Texas Ski Ranch Cablestock

Wakeboarding, skateboarding, and bikinis, oh my!

"...Saturday night by legendary Houston rapper Bun B of UGK, tickets $25), and the wakeboard, wakeskate, and skateboard talent..."

May 6, 2011 Sports Feature

Bun B

"...Prince goes to "Chuuch!" with the blessing of late UGK scepter Pimp C on the Trill OG opener, he..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Interviews

Chamillionaire & Paul Wall: Texas' last great tag team gets back in the ring; Nas & Damian Marley: Kindred spirits or Distant Relatives?; Brian Posehn: Going to 11 with Fart and Wiener Jokes

"...As UGK was "Big Pimpin'" with Jay-Z, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Peter Rosenberg's Noisemakers With Bun B

SXSW showcase reviews

"...UGK hit "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)" thumping in..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Mind on his Money

Chamillionaire defends his throne as the Mixtape Messiah.

"...sales on them, like Scarface or some of the UGK albums. Who knows what they sell? But these labels..."

March 17, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

South by So Real 2010

Checking in with SXSW's hip-hop head

"...some musical breaks. DJ Rapid Ric will be spinning UGK classics and maybe a couple Bun songs. It’s difficult..."

March 15, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...hip-hop album out of Houston this year? That's still UGK's 4 Life, but Everday Street Gangsta should be enough..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

This Time Just the Girls

The ladies of Austin hip-hop hold court

"...the Boo Bonic, grew up around Houston rap, and UGK became her stepping stone. She started freestyling when she..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Paul Wall, Slim Thug

"...who of the Bayou City: Z-Ro, Scarface, J Dawg, UGK, Chamillionaire, Trae, and Devin the Dude. Their contributions –..."

June 12, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Dizzee Rascal

"...to Make a Thing Go Right," while reeling in UGK's Pimp and Bun for cross-genre anthem "Where's Da G's."..."

June 27, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Bun B

"...but never too trill, the second solo swagger from UGKer Bun B spins triumphant, Houston hip-hop ripped both in..."

June 13, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Face to Face With the King of Trill

I got to meet Bun B and it was real.

"...year – Bun B's memorial for Pimp C of UGK. It was live inside without us while a band..."

May 23, 2008 Music Post by Anne Harris

Port Arthur, Texas! Not Houston.

"...Dear Editor, The rap group UGK is/was from Port Arthur, Texas, not Houston as was..."

May 16, 2008 Postmarks

Off the Record

A walk on the wild side of SXSW 2008

"...threw down drunken freestyles twice his size at the UGK Family tribute to Pimp C on Wednesday at Fuze...."

March 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW 08: It's a Wrap

"...badge-wearers squeezing through the door and plenty of irked UGK fans left out in the street. Inside was no..."

March 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Saturday Picks

"...closely with T.I., Killer Mike, Devin the Dude, and UGK. He went to school in Baton Rouge, La...."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Day Party Crawl

"...a Thing Go Right" and, with "Ghettos" and the UGK-spot "Where's Da G's," plugged the April 29 U.S. release..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

SXSW unveils the full band list. What more could you ask for?

"...medicine, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. The UGK Family Tribute to Pimp C at SXSW is slated..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Honey in the Rock

Black Joe Lewis doesn't mind giving us his Top 10.

"...6) Howlin’ Wolf, Live in Cambridge, Ma., 1966 7) UGK, Ridin’ Dirty 8) Don Covay, King of Soul 9)..."

Jan. 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Alejandro Escovedo scores his own life and Man From Plains, Backspin Records relocates, and UT's Center for American History archives Tary Owens' legacy

"...14, in support of her aptly titled Backwoods Barbie. UGK's Bun B is presenting a tribute to Pimp C,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Recapping 2007 one list at a time

"...9) UGK, Underground Kingz (Jive)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Texas Top 10s

"...3) UGK, Underground Kingz (Jive/Zomba)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...new website, AustinSurreal.com. "It's a tragedy," relates Sonzala of UGK's Pimp C, who died last Tuesday, two days before..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Max Dropout's garage-punk festival levels Beerland to Ground Zero; David Letterman hosts a Late Show spectacular at Antone's; What Made Milwaukee Famous grapples with success on second LP

"...better known as Pimp C, one-half of the notorious UGK, responsible for putting Houston hip-hop on the map, was..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Trae

"...lyrics concerning redemption and solace. Production sways closer to UGK than Paul Wall, a well-contrived fusion of downtrodden ("Gittin..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

TCB

SXSW 07: a lot of carrying on, a massive jolt of energy, then oblivion

"...Earl Greyhound supplied some much-needed soul, and Port Arthur's UGK staged the crunkest rap show TCB has ever witnessed..."

March 23, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB: Thursday

SXSW Music News and Carryings On

"...Sonzala weighed in with Norwegians El Axel, H-town homeboys UGK and Devin the Dude, and even showed love for..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks 2 Click 2007

K-Rino's "Ridin' Dirty," sonically.

"...Mr. Scarface Is Back to the gliding swagger of UGK's Ridin' Dirty, Ryno splits the difference between hard-knock street..."

March 2, 2007 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Chamillionaire

"...jail tonight." Latching onto instrumentals from the likes of UGK's "The Game Belongs to Me" and Lil' Boosie's "Zoom,"..."

March 2, 2007 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

TCB

UK grime dirties up Red River, Explosions in the Sky take to the airwaves, and a local drummer makes his bid for "News of the Weird"'s Least Competent Criminals.

"...South hip-hop. "You can easily mix it with a UGK beat or an older bounce beat," he says, and..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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