{"id":96732,"date":"2015-11-09T19:02:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=96732"},"modified":"2015-11-09T19:02:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:02:17","slug":"scarface-breaks-down-his-25-most-essential-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/scarface-breaks-down-his-25-most-essential-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarface Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"96733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/scarface-breaks-down-his-25-most-essential-songs\/scarface2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?fit=620%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"scarface2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?fit=540%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?fit=620%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?fit=640%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"scarface2\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?resize=540%2C348&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/scarface2.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scarface<\/strong> is the definition of an O.G. The Houston rapper put his city on the map in the late &#8217;80s and early &#8217;90s with the <strong>Geto Boys<\/strong> and went on to become an acclaimed solo act, too. Today, he isn&#8217;t as active as he once was, but last year he teamed up with <strong>Nas<\/strong> and <strong>DJ Khaled<\/strong> for excellent <em>Kiss The Ring<\/em> cut titled <em>Hip Hop<\/em> \u2014proving he&#8217;s still one of the most powerful voices in rap.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke about the darkness that haunted him, the heavy drug use that fueled his songs, and a childhood of manic depression and multiple suicide attempts. Continue reading to see what happens when <strong>Scarface<\/strong> Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/2013\/01\/scarface-breaks-down-his-25-most-essential-songs\/?utm_campaign=musictw&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\">complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarface is the definition of an O.G. The Houston rapper put his city on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-pac","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}