Many hip hop fans may not of known who UGK was on a mainstream level, hence the name Under Ground Kingz. Howevever, being featured on Jay Z’s smash hit, “Big Pimpin” in 2000, and other commercial hits with TI, and Three Six Mafia changed all that as they are no longer confined to the underground.
In a recent interview with SOHH, Bun B spoke about the groups delayed album , rocking mics at barbecues, and the message in their music.
“The game is chess, not checkers and that the timing is just now right for the album to be revealed.” “It was all in the presentation. People have been waiting for a long time for this album and they deserve a project that is properly promoted and marketed like it should be. The label is just now being able to appreciate the type of movement that UGK is and if we had dropped it any earlier than now, we wouldn’t have gotten a song or video like ‘International Players’ out.”
Bun B also revealed that the the double album, which is slated to hit shelves on August 7, will boast the usual UGK sound, and will feature an all-star line up of collaborators including Rick Ross, Scarface, Three 6 Mafia, Slim Thug, Lil Jon, Akon, Mannie Fresh, Swizz Beatz and Marley Marl, among others.
On the upcoming album, Bun B says UGK has yet to put out it’s best material, he does feel that this particular album will be well worth the wait for both die hard fans and new converts. He commented,
“You’re going to have things to think about, shit to talk about with your niggas and look at certain things a different way with this album. It’s reflective of our experiences and I’m going to talk about that like, Yeah, you in these streets but it’s consequences to it and how it relates to God. UGK would never tell nobody not to hustle because for some niggas that’s all they got. But you can’t ask God to help you while you out here hustling – yet you still want him to be on your side.”
Bun continues on saying, “It’s a f…ed up balance that street niggas go through that nobody touches on, and shit that they go through, we talk about that because it’s not just about the club and spending money all the time. There’s more going on in the world than that… and that’s what this album is representative of.”
For fans who can’t wait for the album to drop, Bun stated the duo will be performing a lot of the album’s new material at select dates on the Rock The Bells tour and Zune sponsored “Live At The BBQ” concert series. Bun was asked on why it was important for the group to participate in the event, and explained,
“We wanted to bring music back to the people in a personal sense and tt was something I wanted to be a part of because UGK has always been about making personal connections with our fans. The BBQ is kind of like just hanging out in the park like it used to be, and I’m about that.”
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1st bitches
Your name suits you.
Lmao Jay.. and I think this album will be good
Nvr really listened 2 Bun B dat much. Souns like his nose iz stuffed wen he raps. Ne way, mite b a decent album. Has a few heavy-hitters 2 tha rap game mentioned, so Im kinda lookn 4ward 2 gettn it. I stil say "GET THROWED" will b 1 ov his best songs, like I said: nvr really listened 2 him so I dnt kno many. Cant knock me
bun is 1 of my fav spittas
Sounds Like Fun I Dont Know Let Wait And See
I'm gettin' this. UGK? Are you serious? Pimp C and Bun B are some trill niggas....I fucks with 'em!
What does it mean to be a "trill nigga"? Please explain. I'm from Camden, NJ so I am not familiar with the Houston slang, well I don't know where in TX they're from; so, I'll say that I am not familiar with the Texas lingo...
U kno Candy Paint, slabs, trill, Screwed and chopped, trill, Drank lmao.........
Trill - (tryll) - a meaning related to the words True/Real, but in a southern term related from the state of Texas meaning beyond those words. Trill is more dedicated to being down and never faking anything. You down for whatever. You a paid nigga in the since of riding clean of any kind. You get respect in the streets and your hood is your love. You also believe in holding anything you love in also being a MAN. Trill nigga in example: Khujo Goodie...terrible accident which cause him to have his leg cut off. Through blessings of God, he appreciate life and still being here. He still standing like Tony Montana...not dead though. THATS A TRILL NIGGA!
- this siminar was brought to you in part by Huggie Bear aka Huggie Pacino from Memphis Tenn who want u to know...UGK is a door for all south nyggaz in Hip Hop. Remember it may be dying but UGK is HIP HOP!!! 1991 and still TRILL!
thank u! (dedicated to Charismatic)...no homo! :0)
Thanx 4 clearin' that up 4 me!
in east coast terms, bein a G.
u got so much to catch up on...u gotta go back to "Too Hard To Swallow"...thts the 1st album dude. I mean REAL south niggaz who love hip hop are UNIVERSAL. True i love UGK, Outkast, Ball & G, and Scarface. Wu Tang albums and the solos. also have all Tribe Called Quest cds. Qtip solo album as well. I just love Hip Hop. I mean nyggaz from New York or anywhere up north need to learn that hip hop music is UNIVERSAL. SAS from London...them nyggaz go hard. So do ur history on south music. Everybody aint wack...
shout out to D4L for being the wackest nyggaz recently to have a #1 single! fuck that shyt! lol
special shout to Shop Boyz for hypnotizing everyone with that garbage ass cd!
ACTUALLY THERE FIRST ALBUM WAS The Southern Way IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE ON TAPE THOUGH IN TEXAS
i thought it was Banned...i 4got that one! But never heard of that cd!
"banned" was an ep with just 5 songs that were suppose to be on too hard to swallow but they were to explicit or some shit so they just put the songs out as an ep
TRADEMARK BITCH!!!!!
when it comes to this recordin, i must be lebron james if hes jordan
Lames Complain about the state of the game
They do the same as the lames and they go cater to dames
When Wu-Tang was the thang boyz was braided wit fames
When the West Coast was the thang boyz went datin insane
Now the truth is they say I love ya ya ya grill
And they studda when they see me its Cha Cha Chamill
Bandanas bananas enough one's to peel
Enough guns foreal
Ya guts will spill
Cant wait 2 hear the double album, http://www.datpiff.com/Str8-Business-The-Eay-Money-Mixtape-mid3190.html
UGK STILL GOIN HARD (NO HOMO)..SOME MUHFUKIN LEGENDS...TRILLz!!!! da album on point
i posted dis in forums
I MEAN I DONT GET IT BUN B IS HOT BUT PIMP C DA DUDE JUST CANT RAP
ugk is my niggas
THESE NIGGAZ 38 AND STILL RAPING? uggggggggggh
This has to be the website where the most fucking haters are on here. Have you bitch ass niggas realize that not all good rap music comes out of New York? U faggot ass niggas need to get a grip and realize that these niggas is some OGs to this rap shit and been having that trunk bump since 1990 with a pocket full of stones. I never in my life ever seen some shit where faggot niggas gossip, hate, and have you niggas ain't doing shit. All you fucking haters on this site can eat a dick. UGK next to Outkast is the best rap group ever and if you don't want to believe me just go get that Ridin Dirty and listen to a classic
"UGK next to Outkast is the best rap group ever"
10 Rap Groups LITERALLY off the top of my head that UGK are NOT better than:
1. The Firm
2. The Wu-Tang Clan
3. Mobb Deep
4. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
5. The Fugees
6. Boot Camp Clik
7. Def Squad
8. Red & Meth
9. Capone-N-Noreaga: CNN
10. A Tribe Called Quest
... I could keep going but this was TOO easy...
Yeap bun b goes hard butta pimp c is so wack. all that free pimp c garbage hyped him up for nothing.
HEY FUCK YALL WHO DONT LIKE PIMP C...he be on some reality shyt! He got street rhymes too! UGK in that top 5! In mine at least!
top 10 groups
1)Wu Tang
2)Outkast
3)Run DMC
4)A Tribe Called Quest
5)UGK
6)The Fugees
7)NWA
8)8 Ball and MJG (if they on Bad Boy years ago!) Suave House was the downfall!
9)Little Brother (Now official bytchez!)
10)Mobb Deep
Your list was straight but you forgot to put the LOX somewhere in there.
HOW UGK IN FRONT OF DA FUGEES AND NWA ????
Bun B is sweet hope this album will be good
charismatic all the groups you named is from New York. Thats whats Im talkin bout, you niggas from New York don't believe rap can live outside New York. Wu Tang? The Firm? Boot Camp Click? Nigga Please, if you don't have a open mind and realize that niggas all over don't live the same lifestyle as niggas from New York do then you a ignorant bitch. All the niggas you named is whack.
Well, Smart Guy, Jazzy & Will ARE FROM PHILLY and my dude Redman is from Newark, Brick City, New Jersey... There4, we'll ASSume that everyone I named is NOT from New York.
Oh yeah, AND the LEGENDS, the FUGEES, are from NEWARK/EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.
ok half those groups charismatic nemed are not to gether anymore specifically 10 7 6 4 and 1 the wu half ass together fugees holla they back cnn still aint dropped (i'm waitng) m deep aint been hot since shook ones and the firm never really popped and did you really put boot camp click and jazzy jeff and fresh prince....cut it out i see you were feeling a little bias towards the east coast though the last three 5 an #1 are the only legit great groups on that list just know UGK been in the game longer or as long as all those groups and still goin hard even jigga wanted them on his album
I HAVE to defend Will and Jazzy...
JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE are LEGENDS...
They were ON TOP of hip-hop when hip-hop was FUN! It was okay to dance and rock a party! That's what hip-hop was back in the day... dressin' fresh, gettin' honeys, and ROCKIN A PARTY!
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EVERYBODY used to DANCE!
I REPEAT: EVERYBODY USED TO DANCE! LL, Run, Fresh Prince, BDK, Rakim, Biz, Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, Salt-N-Pepa, Flave, even Pac, Ha!
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MAD HITS... SAY WHAT U WANT, BUT MADDDDDDDDDD HITS & CLASSICS.... THIS IS PHILLY PEOPLE.....
* Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble #57 US, #21 UK
* The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff #93 UK
* A Touch Of Jazz #79 UK
* Brand New Funk
* A Nightmare On My Street #15 US
* Parents Just Don't Understand #12 US, #87 UK
* I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson #58 US, #94 UK
* Summertime #4 US, #8 UK *********** Possibly THE greatest HIP-HOP SINGLE OF ALL TIME *****
* Ring My Bell #20 US, #53 UK
* Boom! Shake The Room #13 US, #1 UK, #1 Australia
* I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me) #93 US, #24 UK
* I Wanna Rock
Big Willie Style (WENT DIAMOND WORLDWIDE & MY MAN NAS WROTE "GETTIN' JIGGY WIT' IT"!)
* Released: November 25, 1997
* Chart positions: #8 US, #9 Top R&B/Hip Hop
* Last RIAA certification: 9x Platinum <--------------------------IMPORTANT----------
* Singles: "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It", "Miami", "Just The Two Of Us", "Men In Black"
Willennium
* Released: November 16, 1999
* Chart positions: # 5 US, #8 Top R&B/Hip-Hop
* Last RIAA certification: 2x Platinum <-----------------------
* Singles: "Will 2K", "Freakin' It", "Wild Wild West"
Born to Reign
* Released: June 25, 2002
* Chart positions: #13 US, # 13 Top R&B/Hip-Hop
* Last RIAA certification: Gold <-----------------------------
Greatest Hits
* Released: November 26, 2002
* Chart positions:
* Last RIAA certification: Gold <------------------------
Lost and Found
* Released: March 29, 2005
* Chart positions: #6 US, #4 Top R&B/Hip-Hop
* Last RIAA certification: Gold <-------------------- ALWAYS, AT LEAST, GOES GOLD!
* Singles: "Party Starter", "Switch" ---- And "Switch" AND it's remix where MY ISH!
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Not to mention a CLASSIC TELEVISION SHOW THAT WE ALL GREW UP WITH: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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"He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" was the second album by rap duo Jeff Townes and Will Smith, then better known as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. It was also their most popular. It was the first album that included a rap song that won a Grammy award, namely "Parents Just Don't Understand", which won the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989.
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FILMOGRAPHY
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Himself TV (1990-1996)
1993 Made in America Tea Cake Walters; Six Degrees of Separation Paul
1995 Bad Boys Detective Mike Lowrey ---> ONE OF THE FUNNIEST, MOST CLASSIC HOOD MOVIES
1996 Independence Day Captain Steven “Steve” Hiller, USMC ---> SET BOX OFFICE RECORDS
1997 Men in Black James Edwards / Agent J
1998 Enemy of the State Robert Clayton Dean -----> CLASSIC MOVIE
1999 Wild Wild West Captain Jim West
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance Bagger Vance
2001 Ali Muhammad Ali Academy Award Best Actor Nomination
2002 Men in Black II James Edwards / Agent J
2003 Bad Boys II Detective Mike Lowrey
2004 I, Robot Detective Del Spooner Producer; Shark Tale Oscar Voice --> SHARK TALE IS THAT ISH!
2005 Hitch Alex "Hitch" Hitchens Producer ---> SAY HITCH ISN'T THAT ISH!!!!
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner Producer, Academy Award Best Actor Nomination
WILL MAKES $20 MILLION A MOVIE... BASE... PLUS ALL HIS MOVIES DO OVER $100 MILLION = BLOCKBUSTERS.
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Jazzy is one of THE greatest DJs of ALL-TIME...PERIOD. He's on so many CLASSIC cuts, it's crazy. And, he was damn near a star on the T.V. show, too! AND, not to mention, his Philadelphia-based "A Touch of Jazz" Production company that helped developed both Jill Scott and Musiq Soulchild.
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Aiyyo, STOP disrespectin' Philly and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince aka Jeff Townes and Will Smith... THEY ARE HIP-HOP LEGENDS... PERIOD.... HOTTER THAN MOST OF YOUR FAVORITE RAPPERS AND HAVE WAY MORE PAPER... THAT GOES FOR 50 AND WEEZY FANS, TOO...
YES, WILL & JAZZY HAVE WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY MORE CAKE THAN 50... TOUGH COOKIE TO SWALLOW, AIN'T IT? Now, when YOUR favorite rapper has THESE KIND OF CREDENTIALS, we can talk.... I'M OUT FOR THE DAY... MY WORK IS DONE....
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i like the second list better its more diverse andi can actually see most of those being on the list. if you notice all those groups right there have dropped classics that the whole world still listens to nobody listens to the firm and it had one of the best from out of ny in the group and boot camp click -no comment i still would take mobb deep off that list they sold they souls to fifty and he still aint helped them pop back up on top they need to really fuck wit dre he'll get'em right
thanks my dude! 4 sho! i know my hip hop like a know my back hand!!
THESE NIGGAZ 38 AND STILL RAPING? uggggggggggh
IF U SAYIN DAT U SAYIN UGGGHHH 2 NAS JAY RAKIM KRS-ONE LL AGE DONT MEAN SHIT ESCPECIALLY WIT DA WACK ASS CATS RAPPING NOWADAYS
I wont even front...I slept on that 'Trill' album when it first came out. Never was a Bun fan.
I finally got it a few months back and that shit is CRAZY. I went and put everybody I know down with it...if you didn't already hear it...stop what you're doing right now and go get it.
I'll definitely be copping the new joint when it comes out.
Im a long time UGK and I cant wait for the album but is it just me or do Pimp C need to step it up on the lyrics Bun B be spittin but Pimp C loosin it.