New Bun B interview

[Mr. Humonculous]

WordofSouth.com: How are you doing today?

Bun B: It's good, I can't complain.

WordofSouth.com: How is Pimp C doing?

Bun B: He keeping his head up. He ready to get back home and see his family.

WordofSouth.com: What's the situation with him right now?

Bun B: He coming up for parole in late November and hopefully if he gets
parole he'll be out by mid-December.

WordofSouth.com: Do you get a chance to go visit him or speak to him on a
regular basis?

Bun B: Yeah, the prison is like 15 minutes down the road. So if I have to tell
him something, I just get on the radio because he can listen to the radio.
Instead of just saying, 'free Pimp C' on the radio, I can deliver messages and
let him know that I'm thinking about him.

WordofSouth.com: What's the first thing that you think y'all gonna do when he gets out?

Bun B: I don't know we may go to the studio or something man. When that man
gets home, he is going to his family. I'll see him when he ready. I'm not
trippin' on no shit like that. When he come home he gonna sit down with his
kids and family. The first thing we probably gonna do is hug and branch him
love.

WordofSouth.com: You shot the video for "Draped Up" at the Screw Shop the
other day. How was it shooting your first video solo?

Bun B: Yeah man, that was love. We had a lot of Houston come out. A lot of
Houston came out and supported us.

WordofSouth.com: I do remember you saying that you wouldn't make a solo until Pimp C is out. What was the change of heart?

Bun B: It wasn't a change of heart. I still didn't wanna make it, and Pimp
told me to make it. I ain't the go back on my word type nigga. It ain't like I
just woke up and said, 'man I'm gonna make a solo album.' He was like you
gotta do what you gotta do, but I ain't wanna do that shit because niggas was
gonna get it twisted. He's like you know what you gotta do though, ya know
what I'm saying?

WordofSouth.com: Yeah

Bun B: So, just gotta do it to keep shit locked.


WordofSouth.com: Why did you choose to sign with Rap-A-Lot?

Bun B: So I could have a close connection with my project. Don't have to make
conference calls and shit like that. Just drive down the street and address
what I need to address.

WordofSouth.com: So let's talk about the album. How long did it take you to
record this album?

Bun B: After about two and a half years of procrastinating, I finally decided
to go ahead and do it. So probably two and half-three months.

WordofSouth.com: What was it like in the studio when recording the album?

Bun B: It's kind of weird and real different because I never did too much or
any recording by myself like that. It was kind of different and kind of
strange. It took a while, but I handled it.

WordofSouth.com: Was it hard writing full songs?

Bun B: Yeah it was. I'm used to connecting my thoughts in sixteen bars. I had
to stretch them to full songs, but it's nothing you can't handle.

WordofSouth.com: Who is all handling the production on the album?

Bun B: Mannie Fresh, Jazzy Pha, Mr. Collipark, Lil' Jon, Mddl Fngz, Mr. Lee,
Salih Williams

WordofSouth.com: I know that you got Pimp C, Z-Ro, and T.I. on the album. Who else do you have featured on here?

Bun B: Ying Yang Twins, Mike (Jones), Paul (Wall), Killer Mike, Talib Kweli,
David Banner, and just a gang of folks.

WordofSouth.com: Did you get at all of the artists that you wanted for the
album?

Bun B: Nah not really.

WordofSouth.com: Who else did you want to get at?

Bun B: I was trying to get 50 on something. We go way back.

WordofSouth.com: I heard you got a remix to "Draped Up" on there with a gang of Texas artists. Any truth to this?

Bun B: Yeah I do. It got Slim Thug, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Lil' Flip, and Lil'
Keke on there starting it off.

WordofSouth.com: How does it sound?

Bun B: That's that shit right there. We call that the H-Town All Stars. I'm the
coach ,and I got my starting five and I got my sixth man up to bat. It's a
problem.

WordofSouth.com: People was wondering how come Lil' Keke wasn't on the track, but since he's on the remix that's cool.

Bun B: Fa Sure.

WordofSouth.com: So tell me about a couple of tracks.

Bun B: I got a song called "The Story" which is basically the whole of UGK. I
got a song called "None Of Us Are Free" with David Banner and Talib Kweli
which is talking about, ya know, the hurricane (Katrina) and we been knowing
that the government had no love for black people and it's just an
accommodation of all the bullshit and fuckery that they been pulling. Shit, I
got a song called "Trill Recognizes Trill" with Ludacris, and I got a song
produced by Travis Barker from The Transplants, featuring Rob from The
Transplants, called "Late Night Creepin'."

WordofSouth.com: What happened with the song with you, Scarface, and Young Jeezy?

Bun B: Nah it's not like that. That was a mistake that someone did.

WordofSouth.com: Yeah, that was on your web site.

Bun B: Yeah that was never supposed to be on the site. That was a mistake.

WordofSouth.com: About to do any tours to promote the album?

Bun B: Yeah definitely, I'm about to go on a promo, and we starting with Mix
Show Power Summit and from there, we just grind it out.

WordofSouth.com: So October 18 is the release date?

Bun B: October 18 is still inauguration day.

WordofSouth.com: Is the album 100% complete?

Bun B: Nah, it's about 90% complete right now. We gonna finish the last ten
percent between today and Monday. We'll turn that bitch in Monday.

WordofSouth.com: This is a question that people at my message board want to know. Did you freestyle your verse on "Murder"?

Bun B: Nah, I didn't freestyle the song "Murder," but I'm going to tell you
about the song "Murder." I went out to the club the night before and I was
real, real tired and when I came to the studio, shit I just went to sleep. I
laid down on the floor and went to sleep. Pimp programmed the beat and put the scratches in the shit and then woke me up and said the "Murder" shit was done. I was like, 'when I wake up I'm a do it,' but he was like, 'we got to do it
now cause we ain't got but an hour left.' I woke up and I wrote it, laid it-
no punches, just straight rapping. Then I went back to fucking sleep.

WordofSouth.com: *Laughs*

WordofSouth.com: You been doing a lot of features.do you reach out to the
artists or do they come at you?

Bun B: Actually, it's a little bit of both. People like Killer Mike, I reached
out to. Then like a Jeezy or Yo Gotti, they reached out to me. It's still all
love though. We still get the same G way.

WordofSouth.com: What's your favorite feature that you've done?

Bun B: I can't really say, I don't think I've done my best feature yet.

WordofSouth.com: Oh yeah?

Bun B: I've never worked with Dre, Eminem- ya know people like that. I never
did a song with Snoop. People like that would bring the best out of me. I
still feel the best is in the coming. I don't know how the fuck hard I'm gonna
go when me and Pimp get in the studio. I can only imagine the shit we gonna be
doing. The best rapping from UGK is still to come. You better stay tuned

WordofSouth.com: That's a good thing.

WordofSouth.com: With the amount of verses, you have put out over the past 2 years, do you feel burned out, think a verse is repetitive, or ever suffer
from writer's block?

Bun B: Nah. because shit goes on everyday that I pay real close attention to.
Actually, I have too much information and I feel like I don't rap enough.

WordofSouth.com: Do you ever look back at verses that you have done and say to yourself that you could have come tighter on the lyrics or flow?

Bun B: Honestly, "Big Pimpin'." I could have wrecked that bitch a little
harder. If I would of known that muthafucka would of got as big as it got and
got as much play as it did, I would of said some things and talked about
different things. If I would of known I definitely would of said more about
Screw and H-Town shit. I wouldn't have just talked about me on the verse. I
was just concentrated on getting the flow out there because I knew that I was
going to be on the same song as Jay. That was one of the few instances where I wasn't trippin' off of content- I just wanted to spice this bitch up right
quick.

WordofSouth.com: What's going on with the Mddl Fngz?

Bun B: Album is done and it's gonna drop at the top of the first quarter. When
you come to the All Star Game, be ready. Put your middle fingers up.

WordofSouth.com: What label is that coming out on?

Bun B: Right now, it's still indie, but I got a few offers. I pushed off on it
because I knew that the stock would be rising.

WordofSouth.com: On the last one, if I can recall, you was only on a few
songs. Why was that?

Bun B: Well my thing was I wanted to do more rapping but they was like, 'you
can't be on every song- we would love you to- but people kind of need to hear
us too.' I felt the same way and I didn't want people to think I just carried
these cats. They go hard by they selves. They not scared to show it.

WordofSouth.com: Houston is real hot right now. What are your feelings on your home state getting so much shine right now?

Bun B: It just, ya know, was a long time coming. We was never mad at the game, we just kept grindin'. We ain't trip, we ain't talk down on nobody. We just
grinded until we got ours, ya know.

WordofSouth.com: What do you think about all the dissing going on with other southern rappers on some real petty things, like who's the king, I'm the boss, and looking too far into subliminal rhymes?

Bun B: Well ya know, everybody ain't gonna get along. I've had a few problems
with people in my life. Sometimes your anger can cloud you from what your true
mission is. We all learn what the big picture (is) and you just gotta make
sure that whatever beef you got can't take away from good music. Whatever way you handle it, you gotta remember that you are a musician and an artist and you got to keep on making good music. Represent your region.

WordofSouth.com: I read an interview where Pimp wasn't too happy about the group Trillville naming themselves that and doing interviews saying they
looked up to Run DMC and all them New York cats and acting like they the ones who came up with Trill. What are your thoughts on Trillville.

Bun B: Everyone want to be trill. I have no problem with that. You represent
whatever you want to represent. Pimp reached out to them personally and they
understand. I have nothing to speak on it.


WordofSouth.com: Is there anything else that you want to mention that I forgot to ask you about?

Bun B: Middle Fingers up. Free Pimp C!

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

WordofSouth.com: This is a question that people at my message board want to know. Did you freestyle your verse on "Murder"?

Bun B: Nah, I didn't freestyle the song "Murder," but I'm going to tell you
about the song "Murder." I went out to the club the night before and I was
real, real tired and when I came to the studio, shit I just went to sleep. I
laid down on the floor and went to sleep. Pimp programmed the beat and put the scratches in the shit and then woke me up and said the "Murder" shit was done. I was like, 'when I wake up I'm a do it,' but he was like, 'we got to do it
now cause we ain't got but an hour left.' I woke up and I wrote it, laid it-
no punches, just straight rapping. Then I went back to fucking sleep.

WordofSouth.com: *Laughs*

loll, thas jkz

[eS El Duque]

Travis Barker produced track? Sounds fuckin tight!

[ABN]

i been waiting for a Bun solo ever since i first heard UGK back in 97. good interview and i´m sure he´ll come with some serious heat on his album.

[Dip Set Movementarian 4 Life]

excellent read...propz

[davida.b.]

Bun B & The Transplants. Nuff Said.

[Dip Set Movementarian 4 Life]

WordofSouth.com: What happened with the song with you, Scarface, and Young Jeezy?

Bun B: Nah it's not like that. That was a mistake that someone did.

WordofSouth.com: Yeah, that was on your web site.

Bun B: Yeah that was never supposed to be on the site. That was a mistake.



anyone got this track in mp3?

[soopa-man]

damn im anticipating a Bun-B album, he has been dropping heated verses on other people's songs lately, but his album sounds too full of guest appearances, and not enough good producers, its bad enough Pimp C aint got beats on it now i got to deal with Ying Yang Twins, Mike (Jones), Paul (Wall), David Banner - those guys suck IMO... i hope Lil Jon aint on the song he produced...damn i was hopiing he got some others on the beats, oh well...