Pimp C Bun B, legends in the south, in rap. 3:54. PopMatters have been informed by our current technology and hosting provider that we have less than a month, until November 6, to move PopMatters off their service or we will be shut down. The fascinating ying and yang of UGK is best illustrated by the Pimp's unmentionable track with Lil Boosie and Webbie -- one his most filthy and fun numbers ever -- and the poignant outro where Bun gives fans a proper nod but can't quite bring himself to close the book on the group. Do not let kids listen. Touché Amoré's Lament doesn't push the band's sound in new directions. As a group, UGK basically birthed Southern rap as we know it. Hosted by D.J. Over a warm and lush musical bedrock pulling from funk and soul, Pimp and his partner Bun B spun multidimensional stories of hood life. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2009 CD release of UGK 4 Life on Discogs. the last album was mostly 808's, and synthesizers. © 1999-2020 PopMatters.com. Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016. Available with an Apple Music subscription. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Ugk - Intro to Ugk 4 Life by Fredo InDaCut. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Thank you for your life, Eddie Van Halen. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. UGK 4 Life outsources almost all of its songs to outside producers, but they turn in beats that are learned and reverent of past UGK records. And as we continue to mourn the death of Pimp C (not in a maudlin sense, but in the sense that it’s tough not to think while listening to 4 Life about all the Pimp verses we lost), we can take solace in the final song on his group’s final album. 16 Songs. Pimp-C is raw in uncut in this album. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Silent Sound Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA. 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