{"title":"UGK (Underground Kingz)","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ridin-dirty","title":"Ridin' Dirty","description":"\u003cp\u003eRidin' Dirty is the third studio album by dirty south legends Bun B and Pimp C – together known as UGK. It is easily considered one of the greatest southern hip hop albums ever made, but let’s drop all the labels this is just pure good rap music, for any region. It's all right there, everything that people have come to expect from Houston rap: candy-painted cars, wood-grained steering wheels, flashy jewelry, latenight odes to lean and weed, passing references to DJ Screw tapes, those warm funk synthesizers that sound like radio oldies. All of Ridin' Dirty feels iconic now— among other reasons, because so many of its lyrics have since been cribbed by everyone from Slim Thug to Jay Z. There's the laid-back badassery of \"Diamonds and Wood,\" the zoned-out celebration of \"3 in the Morning,\" the ridiculous boasting of \"Fuck My Car.\" Everything here is essential. Ridin’ Dirty was produced entirely by Pimp C and features start to finish bangers such as “One Day”, “Murder”, “Hi Lif” and of course the title track “Ridin’ Dirty.” Pimp C’s makes use of perfectly chosen Soul, Funk and Gospel samples to create a perfect soundscape for he and Bun B to trade verse over. Despite there being no singles or videos released from the album, the set went on to be a pivotal moment in southern hip hop as well as UGK's best-selling and most critically acclaimed release.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP | x2","offer_id":50411972329803,"sku":"2190517","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/UGK_Ridin_Dirty_LP_fb17caf1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726664049"},{"product_id":"too-hard-to-swallow","title":"Too Hard To Swallow","description":"\u003cp\u003ePressed On Clear Vinyl! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of UGK’s first album, Get On Down goes the extra mile, presenting it for the first time ever on vinyl. AND 2LP clear vinyl at that, giving the strutting, funky grooves the chance to really stretch out on your system. Back in 1992, Southern hip-hop was still proving to the world that it could sustain a fan base that was chiefly raised on rap from New York and LA. The Geto Boys and 2 Live Crew had made strong cases by the earliest ‘90s, and Pimp C and Bun B were ready to make their own. Most of the trunk-bumping bass comes from drum programs and basic sampling on these tunes – in later years they would build their sound into something even fuller and deeper. Self-produced with additional work from Houston locals Bernie Bismark and Shetoro Henderson, the tracks here are minimal, slow and menacing, which matched their lyrical approach quite nicely. You can hear the beginnings of the group’s true greatness in these early lyrical workouts – several taken from the regional cassette-only EP The Southern Way that got them signed to Jive – with tales of street hustles, relationships and self-reliance in a world stacked against them. They may have been done early-on, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t crucial to UGK’s legacy – cases in point being the three singles: \u003ci\u003eSomething Good\u003c\/i\u003e; a charismatic update to Bill Withers’ \u003ci\u003eUse Me Up\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePocket Full Of Stones\u003c\/i\u003e (the latter featured on the Menace II Society soundtrack). Beyond the singles, deeper cuts like \u003ci\u003eI’m So Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeels Like I’m The One Who’s Doin’ Dope\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCramping My Style\u003c\/i\u003e made it clear to the world that this crew had the attitude and charisma to make even bigger waves in the years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Clear LPx2","offer_id":50437514789195,"sku":"1011592","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/50cb0703-ba40-4c69-b728-b7a4451e4817_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726931744"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/ugk-underground-kingz.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}