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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: sav on February 25, 2009, 07:35:21 PM
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01. Intro
02. Still On The Grind (Featuring Raheem DeVaughn)
03. Everybody Wanna Ball
04. Feelin' You
05. The Pimp & The Bun (Featuring Ron Isley)
06. She Luv
07. It
08. 7th Street
09. Interlude
10. Swishas & Erb (Featuring Sleepy Brown)
11. Purse Come First (Featuring Big Gipp)
12. Harry Asshole (Featuring Lil' Boosie and Webbie)
13. Used To Be (Featuring B. Legit, E-40 and 8Ball & MJG)
14. Steel Your Mind (Featuring Too $hort)
15. Texas Ave (Interlude)
16. Hard As Hell (Featuring Akon)
17. Da Game Been Good To Me
18. Outro
Rap duos typically come and go in this game we call hip-hop. However, Bun B and Pimp C are not the typical case. With a professional career spanning over 17 years, this Port Arthur based powerhouse has been the backbone of southern sound since before kids were writing on their shades with white out. Their newest and final installment as a group, UGK 4 Life, serves as the exclamation point of their union.
As fellow members of the press grubbed on the best BBQ New York has to offer, Bun B shared some insight on the project before popping the CD into Jive's massive sound system.
"This is the first time I had to do so much on an album," the rapper admits. "I usually would just come to the studio, drop my verse and C would take care of everything else that had to be done with the record." This statement set the tone of the album before he even pushed play. The emotion that came with it was even that much more noticeable. Although this was Bun B's first time in the driver's seat of a UGK album, Pimp C's creative direction roared through the bass heavy sound system.
On "Purse Come First," featuring Big Gipp, the production was vintage Pimp C. From the melodic baseline to the southern tinged jazz guitar that weaved in and out of the politically themed content -- ranging from the war in Iraq to the rigged war on drugs. Bun B drops heavy lyrics aiming at the American public, warning them that they have been hustled by the government out of their tax money.
On the Corey Mo produced "Everybody Wanna Ball," UGK takes aim at the poor spending habits of their peers over a dreary organ melody that sounds like it is mourning over the careers of some of the big chain wearing "ballers" that we see popping bottles in the club. The Kings then take aim at their female fan base with the soulful "Feelin' You," also produced by Corey Mo. This track balances the album out with Pimp C singing better than most of today's auto-tuned crooners. The production was fitting to the obvious content of the song, and once again Bun B did not stray from the beat with his smooth and consistent delivery.
This would not be a complete UGK album without a cut such as "Steel Your Mind," which is simply a pimpin' for dummies type of manual that has C's backhand all over it. Produced by Steve Below and accompanied by the legendary Too Short, this guide to managerial sexploitation gives definitive insight on how to "take over her mind, once you get the mind then you got the body".
One noticeable misstep, though, was the Akon produced and featured "Hard As Hell". This up-tempo attempt at a club banger stopped all previous head boppers and made listeners look at each other as if they were waiting for a peer's approval, but to no avail. The song simply talks about a curvy stripper making a guy's jeans fit a little bit tighter than usual. Akon sounds as if he tried that dreaded Styrofoam cup for the first time and was forced to belt out a hook and recycle his "I Wanna F*** You" instrumental for the sake of an album filler.
Back to the UGK that we are familiar with, "The Game Been Good to Me" produced by Pimp C, closes out an album that highlights the career of arguably the most loyal duo in the game. Pimp sounds as if he is speaking ill of someone very particular in his verses, while Bun celebrates a career that has allowed them to live a comfortable lifestyle -- something that is to be appreciated in today's harsh economic meltdown.
UGK fans worldwide will be more than pleased with the 16 tracks in their final installment. Although Chad Butler is in the big studio upstairs, his brother will always remind us that it is UGK 4 Life
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Yeah, Bun shoulda really put "hard as hell" on a single instead of the album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLkYDun5aE :P i guess it's good stripper music tho
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pretty dope minus the akon song
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How can a song be called 'hard as hell' when it features Akon FFS! Whats next the Toughest Muthafuken G remix with T Pain, Soulja Boy and Kfed ? :-\
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the hard as hell track is to get some sales. fuck it! i'm glad bun is going to release the music. RIP Pimp C.
PS: Hairy Asshole better slump (no homo)
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I wanna hear that UGK-Click-8Ball-MJG :o
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I wanna hear that UGK-Click-8Ball-MJG :o
word life son, word life.
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Ill be lookn for tracks 13 and 14 atm but im sure the non guest tracks will be dope too! 8)
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someone hook up "hard as hell"
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http://www.zshare.net/download/1626062635f5dda0/
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http://www.zshare.net/download/1626062635f5dda0/
+1
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ey sav i take the prop back (j/k) it dont work for me
when the timer expires and i hit download, the timer just starts over...
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this looks like its gonna b dope cant wait
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Can't wait for this, def one of my most anticipated this year.
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when is this comin out?
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Ofcourse he had to put Webbie and Lil' Boosie on it...
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Ofcourse he had to put Webbie and Lil' Boosie on it...
lol well them was Pimp C's dudes...
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Ofcourse he had to put Webbie and Lil' Boosie on it...
lol well them was Pimp C's dudes...
I know, but damn.. Bun B should rather feature on their album(s).
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^no doubt
man i cant fucking wait for this
this is my most anticipated upcoming release (easily)
im gonna work my fucking ass off to get a Bun B interview
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I was really hoping for a Bun & C-only album.
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I was really hoping for a Bun & C-album only.
i agree that would have been best case scenario but lets analyze the guests
Raheem Devaughn - great singer and had a dope appearance on the last ugk cd
Ron Isley - LEGEND
Sleepy Brown - first sleepy/ugk collabo? i can see him fitting EXTREMELY well with their sound (somethin like "swishas and doshas")
Big Gipp - pretty dope (if its the old gipp)
Boosie & Webbie - thumbs down but u neva know
B Legit - cool
E40 - cool
Ball & G - DOPE
Too $hort - pretty good
Akon - thumbs down
could be a lot worse
at least 4 of those guests will just be hooks though
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I was really hoping for a Bun & C-album only.
i agree that would have been best case scenario but lets analyze the guests
Raheem Devaughn - great singer and had a dope appearance on the last ugk cd
Ron Isley - LEGEND
Sleepy Brown - first sleepy/ugk collabo? i can see him fitting EXTREMELY well with their sound (somethin like "swishas and doshas")
Big Gipp - pretty dope (if its the old gipp)
Boosie & Webbie - thumbs down but u neva know
B Legit - cool
E40 - cool
Ball & G - DOPE
Too $hort - pretty good
Akon - thumbs down
could be a lot worse
at least 4 of those guests will just be hooks though
Yeah, i know. I feel the same way.
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^so its all good ;D
8)