Underground Kingz

Jive, 2007, Audio CD

Product Description

It's been a while, and UGK has a lot to say! Underground Kingz is a special 2 CD set! Not only that, folks celebrating UGK's return are a veritable who's who of the inner circle, and they lined up to lend their talents for UGK's eighth. They include Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon, Scarface, Too $hort, T.I., Rick Ross, Slim Thugz, Andre 3000, and more! In 2006, UGK is free and pimpin' again - just like you wish you could. Their highly anticipated, star studded, and no-holds-barred release is simply put...the perfect stocking stuffer!

For starters, some props. Thanks to Scarface and especially Joshua Lopez, the pair of overly indulgent discs on UGK's 29-track opus boasts the best hip-hop guitar work since the turn of the millennium. Almost to the last track, Texans Chad "Pimp C" Butler and Bernard "Bun B" Freeman coax deeply visceral, classic soul-funk mojo from their collaborators on the six-strings. UGK once helped put the Houston rap scene on the national map, circa albums like Super Tight…(1994) and Ridin' Dirty (1996), but Underground Kingz celebrates Pimp C's release from a three-year incarceration. Fittingly, a various and pedigreed roster of guests drops respectful cameos, including Talib Kweli ("Real Women"), Too Short ("Life is 2009"), Outkast and Three 6 Mafia ("Int'l Players Anthem"), Big Daddy Kane ("Next Up"), and Dizzee Rascal. Lyrically, most of this double-hammer drops in verses short on skill and long on cliché. But there's an awful lot here, and moments really stick. The choral harmonies of "The Games Belong to Me," for example, move in impeccably languid cool, sashaying across the stereophonic spectrum in rock-solid testament to UGK's continued provincial dominance. — Jason Kirk

Tracks Information

Intro
Cocaine - Featuring Rick Ross
The Game Belongs To Me
Tell Me How Ya Feel -Featuring Jazze Pha
How Long Can It Last-Featuring Charlie Wilson
Players Anthem- Featuring Three 6 Mafia
Two Type of Bitches- Featuring Dizzee Rascal
Candy
Quit Hatin' The South-Featuring Charlie Wilson and Willie D
Next Up-Featuring Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap
Heaven
Still Ridin' Dirty
Hit The Block -Featuring T.I.
Trill Niggas Don't Die-Featuring Z-Ro
Take Tha Hood Back- Featuring Slim Thug, Vicious and Middle Fingaz
Stop-N-Go- Featuring Jazze Pha
Again-Featuring Ronald Isley
Real Women- Featuring Talib Kweli and Raheem DeVaughn
Shattered Dreams-Featuring Sleepy Brown
Chrome Plated Woman
Gravy
Underground Kingz
Life Is 2009 -Featuring Too $hort
Living This Life
Outro
Like That

Product Details

Title: Underground Kingz
Sales Rank: 20275 in Music
Artist: UGK
Label: Jive, 2007-08-07, Audio CD, 2 Discs
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Package Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches, 0.25 pounds

Customer Reviews

sweet jones: bun-b is one of the most respected cats in hip-hop and is crazy lyrical too. pimp c (RIP) had some of the illest swagger hip hop has ever seen (I pack an iron e'ry time and i aint tryin die...pssy ngga <--haha, i love dat sht!)
this is my favorite album from 07 hands down, and Int'l playas anthem was my favorite banger… More reviews

One of the BEST rap albums of 2007: Hands down classic material, hardly any skippable tracks. You should check out every UGK album too, ESPECIALLY their solo albums. Pimp C and Bun B have been making classic material for YEARS.
These beats are full of country twang, and deep tight bass. The lyrics are very creative for typical rap topics,… More reviews

LAST HURRAH: Being this album is a double disc, there is bound to be some throw aways. But surprisingly there weren't too many. Most of the beats are great, both rappers don't slack off with the rhymes, you can tell they mean what they say. Too bad Pimp C died because loads of stuff on this album has become some of my favorite… More reviews

Trill: UGK the realest, say no more. RIP Pimp C. You not dead real is for life. More reviews

UGK 4 Life - R.I.P. Pimp C: Fly track and agree with previous reviewer bout Devin the Dude Smoke Sessions, Vol. 1 More reviews