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BLP sources|date=April 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Big Pokey| image =| caption =| image_size = 252 x 336| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Milton Powell| alias = Pokey, PoYo, Sensei, Podeine, Charbill the don| birth_date = Birth date and age|1974|12|04|mf=y| origin = Houston, Texas | instrument =| genre = Southern rap | occupation = Rapper , Vocalist | years_active = 1996–present| label = E1 Music | associated_acts = Screwed Up Click | website = http://www.myspace.com/sucbigpokey| notable_instruments = Milton Powell (born December 4, 1974), better known by his stage name Big Pokey , is a rap artist from Houston, Texas and is one of the original members of the Screwed Up Click .cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p357544/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: Big Pokey|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=26 April 2010

Big Pokey joined up with DJ Screw in the early 1990s and started releasing songs on DJ Screw's many mixtape s. His first full-length album appeared in late 1999, " Hardest Pit in the Litter ". The following year, Pokey returned with " D-Game 2000|D-Game " 2000, another album of mid-tempo 808-driven beats featuring several of his Houston peers as guests. In 2001, he collaborated with the Wreckshop Wolfpack for Collabo and then returned in 2002 with another solo album, " Da Sky's Da Limit ". In 2004, as the popularity of Houston rap expanded nationwide, HBO's hit series Entourage featured a clip of Pokey's song "Who Dat Talkin Down" in its pilot episode. In 2005 he was featured in a song which was #93 on US Top 100 http://www.billboard.com/search/? keyword=Find+artists+and+music& x=45& y=19#/song/paul-wall-featuring-big-pokey/sittin-sidewayz/6584237 http://www.billboard.com/search/? keyword=Find+artists+and+music& x=45& y=19#/artist/paul-wall/chart-history/243458 with Paul Wall called '' Sittin' Sidewayz .

Discography


Studio albums


  • 1999: Hardest Pit in the Litter

  • 2000: D-Game 2000

  • 2001: D-Game 2000 : Chopped and Screwed

  • 2002: '' Da Sky's Da Limit

  • 2006: The Best of Big Pokey II: 8ighted & Chopped

  • 2007: On Another Note

  • 2007: The Best Of: Pt. 1 & Pt. 2

  • 2008: Evacuation Notice



  • Collaborative albums


  • 2001: Tha Collabo (with The Weckshop Wolfpack)

  • 2005: Mob 4 Life (with Chris Ward)

  • 2008: Screwed Up Gorillaz (with E.S.G. )

  • 2011: Keep On Stackin (with Keep On Stackin Ent)


  • Mixtapes


  • 2004: A Bad Azz Mix Tape Vol. 3

  • 2004: A Bad Azz Mix Tape Vol. 3 (Slowed & Chopped)

  • 2005: Since The Grey Tapes Vol. 3 (with Lil' Keke )

  • 2010: Warning Shot


  • Solo


  • 2008: Boss Hogg On Candy (featuring Slim Thug)

  • 2008: U Can Hate (featuring Chris Ward & Slim Thug)


  • References


    Reflist

    See also


  • Houston hip hop


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