Classics Discussion: Underground Kingz (UGK) & Main Source

[Inspect Her Deck]

Ok so some of y'all will be familiar with a project I'm deciding to run. I made this thread: The Official 'Classic Album' Discussion Thread, trying to reach a conclusion as to what defines a classic album. After much discussion, I am running with this definition personally, so take it as you will when you consider your classic albums. But this definition in particular was most agreed upon.

Classic: 1. An album considered by consensus of the core hip hop community to be of the highest quality (doesn't have to be perfect or flawless, just an album that the consensus deems the shyt).
2. Assuming that condition 1 is met, is this an album that has stood the test of time amongst the core hip hop community? Is that an album still held in high regard, still referenced at least ten years after its release? By a consensus of the hip hop community?

Props to @mobbinfms for the definition and also for his help generally in helping me with ideas to create these threads.

So I'll be going through one artist per day, and I will list out all their discography or close to all of it until the year 2005, as we decided that an album needs at least 10 years of existence before it can be called a classic or not.

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To help bring even more attention to these threads, I'm gonna create a hashtag (again props to mobbinfms for the idea) and I urge you guys to click on the tag and click on the option to watch the tag.

Here it is: #coliclassics

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We got UGK and Main Source today. Get voting!

I will be making a POLL. For each album I will present a YES or NO option so if you think that particular album is a classic, you click 'yes' on the poll for THAT album and vice-versa. The acceptance rate for an album to be deemed a CERTIFIED classic is 80%.

If you don't think an album is a classic, DO NOT LEAVE THE POLL BLANK. You vote NO for that album instead so at least we register your vote.

I will NOT count any comments in the thread as votes, you must use the poll. The comments section should be used for discussion only.

Tagging some mods:

@FreshAIG @That Singer Guy... @hustlemania @houston911 @SoulController

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

a #coliclassics double header


voted Super Tight and Ridin for UGK and Breaking Atoms for Main Source

 

[mobbinfms]

Riding Dirty and Breakin Atoms

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Riding Dirty and Breakin Atoms

those are the most obvious two. Super Tight is fringe but it's just so amazing I had to give it the edge...plus it kicksparked the use of live instrumentation in UGK albums and has timeless songs

It's Supposed to Bubble

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I don't kno enough about UGK pre-Big Pimping I do remember they had a track on the Menace II Society soundtrack that was dope tho. Voted or Riding Dirty tho cuz that's always been consensus. Voted yes for Breaking Atoms

 

[str8up]

UGK is my favorite group of all time, for me Ridin' Dirty and Super Tight are classics (and their two best albums) Too Hard to Swallow is great too but not classic, Dirty Money isn't the best either.

Voted yes for Breaking Atoms too

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

UGK is my favorite group of all time, for me Ridin' Dirty and Super Tight are classics (and their two best albums) Too Hard to Swallow is great too but not classic, Dirty Money isn't the best either.

Voted yes for Breaking Atoms too

Agreed.

I think Super Tight is actually their best album. So cohesive from start to finish.

 

[str8up]

Agreed.

I think Super Tight is actually their best album. So cohesive from start to finish.

I'm always back and forth, sometimes Underground Kingz is in there too

 

[mobbinfms]

I don't kno enough about UGK pre-Big Pimping I do remember they had a track on the Menace II Society soundtrack that was dope tho. Voted or Riding Dirty tho cuz that's always been consensus. Voted yes for Breaking Atoms

You should listen to Riding Dirty. They were listening to the Infamous when they were cooking that one up.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

You should listen to Riding Dirty. They were listening to the Infamous when they were cooking that one up.

I actually have it on my hard drive too

Im making it a priority to listen to it tonight

 

[Dirty D]

Breakin Atoms

Super Tight
Ridin Dirty
The UGK double CD is a classic but I guess it came out too late

Also everyone should read Julia Beverly's Pimp C book

 

[BlackMamba824]

Voted yes for Super Tight and Ridin Dirty got UGK and Breaking Atoms

 

[The Blind Man]

This is a random ass poll.

3 quotes instantly popped up in my head:

1) "from the projects, the PJ's, fukk them two DJ's; Self mission."

(Mikey D is cool and all and like Atoms it showcased up and coming talent 2/3rds of the LOX, but no Extra P, no Main Source, I'm offended you even listed the album)

2) "when New York ni—s was calling southern rappers lame but then jacking our slang"

3) "Y'all shoulda listened to Andre, bytch we got somethin to say"

The era the albums were released, and for many years after, UGK did not match the criteria stated for classics in the OP.

 

[shutterguy]

All I can speak on is UGK, been a fan since Too Hard To Swallow was a promo when I was working at Sam Goody back in the day. SuperTight was a fukking classic from start to finish, one of my fav tracks had to be Stoned Junkee, the production and lyrics was so fukking raw:



Ridin' Dirty is my 2nd fav from them, Lord know I wore out Diamonds N Wood, had that shyt on repeat something fierce:



@K-Slim
@Jack Trippa 3z company ho
@JulesWinfield
@Taadow
@stomachlines

 

[H. Selassie]

Supertight (my favorite UGK album), Ridin Dirty, and Breaking Atoms