UGK

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Port Arthur, Texas, USA (1987 – 2007)

UGK (short for Underground Kingz) is a hip-hop duo from Port Arthur, Texas, USA. Formed in 1987 by long-time friends Chad “Pimp C” Butler and Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, they were highly respected by many of their peers, due in part to their longevity and their entrenchment in hip-hop’s underground.

UGK, from Port Arthur, TX, the neighboring city to Beaumont, TX, released their first album in 1988. Titled The Southern Way, it was distributed by local record label Bigtyme Recordz and only available as an audio cassette. In 1992, they had caught the attention of Jive Records, and were signed to a five album record contract. Their major label debut album Too Hard to Swallow was released later that same year, on November 10. While it featured several new recordings, it also featured several songs that had been culled from The Southern Way. However, several songs that had been intended to be included on the album were excised at the last minute, apparently due to their overly explicit content. Five of these songs would surface two months before Too Hard to Swallow’s release, on an EP distributed by Bigtyme Recordz; appropriately enough, the EP was titled Banned.

Their sophomore album Super Tight… was released two years later, on August 30. Unlike their previous effort, it managed to break into the Billboard Hot 200, but ultimately peaked at a disappointing #95. Two more years passed before the release of their third album, Ridin’ Dirty.

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Top Tracks

1	One Day	304
2	Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) featuring Outkast full track	157
3	The Game Belongs To Me	143
4	Intro full track	129
5	Chrome Plated Woman full track	114
6	Swishas And Dosha	106
7	Like That (Remix)	104
8	Gravy	98
9	Heaven	89
10	Underground Kingz	87
11	Candy full track	77
11	International Players Anthem feat Outkast	77
13	Murder full track	65
14	International Players Anthem (I Choose You) (ft. OutKast)	62
15	International Players Anthem (feat. Outkast)	61

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Icepick22 wrote:
10 hours ago

Houston Power !

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brawl4life wrote:
Saturday morning

might be a lil late ,but R.I.P Pimp C ..UGK 4 life

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SanPdro wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Greatest Southern Rap Group Of All Time. Period (BITCH). It's been said a million times already, but RIP Pimp C

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PESJesse wrote:
Sunday evening

Int' Players Anthem is great. R.I.P. Pimp C.

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LDirtyBastard wrote:
last week

RIP Pimp C / UGK For Life !

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kmanning2008 wrote:
last week

RIP Pimp. We miss you already.

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zyr12 wrote:
last month

no shouts wtf?

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ryreegs wrote:
last month

soo underrated. i'm not even a big southern rap guy but these guys are dope

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Mr_Moncif wrote:
last month

Man, "Fuck My Car" is a bangin' track, the hook is so crazy. RIP Pimp C.

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GizzleDaGreat wrote:
last month

i agree wit my nigga thoed. its real sad. UGK are legends, people need to realize that and bump them to the fullest

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Ariues wrote:
August 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+Lyrical+Southern+Rap agreed with the0ed.

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keep_it_th0ed wrote:
August 2008

Over 15 years of music and not even 1million plays. Sad. They should combine, "UGK, U.G.K., U.G.K" from tags 'cuz it's really UGK

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NaughtyByN8ture wrote:
August 2008

yea bad as hell is a nice track

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Blue7414 wrote:
August 2008

I need yall help... Does anybody kno the name to the song they sampled for how long can it last ???????

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LOW-RiDDeR wrote:
July 2008

UGK have new single ! 1.st single from new album of unreleased tracks is called 'Bad As Hell'. It's Nice, sweet hip hop ballad, fuckin' hot track with AKON, listen here : http://hotnewz.blog.cz/0807/ugk-feat-akon-bad-as-hell-new-single

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LOW-RiDDeR wrote:
July 2008

UGK have new single ! 1.st single from new album of unreleased tracks is called 'Bad As Hell'. It's Nice, sweet hip hop ballad, fuckin' hot track with AKON, listen here : http://translate.google.cz/translate?u=HTTP%3A%2F%2FHOTNEWZ.BLOG.CZ&hl=cs&ie=UTF8&sl=cs&tl=en

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buyable wrote:
July 2008

BITCH YO MOMMA SUCK A MEAN ASS DICK

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SLAM2DARK wrote:
July 2008

R.I.P. Pimp C Another Real Mc dies =*(

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BiggieJerseys wrote:
July 2008

I could listen to UGK all day.

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_tsk_ wrote:
July 2008

Rest In Peace Pimp C!

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