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Gospel and faith merge with rap, in song

Edit The Miami Herald 08 Jun 2016
"Everybody can finally say it out loud/ My favorite rapper a Christian rapper." ... "It's like there's no rules anymore," says BJ the Chicago Kid ... "Millennials aren't afraid to talk about these things," says rapper Bernard "Bun B" Freeman, a former member of the rap duo UGK who now lectures at Rice University (his class, Religion and Hip-Hop Culture, is available online for free)....

Soul/hip-hop mashup master Amerigo Gazaway talks about future of sampling

Edit Commercial Appeal 19 May 2016
Over 30-something years as a part of music, digital sampling has become more restricted by the industry even as technology to manipulate and recombine samples has introduced infinite creative possibilities ... King trading licks with UGK, the Texas rap duo who were real-life contemporaries and collaborators with Memphis rap icons such as Three 6 Mafia, (the artist formerly known as "Ska-Face") Al Kapone and 8Ball & MJG ...  . ....

A New Generation Unscrews Houston's Hip-Hop Scene

Edit Houston Press 10 May 2016
A A. Facebook-. Twitter -. More shares recommend reddit email -. -. It isn’t hard to look back and recall the explosion of hip-hop in Houston during the 1990s. It was simply something that couldn’t be ignored ... It sounded like Houston, plain and simple. Someone had finally nailed it ... Children of the Sun by Guilla ... Is own fashion, Tony is as important to his generation of Houston hip-hop as the Geto Boys or UGK were to theirs ...  ....

an artistic triumph that's also an economic powerhouse

Edit Vox 28 Apr 2016
In a clip from Beyoncé’s new visual album Lemonade, the singer strides down a street in a yellow, ruffled dress. Elegant as always, she lights up the screen with her megawatt smile. And then she pulls out a bat and starts smashing storefront windows and car windshields ... That's just one face of an album that proves to be an emotional tour de force ... "You know we used to sneak and listen to that [Houston rap group] UGK." ... ....

Podcast: Carlos Gomez on dabs, swag and his passion for the game

Edit Yahoo Daily News 15 Apr 2016
This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. If someone were going to bring dabbing to baseball, it makes a whole lot of sense that it's Carlos Gomez. The Houston Astros outfielder is one of baseball's biggest personalities. He celebrates when he does well. He gets upset when he doesn't ... He's been doing it lately ... "The Game Belongs to Me" by UGK]....

10 Songs Every Houston Transplant Should Know

Edit Houston Press 13 Apr 2016
A A. Facebook0. Twitter0. More shares recommend reddit email 0. 0 ... As a Houston transplant myself, these all really ring true. 10. “Telephone Road,” Rodney Crowell ... 9. “Telephone Road,” Steve Earle ... 8 ... 7. “Diamonds and Wood,” UGK. I know it may seem like I am riding UGK’s D a little bit, but this jam is something you can roll the windows down and blast when you’re stuck on 288, 45, the loop, etc ... 6 ... ....

Everything We Know About Drake's 'Views From the 6' (So Far)

Edit Billboard 13 Apr 2016
Drake's Views From the 6 is shaping up to be quite the spectacle ... "Faithful" featuring the late UGK legend Pimp C, "These Days" and "Controlla" co-starring Jamaican dancehall act Popcaan) and a joint delivery of "Pop Style" featuring Jay Z and Kanye West as well as "One Dance" with contributions from Wizkid and Kyla, there are different directions the 6 God could take his Views.  ... The Release Date ...  ....

Peep 'Long Live The Pimp: A Documentary On The Life And Legacy Of Pimp C' | Don Diva Magazine

Edit Don Diva 05 Apr 2016
Co-founder of the legendary rap group UGK (Underground Kingz), with Bun B, The Pimp helped introduce the world to what the South had to offer as far as hip-hop was concerned ... ....

New Drake track ‘Faithful’ leaks online

Edit NME 02 Apr 2016
Another Drake track has leaked online, this time featuring Aubrey and Chad Lamont Butler aka Pimp C, then late hip hop producer ... Getty Speaking to MTV News back in 2010, Drake said. “I’m a huge Pimp supporter ... I feel like I’m extended UGK family....

Drake Enlists Late Pimp C, Samples Amber Rose for New Leak 'Faithful'

Edit Billboard 02 Apr 2016
This wouldn't be the first time the MCs have shared wax. In 2013, another posthumous release from the UGK star called "What Up" also featured Drake and appeared on the Naked Soul of Sweet Jones album ... ....

Sampling Steve Miller Band: A Listener's Guide

Edit Rollingstone 01 Apr 2016
In addition to the aforementioned Pete and CL song, more 100 other hip-hop cuts have sampled the title track to SMB's best album, including tracks by everyone from Ice Cube to EPMD to UGK to Nas to the Ultramagnetic MC's to De La Soul back when they jammed with Teenage Fanclub for the soundtrack to Judgment Night and then some....

A Response About James Fortune

Edit Huffington Post 15 Mar 2016
When it comes to stories about "stones," we all know of the story of David who had five smooth stones in his possession, using only one to take out the giant, Goliath. My favorite reference to stones is the song called "Pocket Full of Stones" by the rap group UGK ... Don't judge me ... This is the Scripture that is most often used when Christians talk about "judging" the actions of another Christian ...   ... An egregious misstep ... Yes ... 2 ... Hello? ... ....

Deezie Brown- "Raf Raf Raf" [SHORT FILM] | Don Diva Magazine

Edit Don Diva 09 Mar 2016
On the move as always, looking for the new artists you need to be on, The Bandwagon finds itself down South in East Bastrop, TX. We are here to check out what Yac House artist Deezie Brown has cooked up ... Growing up in the Lone Star State, it was legendary rap duo UGK that put him on to hip-hop ... Check out more selections from The Bandwagon here.   Share this. ... ....
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