Still Tippin'

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"Still Tippin'" was a single from the Swishahouse compilation, The Day Hell Broke Loose 2 aka Major Without A Major Deal. It was given to rapper Mike Jones after a feud between him and fellow artist Chamillionaire, resulting in Chamillionaire's departure from Swishahouse.

The beat, produced by Salih Williams, features a very slowed-down, hypnotic refrain in the chorus. In an interview with MTV, Jones stated that the "tippin'" of the title is a synonym for "cruising" (i.e. driving). He also added that the following lines refer to four vogue "rims — the spokes that you see sticking out" wrapped in vouge tires, which he states "were made in 1984 by Cadillac and those were the most popular ones at the time": "Still tippin' on four fours [rims], wrapped in four vouges [tires]". [1]

The video directed by Dr.Teeth who earned a VMA nod for his work. Dr. Teeth seemed to be the go to video director in 2005 out of thin air. Once Mike Jones' "Still Tippin'" became a certified smash hit across the country, Dr. Teeth's name became attached to some of the hottest videos of 2006 year, including Paul Wall's "Sittin' Sideways" and Mike Jones' "Back Then," among others. Dr. Teeth vision crafted the vision for the Houston explosion setting The career for Paul Wall Mike Jones & Slim Thugg, but for those not familiar with the rising Director, he has been putting in work in various places like BET and CBS, working behind-the-scenes for years.

According to CD Now the album was released in 2003 on Swishahouse's The Day After Hell Broke Loose mixtape, but due to word of mouth, and the infamous X-rated version seen on BET: Uncut released in spring of the following year, by late 2004 the song received major radio rotations, and an edited version of the video was released. A remix of the song, featured 50 Cent, Young Buck and Spider Loc. The remix is called "Bitch What U Know About".

[edit] Original version

The version of "Still Tippin'" released on Mike Jones's album is actually a remix of the original version featuring Slim Thug, Chamillionaire and Mike Jones. When Chamillionaire and Mike Jones started "beefing", Jones took the track, placed it on a different beat and cut Chamillionaire off it. He then got Paul Wall to record a verse and used it as a substitute for the cut verse. The original version of the song can be heard as Track 20 on disc 3 of Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah.

This song is known as the "Southern Anthem" in many places because it was one of the first hits from the south to receive heavy rotation on the radio.