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daily dos
thu 11/27/2008
Listen to Bun B flip the Geto Boys classic Mind Playing Tricks On Me into an ode to sneakers on a new track, "Black Friday."
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daily dos
mon 9/15/2008
Listen to Lil Wayne and Bun B join Houston rap veteran Scarface on a new song, "Forget About Me."
Bun B vs. Young Jeezy
versus
tue 5/27/2008
| name | Bernard Freeman. | Jay Jenkins. |
| hometown | Port Arthur, Texas. | Atlanta, Georgia. |
| birth date | March 19, 1973. | September 28, 1977. |
| style | Southern hip hop. | Southern hip hop. |
| the look | Shiny grill and low-hanging chains. | Mean mug and low-hanging chains. |
| what’s in a stage name | Nicknamed "bunny" as a child. | Stage name is slang for "Jesus" or "cocaine." |
| also known as | Tony Snow. | Snowman. |
| former crew | UGK (Undergroung Kingz). | Boyz n da Hood. |
| label | Rap-A-Lot | Def Jam. |
| debut album | Trill. | Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. |
| breakthrough track | Big Pimpin' by Jay-Z. | Soul Survivor ft. Akon. |
| instant classic | Int'l Players Anthem ft. OutKast. | Go Getta ft. R. Kelly. |
| tough times | Partner Pimp C passed away after an accidental drug overdose. | Involved in a car accident that left him bruised and battered. |
| killer collabos | Beyonce, Sean Kingston and Lupe Fiasco. | Usher, Kanye West, Ludacris and Keyshia Cole. |
| beef | Blogger Byron Crawford. | Southern rapper Gucci Mane. |
| most recent release | II Trill. | The Recession (late 2008). |
| the critics | Pitchforkmedia: "His voice has a hypnotically fluid precision and a weary authority, and Bun delivers his rhymes with enough inventive eloquence to even make street-rap clichés sound fresh." | Rolling Stone: "Despite his unsubtle nickname – Snowman – the Atlanta rapper's flow is warm and distinctly Southern, with drawled rhymes delivered at a near-molasses pace." |
| in their own words | "I have core values that I hold dear to myself. I tend to stick with that whole, ‘people change, things change, but the rules in the streets remain the same.'” – Bun B. | "N***a, I'm going for the street. And one thing you gotta know is once the streets get started about something, everybody that pays attention to the streets pretty much lies with that.” – Young Jeezy. |
| webprops | 262,457 friends on official MySpace. | 194,234 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Chillin' at the beach with Three 6 Mafia in Sippin on Some Syrup. | Night cruising in I Luv It. |
sombrero verde
daily dos
wed 4/23/2008
UGK's Bun B enters a chop shop with Sean Kingston in a new video, "That's Gangsta."
Garcia
as seen on myspace
tue 2/26/2008
Cuban-American rapper Garcia is grindin' to join the superstar ranks of fellow Miami rappers Rick Ross and Pitbull. But instead of rapping about pushing weight or singing over club jams, Garcia is banking on introspective tales about his personal struggles, much like multi-platinum superstar Eminem.
The self-proclaimed "underground king" of Miami, Garcia pressed his first 12” vinyl at age 16, building a steady buzz in the Sunshine state with his 2004 debut, Antisocial. By the time his second album, Life Unscripted, was released in 2007, Garcia was working with heavy hitters like N.O.R.E. and Bun B of UGK. Life Unscripted features I Am, a strident ode to his heritage and Ahora, a gritty party jam featuring collaborations with Heckler and Sofia Kingz.
Garcia is currently back in the studio working on his third album and he says he's ready to reap the rewards: "I've lived every dream in my life. I've done it. So from here on out, it's business."
see: myspace.com/garcia
coughin'
daily dos
mon 2/11/2008
UGK's Bun B speaks about performing for the first time since the death of partner Pimp C.
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