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Yesterday, The Source announced that Bun B’s Trill O.G. was crowned with their classic 5 mic rating. Below, he issued a statement in light of the honor. Speech!
When I started rapping, the highest honor a real MC could aspire to was the coveted 5 mics from Source Magazine. It was only given to the best of the best in hip hop, the cream of the crop so to speak. Those that received the honor were sometimes but not always contested, but what WAS always contested were those that DIDN’t receive the honor. If you’ve ever argued about your favorite MC on a corner, in a barbershop or on the comment section of a blog, then you know what I’m talking about.
For every album labeled a classic, there are dozens of others that people feel deserve the honor. So I realize that people now feel they have to place my album next to others that they feel were more impactful, and argue their case. With social networking being as prevalent as it is in our society, these arguments now take place in a very public arena, which in order to be heard, you often have to be very opinionated and abrasive to stand out. So people, while having no personal hate or malice towards me, will make very loud arguments about The Source’s decision, and the loudest ones will probably get the most attention.
Having been in the music industry almost 20 years, I have learned to receive my accolades with honor and respect, and hold my head high when the hate rains down. I love hip hop just as much or even more than the next person, so I understand the passion behind the argument. At the end of the day, we all want this thing we love to be as real and pure as the day we fell in love with it.
Having said all this, it is with great honor and admiration that I humbly accept this esteemed declaration from the Source Magazine and it’s staff for my album Trill OG, and for those that feel they need to shit on me to argue for another artist or album, don’t worry. The Trill OG can take it! UGK for life!
Bun B
well said because thats exactly what a lot of people did and they havent even heard the album
Congratulations to Bun B! Glad to see him getting more recognition lately. Da Trill lives on! Now we just gotta wait 4 the Pimp C album!
This is why he is one of the greatest of all time! Love that fucking bastard!
Go head bun!you deserve it big boy!rip pimp c and keep doin ya thing!God Bless you brother!
I’m not hating because I think Bun B is good and talented, and Trill OG was real nice, but Eminem and The Roots, and even Big Boi deserved this spot over Trill OG. But whatever, congrats to Bun.
Props man
Bun still doin it
#slaughterhouse
“the highest honor a real MC could aspire to was the coveted 5 mics from Source Magazine” – lame lame lame the roots album is way better
@James my sentiments exactly!! But congrats to Bun B forreal.
that eminem album isnt even hip hop its pop get the fuck outta here this album was perfectly put together and he killed all expectation
i think the Big boi and maybe the Em album are GREAT albums…maybe 4.5′s…but big up to Bun nonetheless. Well deserved.
Recovery is not a 5-mic album……
^ And the Roots album is very solid, not 5 mics, but 4.5 as well.
Bun kills every beat he’s on. That’s all I know. Congrats
This nigga only sold 30-35 thousand copies, his CD is not Classic
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE B.Dot. Count as spam every comment that mentions Eminem’s Recovery including this one!
@ Jp,
You must be saying that to get attention or sarcastically cause record sales has nothing to do with quality. If that’s the case then Nelly’s first 2 albums would be classics, Chingy’s first album, Ja Rule’s early shit, Soulja Boy etc.
@jp Vanilla Ice sold 11 million copies nigga. Does that make his CD a classic?
Haven’t heard the Trill OG or The Roots but Em nor Big Boi deserve 5 Mics. Big Boi was solid, Em lyrical content was the best I heard in awhile but his production and some of his hooks killed the album for me.
Congrats to Bun B ^^, EM will never ever get 5 mics no matter what he does,because he is white.Hate all you want,but thats a fact.
@ldsgb Yeah that’s are the dark spots on Em’s album. He needs to stick with Dre. His lyricism saved a lot of the songs though.
yes that was very well said, haters wont take notice but they should.
BIG UP
PEOPLE STILL CARE WHAT THE SOURCE THINKS? *SHRUG*…DIDN’T KNOW
Congrats bun b on getting the 5 mics,i dont know why people have to throw in other rappers for and plus the source would not give eminem a 5 mics cause the owner off the source benzino has a beef with eminem so that would never happen.Congrats bun b dont let the haters bother my dude.
BUN B AIN’T HIP HOP!!!! EMINEM IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE!!!!
BEST RAPPERS EVER:
1. EMINEM
2. EMINEM
3. EMINEM
4. EMINEM
5. EMINEM
6. BIGGIE SMALLS
7. RAKIM
8. KRS-ONE
9. TUPAC
10. JAY-Z
NIGGA PLEASE, DON’T HATE ON MY WHITE OPINION!!!!
hh the source !!!
benzino listen to the sauce
anybody that equates an albums artistic value, based on its sales, is a douche bag, in case u don’t know what a douche bag is, it is a sack that is used to capture the excretion of liquid when a woman cleans her vagina after a week of menstruation…bun b is an MC…and i salute him on getting the recognition as such…
[...] In this interview with OnSmash, Bun B talks about his experience at Drake’s OVO Festival and his classic album Trill OG. You can read Bun B’s official statement about receiving 5 mics from The Source after the jump. Courtesy of RR. [...]
@mac WEASEL bitch you´re the reason why eminem fans are called stans smh
@not a guest
FUCK YOU BITCH!!!! YOU’RE THE REASON WHY HIP HOP IS DEAD!!!! DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!!
NIGGA PLEASE, DON’T HATE ON MY WHITE OPINION!!!!
Yeah,5 mics doesnt mean as much as it did 10 yrs ago but I just dont understand how The Source can give Trill OG 5 mics and only give Trill,(Bun’s 1st solo record) which is an overall better cd,only 4 mics? Its some confused mofos up at that office. Thats why the rating to me seems more like an Lifetime achievement award more than anything else because 5 yrs ago when that album dropped,Bun wasnt getting as much recognition as he is now and they viewed him just as a normal rapper.
And im not gonna even get into the UGK discography. Hell,if Trill OG is 5 mics then Ridin Dirty is fuckin 10 mics. The Underground Kings record from a couple yrs back kills this album as well.
Congrats to Bun tho,its no hate,its just as a fan I hate seeing him get recognized for his weakest work while his better work gets ignored.
But I do like the fact that this is sparking debates about albums. I would rather argue over which rapper had the better album ANYDAY over some record sells shit like yall cats enjoy doing on here.
@Mac weasel ….you r the reason why people who might wanna enjoy Eminem end up hating Eminem, especially when you say the best ever and put him over LEGENDS like Rakim who Eminem will never outshine lyrically except only in sales and over TUPAC, BIG, JAYZ, PUN…..i mean plug your computer in the bathroom and bring it with you in a tub full of water…PLEASE!
truestory
basically co-signs @CantgetRight
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em cd was not 5mic worthy his lyrics were but overall that cd was average when you account lyrics production placement as a whole……bun b album has it all and I was surprised he came through with such a complete album literally a front to back album without the need to skip a track….
shit i still read “the sauce” they do matter because xxl is wack and half yall cant read….. as far as I know Benzino isnt a part of the source so stop bringing that fool into things. Well deserved to Bun B you are a class act, something you dont see in hip hop CLASS. You could argue any of these albums that were deserved of 5 mics. He might only sell 35k but thats the first week i bet yall he keeps selling half yall don’t even give this dude a chance cause hes not mainstream! Turn off your radio and educate your ipod. Go pick the album and respect the culture of Hip Hop.
Congrats to Bun, he does desreve the 5 mics, he is a legend and has contributed alot to the culture. I just feel that, 5 mic album are albums that were groundreaking & changed the landscape of hiphop. And while Trill O.G. Is good, I don’t feel Trill O.G. did that. BUT I do feel that early UGK albums like Ridin’ Dirty did. I remember the first time I heard “One Day” and I was in instant UGK fan. I think if anything they should have went back (like they’ve done before) and
gave THAT album 5 mics.
NickeyBlack You cant say EM never will outshine Rakim lyrically when they dont have any songs together.I can say the same thing,Rakim will never outshine EM lyrically..And the rest of your little list there is overhyped dead rappers who become legends after they died,exept for Jay.
Idiots that think Benzino still has anything to do with the Source DO NOT KNOW HIP HOP!! They got rid of him well over 3 years ago!!! You aren’t rap fans you are idiots!!!
GETTIN’ 5 MICS ON THE “SAUCE” IS EQUIVALENT TO GETTIN’ A VMA AWARD!!!! NO KNOCK ON BUN B, BUT HE’S HAD BETTER ALBUMS THAN TRILL O.G.!!!! THE “SAUCE” IS A FUCKIN’ JOKE!!!!
….AND mac WEASEL, TAKE YA WACK CRACKA ASS BACK TO SOHH.COM!!!!! FUCKIN’ BITER!!!! THERE’S ONLY ONE mac DIESEL YA BITCH!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Bun B entire lyrics consists of candy paint and saying mane, dude can’t even hold down a album by himself.
That 5 mics is a complete fucking joke, The Source been shit since they gave Lil Kim 5 mics
I would congratulate the man if “5 mics” actually meant something. Who gives a fuck about the source? Half you niggas saying stuff on here won’t even the the magazine and read the article giving him the rating. All this shit is opinion anyways. For every person that says Em had a classic cd there are ten that will say he didn’t just because they don’t like a certain song or just plain don’t like Em. If a nigga think it was classic then it was. Who are you to tell another nigga his opinion of music don’t matter?
@NickeyBlack
I’M SORRY BUT EMINEM IS A BIGGER “LEGEND”!!!! GO AND LISTEN TO GIL-SCOTT HERON!!!! DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!!
@mac DIESEL
I DON’ KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SOHH.COM!!!! THERE’S ONLY ONE mac WEASEL!!!! YOU’RE THE COPY!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY WHITE OPINION!!!!
@ mac WEASEL
YEAH, YA MOTHER!!!! U PIECE OF SHIT!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
@mac DIESEL
YOU’RE JUST MY SHADOW!!!! AND YOUR MOTHER IS A BITCH!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY WHITE OPINION!!!!
@mac DIESEL
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
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benzino album got 5 mics so did bun B guess they where equally classic…smh
the source ratings sucks
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