UGK - Ridin' Dirty
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Free Music Review: RIP Pimp C
Hit: 5 Stars
I had to pick up this CD after the untimely death of one if its members, Pimp C. UGK helped put the south...excuse me Dirty South on the map. Great CD!Free Music Review: The Best UGK album ever!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is by far the best UGK album and one of the best album ever. I like this cd because you can play it from start to finish without skipping tracks or wanting to. From classics One Day with the Isley Brothers to Hi-Life it's one of my favorite albums of all-time.Free Music Review: No One Rides Dirty Like 'Dem P.A. Boyz (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5.0 stars)
Hit: 5 Stars
Yesterday was a sad day for rap/hip-hop, as officials found Chad "Pimp C" Butler, 1/2 of the group U.G.K., dead in his hotel room in Los Angeles. It's a shame that such a talented artist who helped elevate southern rap died at a young age (he was 33). In memory of him, I decided to spin their third album on Jive Records "Ridin' Dirty". An album full of funky, laid back production and some great wordplay by both Bun B and Pimp C, just how I like it. Hearing this album, there are songs on here that reflect on life such as "One Day" (hearing the hook on that song is so depressing), as well as "Hi-Life", a song about the duo getting their life straight. The former song features Rap-A-Lot member Tre-Deuce (Mr. 3-2), and he also appears on "Touched". Another standout would be "Diamonds & Wood" has an excellent chopped & screwed sample for a hook that makes the song impressive. Other great songs on here are "F My Car" as well as the mello funky bass track "Ridin' Dirty". I would say that the latter is my favorite song on this LP because the song is so laid back. The album ends with the outro, as Pimp C giving shoutouts.
Overall, this album is a southern classic. This is a huge improvement over their previous album Super Tight.... I'm glad I picked this up a while ago, because this album dropped in 1996, and it still sounds fresh today. The production on here is excellent, comming close to such funky albums as Get in Where You Fit In or along those lines. Most of the songs on here clock in at over five minutes, so there is plenty of funk for a listener to digest. To tell you the truth, I also believe this album was slept on, and should have made UGK a household name. This is one I recommend everyone, especially fans of southern rap, to check this out. This album is not too expensive as of now, so that gives you a reason to give it a listen. It's one of those albums you can just pop in, roll one up (if you smoke), and just ride to. Trust me, you're going to feel this one, if you know how southern rap is supposed to sound like. It's sad now that the Pimp is gone, because southern rap will never be the same. Rest In Peace Pimp C.
Peace & Much Love
Lyrics: A
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: A
Musical Vibes: A+
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Ridin Dirty
2. Diamonds & Wood
3. One Day (featuring Tre-Deuce)
4. Good Stuff
5. Hi-Life
Free Music Review: Jay-z lyrics found here
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm not a music critic, but a life-long rap fan. UGK is not only the absolute savior of southern rap music, but the creator as well.
My headline refers to Jay-z's 99 Problems ("now once upon a time not too long ago..."). Listen to "touched" on Ridin' Dirty. You can actually hear the last part of the verse Jay-z took from Bun B on the Amazon sample - pretty interesting, considering he stole half a verse with no effort to give Bun B credit...
Anyone who gives this album less than five stars just doesn't get it. You are listening to the birth of the Screwed up Click's lingo when you hear Ridin' Dirty. Understand it before you review it.
Free Music Review: Heavy grooves and gangsta drawls...pure Texas funk
Hit: 4 Stars
U.G.K.'s 1996 album "Ridin' Dirty" is a great showcase of Texas hip hop that would prove very influential. Rappers Pimp C and Bun B were already two albums deep when they dropped this one, and in my opinion it's the best album they've ever released. "Ridin' Dirty" is an album that's centered around simple yet very appealing production. The laidback grooves are bass-heavy and funky, but without the synths, horns, and extra instrumentation you might see on a g-funk album of this era. They're rolling beats meant for top-down cruising and chilling, and nine of the album's thirteen tracks are five minutes or longer. Most songs are pretty hooky, and the choruses are either rapped or delivered by a female singer, this can add or take away from the given song on "Ridin' Dirty." Former Rap-A-Lot in-house producer N.O. Joe is very involved here, and he's one of the South's finest producers ever. I don't think anyone would ever call Pimp C and Bun B lyrical geniuses, but for the most part what they lack in pure lyricism they make up for in style and character. Their tales of crime, violence, and women or their talk of cars and materialism are not out of the ordinary for a gangsta rap record at all. However, they both have very distinctive deliveries and unique drawls and accents that could not be mistaken for anyone but Texas natives. They have good flows and chemistry, working very well together. "Ridin' Dirty" has a few truly classic cuts, and the rest of the songs are pretty good, there's only a very few that I don't really like, so it's actually a pretty consistent work. I don't believe it's a classic on the level of some of Scarface or Geto Boys' work, but it's one of the finest albums to come from the hot Houston scene of the mid-90s. I highly recommend "Ridin' Dirty" to fans of southern or even west coast rap, it's a great album for the car and the summertime and it's very entertaining.
After the intro comes one of my two favorite songs on the album, "One Day." Using a classic Isley Brothers sample and the album's greatest rolling, bass-heavy beat, Pimp C and Bun B deliver some of their best rhymes in a laidback manner. The depressing subject matter and perfect production make this song a true southern classic. "Murder" is tough and upbeat but still has the heavy riding quality of the slower songs on this album. "Pinky Ring" is fast and funky, it's not my favorite because the flossy lyrics don't really go anywhere and I don't like the hook. "Diamonds and Wood" is a showcase of the excellent slow and funky production at its best, it's great to just let it roll for over five minutes. "3 in the Mornin'" comes next, a solid track but not one of the best, the production is simple and the hook isn't great. The 3-2 collaboration "Touched" is very good, it's got some mid-tempo, catchy funk to make your head nod, and this is the song with the infamous "Now once upon a time not too long ago, a n...a like myself had to strong-arm a h.." verse. "F... My Car" is about deceptive women, some basic gangsta rap. The N.O. Joe aided "That's Why I Carry" is nice, and I also like "Hi-Life," a profile of the crime-ridden life of a successful hustler. The nice but not too memorable "Good Stuff" comes before the absolutely classic title track. I totally love this song, it's one of the most laidback, chilled-out rap songs ever. The production is just awesome, and the lyrics and hook do it perfect justice. The outro is almost ten minutes long and not worth listening to more than once even though it has a nice beat, because it's just spoken shout-outs.
In my opinion, "Ridin' Dirty" is the best album U.G.K. ever put together, and it's a really fun listen. It's not perfect by any means, but it's certainly worth owning for any hip hop fan. The deep grooves, rough styles, and southern drawls will have most listeners coming back for more I'm sure. If you like this album, I might also recommend U.G.K.'s first two albums Too Hard to Swallow and Super Tight..., as well as Scarface's The Diary and E.S.G.'s Sailin' da South.