Mr. Scarface did for Houston what Kool G Rap did for New York and Ice Cube did for L.A. Since he laid the foundation for the gangsta rap genre as part of the Geto Boys, there is little in the hip-hop game that Brad Jordan hasn't done. As the first southerner to claim the Source's "Lyricist of the Year" award, and as president of Def Jam South, producer, and solo artist supreme, Scarface developed the hardcore sound in the Dirty South years before anyone had ever heard of Outkast. THE BEST OF SCARFACE surveys his solo career with 37 hot tracks on three CDs.