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UGK 4 Life UGK . It was released on March 31, 2009, by Jive Records . Recording sessions took place at Mad Studios in Houston , Swagger Studios in Los Angeles , Trill Cave Studios in Port Arthur , Maximedia Studios in Dallas , Chung King Studios and Legacy Recording Studios in New York , and Silent Sound Recording Studios in Atlanta . Production was handled by Cory Mo, Pimp C , Steve Below, Averexx, DJ B-Do , Mannie Fresh and Akon , with Mike Dean and Giorgio Tuinfort serving as co-producers. It features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG , Akon, Big Gipp , B-Legit , E-40 , Lil' Boosie , Raheem DeVaughn , Ronald Isley , Sleepy Brown , Snoop Dogg , Too $hort and Webbie .
In the United States, the album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and topped the Rap Albums charts, selling 77,000 copies in its first week.[1]
The album was supported with the only single "Da Game Been Good to Me ", which peaked at number 84 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs .
The album marks the first posthumously released album for the Underground Kingz member Pimp C, as the rapper was found dead in his room at the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles on December 4, 2007.[2]
Background [ edit ]
In March 2008, Bun B confirmed the final UGK studio album would be dedicated to the late Pimp C.[3]
The first single "Da Game Been Good to Me" was released onto the Internet on January 16, 2009.[4] iTunes on February 12, 2009.[5] Pimp C .[3]
Bun B stated that he would not experiment with new collaborations or producers.[6]
This album is not about who I wanna work with and what kind of beats I wanna do, this album is about what the people wanna hear, and that's Bun and Pimp. And I wanna try to give that to them in the most purest sense."
Critical reception [ edit ]
UGK 4 Life was met with universal acclaim from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on eleven reviews.[7]
Chase Hoffberger of The Austin Chronicle [18] Los Angeles Times [12] UGK 4 Life other than the fact it can never be done again, and any music videos released off this album won't feature Pimp doin' his thang".[15] PopMatters UGK 4 Life is comfort food for Southern rap heads: not as invigorating as the first time, but still the best all the same".[14] Pitchfork [13] Cokemachineglow found the album "leaves listeners wondering where they might go next".[9] Spin [16]
Track listing [ edit ]
Sample credits
Personnel [ edit ]
Chad "Pimp C " Butler — vocals, producer (tracks: 7–9, 11, 13, 15) , executive producer
Bernard "Bun B " Freeman — vocals, executive producer
Raheem DeVaughn — vocals (track 2)
Ronald Isley — vocals (track 5)
Patrick "Sleepy " Brown — vocals (track 8)
Cameron "Big Gipp " Gipp — vocals (track 9)
Torrance "Lil' Boosie " Hatch — vocals (track 10)
Webster "Webbie " Gradney — vocals (track 10)
Earl "E-40 " Stevens — vocals (track 11)
Brandt "B-Legit " Jones — vocals (track 11)
Premro "8Ball " Smith — vocals (track 11)
Marlon "MJG " Goodwin — vocals (track 11)
Todd "Too $hort " Shaw — vocals (track 12)
Calvin "Snoop Dogg " Broadus — vocals (track 12)
Aliaune Akon Thiam — vocals & producer (track 14)
Rick Marcel — additional guitars (tracks: 1, 3, 16)
Cory "Mo" Moore — producer (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10, 16) , recording (tracks: 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 13, 16)
Steve Below — producer (tracks: 2, 4, 12)
Byron "Mannie Fresh " Thomas — producer (track 5)
Avery "Averexx" Harris — producer (tracks: 8, 15) , recording (tracks: 4, 8, 14, 15) , mixing (track 15)
Bradley "DJ B-Do " Davis — producer & recording (tracks: 9, 11)
Mike Dean — co-producer (tracks: 7, 13) , mixing, mastering
Giorgio Tuinfort — co-producer (track 14)
Mike Mo — recording (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 10) , mixing (track 16)
Matt Aslanian — recording (track 12)
Ari Raskin — recording (track 14)
Mark "Exit" Goodchild — recording (track 14)
Chris Soper — recording (track 14)
Leslie Brathwaite — mixing (track 14)
Hal Fitzgerald — additional recording (track 2)
Bob Brown — additional recording (tracks: 3, 15)
James "J. Prince " Smith — executive producer
Jeff Gilligan — art direction, design
Pam Francis — photography
Keith Bardin — photography
Shawn Mortensen — photography
Clay Patrick McBride — photography
Anzel Jennings — A&R, management
Jeffrey Sledge — A&R
Rick Martin — management
Bernard Max Resnick — legal
Weekly charts [ edit ]
Year-end charts [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Burgess, Omar (March 9, 2008). "Bun B Says Another UGK Album Is Forthcoming" . HipHopDX . Retrieved May 11, 2014 .
^ Ortiz, Edwin (January 28, 2009). "DX News Bits: Havoc, UGK" . HipHopDX . Retrieved May 11, 2014 .
^ "Da Game Been Good to Me - Single by UGK on Apple Music" . iTunes . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ Rodriguez, Jayson (January 23, 2009). "Bun B To Release One Last UGK Album To Honor His Late Partner, Pimp C" . MTV the original on January 27, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ a b "Critic Reviews for UGK 4 Life - Metacritic" . Metacritic . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ Jeffries, David. "UGK 4Life - UGK | Album | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ a b Purdom, Clayton (June 3, 2009). "UGK: UGK 4 Life | Records" . Cokemachineglow the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012 – via Wayback Machine .
^ Young, Alex (April 6, 2009). "Album Review: UGK - UGK 4 Life" . Consequence Of Sound . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ Nosnitsky, Andrew (March 30, 2009). "UGK - UGK 4 Life" . HipHopDX . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ a b Weiss, Jeff (April 2, 2009). "Album review: The posthumous triumph of 'UGK 4 Life' | Pop & Hiss" . Los Angeles Times the original on April 6, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2009 – via Wayback Machine .
^ a b Cohen, Ian (May 26, 2009). "UGK: UGK 4 Life" . Pitchfork . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ a b Sargent, Jordan (August 10, 2009). "UGK: UGK 4 Life, PopMatters" . PopMatters . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ a b Juon, Steve 'Flash' (April 8, 2009). "UGK :: UGK 4 Life – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ a b Golianopoulos, Thomas (June 2009). "Reviews [Albums]". Spin SPIN Media LLC . p. 98. ISSN 0886-3032 .
^ Sanford, Jeff (April 5, 2009). "UGK's swansong does little to improve the duo's legacy" . The Michigan Daily . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ Hoffberger, Chase (April 17, 2009). "UGK: UGK 4 Life Album Review" . The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ "UGK Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard
^ "UGK Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard
^ "UGK Chart History (Top Rap Albums)" . Billboard
^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009" Billboard . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009" Billboard . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
^ "Top Rap Albums – Year-End 2009" Billboard . Retrieved May 11, 2024 .
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