Why do people gas Ridin Dirty as UGK's magnum opus?

[Tommy Sheppard]

super tight can get spun from front to back without any skips, Ridin dirty has maybe 2 skips for me, I have to check out the rest of there albums.

 

[987654321]

Super Tight is cohesive though, so I don't understand the criticism that it isn't. Too Hard To Swallow is choppy sure, but not Super Tight...

The stories they were telling on Super Tight was picturesque as anything they've ever done. Ridn Dirty is dope but I've been listening to UGK for years and I've never thought Ridin Dirty was better...

Too Hard To Swallow, I think was an outstanding intro album for how raw it was, but I may be blinded by my personal fandom for that drop...

Super tight started strong AF! But it got choppy towards the end. Ridin dirty felt like one drawn out cinematic story from beginning to end. I think Super tight’s production mostly blended well. It was great for the south, just wasn’t quite enough to be appreciated from coast to coast.

 

[987654321]

super tight can get spun from front to back without any skips, Ridin dirty has maybe 2 skips for me, I have to check out the rest of there albums.

I’m the opposite I skip songs on super tight? But once I start RD it gets played all the way through

 

[Conan]

When Too Hard To Swallow and Super Tight are both greater works of art?

Also, here's my annual reminder to the board that UGK is second to only Kast in All-Time duos...

Because it is

The other albums sounded like collections of great songs to me (nothing wrong with that)

Ridin Dirty is just a level above.

Love UGK, I'd have Mobb Deep above them personally but not mad at others thinking otherwise.

 

[H. Selassie]

A lot of people view Ridin Dirty as their best album and I get it but when it comes to their quintessential album as far as the signature UGK sound…I pick Supertight over any of their other albums.

 

[Conan]

Rap really has declined. Name one high profile rap album that came out this year or last, that is on the level or higher of Ridin Dirty.

 

[Groundworks]

I've had this album on repeat all weekend. It's easily in my top 10 albums of all time. Still feel the same about it now as I did when I first bumped it all them years ago.

R.I.P PIMP C

 

[tuckgod]

Because not only is it the most beautiful, cohesive, timeless project in their catalogue, it’s also one of the most beautiful, cohesive, timeless projects in all of hip hop.

It’s where they combined everything they’d learned from previous albums and EP’s to perfection. None of there other albums are as balanced or perfect, from front to back.

Supertight would be the closest, but like “Too hard to Swallow” , it’s just a collection of their hardest, recent efforts just put together. Nothing outside of “Ridin Dirty” had as much depth, color, introspection, or harmony. It was the perfect marriage of effort and artistry.

Where Supertight and Too Hard were fun to listen to, Ridin Dirty played like a movie. It never got old. Through and through classic. Musically, lyrically, and thematically, It will always be up there with the rest of the other greats.

UGK is also my favorites behind Kast.

I put all three on the same level

 

[tuckgod]

Rap really has declined. Name one high profile rap album that came out this year or last, that is on the level or higher of Ridin Dirty.

Ridin Dirty wasn’t a high profile rap album when it dropped

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Mfs always gotta be on that hipster "...well actually their older material is far superior"

Ain't no problem preferring Super Tight to Ridin Dirty but just don't play ignorant on why one is more popular than the other.

Facts, Ridin’ Dirty is very obviously their pinnacle musically. They put out many great projects but none top that one.

 

[tuckgod]

Mfs always gotta be on that hipster "...well actually their older material is far superior"

Ain't no problem preferring Super Tight to Ridin Dirty but just don't play ignorant on why one is more popular than the other.

That’s not hipster talk it’s old Southern nikka talk more than likely

 

[RIPODB]

I listen to Dirty Money more than Riding Dirty.

Yup same.

I know most people will say that’s an insane take and I won’t argue with em. But that album is a personal 5 mic classic.

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

Too Hard to Swallow?


With this song?

 

[TheMailMan]

Super tight is my fav but riding dirty put me on to ugk

 

[Turbulent]

I'm not as well versed as y'all but from what i remember, my favorite was Underground Kingz