Hip Hop is filled with mythical stories of historic collaborations that didn’t come to fruition. Souls Of Mischief and The Pharcyde, collectively known as Almyghty Myghty Pythons, never finished their collaborative LP. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube’s reunion album, Helter Skelter, was scrapped. Now, the combination of UGK and Three 6 Mafia can be added to the list.
In a preview clip from an upcoming episode of REVOLT TV’s Drink Champs, Bun B revealed the Southern Hip Hop greats were planning to form a supergroup.
“[Three 6 Mafia’s] ‘Sippin’ on [Some] Sizzurp’ was actually the first song from a group that UGK and Three Six Mafia was doing together,” Bun told hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. “We were going to be The Underground Mafia.”
The popular single ended up appearing on Three 6 Mafia’s 2000 album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1. As Bun tells it, their second recording was “Like a Pimp” from UGK’s 2001 album Dirty Money.
“I don’t know if too many people know that,” Bun B continued. “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 asked why the supergroup never made a project, Bun explained that Pimp C’s incarceration in 2002 prevented it from happening.
“We never got that far into it because Pimp got locked up,” Bun said. “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 were never able to restart their Underground Mafia plans before Pimp C passed away in December 2007. Listen to their existing collaborations below.
Three Six Mafia was featured on the remix of International Players Anthem. Now I wonder if that is actually the original version. Does anybody know?
The Original version was Project Pat -I choose You Produced by Dj Paul and Juicy J
The original version was with 3 6 not project pat and the best was somewhat slowed down the radio version with outkast was sped up either way it’s a classic record from 3 of the souths finest groups
Ugly Tony is right. The original version was “Choose U” by Project Pat-uh on his album “Layin’ Da Smack Down”. Pimp C liked the beat some much that he asked DJ Paul & Juicy J if he and Bun could use it for “International Players Anthem”.
underground mafia, so simple yet so dope for a name
What about Mafia Kings? That to me sounds better…
this makes me sad ass fuck rip pimp c
Pimp C saved us!
That collab would have been trash. 3-6 is like the originators of the idiotic bullshit were stuck with on the radio now. Dumbass nursery rhyme rapping bullshit.
Bullshit, triple 6 were aggressive and have decent lyrics not Rakim or Scarface level but still better than todays trash. You probably scared to bump early triple 6 mafia material
I feel you on that, their music has zero substance. It was good for the down-south Strip Club scene but nothing else.
Of course. And as I know Elvis Presley would have played the guitar in this band.
Damn, Pimp C passed away in 07? It’s been that long??? It seem like it was just yesterday. Rest In Peace. I’m now about to go on YouTube and watch UGK’s video “Throwed”. Can’t wait to see that Drink Champs interview as well. R.I.P again, Pimp.
man Three 6 was absolute trash aside from Lord Infamous imo
Negative 3-6 was always putting out classics to bad you didnt realize whats tracks you were listening to. They produce alot of majors artist tracks besides they own music.
Actually I always had Three 6 doing more shit with 8 Ball & MJG because of them coming up around the same time and both putting Memphis on the map.
I was in and out of Memphis back in those days, and they were distinctly from 2 different kinds of perspectives on rap. Most of 8Ball & MJG’s early stuff was done out of Texas while repping Memphis from afar. I don’t recall them ever really doing much with each other all of that time when they were underground before the Relativity deal, so much to the point that local people were wondering was there a beef, which from what I know, there never was. Just 2 different camps doing their own thing. I never could have imagined that Three-Six would have been bigger than 8Ball & MJG, but in retrospect, I would have to say that that’s how their careers played out after they left Suave House.
RIP LORD INFAMOUS AKA THE FUTURISTIC BODY HUNTER AKA DA SCARECROW
RIP KOOPSTA KNICCA
No, it wouldn’t have. UGK made tight music. Three-Six did not.
Three 6 Mafia weren’t the best lyrically but Paul and juice are 2 of the best producers ever. They make music you can jam to and you know if they produced the album, no matter who the rapper is, it’s gonna be fire!!
I mean much respect to UGK and all of you below that’s disrespecting triple 6 but come on! Don’t listen to the Mafia’s main stream albums which is shit and say they never had a good album! Come on are you serious?! I’m 30 but seems like I got too old! Listen to their underground shit like from 10 to 15 years ago and it was all fire! I bet you can’t get that quality from the now days boy bands that act like rappers!