Today In Hip-Hop: UGK Released ‘UGK 4 Life’

Emmanuel C.M.Published: March 31, 2014

Today, March 31, marks the fifth year anniversary of UGK 4 Life, the sixth and last studio album from two of the pioneers of Texas and Southern hip-hop, Bun B and Pimp C. The album, released posthumously after the Pimp's death in 2007 and mostly completed before his passing, was the final farewell for the duo, whose pioneering sound and tough lyricism inspired an entire generation of rappers, both inside and outside the South while also inspiring rappers of their own generation.

While the music lives on, and Bun continues to carry on UGK's mission, XXL spoke to 11 rappers—peers, disciples and those in between—about the legacy of UGK 4 Life, the importance of the duo, and what Bun B and Pimp C brought to hip-hop that can never be replaced. Stay trill. —XXL Staff

On this day, March 31st, in hip-hop history...

2009: Five years ago from this day, UGK released their 6th and final album UGK 4 Life, roughly a year and a half after the death of group member Pimp C. Bun B commented stating “UGK 4 Life is the final studio album from my late great brother Chad Butler AKA Pimp C and myself," he said in a press release. "It is my sincere hope that it’s a fitting bookend to the legacy of UGK and the life and times of Pimp C.”

UGK 4 Life debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 selling 76,419 copies in its first week. It featured artist from Raheem DeVaughn, Ron Isely, Sleepy Brown, Lil Boosie, Webbie, Too Short, Snoop Dogg and Akon, plus production from Mannie Fresh, Cory Mo, Steve Below and DJ B-Do.

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