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Rapper Devin the Dude pioneered a lane of his own Chron 2/3/2021 Shelby Stewart Houston remains the hub bridging all of America's cultural intersections. While we may not always get the credit for our innovation, we sit at the junction of most—if not all—of hip-hop's culture. Devin Copeland, or Devin The Dude as some may know him, falls in the underrated category when it comes to hip-hop. An original member of Houston's famed Rap-A-Lot Records, the rapper would go on to pioneer stoner rap. While the rapper never reached towering mainstream appeal, The Dude became Housto...

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 rapper’s 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...