Dirty Money [PA]

Performer: UGK
Artist: Too Short; Cnote; Kool Ace; Devin; Eightball; Juicy J; DJ Paul; MJG; Jermaine Dupri; Big Gipp; Jucy J
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: UGK: Pimp C, Bun B. Additional personnel includes: Kool Ace, Too Short, Devin The Dude, C-Note, Juicy J, DJ Paul, Jermaine Dupri, UGK, Eightball, MJG, Big Gipp. Producers: N.O. Joe, Pimp C, J. Bido, Jermaine Dupri. Recorded in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. A year after tasting mainstream success with Jigga on his hit single "Big Pimpin'" and five years after their definitive RIDIN' DIRTY, Port Author, Texas's own Underground Kingz (Pimp C and Bun-B) re-formed for their fourth major label release, 2001's DIRTY MONEY. With deep-fried southern funkadelic production that utilizes booming bass-lines, wah guitar riffs, and an array of compressed drum tracks, Pimp C's beatwork provides the ideal backdrop to the duo's back-and-forth lyrical onslaught. Largely overlooked (both commercially and critically) and under-promoted at the time of its release, DIRTY MONEY has stood the test of time and, in years since, has come to represent the best of that pure Dirty South G-Crunk before the region and its various subgenres became commercial goldmines. DIRTY MONEY features a thick guestlist that includes Eightball & MJG, Big Gipp of the Goodie Mob, Juicy J and DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia, Kool Ace, Too $hort, Jermaine Dupri, and Devin the Dude.

Vibe (12/01, p.194) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...When the duo raps over trunk-rattlin' beats and dense, slow-noddin', bluesy soundscapes...their swaggering flow is still seductive..."

UGK (aka Underground Kingz) are Houston-based MCs Bun B and Pimp C. Along with the Geto Boys, the duo are considered key figures in the rise of Houston rap in the late 1980s. Although their lyrics cover fairly typical gangsta rap terrain, the UGK's association with the Screwed Up Click put them at the fore of the then obscure Chopped & Screwed movement. The duo has also guested on classic tracks like Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'" and Three 6 Mafia's iconic "Sippin on Some Sizzurp." Bun B and Pimp C have both released successful solo albums in the new millennium. Sadly, Pimp C was found dead in a Hollywood room in late 2007.

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