Bun B already belongs to one in all Hip Hop’s best ever teams, UGK, however he was near changing into a member of one other legendary Southern rap collective, too.
In a brand new interview with Apt. 5H, Mannie Contemporary revealed that the Texas rap veteran was initially speculated to be part of the Large Tymers alongside himself and Birdman.
Nonetheless, trade politics surrounding Money Cash’s then-rivalry with fellow Southern rap powerhouse No Restrict Information prevented Bun from formally linking up with Mannie and Child.
“Bun truly was speculated to be within the Large Tymers. Lots of people don’t know that,” the producer mentioned. “However I feel for causes that — it kinda conflicted since you gotta take into consideration how bizarre the dynamics of the South have been.
“Pimp [C] was doing stuff with No Restrict; Bun was doing stuff with us. So I feel it could’ve made a rift of their group if any of them would have joined [a No Limit or Cash Money group].”
Regardless of not becoming a member of the Large Tymers, Bun B nonetheless appeared on the group’s albums How You Luv That and Large Cash Heavyweight, in addition to different Money Cash initiatives such because the Sizzling Boys‘ Get It How U Stay!, Mannie Contemporary’s The Thoughts of Mannie Contemporary and Birdman’s Quick Cash.
Praising his show-stealing contributions to the label, Mannie mentioned: “I swear, a few of the verses that Bun put down on a few of the Money Cash shit is like, ‘Oh my God.’ I was like, ‘The way you gonna sustain with that shit? He simply mentioned some unbelievable shit and his flows!’”
Bun B shared his personal attention-grabbing slice of Hip Hop historical past earlier this 12 months when he revealed that UGK turned down the chance to document a “Large Pimpin’” sequel with JAY-Z.
Showing on Math Hoffa’s My Skilled Opinion present alongside frequent collaborator Statik Selektah, the Texas rap legend defined that his and Pimp C’s label, Jive Information, wished them to do a “Large Pimpin’ 2,” however they rejected the request for each artistic and monetary causes.
“UGK was Pimp’s child and he would put his coronary heart and soul into it,” Bun mentioned. “And he didn’t wanna do all of that to get up to now and do one track with anyone and have his legacy perverted. That was the best way he checked out it.”
He added: “After we have been on the point of do the subsequent album [2001’s Dirty Money], the label, Jive, was like, ‘Let’s do a ‘Large Pimpin’ 2.’ Let’s purchase a JAY-Z verse, let’s purchase a beat from Timbaland, let’s get a video from Hype [Williams] and let’s do it once more, boys!’”
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After revealing that UGK have been “$2.5 million within the gap” to their label at that time, Bun questioned whether or not one other big-budget collaboration was a good move.
“I used to be like, ‘If I don’t do a track with JAY-Z and Timbaland, do I nonetheless get a Hype Williams video?’” he recalled asking. “It was by no means, ‘No.’ They have been like, ‘Why wouldn’t you need that?’ What? Apart from being $2.5 million within the gap from the primary track we recorded?”
When requested if a song-for-song swap deal was ever on the desk, Bun mentioned he thinks Pimp C wouldn’t have seen a JAY-Z verse as “equal worth to him.”
