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
(image by Micmaheux via Wikimedia Commons)
UGK's Bun B enters a chop shop with Sean Kingston in a new video, "That's Gangsta."
coughin'
daily dos
mon 2/11/2008
(image by Waka Jawaka via flickr)
UGK's Bun B speaks about performing for the first time since the death of partner Pimp C.
mar-test
daily dos
tue 2/5/2008
(image by joebeone via flickr)
The death of rapper Pimp C, aka Chad Butler, has been ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County Coroner. The Texas-based member of UGK overdosed on Promethazine/Codeine cough syrup which proved fatal when combined with a pre-existing sleeping condition Butler suffered from called sleep apnea.
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