UGK Records is a record label located in Port Arthur, Texas of which Pimp C was the founding member in late 2005. The rapper was in the process of negotiating a major distributio
UGK Records is a record label located in Port Arthur, Texas of which Pimp C was the founding member in late 2005. The rapper was in the process of negotiating a major distribution deal for the label before he died on December 4, 2007.
UGK (short for Underground Kingz) was an American hip hop duo from Port Arthur, Texas formed in 1987 by the late Chad "Pimp C" Butler . He then joined with Bernard "Bun B" Freeman, who became his longtime partner. They released their first major label album, Too Hard to Swallow, in 1992, followed by several other albums charting on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, including the self-titled Underground Kingz... album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in August 2007. The group has been fe
On December 4, 2007, Pimp C was found dead in a West Hollywood, California hotel room.
In 1992, UGK was signed to Jive Records under a five-album contract, releasing their major-label debut album Too Hard to Swallow.[1] While it featured several new recordings, it also featured several songs that had been culled from The Southern Way.[2] However, several songs that had been intended to be included on the album were excised at the last minute, apparently due to their overly explicit content. Five of these songs would surface two months before the release of Too Hard to Swallow, on an EP distributed by Bigtyme Recordz; appropriately enough, the EP was titled Banned. A popular song from the album "Pocket Full of Stones" was also included on the Menace II Society soundtrack in 1993.
Further problems arose when Pimp C was incarcerated for an aggravated gun assault charge in 2002.[4] Throughout the time of his incarceration, Bun B carried on the UGK name by making numerous guest appearances on songs by other artists, with every appearance either mentioning Pimp C or featuring a "Free Pimp C!" or "Free the Pimp" chant. Many of UGK's peers did the same, and mentioned Pimp C in their own songs with or without Bun B.[5] During this period, Jive Records released a Best of UGK album, as well as a Chopped & Screwed remix album.[6] As a result of Pimp C's incarceration, both members of UGK began solo careers out of necessity.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGK
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