The late Pimp C‘s posthumous album, Long Live The Pimp, executive produced by his widow, Chinara Butler, was released today (December 4) through Mass Appeal Records on the eighth anniversary of his passing.
In a recent interview Nas, Bun B, Jermaine Dupri and Jazze Pha spoke of Pimp C and his impact on Rap.
“He was a straight shooter,” Nas says in an interview released by Mass Appeal today. “He would just give it to you. So it was like that in the music. It was cold-hearted. It was cold spit. It was from his soul to the world and you couldn’t get around that. You couldn’t get away from that. They’re just pioneers.”
Pimp’s UGK comrade Bun B also reflected on the relationship they had with each other and what it was like making music with him.
“We knew we were down with each other,” Bun B says. “You put me and Pimp in the room with just me and Pimp and the music and the equipment and we could give you an album. At the end of the day we just represent UGK now, Pimp and Bun and you’ll get everything you need.”
HipHopDX spoke with Chinara Butler in an exclusive interview in August about her involvement on Long Live The Pimp and why it was important to protect his legacy when putting this project together.
“Real music and real shit,” Ms. Butler says. “Real people. Real lives. It’s the music and the interviews. The whole ‘why’ we are putting this together is because I want Chad to say certain things he was trying to say and educate people.”
The full Mass Appeal interview of Nas and Bun B speaking on Pimp C is as follows:
For additional Pimp C coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
Fuck Nas. Blah Blah Blah
Nas needs to keep his mouth shut. He didnt do shit with Pimp or give him any shout outs when he was alive. I said it before, Mass Appeal should not have released this. Roc Nation, or Rap-a-Lot, or even Pimp’s own label Trill Entertainment, shoulda put this out. If you’re a true Pimp C fan, don’t support this bullshit.
Pretty sure Nas did a bunch of shows with Pimp C just before he died. I think they both toured on Rock The Bells and were definitely friends before he died.
The only person supporting bullshit is you and your crack pot theories.
I know what people I have never met do and did and who they be with at all times.
Just bcuz dudes might not have a bunch of records together doesnt mean they werent friends
I don’t really fuck with the south, but shout out to Nas.
Its a proven fact that pimp c and nas were good friends pimp c said that himself know ur facts before u speak on something u know nothing about fuck queensbridge
Got evidence to that? If not, then fuck off.
And where’s your evidence they weren’t? This site has had some ridiculous posters like So Icy Boi over over the years but at least you could tell he was tongue in cheek. You’re just sad. Find another hobby.
So you don’t have evidence that Pimp C said they were buddies? I win, just like Hov. You lost, just like Nas.
R.I.P Pimp C
I will never win because I am still stuck in a beef that happened 15 years ago that the artists themselves have squashed. I am the definitely of an L.
definition you mean, and he is.