The Southern supergroup that by no means fashioned

Southern hip-hop has at all times been an underappreciated aspect of rap music. The South has grow to be the dominant power with acts reminiscent of Future, the Migos, and Travis Scott. Nevertheless, not like New York and LA, a supergroup has by no means emerged from the area. Nevertheless, in an interview on the Drink Champs, Texas emcee Bun B unveiled that he was practically a part of a Southern mega-crew. 

In an interview on BET, Murdaer Inc. boss Irv Gotti revealed that Jay-Z, DMX and Ja Rule have been alleged to type a supergroup within the late Nineties. Nevertheless, throughout this similar interval, Texas duo UGK tried to merge with the Memphis crew Three 6 Mafia.

In 2000, the 2 teams collaborated on a observe that was meant to be the primary of many singles. Explaining the scenario to the hosts Noreaga and DJ EFN, Bun B (actual title Bernard Freeman) recalled, “‘Sippin’ on Some Sizzurp’ was actually the first song from a group that UGK and Three Six Mafia was doing together. We were going to be The Underground Mafia.”

The hit featured on Three 6 Mafia’s 2000 album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1. The two teams recorded a second tune in an try to hitch forces within the type of ‘Like a Pimp’ from UGK’s 2001 album Soiled Cash.

Admitting that few know the 2 teams have been working tirelessly with one another through the early 2000s, Freeman acknowledged, “I don’t know if too many people know that. A couple of people might know that. ‘Like a Pimp’ [was another]. ‘Sippin’ on Some Sizzurp’ was the record for their album, and the song ‘Like a Pimp’ was the song for our album. We did ’em Super Bowl weekend in Atlanta.”

When requested by Noreaga and DJ EFN why the supergroup by no means made a full-length studio album, Bun B defined that Pimp C’s imprisonment in 2002 prevented it from occurring.

Detailing that interval, “We never got that far into it because Pimp got locked up, so we never even got to finish the project. And then coming back home…Most people don’t know that the original version of ‘Int’l Player’s Anthem’ was us and Three 6 Mafia. So that’s like the return actually of us getting back to Underground Mafia music, but that version wouldn’t clear.”

Sadly, UGK and Three 6 Mafia have been by no means capable of put their Underground Mafia plan into motion before Pimp C passed away in December 2007. You may hearken to Bun B converse in regards to the supergroup plans within the video beneath.