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4 Post-Crunk Rap Songs From the 2000s That I Shamelessly Still Crank Loud

The Ringtone Rap era in the 2000s was a wild one, full of hard-hitting bangers like E-40 and T-Pain’s “U and Dat”, with Kandi Girl.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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The post-Crunk/Ringtone Rap era in the 2000s was full of bangers. And I’m not just saying that because I’m an elder millennial who is easy to please. I’m saying that SPECIFICALLY because I’m an elder millennial who is easy to please.

That crunk-born s**t was just so much fun, what with the 808s and that open-air drum sound (ala high hats and snares). Some of these songs still go really hard today, and I, for one, am not ashamed to call ’em out.

“U and Dat” by E-40, with T-Pain and Kandi Girl

If I were to pinpoint a 2000s post-crunk song that made the biggest impression on me, personally, it’s “U and Dat”. I mean, what E-40, T-Pain, and Kandi Girl threw down here, I was just obsessed with it.

You couldn’t really call “U and Dat” one of the earliest........

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