Devin the Dude: Just Tryin' Ta Live Album Review
Open share drawer Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the Houston rapperâs 2002 album, where stoner logic and slacker humor becomes a timeless look into the psyche of the everyman. Devin Copeland was more into breakdancing than rapping. Moving around Texas in the mid-1980s, he would link up with any dance crew he could find. Being himself trumped any aggrandized persona he could come up with. He was calm and lovable, a scamp, though this Devin that his Houston friends knew wa...