Southern Legend Series: Pastor Troy

When I first heard Pastor Troy's "No Mo Play in GA" I knew he was going to be a problem. This guy,completely unknown in the realm of national music, was attacking the all-mighty Master P. If you are old enough to remember the No Limit reign, you know that Troy had to have the balls of a giant to make that song. P and No Limit were the best thing since sliced bread, weak lyrics and all (Beats by the Pound was killer though). While I am still not exactly sure what caused Troy to go for the jugular, what ever it was must have been foul. The word at the time was that P did not sign Pastor Troy and Troy took offense to that. Another theory is simply that of P being the man at the time and like Rick Flair said, "In order to be the man you've got to beat the man". In any event, when the first few bars of "No Mo Play in GA" came on my neck was bobbin like crazy then the way he attacked the mic and P was over. He had soooo much emotion and unbridled rage you could feel it though the speaker. The chant "We Ready" is synonymous with club fights and pretty much any beat down in the south that is between two groups. I remember being at SC State's homecoming back in 1990 something and watching this guy getting thrashed by three dudes. The funny thing is the guy suffering the beating had two people with him who did not get out of the car! For an encore, the guys who beat him up began jumping on his car shouting "We ready!!, we ready!!, we ready!!" That was a classic moment forever engraved in my memory museum. In the video, watch how the people in the club get crunk to this song. This is my favorite crunk song of all time. Here's to Pastor Troy, a southern legend.