UGK

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UGK
General information
origin Port Arthur , Texas ( USA )
Genre (s) Hip-hop , rap
founding 1987
resolution 2007
Founding members
Pimp C
Bun B
Last occupation
rap
 Pimp C
rap
 Bun B

UGK (Underground Kingz) were an American rap duo from Port Arthur , Texas , that existed from 1987 to 2007 .

Career

Chad " Pimp C " Butler and Bernard " Bun B " Freeman formed the duo when they were 14 and 15 years old, respectively. After their founding, they achieved regional fame for the first time in 1988 with their tape The Southern Way and the song Pocket Full of Stones . In addition to the Geto Boys and Devin the Dude , UGK shaped the Dirty South genre and were the pioneers of Texan hip-hop, which has achieved international fame at least since her guest contribution to Jay-Z's hit Big Pimpin ' . UGK albums are now considered classics because they popularized rap from the southern United States and paved the way for countless southern rappers such as Rick Ross , Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy . Above all, the Houston scene around Mike Jones , Paul Wall , Slim Thug and Chamillionaire like to refer to UGK, which is accordingly often heard on their songs.

In the recent past, UGK tried to counteract the increasing banalization of southern hip-hop, which was triggered by technically simple party music ( crunk , snap! ) With little focus on sophisticated lyrics. Critics, mainly from Atlanta , accuse UGK of not allowing these often younger artists to succeed. Pimp C denied this and emphasized that he was proud of every rapper from the south, but they still had to start to stand by themselves, to be "trill" and, for example, to point out the negative sides of the otherwise glorified drug cycle, as UGK did their penultimate album did. With Underground Kingz they reached number 1 in the US charts for the first time . UGK was under contract with the Jive Records label . This album brought together hip-hop greats from the past and present, including TI , Talib Kweli , Three 6 Mafia , OutKast , Rick Ross , Big Daddy Kane , Slim Thug , Willie D and Scarface from the Geto Boys and Too $ hort .

At the 2008 Grammy Awards , they were nominated for their OutKast-recorded track International Player's Anthem . On March 31, 2009, Bun B released the duo's last album under the title UGK 4 Life . The song Da Game Been Good to Me from the album released via Jive Records was released as a single .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1992 Too hard to swallow -
First published: November 10, 1992
1994 Super tight US95 (10 weeks)
US
First published: August 30, 1994
1996 Ridin 'dirty US15th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US

Initial publication: July 29, 1996 US sales: 500,000+
2001 Dirty money US18 (15 weeks)
US
First published: November 13, 2001
2007 Underground Kingz US1 (13 weeks)
US
First published: August 7, 2007
2009 UGK 4 Life US6 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 16, 2009

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2002 Side hustles US70 (3 weeks)
US
First published: September 24, 2002

More compilations

  • 2000: Kingz 4 Life
  • 2002: Lost Tracks
  • 2003: Best of UGK
  • 2004: Jive Records Presents: UGK Chopped and Screwed
  • 2011: The Bigtyme Way

EPs

  • 1988: The Southern Way
  • 1992: Banned

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1999 Big Pimpin '
Vol. 3 ... Life and Times of S. Carter 		UK29 (3 weeks)
UK 		US18 (20 weeks)
US
Jay-Z feat. UGK
2007 Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
Underground Kingz 		- US70 (9 weeks)
US
feat. OutKast

More singles

  • 1992: Something Good
  • 1993: Use Me Up
  • 1993: Pocket Full of Stones
  • 1994: It's Supposed to Bubble
  • 1994: Front, Back, Side to Side
  • 1996: One Day
  • 1999: Belts to Match
  • 1999: Take It Off
  • 1999: Pimpin 'Ain't No Illusion
  • 2000: Sippin 'on Some Syrup ( Three 6 Mafia feat. UGK and Project Pat )
  • 2001: Let Me See It
  • 2006: Front Back ( TI feat.UGK)
  • 2006: Chunk Up the Deuce ( Lil 'Keke feat. Paul Wall and UGK)
  • 2006: The Game Belongs to Me
  • 2009: Da Game Been Good to Me

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UGK Score First # 1 Album ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hhnlive.com
  2. ↑ 50th Annual Grammy Award nomination list
  3. ↑ Mzee.com: Bun B releases final UGK album "UGK 4 Life"
  4. ↑ a b c Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
  5. ↑ Awards: US