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D3- The Evolution of David Landry

             

Play Dirty, D3’s solo debut, is his first effort and it is definitely his best. The mixtape, hosted by DJ Arsnik of the local group, The Forces, is a tour de force, with songs that span over 20 years of rap music. Heavy bass, hard lyrics, and definite choices in wordplay will make this a mixtape to remember. What do you get when you cross intelligence, with an original sense of fashion and a lyricism that knows no bounds? You get D3, thats who. Equal parts MC, sartorialist, and scholar, D3 is a person to be reckoned with, on stage as well as off it.


I met David when I was in high school. I remember him wearing thick black wayfarers, a fitted cap, skinny jeans, a tee, a jacket, and some ballin’ sneaks. Oh, and he also carried his brown man-satchel everywhere with him. David was, and still is, a part of a rap group called Dirty and Nasty aka DNN.We met through Chanelle, aka Shafeen from the SupHouston’s radcazt, and as soon as he heard me spittin rhymes, he decided to make turn me into an underground rapper, and I’m not kidding. He took the name A.H.M.E.D and became my hype man, manager, and beat provider.

 My job was to entertain the audience and rap to hits like “chillin at school,” “pokemon playa,” and our occasional freestyle battle. We played at art and high school talent shows, and at Numbers; each show ending with a Micheal Jackson song that the crowd danced to. Though I rapped for kicks and did not take my raps or rapping very seriously, David continued to progress his talents as a rapper, composer, and entertainer.

David was born and raised in Houston, Texas’ 5th Ward neighborhood. He began his musical career at the age of nine years old, singing with his mother, and eventually decided to branch off into rap, during the high point of Screw music during the mid-90s. He started to make his own radio mixtapes as “DJ D” on his boombox/recorder and the rest was history. After coming back to rap a decade later, he teamed up with a college friend, Tominique Roots, aka Nasty Nique, and masterminded a hip-hop duo called “Dirty & Nasty”. 3 years, 2 mixtapes, an EP & LP later, they decided to create solo projects a la Outkast & UGK. “My group, Dirty & Nasty has been one that has tried to put out music that relates to what we know and where we are from. Houston is what we claim as our home and I think that our sound is indicative of that claim. That being said, we KNOW that we don’t sound like what would be considered “normal Houston rap”, as one fan so eloquently put it. “


Play Dirty, D3’s solo debut, is his first effort and it is definitely his best. The mixtape, hosted by DJ Arsnik of the local group, The Forces, is a tour de force, with songs that span over 20 years of rap music. Heavy bass, hard lyrics, and definite choices in wordplay will make this a mixtape to remember. “As far as the sound of D3, I LOVE BASS!!! It is the heartbeat of the earth, so with the song/beat choices on my debut, I purposefully tried to pick the most varied, yet bass-heavy instrumentals that I was privy to and liked at the time. The phrase, Play Dirty, is a combination of many things, one being the slogan of one of my favorite clothing brands, UNDEFEATED, based out of LA, California and another being that to “Play Dirty”, is to say “play my music”, because I am Dirty Dog D.”

Knowing David for the last four years, I have grown to respect his talents. He’s smart, honest, never curses, a self taught photographer, musician, and rapper. He’s one of those guys you know will just have your back. When he’s not rapping, David is working at Border’s. When he is rapping, he’s workin’ the mike. In the middle, he’s just being that cool guy that has a fitted cap collection. What do you get when you cross intelligence, with an original sense of fashion and a lyricism that knows no bounds? You get D3, thats who. Equal parts MC, sartorialist, and scholar, D3 is a person to be reckoned with, on stage as well as off it.

Music: PLAY DIRTY: THE MIXTAPE (dirtydogd3music.bandcamp.com)

Twitter:@DIRTYDOGDMUSIC

Tumblr: DIRTYKNOWSNASTY.TUMBLR.COM 

Up Coming Shows: MINK SHOWS: 2 Shows both of them on June 2nd. TURNING HEADZ First Anniversary (AT THE MINK BACKROOM) & Space Jamm Session Part 1 (at Echo Houston—- formerly Jet Lounge).

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