Paul Wall
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"Paul Michael Slayton", better known by his stage name "Paul Wall", is an American rapper. He is currently affiliated with Swishahouse Records, having released several albums under the label as well as

collaborating with other rappers signed to the label. He was formerly musical partners with rapper Chamillionaire releasing several collaborative albums including the independently released Get Ya Mind Correct. In 2005, he was signed to Atlantic Records and became successful with his major-label debut The Peoples Champ. Get Money, Stay True followed in 2007.

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I always wanted a grill, but I couldn't afford one. So I hooked up with the guy who made them. I brought him so much clientele that he had me open my own store and we ended up going into a partnership together.

You're working with such limited space, it's not really possible.

Lil' Flip just proved to people that although this style is different and they might not understand it, it's working. So that drew a lot of attention to the rest of us in Houston.

Were so far away they had no idea of the impact we were making. They saw the music as local music that would never break out.

I've been working in the studio with T Farris, who A&Red my first album and also Mike Jones' album. We're pumping out a lot of hits with Houston producers.

We're still trying to figure out ways to put diamonds on the braces but, as of right now, we haven't really found a way so the braces are still effective and on par hygienically, ... We definitely don't want to bump heads with the [American] Dental Association.

When ?Still Tippin? ? started picking up, it was like, ?Yeah, we got our foot in the door. But we?re not comfortable with just this. We want to go through it and bring a bunch of people with us.

Those were some of the best seasons that we had. Hopefully the same trend will happen again this year.

You want it to still look classy and elegant - as much as it can look, anyway. It is still kind of gaudy, but you don't want it to be extreme.