UGK - UGK
After five years and numerous release-date shifts, a proper UGK album is finally ready to hit stores. Still criminally slept-on by the masses, the duo of Bun B and Pimp C certainly makes up for lost time here with a 29-track double-album that proudly flies the flag for Southern hip-hop. The OutKast-featuring “Intl’ Players Anthem” could be the best recent rap song without an obvious hook (don’t miss the hysterical video). The production is at times old-school to a fault, but the music is always engaging, even when the same topics get repeatedly recycled (running the game, snitching, the trouble with women). That’s the real thrill of “Underground Kingz”: hip-hop unburdened by trends and concerned with nothing more than telling it like it is.
