UGK
UGK ( Underground Kingz ) were from 1987 to 2007 an American rap duo from Port Arthur, Texas.
Career
Chad "Pimp C" Butler and Bernard " Bun B " Freeman founded the duo, aged respectively 14 and 15 years. After its establishment, it acquired in 1988 for the first time with their tape ' The Southern Way' and the song ' Pocket Full Of Stones ' regional awareness. In addition to the Geto Boys and UGK Devin The Dude shaped the Dirty South genre, and were the pioneers of the Texas hip-hop, which has reached international notoriety since their guest post on Jay-Z's hit " Big Pimpin ' ". UGK albums are now considered ' classics ', as they made rap from the south of the USA and have countless popular southern rappers like Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy paved the way. Above all, the Houston scene by Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Slim Thug and Chamillionaire like to rely on UGK, which are accordingly often on their songs.
In the near past, UGK the increasing trivialization of Southern hip-hop tried to counter that by technically simple party music ( Crunk, Snap! ) Was activated with little focus on sophisticated texts. Critics, primarily from Atlanta, throwing UGK before they would often these younger artists begrudge their success. Pimp C denied this and insisted that he was proud of every rapper from the south, but they would have to begin to himself to stand, to be trill, and for example also the negative sides of the otherwise glorified drug cycle to show how it UGK youngest on her did album. For Underground Kingz they were able to record a debut at No. 1 for the first time. UGK was the label Jive Records.
On their last album, hip hop greats past and present, including TI, Talib Kweli, Three 6 Mafia, Outkast, Rick Ross, Big Daddy Kane, Slim Thug, Willie D and Scarface of the Geto Boys and Too $ hort gather. At the Grammy Awards in 2008 they were nominated for their recorded by OutKast piece International Player 's Anthem. On 31 March 2009, Bun B 's latest album of the duo UGK 4 Life under the title. The song Da Game Been Good to Me appeared on the Jive Records album was released as a single.
Discography
- 2002: Side Hustles