Although fans knew it would be hard to follow-up their national debut, “Too Hard to Swallow,” Pimp C let it be known from the jump what time it was with his first verse on “Return.” The album “Super Tight” kept the momentum going with tales of street life, and more specifically Southern street culture. “Super Tight”-The sophomore jinx is a real thing in the music business, but it did not affect UGK. Even after its 2001 release, the album still contained instant classics like “Let Me See It” and “Choppin’ Blades” despite also containing older songs like “Take it Off,” “Wood Wheel” and “Pimpin’ Ain’t No Illusion.” Because of financial disagreements with Jive Records, “Dirty Money” came out about three years after its initial release date. “Dirty Money”-UGK’s fourth national studio album “Dirty Money” ranks so low because of the time it took to release it after “Ridin’ Dirty” came out in 1996. The first single from the album, “Da Game Been Good to Me,” was the perfect swan song for UGK.
And while many iconic hip-hop legends wanted to be a part of the final project, Bun kept the album features to known UGK alumni like Boosie and Webbie and frequent collaborators like Big Gipp and Too Short producing another great project. The boys from Gulfway Boulevard, however, had already begun working on “UGK 4 Life” prior to Pimp’s death. Fans had just celebrated UGK releasing their first Billboard number one pop album with “Underground Kingz” in 2006 when Pimp C was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2007. “UGK 4 Life”-The final studio album from UGK entitled “UGK 4 Life” was bittersweet from the beginning.
Nevertheless, has to keep it all the way trill and rank the worst to the best albums by the Underground Kingz, better known as UGK. With Bun’s lyrical prowess and Pimp’s swag, voice and production skills, UGK was the perfect combination. While many Dirty South rap fans will vote “Ridin’ Dirty” as Bun B and Pimp C’s masterpiece, how do the other albums rank?Īfter all, the Port Arthur, Texas duo barely had any weak verses let alone a weak album. With the 25 th anniversary of UGK’s national debut album “Too Hard to Swallow” coming this year, the staff at began debating the merits of the rap duo’s six studio albums on Jive Records. After Pimp C's death in 2007, a final UGK album, UGK 4 Life, was released before Bun B focused on his solo career.Rappers Bun B (left) and Pimp C (not pictured), better known as UGK, made some of the best country rap music to come out of the South during their tenure together (Photo Credit: AP Photo/Pat Sullivan).įrom the Trill to the Trillest: Ranking UGK’s Six Studio Albums UGK, which consisted of rappers Pimp C and Bun B, were a Southern rap duo known for popularizing the brand of Southern rap that dominates mainstream rap today.
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