My thoughts on bun b new single

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

Before i even get into my post i first want to give yall a little background on myslef. ive been listening to UGK ever since 97-98, and their music was like nothing i had ever heard before. it is exactly what i look for in music to a T, i know this might sound corny but i like to refer to their music as "smooth flowing gangsta shit". just because it is just that, it is music that u can just ride around the city and drift away into ur own world. i can not begin to count the countless times my car has reeked of weed as i sit in the drivers seat and watch the smoke swirl as i pop in diamonds and wood and start to recite every single word each one of them says. Being so into the song sometimes i would be holding the blunt up to my mouth for like half a minute or a whole minute without even hitting it because shit, im in the middle of this ugk song. UgK always just had that something special that i could never seem to put my finger on, they just created good music that never becomes played out imo. they always had something original to say and they always had some original sound. Ugk is hands down my favorite rap combo ever. They were always a very distinct group with a different type of sound. Bun b flows and lyrics were almost never below par. shit i even quoted the man in my sig(and that was before i wrote this post). i think his greatest verse i have ever heard was off of hi-life, and after i cleaned up the hot wet shit in my underwear after listen to it for the first time, i was like, damn it doesnt get much better than this.....


now fast foward to 2005. Bun b has been featured on a slew of other peoples songs and some if not most even outshined his co-star(s).

ever since i caught word that there will be a solo bun b cd i have waiting for the days release so he can finally show the world what they been missing, some "smooth flowing gangsta shit"

but i am very sad to report that this new single is the exact opposite of "smooth flwoing gangsta shit" its just another wanna be club banger and u can get that from almost every rapper out of the south. after i heard the single that goes by the name of "Draped up" i wasnt in shock quite yet. i was thinking to myself, now zach, this is bun b, he has never failed me and i did not want to accept this new song so i then said to myslef, just give it a few days and maybe it will grow on u or shit, maybe ull be like well i dont really like the song but i have respect for the creativity or lyrics or just sumpthing i was really trying to cling onto something, but there was nothing to cling onto. i gave it a few days and it just got worse n worse and worse and worse. and now i am writing this post in disgust and my stomach feels sick.... i never thought that this day would come.....

I honestly can not see what there is to like about this song...

well those are my true feelings and this is a sad day in my life...

for those of u that have not heard the single, or for some reason u dont believe my words above ( or u just cant understand what im saying, i tend to do that a lot) go check out his web site bunbonline.com

peace

 

[PacRideOn50]

sh!t's hot as hell imo. I am also a huge Bun B/UGK fan.

 

[roaches]

Pictures from the video shoot at Screwed Up Records and Tapes: Scarface, Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Aztek, Devin, MC Qua, Mddl fngz, Cory Mo, J Prince, Lil' Keke... basically all of Texas showed up and then some (Baby, etc.)

http://www.orbitsworld.com/eventshoots/0912bunbshoot.php

Some more flicks here: http://www.allhiphop.com/flicks/?ID=865

New Bun B interview:


http://www.wordofsouth.com/features/index.html

WordofSouth.com: How are you doing today?

Bun B: It's good, I can't complain.

WordofSouth.com: How is Pimp C doing?

Bun B: He keeping his head up. He ready to get back home and see his family.

WordofSouth.com: What's the situation with him right now?

Bun B: He coming up for parole in late November and hopefully if he gets
parole he'll be out by mid-December.

WordofSouth.com: Do you get a chance to go visit him or speak to him on a
regular basis?

Bun B: Yeah, the prison is like 15 minutes down the road. So if I have to tell
him something, I just get on the radio because he can listen to the radio.
Instead of just saying, 'free Pimp C' on the radio, I can deliver messages and
let him know that I'm thinking about him.

WordofSouth.com: What's the first thing that you think y'all gonna do when he gets out?

Bun B: I don't know we may go to the studio or something man. When that man
gets home, he is going to his family. I'll see him when he ready. I'm not
trippin' on no shit like that. When he come home he gonna sit down with his
kids and family. The first thing we probably gonna do is hug and branch him
love.

WordofSouth.com: You shot the video for "Draped Up" at the Screw Shop the
other day. How was it shooting your first video solo?

Bun B: Yeah man, that was love. We had a lot of Houston come out. A lot of
Houston came out and supported us.

WordofSouth.com: I do remember you saying that you wouldn't make a solo until Pimp C is out. What was the change of heart?

Bun B: It wasn't a change of heart. I still didn't wanna make it, and Pimp
told me to make it. I ain't the go back on my word type nigga. It ain't like I
just woke up and said, 'man I'm gonna make a solo album.' He was like you
gotta do what you gotta do, but I ain't wanna do that shit because niggas was
gonna get it twisted. He's like you know what you gotta do though, ya know
what I'm saying?

WordofSouth.com: Yeah

Bun B: So, just gotta do it to keep shit locked.


WordofSouth.com: Why did you choose to sign with Rap-A-Lot?

Bun B: So I could have a close connection with my project. Don't have to make
conference calls and shit like that. Just drive down the street and address
what I need to address.

WordofSouth.com: So let's talk about the album. How long did it take you to
record this album?

Bun B: After about two and a half years of procrastinating, I finally decided
to go ahead and do it. So probably two and half-three months.

WordofSouth.com: What was it like in the studio when recording the album?

Bun B: It's kind of weird and real different because I never did too much or
any recording by myself like that. It was kind of different and kind of
strange. It took a while, but I handled it.

WordofSouth.com: Was it hard writing full songs?

Bun B: Yeah it was. I'm used to connecting my thoughts in sixteen bars. I had
to stretch them to full songs, but it's nothing you can't handle.

WordofSouth.com: Who is all handling the production on the album?

Bun B: Mannie Fresh, Jazzy Pha, Mr. Collipark, Lil' Jon, Mddl Fngz, Mr. Lee,
Salih Williams

WordofSouth.com: I know that you got Pimp C, Z-Ro, and T.I. on the album. Who else do you have featured on here?

Bun B: Ying Yang Twins, Mike (Jones), Paul (Wall), Killer Mike, Talib Kweli,
David Banner, and just a gang of folks.

WordofSouth.com: Did you get at all of the artists that you wanted for the
album?

Bun B: Nah not really.

WordofSouth.com: Who else did you want to get at?

Bun B: I was trying to get 50 on something. We go way back.

WordofSouth.com: I heard you got a remix to "Draped Up" on there with a gang of Texas artists. Any truth to this?

Bun B: Yeah I do. It got Slim Thug, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Lil' Flip, and Lil'
Keke on there starting it off.

WordofSouth.com: How does it sound?

Bun B: That's that shit right there. We call that the H-Town All Stars. I'm the
coach ,and I got my starting five and I got my sixth man up to bat. It's a
problem.

WordofSouth.com: People was wondering how come Lil' Keke wasn't on the track, but since he's on the remix that's cool.

Bun B: Fa Sure.

WordofSouth.com: So tell me about a couple of tracks.

Bun B: I got a song called "The Story" which is basically the whole of UGK. I
got a song called "None Of Us Are Free" with David Banner and Talib Kweli
which is talking about, ya know, the hurricane (Katrina) and we been knowing
that the government had no love for black people and it's just an
accommodation of all the bullshit and fuckery that they been pulling. Shit, I
got a song called "Trill Recognizes Trill" with Ludacris, and I got a song
produced by Travis Barker from The Transplants, featuring Rob from The
Transplants, called "Late Night Creepin'."

WordofSouth.com: What happened with the song with you, Scarface, and Young Jeezy?

Bun B: Nah it's not like that. That was a mistake that someone did.

WordofSouth.com: Yeah, that was on your web site.

Bun B: Yeah that was never supposed to be on the site. That was a mistake.

WordofSouth.com: About to do any tours to promote the album?

Bun B: Yeah definitely, I'm about to go on a promo, and we starting with Mix
Show Power Summit and from there, we just grind it out.

WordofSouth.com: So October 18 is the release date?

Bun B: October 18 is still inauguration day.

WordofSouth.com: Is the album 100% complete?

Bun B: Nah, it's about 90% complete right now. We gonna finish the last ten
percent between today and Monday. We'll turn that bitch in Monday.

WordofSouth.com: This is a question that people at my message board want to know. Did you freestyle your verse on "Murder"?

Bun B: Nah, I didn't freestyle the song "Murder," but I'm going to tell you
about the song "Murder." I went out to the club the night before and I was
real, real tired and when I came to the studio, shit I just went to sleep. I
laid down on the floor and went to sleep. Pimp programmed the beat and put the scratches in the shit and then woke me up and said the "Murder" shit was done. I was like, 'when I wake up I'm a do it,' but he was like, 'we got to do it
now cause we ain't got but an hour left.' I woke up and I wrote it, laid it-
no punches, just straight rapping. Then I went back to fucking sleep.

WordofSouth.com: *Laughs*

WordofSouth.com: You been doing a lot of features.do you reach out to the
artists or do they come at you?

Bun B: Actually, it's a little bit of both. People like Killer Mike, I reached
out to. Then like a Jeezy or Yo Gotti, they reached out to me. It's still all
love though. We still get the same G way.

WordofSouth.com: What's your favorite feature that you've done?

Bun B: I can't really say, I don't think I've done my best feature yet.

WordofSouth.com: Oh yeah?

Bun B: I've never worked with Dre, Eminem- ya know people like that. I never
did a song with Snoop. People like that would bring the best out of me. I
still feel the best is in the coming. I don't know how the fuck hard I'm gonna
go when me and Pimp get in the studio. I can only imagine the shit we gonna be
doing. The best rapping from UGK is still to come. You better stay tuned

WordofSouth.com: That's a good thing.

WordofSouth.com: With the amount of verses, you have put out over the past 2 years, do you feel burned out, think a verse is repetitive, or ever suffer
from writer's block?

Bun B: Nah. because shit goes on everyday that I pay real close attention to.
Actually, I have too much information and I feel like I don't rap enough.

WordofSouth.com: Do you ever look back at verses that you have done and say to yourself that you could have come tighter on the lyrics or flow?

Bun B: Honestly, "Big Pimpin'." I could have wrecked that bitch a little
harder. If I would of known that muthafucka would of got as big as it got and
got as much play as it did, I would of said some things and talked about
different things. If I would of known I definitely would of said more about
Screw and H-Town shit. I wouldn't have just talked about me on the verse. I
was just concentrated on getting the flow out there because I knew that I was
going to be on the same song as Jay. That was one of the few instances where I wasn't trippin' off of content- I just wanted to spice this bitch up right
quick.

WordofSouth.com: What's going on with the Mddl Fngz?

Bun B: Album is done and it's gonna drop at the top of the first quarter. When
you come to the All Star Game, be ready. Put your middle fingers up.

WordofSouth.com: What label is that coming out on?

Bun B: Right now, it's still indie, but I got a few offers. I pushed off on it
because I knew that the stock would be rising.

WordofSouth.com: On the last one, if I can recall, you was only on a few
songs. Why was that?

Bun B: Well my thing was I wanted to do more rapping but they was like, 'you
can't be on every song- we would love you to- but people kind of need to hear
us too.' I felt the same way and I didn't want people to think I just carried
these cats. They go hard by they selves. They not scared to show it.

WordofSouth.com: Houston is real hot right now. What are your feelings on your home state getting so much shine right now?

Bun B: It just, ya know, was a long time coming. We was never mad at the game, we just kept grindin'. We ain't trip, we ain't talk down on nobody. We just
grinded until we got ours, ya know.

WordofSouth.com: What do you think about all the dissing going on with other southern rappers on some real petty things, like who's the king, I'm the boss, and looking too far into subliminal rhymes?

Bun B: Well ya know, everybody ain't gonna get along. I've had a few problems
with people in my life. Sometimes your anger can cloud you from what your true
mission is. We all learn what the big picture (is) and you just gotta make
sure that whatever beef you got can't take away from good music. Whatever way you handle it, you gotta remember that you are a musician and an artist and you got to keep on making good music. Represent your region.

WordofSouth.com: I read an interview where Pimp wasn't too happy about the group Trillville naming themselves that and doing interviews saying they
looked up to Run DMC and all them New York cats and acting like they the ones who came up with Trill. What are your thoughts on Trillville.

Bun B: Everyone want to be trill. I have no problem with that. You represent
whatever you want to represent. Pimp reached out to them personally and they
understand. I have nothing to speak on it.


WordofSouth.com: Is there anything else that you want to mention that I forgot to ask you about?

Bun B: Middle Fingers up. Free Pimp C!


I like the single, personally. It's nothing stellar, but whatever. I'm not expecting Ridin' Dirty from this album, but it'll definitely be better than that patched-up mess that was Pimp C's album and hopefully Dirty Money. It'd be nice if Bun just said fuck songs and did it MF Doom style, 50 bars and then next beat, but whatever.

 

[Mase]

I like it, the beat is hard and Bun flows consistently throughout the whole thing. It is alot better than the majority of other "club" tracks that are being released at the moment. Bun kills the start of each verse:
"Now if you ever been to Texas it's a picture to paint
Cause we doing it real big in case you thinking we aint"
There is nothing wrong with "Draped Up", but I hope that the 2nd verse isn't going to resemble what Trill is going to be like. The majority of lyrics to that verse and the slight annoyance of the hook is the only thing that lets this track down.
Thanks on that interview.

 

[aloivas]

I don't have a problem with it. I honestly don't see how it's much different from anything else he has done this year.

 

[HitEmUp21]

I don't have a problem with it. I honestly don't see how it's much different from anything else he has done this year.

It's a lot slower and more fragmented than a lot of his appearances this year, but there isn't that much variation.

It took me a while to warm up to the single, but I just don't like the fragmented flow of it. I'm used to his flow being so smooth and this was just a little too raw for me. But after reading the interview, my anticipation is a little higher after almost forgetting about the release, I just hope that he doesn't screw it up (no pun) like whoever produced Pimp C's album did.

And the Kweli song? Even though I got no evidence for this at all, it just smells like some 'semi-conscious' song put together quickly in the aftermath of Katrina.

 

[aloivas]

And the Kweli song? Even though I got no evidence for this at all, it just smells like some 'semi-conscious' song put together quickly in the aftermath of Katrina.

Word, that's what i was thinking. I don't wanna hear Kweli's lame propaganda bullshit... i would prefer it if it was just Bun and David Banner, because those are two artists who i'm interested in hearing.

 

[roaches]

Disclaimer: I'm drunk, so I'm sorry about this post.

I honestly don't see how it's much different from anything else he has done this year.

It definitely is different:

- Lyrics are easier to rap along to than the average Bun B cameo
- It's definitely following the Salih Williams formula

I don't know what you can expect from a solo Bun B single, though. He clearly is purely a rapper and goes from 16 to 16, not song to song. In UGK, Pimp C is the one who came up with hooks and song concepts. Since Pimp C's been locked up, Bun's performances have been dictated for whatever DJ he's flowing for or whoever he's dropping the guest appearance for.

It's definitely an interesting process to watch. It's like watching Canibus make his first album, with the benefit of knowing Canibus's limitations beforehand.

I wish him all the best, though. The only thing keeping me from putting Bun in my top ten is my not being sure about his ability to craft something beyond his verses.

 

[aloivas]

A verse on "Draped Up" is hardly different to, say, this:

"She five foot seven a hundred and thirty nine pounds
Thirty six twenty four thirty eight pretty fine brown
Bad lil broad I ain't seen her in a minute
Since the All-Star game and I'm still tryin to hit it
Got a baby for this nigga that I used to sell things
He caught a fed case and he ain't leave her no change
She sold all his jewels she sold all his cars
Now she dancing in the shaker club stripping for the stars
Sliding down the pole slow drop it to a split
Pussy popping on a handstand man she the shit
She still looking tight though
Still built right though
Run my game right and after the club
She might go back to the telly with me
Shake her jelly with me
Let my people bust on her face and her belly with me
I got Lil Webbie with me and he ain't hating
We some players in this bitch so baby stop hesitating"



The only difference is (apart from what HitEmUp21 was saying), "Draped Up" is a whole song with him doing 3 separate verses, not just a freestyle, guest verse, or mixtape collabo.

 

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

yeah but i am still stuck on the 96 bun b who had verses like....

You only got one life to live
That's all they give you to do it
You could bullshit your way through it
Or stay true, it can be complicated cause niggas
Be gettin' shot in the cross
People and names get lost
The people in the lane get tossed
The streets'll eat your ass alive
Take your positions with pistols, bare hands, and knives
And nobody's surprised if somebody
Don't survive the dusk to see dawn
It's treacherous how we was left to die
On the streets that we be on
Motherfuckers sleepin' on them corners that you pee on
Probably cause society felt they didn't belong
Now who in the fuck made it this way for us
Got all these little niggas slangin' that yay
Because it ain't like they make high levels gainable
And that punk piece of American pie just ain't obtainable
So how can I substain a full life before death
Man, I'm left out here to make it by my goddamn self
Now c'mon, who gives a damn when you can't afford the turkey or ham
Livin' off of Raemon Noodles, beef jerky, and Spam
Now that's sad, but that's a fact of life
All I can see in front of me is up for grabs
Come off that slab
Cause poverty will push a nigga over that brink
Over the edge especially if you don't know your ledge
So instead of being without, I'm hustling
Tryin' to get through these ungodly days
Thinkin' of ways to get the fuck outta this maze
A man will committ a crime 'cause a fuckin' crime pays
I'm going through a phase you don't grow out
Until there's a reason a mother fuckers gots to pour out
His 40 on the curb, disturbed and left with no doubt in his mind
But still sometimes he don't know why
He walkin' around just hopin'
He can get one more try to make it
It's bullshit he going through, but yo, he gots to take it
You can't fake it, to get that hi life


^^^^^^^^^
now that is a bun b verse just ripping in non stop flowing, not this shit bout cars and clubs. IM SICK OF HEARING ABOUT FUCKING CARS AND CLUBS DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

I wish him all the best, though. The only thing keeping me from putting Bun in my top ten is my not being sure about his ability to craft something beyond his verses.

lol roaches for the drunk disclaimer

to craft something beyond his verses..... very nice point, i think this is what i always expect out of him on every song, i get my hopes all up like the man can do that with every song hes on.

maybe the single will EVENTUALLY grow on me but shit, im still looking forward to the album finally getting out so i can give it a good listen

 

[HitEmUp21]

What I like to see.

P.S. Is Chino XL featured on this album :S?

 

[Pittsey]

I didn't like it at first but have started bumping it a lot. It's one of the top 25 played tracks on my ipod.

 

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

no there is no chino xl on the album but he might be one of those plus more people, if ya know what i mean