the #1 Lil B stan but have never gotten into Viper. i used to hate when people compared B to Viper because i was only familiar with some of his later work, the stuff he seemed like he was just f***ing around on, and always felt like B never really compromised quality in exchange for the memes like that. feel me? i had no idea dude was making music in 03, that’s shocking
Anyone who unironically likes viper was lucky enough to stumble across his actual work and not whatever garbage he's been making this decade
Used to listen to him non-ironically and then lost interest them the weird stuff came out about him
A lot of his music is actually dope and the dude makes great beats
Listen to My Hops, you really start to get it once you get that track
One of his best tracks
This is really awesome OP. Thank you for doing this, gonna go back through some of this s*** tonight
i’ve never been able to get with his vocals, but man that’s a good song right there
ALSO listen to ride or die and this is how we ride off of the first album
i’ve never been able to get with his vocals, but man that’s a good song right there
It's a fanmade track
smh
The albums OP got are prolly all real songs he has, idk if he even does new songs anymore.
He has some great songs
This is how we ride
Baller out your best side
You gon die tonight
The spot
My hops
VIP tonight
And so on
The albums OP got are prolly all real songs he has, idk if he even does new songs anymore.
He has some great songs
This is how we ride
Baller out your best side
You gon die tonight
The spot
My hops
VIP tonight
And so on
from another post I made earlier
The few projects that were completely original after 2010 are as follows:
Lisa Jaynes: Album he produced for someone named Lisa Jaynes that turned out incredibly s***ty
Rich And NOT Famous (Crackposting Edition): Afaik it was a cleaned up version of an already original album for an old fangroup he had
World Rap Star: I've heard viper fans like this a lot. He did it all on his own afaik
Tha Top Malla: Same deal as the above album.
Death 2 Snitches (REDACTED): Scrapped album that was being produced by Nmesh; released as an EP.
5-9 Piru Music (The Gang, the Album, the Label): Completely original album where he barks like a dog on every single track
They Hate Me Cuz I'm Vaporwave: Album produced and compiled by some shady label that was going to make this cost money but had it leaked. I like it a lot.
'Bout Tha Money: Some label sent viper a bunch of dreamy beats and he spit on them
Kill Urself My Man: Not completely original but a great collection of tracks he made during the peak of the recycle era
There's definitely a few others out there, I used to help the guy who ran the viper channel with compilation albums to collect all the original tracks but i have no idea where they are anymore cause I haven't messed with those files in a while
i sold my soul to satan but bought it back from god with this song