Jive Records Presents: UGK Chopped and Screwed [PA]

Performer: UGK
Artist: Too Short
Producer: Organized Noize; Pimp C; N.O. Joe; 3-2; Bernie Bismark; Shetoro Henderson; Organized Noize; Pimp C; N.O. Joe
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: UGK: Pimp C, Bun B (rap vocals). Additional personnel: Kool Ace, Too $hort (rap vocals). Editor: DJ 007. Photographer: Keith Bardin. Unknown Contributor Role: DJ 007. DJ 007 from the well-revered Chop Shop crew handles the chopping and screwing on this hallucinatory collection of UGK's best. He uses an old Chop Shop trick to great effect on the collection: start things off mildly and get a little freakier with each progressive track. By the time "Take It Off" comes on, tempos are crawling, making the already low bass of the original tracks shake the foundations. The poppy party track "Belts to Match" gets a wicked turntable scratch treatment, while the low rumble of "Pimpin' Ain't No Illusion" will surely wake the neighbors. That a Chop Shop-affiliated release would be this good is no surprise to the screwed and chopped faithful, but that such a mindbender is released by Jive -- the home of Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys -- is downright shocking. ~ David Jeffries

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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