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Texas rapper Bun-B has been keeping it trill for almost two decades. As 1/2 of the legendary rap duo UGK along with the late Pimp C, Bun started dropping gems when a lot of these younger rapper were still in diapers.
On his third solo album, Trill O.G. Bun has received the highest honor The Source magazine can hand out by earning the coveted 5 mics for the perfect album.
The Source writes:
"Trill O.G. scored high enough to receive 5 mics, the holy grail of Hip-Hop ratings, granting it admission into an elite club of timeless musical compositions that span over 20 years. The album rating system has been a staple for the magazine in announcing which artists have put together the best album from start to finish. Bun B is the first artist to receive this honor in over 5 years."
The album has features from Drake, Young Jeezy, Pimp-C, 2Pac, Slim Thug, Gucci Mane and Yo Gotti.
Bun issued a statement regarding the 5 mic rating:
When I started rapping, the highest honor a real MC could aspire to was the coveted 5 mics from Source Magazine. It was only given to the best of the best in hip hop, the cream of the crop so to speak. Those that received the honor were sometimes but not always contested, but what WAS always contested were those that DIDN’t receive the honor. If you’ve ever argued about your favorite MC on a corner, in a barbershop or on the comment section of a blog, then you know what I’m talking about.
For every album labeled a classic, there are dozens of others that people feel deserve the honor. So I realize that people now feel they have to place my album next to others that they feel were more impactful, and argue their case. With social networking being as prevalent as it is in our society, these arguments now take place in a very public arena, which in order to be heard, you often have to be very opinionated and abrasive to stand out. So people, while having no personal hate or malice towards me, will make very loud arguments about The Source’s decision, and the loudest ones will probably get the most attention.
Having been in the music industry almost 20 years, I have learned to receive my accolades with honor and respect, and hold my head high when the hate rains down. I love hip hop just as much or even more than the next person, so I understand the passion behind the argument. At the end of the day, we all want this thing we love to be as real and pure as the day we fell in love with it.
Having said all this, it is with great honor and admiration that I humbly accept this esteemed declaration from the Source Magazine and it’s staff for my album Trill OG, and for those that feel they need to shit on me to argue for another artist or album, don’t worry. The Trill OG can take it! UGK for life!
Bun B
Bun B ft Yo Gotti & Gucci Mane "Counting Money"
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The Houston rap duo of Paul Wall aka 'The People's Champ' and Chamillionaire 'The Mixtape Messiah' have put in a long 11 year grind to reach the place they're at in their careers.
The two friends from high school formed the group, The Color Changin' Click and began to grow a large southern audience through their mixtapes and album 'Get Ya Mind Correct'.
The friendship soured at one point and the two parted ways only to come back together recently.
Paul and Cham sat down with Hard Knock TV and talked about coming up in the game, being a mixed race group
"Major labels would get excited about something like that [a mixed race rap group] cause they'd see some kind of gimmick," Cham says. "But that's what makes us authentic because it was more natural. A lot of people didn't even know Paul was white at first. They used to hear the freestyles and didn't know."
Paul said that a lot of people mistook him for being hispanic or Louisiana Creole in the beginning.
Like with any other group, Paul and Cham had to fight to get that initial respect.
"I think at the time [the beginning] maybe it might have been like there were a whole bunch of people already established and we were just the two new guys. So looking at us they were like 'what is this coming into this new situation?' Cham explains. "Then as time progressed we started to earn our respect."
Paul did remember one time when race was an issue early in their careers..
"We used to do a lot of shows in Pensacola, Roy Jones Jr [boxer] had a club, 'Star 69'. We were first coming up we did a show there, the show was sold out," Paul tells Hard Knock. "I went to the bar to get something to drink and I overheard someone next to me say 'when Paul Wall coming on stage?' And I just leaned over and said 'yeah wassup man I'm bout to go on in about 20 minutes. And he's looking at me like I was crazy. He was like 'why you talking to me?' 'Nah you just said Paul Wall and I'm Paul Wall' and he was just puzzled like 'nah nah'. Then later on after the show he came up and was just laughing and i said 'what's up?'. He said 'mam I'm just torn between two worlds cause I hate white people with a passion, I hate crackers, but you're my favorite rapper so I don't know if I should love you or hate you. Damn I just gotta love you cause I love your music'".
Paul Wall's new cd 'Heart Of A Champion' is in stores now so go cop that.
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Brooklyn's Joell Ortiz has linked up with Jim Jones and dropped visuals for their remix of Lloyd Banks smash hit "Beamer, Benz Or Bentley".
The Slaughterhouse MC cleverly flipped the song into the hilariously titled "Nissan, Honda, Chevy".
This was initially a solo freestyle by Joell before Jim Jones heard it and decided to hop on it.
Check it out below.
Cory Gunz is expanding his Militia Gang empire.
The newest edition to the team is Bronx rapper Young Hash. He has a new mixtape about to hit the streets titled "Str8 Drop Vs The Whip".
This joint "Pleasure and Pain" is the jumpoff for that.
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Tracklist:
01 O Let’s Do It f. Trae
02 Dedication 2 My Haters
03 Sweet Love
04 Lemonade Flow
05 Rogers-mix-lude
06 Goin’ Hard
07 What’s Happenin’
08 Wanna Choose f. Pimp C & L.E.$
09 Homegurl (rmx)
10 Strippers f. Lil Ray
11 Rep the Dirty f. Ludacris, Dre Day & Kez
12 Hit Dat Hoe Flow f. J-Dawg
13 Silm Speaks
14 Flex (All-Star Remix) f. Party Boyz, Z-Ro, Fat Pimp, Dom Kennedy, Treal Lee and Prince Rick & Ca$h
15 Houston f. Cityy
16 None Of Ya Biznezz f. Lil O
17 Ike Turner Pimpin’ f. Juice J & Project Pat
18 Keep Rollin’ f. Devin
19 Say Something Flow
20 Strong Enough Flow
21 Fresh Dressed Fridays
22 Starched Down
23 Throwed
24 Hard Work (rmx) f. Dom Kennedy & Rich Boy
25 I Wanna Rock
26 I Look Good (rmx) f. Chalie Boy & Bun B
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