Site News: The Re-Up

April 4th, 2012 | Tags:

Guess who’s back. Again.

Where did I go? I needed a break from blogging and the Internet, so I took one. There’s not much else to it. I am sorry for up and disappearing on y’all though.

As penance, I’ll be posting two .zips containing all the content I’ve posted on the site: one will have UGK loosies and the other CD singles and vinyl rips. I figure that should tide you guys over while I take on the unenviable task of culling all of the dead links from old posts and updating them.

I need an intern to do this shit, man.

UGK Loosies: 50+ UGK joints, ranging from their guest work to remixes to whatever else. It’s almost 700MB, so it’s split into multiple parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

UGK Singles: Coming soon. Most of the singles that I posted were my own personal rips, so I gotta do a little bit of digging in the archives to find the discs. Here is part one. Part two is still cooking.

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Pictures: Been a Ghetto Superstar Since I Was 17…

April 21st, 2012 | Tags:

UGK

(via meninblackmen)

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Rarities: “Free (Sampler Version)”

April 20th, 2012 | Tags: , , ,

Pimpalation Sampler

Pimp C – “Free”

from Pimpalation sampler (2006, Rap-A-Lot)

I never realized it until last night when I was listening to the Pimpalation album sampler, but the version of “Free” that appears on the actual album is censored. I guess Tom Petty couldn’t appreciate the art in having Pimp cuss all over one of his songs. I guess you can call it “Ain’t That a Bitch B****” Syndrome.

Anyway, this is just a minute-or-so long snippet unfortunately, but the intro and first verse here are completely uncensored, so that’s something at least. #RIPPimpC

“They want that pimp shit, steak and shrimp shit
Fly like a pimp shit, mack shit, ‘llac shit, UGK is back shit.”

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Guest Spots: “Pop the Trunk”

April 15th, 2012 | Tags: ,

The G Filez

Celly Cel f/ UGK – “Pop the Trunk”

from The G Filez (1998, Jive)

This is probably one of my favorite UGK guest spots. Celly, Bun, and Pimp all come hard (no homo) and Studio Ton’s beat knocks. UGK sound comfortable as hell rapping on this beat, and it kinda makes me wish they would have rapped over more Bay Area style production.

Anyway, this joint was apparently the third single off Celly’s The G Filez album but I don’t think it ever charted or anything, which is a shame as far as I’m concerned.

“These n*ggas keep talking like they want the funk
Man, ’cause his bitch chose me I’m fitting to pop the trunk.”

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Pimp C Beat Drop III

December 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , ,

EDITOR’S NOTE: These beat posts are just revisits from the old blog. I thought it would be appropriate to bring them back for today. #RIPPimpC, #UGK4Life

“Gimme thirty thousand and I’ll serve you some heat
I’ll write your rhymes, sang the hook, and I’ll make you a beat.”
-Pimp C, “Life Is 2009″ from Underground Kingz (Jive, 2006)

It’s time, once again, for another installment of “Pimp C’s Beats.” (I guess that’s what we can call this series as I haven’t been able to think of a better name. Any suggestions?) Today’s tracks are from The Vinyl Room, a 1998 Bang II Records release from Sleepy’s Theme—a side-project of sorts from the mind of Organized Noize member Sleepy Brown.

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Pimp C Beat Drop II

December 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , , ,

EDITOR’S NOTE: These beat posts are just revisits from the old blog. I thought it would be appropriate to bring them back for today. #RIPPimpC, #UGK4Life

“Gimme thirty thousand and I’ll serve you some heat
I’ll write your rhymes, sang the hook, and I’ll make you a beat.”
-Pimp C, “Life Is 2009″ from Underground Kingz (Jive, 2006)

…and now for the (probably long overdue) second installment in a series of posts where I try my hand at chronicling Pimp C’s non-UGK production work. If you forgot—and I don’t blame you if you did; it has been awhile—the series’ first post focused on Pimp’s work with Miami’s own 3re Tha Hardaway. But, today the spotlight is on another trio: Critical Condition.

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Pimp C Beat Drop

December 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , ,

EDITOR’S NOTE: These beat posts are just revisits from the old blog. I thought it would be appropriate to bring them back for today. #RIPPimpC, #UGK4Life

“Gimme thirty thousand and I’ll serve you some heat
I’ll write your rhymes, sang the hook, and I’ll make you a beat.”
-Pimp C, “Life Is 2009″ from Underground Kingz (Jive, 2006)

This post will be the first in a series where I’ll be looking at Pimp C’s extensive production catalog, but focusing on tracks that don’t feature any Pimp or Bun guest verses. Of course, the problem is that Pimp did tons of beats for obscure local dudes and a lot of their albums have pretty sketchy production credits and can be hard to find on top of that. But I’ll give it my best shot to post what I know to be beats that Pimp created or had a hand in.

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Singles: “One Day” (UK CDS)

December 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , ,

"One Day" CD Single

UGK f/ Ronnie Spencer – “One Day (Radio Version)”

from One Day CD single (Jive, 1996)

#RIPPimpC, #UGK4Life

As with “Knockin’ Doorz Down”, the 12″ for “One Day” is far more common than its CD counterpart. But, at least in this case I at least knew that the CD version actually existed. This particular version of “One Day” comes courtesy of England/Europe (at least that’s what I’m assuming, judging by its slimline case) and, for once, it has the same tracklist as the 12″.

I’m glad that I was able to get a hold of this single, as it’s nice to finally have CD quality versions of the instrumentals for “One Day” and “Ride Fuck My Car” because, as most of you know, UGK beats are a commodity.

TRACKLIST:

  1. One Day (Radio Version)
  2. One Day (Instrumental)
  3. Ride My Car (Radio Version)
  4. Ride My Car (Instrumental)

Click here to download.

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