Trill Classics: Bun B On Making His Key Records
In his own way, Bun B has had three different careers: First as half of UGK, then as a solo artist with his Trill album trilogy, and finally as a features artist who has collaborated with just about everybody. The result? In his nearly two-decade-long career, Bun has stacked up a catalog of songs that is second to none. With his third album, Trill OG, in stores this week, we had Bun tell us all the craziest stories behind his key records. And no, we didn't ask about "Big Pimpin'" or "Murder" because he's probably tired of talking about those songs. Instead, we kept it trill by talking about a diverse set that ranged from his early work like "Something Good" and "Fuck My Car" to more recent bangers like "Uptown" and "Quit Hatin' The South."
UGK "Something Good" (1992)
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UGK "I Left It Wet For You" (1994)
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UGK "Fuck My Car" (1996)
Bun B: "[When I spit, 'And didn't even fuck/Man what the fuck?!/If you didn't want to fuck then get the fuck up out the truck!'] I wanted to show how you can use the word 'fuck.' If you’re gonna use it, don’t just curse for cursing's sake. I wanted to show a creative way of cursing and still kind of get the point across.
"It's not a serious record, but at the same time it kind of is. What it gets down to is, in modern society, one of the strongest symbols of the relationship. If a guy has a nice car, you can end up with a pretty girl. It doesn’t matter if he's a pretty guy. And I think that’s kind of the thing with everybody that has a nice car. They don’t buy nice cars just because they like nice cars, they buy cars because women like nice cars. Chris Rock said that. I think 'Fuck My Car' is just a musical interpretation of that. Even though we came out before the Chris Rock routine. So maybe Chris Rock's routine is a comedic explanation of our song."
Master P f/ UGK "Break 'Em Off Somethin'" (1996)
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UGK "Wood Wheel" (1999)
Bun B: "J. Prince called and asked us if we wanted to contribute the songs to his compilation album [R.N.D.S.]. He was like, 'You gotta do something new and you gotta remake something.' And Pimp said, 'I
Bun B f/ Pimp C, Z-Ro, Young Jeezy & Jay-Z "Get Throwed" (2005)
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Young Jeezy f/ Bun B "Trap or Die" (2005)
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Beyonce f/ Bun B & Slim Thug "Check On It" (2005)
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Slim Thug f/ Bun B & T.I. "3 Kings" (2005)
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UGK f/ Outkast "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)" (2007)
Bun B: "When Pimp C came home, one of the things that he had been screaming about was that one of the albums he got to listen to when he was locked up was the Project Pat album, Layin
UGK f/ Charlie Wilson & Willie D "Quit Hatin' The South" (2007)
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Bun B f/ Rick Ross, David Banner & 8Ball & MJG "You're Everything" (2008)
Bun B: "I was working with a producer named Mr. Lee who had already produced 'Get Throwed' and 'Pushin'.' And the way I worked with Mr. Lee, I would never accept the first thing he gave us. No matter how good it was. And I always let him hear what other people were doing because his sound was very original. When he would hear 'I
Drake f/ Bun B & Lil Wayne "Uptown" (2009)
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