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Underground Royalty Jan 19, 2009
UGK has been doin' their thing since the late 80's, and since then UGKworked hard representing the South Texas rap scene. In the mid-late 90's, they finally gained some mainstream attention with 1996's Ridin' Dirty, a classic showcase of their skills. 1992's Too Hard To Swallow is one hard bangin' album. Most production goes to the late, great Pimp C with Bun B and Bismark adding some here and there, creating a deep, syrupy, southern fried soundtrack to spit over. "Pocket Full of Stones" is an early crunk classic with a deep rollin' funky beat and thick bass. Many may remember it from the 1993 soundtrack Menace II Society. "Pocket..." was also remixed with a sweet beat and censored lyrics in 1993 (Included on 2002's Side Hustles comp.) and there was a dope part 2 on 1994's classic Super Tight... Many of the other songs here also deal with slanging and using drugs like "Cocaine in the Back of the Ride," and "Feel Like I'm the one Who's Doin' Dope," and those jams have a hard core, dramatic soundscape for the rough lyrics. Those styles of beats would become standards in the early crunk movement that would soon ensue. The title track takes a more mellow approach but still with hard lyrics. The beat is similar more to twangy pre-early-G-Funk. "Use Me Up" is mid-tempo funk with lyrics dealing with being used (or in Pimp C's words "pimped") by women. There are dirty songs like the horny "976-Bub B." One misstep which could be easily skipped over is "Cramping My Style" with an overused and derivative Isley Brothers "Between The Sheets" (1983) sample, and as for the guest Infinity, I am not crazy about her verse. I would have to say that "Pocket Full Of Stones" and "It's Too Hard To Swallow" are my favorite 2 here. Fans of true gangsta style rap and hard core lyrics will definitely love this joint that came out in an era well before gangsta rap was watered down with RnB diva hooks and club beats. It took quite a while before UGK ever got mainstream attention, which they clearly deserved much earlier.
Classic Country Rap Tunes Dec 07, 2007
This Album started my unconditional love your UGK. If you want to know UGK Start Here and work your way up to date. These P.A.T. Legends, made timeless country rap tunes. They made it feel ok and cool to be from the country, from Texas, and from the SOUTH!!! That is why they are my favorite Rap Group. Respect to Pimp C and that boy Bun B the lyrical genius.
100!!!!
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pocket fulla stones Oct 26, 2007
yall better know that the track "pocket full of stones" and "short texas" was produced by DJ Paul from 3-6 mafia, if you dont know, peep the underground mixtape DJ Paul volume 12 part 2.
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never enough UGK Oct 15, 2007
ugk ....what can i say? i bought as many of their cd's as i could afford! i can't take 'em outta the player!
The Realest of them all Sep 22, 2007
This is the first main stream cd that they dropped and today it's still one of the hardest. When I first heard 976 Bun B in 93 I was like this can't be real. I had never heard anyone flow like this cat before and his style has only gotten stronger. Bun B and Pimp C are the duo way before Outkast and all the other greats to follow. The thing is they just kept getting better with time. If you haven't heard this you are missing out. And the next up Ridin Dirty is a must have as well. I wish I could get the tape samle to this cd that they released. Tell Me Something Good had different words to it than what's on the cd and 976 Bun B had a different beat. Both were a lot harder I tell you. I wish I could find out who stole it.
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