Showing posts with label Bun B. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bun B. Show all posts
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Bun B Calls On Drake For "Trill O.G." Promo, "It's Always A Good Thing When Me & The Young Boy Get Together"
UGK's Bun B recently talked about his chemistry with Drake and why he hopes to call in the Young Money rap star to help shoot visuals for their Trill O.G. collaboration, "Put It Down."
Bun said he was satisfied that their record was able to live up to the hype.
"Definitely look for some visuals for 'Put It Down' in the future," Bun said in an interview. "As well as 'It's Been a Pleasure.' We're gonna try to put out a visual for as much of Trill O.G. as we can...It's very hard to live up to the hype the people create for things nowadays; luckily, this song did. 'Cause a lot of time, people build something up, and it's almost impossible to match up to that. In this case, it matched up to it. And the fact that the other song, 'It's Been a Pleasure,' is on it, as well, you get two for two. It's always a good thing when me and the young boy get together. It's special music. That's how I feel, and I think that's how Drizzy feels."
The rapper's Trill O.G. debuted within the sales charts this week.
Bun B's Trill O.G. debuted on the chart this week at No. 4. After seven days in stores, the rapper's latest disc, which The Source rated classic (5-mics), has pushed out 40,800 records.
Bun's new album was recently awarded a five-mic classic by The Source magazine.
"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 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 sh*t on me to argue for another artist or album, don't worry. The Trill OGcan take it! UGK for life!"
Recently, Bun defended Drake's R&B talent and called it a gift, not a curse.
"I don't know what they are talking about personally because if you are saying that then that means you are trying to say that people like T.J. Swan, Slick Rick and Biz Markie are not hip-hop. Come on... all of those guys sung on their songs. Singing in hip-hop is nothing new. We've always had people that incorporated singing in their raps. And believe me, if MC's could sing, they wouldn't get singers to sing on their albums."
Listen to Bun B & Drake's "Put It Down" down below:
Monday, August 2, 2010
Bun B Plans Hip-Hop Takeover, "It's Time For Texas To Move Back To The Top"
UGK's Bun B recently talked about the motivation behind his upcoming Trill OG album and said his homestate, Texas, is coming back for the top spot in hip-hop.
Bun believes his new solo effort will help motivate the Texas emcees to step up.
"Texas has had incredible moments in the history of hip-hop. But there is a misconception that because we aren't at the forefront that we aren't here at all. But we're still making music, going on tour and getting in front of and connecting with the people...It's time for Texas to move back to the top and in order for that to happen, someone has to take charge. Since I call myself the Trill OG, the first thing I have to do is round up the troops. That's what this album is -- to show that Texas is back. I'm just taking the lead and bringing everyone else with me."
Last year, Bun talked about the decline in music sales and which Texas artist would be next to reach mainstream fame.
"I wonder if people who ask Southern artists [about their past streaks also] ask West coast artists or Midwest artists or New York artists that, because all those regions are falling off," Bun said in an interview. "Hip-Hop, in general, doesn't have the demand power it used to in any region. We had a good run in Houston, but every region's in trouble. There are really only six people making money off rap music. Everybody knows that...I definitely think that Z-Ro is on the brink of becoming a national superstar. It's pretty much up to him to decide whether he goes as far as he wants to go. The only thing holding Z-Ro back is Z-Ro."
He recently shared his reaction to former Texas rap rivals Paul Wall and Chamillionaire reuniting after years of estrangement.
"I think it's a great thing for hip-hop in general," Bun explained in an interview. "When you have good people that make good music together come together and make great music, it's a great thing. We don't worry about circumstances; we just appreciate the opportunity to see great music being made again. It's definitely a resurgence of Houston music right now. The second wave is coming. This is just something to kick everybody in the nuts, like you better get it right because we trying to get it down here in the H."
Last year's UGK album landed on the sales charts and marked the final group project.
Southern rap group UGK released their final group album UGK 4 Life which opened at No. 6. With seven days under their belt, the late Pimp C and Bun B's final disc sold 76,600 discs.
Bun B's Trill OG drops Tuesday, August 3rd.
Check out some recent Bun B footage below:
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Bun B On Dealing W/ Rap Groupies, "You Have To Be Smarter Than Your D*ck"
UGK's Bun B has given some advice on how rappers can avoid finding themselves in potential lawsuits and legal battles with groupies.
Bun believes artists should use logic and consider who they keep in their entourage.
"You have to be smarter than your d*ck," he revealed in an interview. "That's just being real. When I say that, I mean not allowing sex to make dumb decisions for you to the point where you don't even allow your brain to interfere. If it just comes down to a physical thing and you let sex lead the way, you are going to be in trouble time and time again...Make sure the n*ggas that surround you have dealt with women on a mature level. Because that's where the problems starts. A lot of these cats have never really had a woman before, especially the caliber of women that comes with our career. And that's something that a lot of these cats can't turn down. You have to make sure you are surrounded by experienced men."
Earlier this year, self-proclaimed Young Money groupie Kat Stacks accused rappers Fabolous and Bow Wow of having her physically abused.
"yes its true @myfabolous life sent people today to smack me up at the bar & they stole my phone & recorded it. i dare yall to blast it."
"got my a** wooped? it was 2 n*ggas yelling @myfabolouslife & @bowwow name ... im a female u got 2 n*ggas to hit me LOL lame."
In addition to Fab addressing the rumor, Bow Wow also came forward to say he had no relationship with Stacks.
"Of course I had no involvement with it," he promised in an interview. "It's so far fetched for me. Come on, man, everybody knows I make records for girls...I'm not an evil person. I don't condone violence. That's just the type of person I am. I just feel like, if anything, positivity is always the way out. So I think that maybe if she humbles herself a lil more and be positive and go about things differently, then hopefully she'll be alright...but that's not my style. I don't put hits on people, I'm in the music business...if I wanted to fight, I'd be in the MMA."
Stacks made a name for herself by giving out personal information from members of Young Money.
"Well that last video, I was pissed off because Jae Millz had called Child Services on me because he's the only one who knows my real address so I knew it was him. So I got pissed off and I started writing it on Twitter and then my account got suspended so I just called World Star Hip Hop and said I want to make another video and give this motherf*cker's address out since they was trying to take my child away...I've heard they got a price out for my head, I've already moved so if anything happens to me they'll know who to go to first."
Check out Redman speaking on Kat Stacks below:
Friday, April 23, 2010
Bun B & Slim Thug Discuss Paul Wall/Chamillionaire Reunion, "They Put The Bullsh*t Aside"
Texas rappers Bun B and Slim Thug have shared their reactions to seeing Paul Wall and Chamillionaire reunite to make new music together.
Bun felt the reunion was a key move for hip-hop as a genre.
"I think it's a great thing for hip-hop in general," Bun explained in an interview. "When you have good people that make good music together come together and make great music, it's a great thing. We don't worry about circumstances; we just appreciate the opportunity to see great music being made again. It's definitely a resurgence of Houston music right now. The second wave is coming. This is just something to kick everybody in the nuts, like you better get it right because we trying to get it down here in the H."
Slim Thugga also said it was only appropriate that the two emcees come back together.
"It's good to see them back together. That's how I knew them. They came to SwishaHouse together. They finally got back together and put the bullsh*t aside and it's a good look. I feel like we back at SwishaHouse or something."
Southern rapper Killer Mike recently said he helped get the two artists reunited.
"I really consider Paul and I really consider Chamillionanire friends," Mike told Rap Radar's Elliot Wilson. "Like, I landed in Texas and got to know them from the time they were still together and doing work and doing some shows but I didn't get to see them...I grew in friendship with both of them -- the crazy part was I never got to see them perform together, I never got to see it together. I would hound Chamillionaire, I would hound them. I was like, 'Y'all got to do it, y'all boys got to do it.' Both of them are beautiful brothers man -- as a fan, to all the fans, when we complain, they listen!"
The duo's beef lasted for roughly seven years.
Chamillionaire sounded like a fast-food peddler last month at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin. "We've had a lot of beef," he told an audience at La Zona Rosa during his first performance with estranged partner Paul Wall in seven years. Their feud was no secret, but it wasn't proliferated or marketed by either rapper over the years either. "It was not a publicity stunt," Wall says. "There was genuinely a lot of bad blood, but we mostly kept it to ourselves. If we ended up putting out diss CDs, it might have never ended. But there was always a deep-down friendship there."
Check out Killer Mike talking about reuniting Chamillionaire & Paul Wall below:
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