Pimp made the right call. UGK didnt need corny ass Jay Z. They were legends years before that Big Pimpin' came out. Anyone who thinks Gay Z did anything to improve UGKs career is a mothafucking fool. We weren't fucking with NY shit down south anyway. If anything Pimp and Bun put Jay Z on down south. UGK did for Jigga what Jermaine Dupri couldn't. They gave him access to a market he never had before.
And everything Pimp said about Pac was true. The south didnt have anything to do with the war but it was obvious to us who was real and who wasnt. The west always got love down south and they gave it back. Before the southern takeover all you heard down here was west coast shit. Too $hort been a legend since the 80s. NWA, DJ Quick, E 40, Spice 1, Snoop, Dre, Cube, Tha Pound, etc. All you heard at Freaknik was down south and west coast shit. You didnt hear no got damn Wu Tang Clan or Smiff and Wessen. Nobody was playing that NY shit. And on top of that we saw how the east kept hating on the better music that was coming from the west. Pimp saw that shit to so he was ready when the east started hating on the south.
He was a southern version of Pac when it came to shit like that and the real dudes down south loved him 4 that shit. Pimp kept it trill to the end. He wasnt about to sacrifice his legendary status for another corny ass crossover song with corny ass Jay Z. He made the right call. Even in death the Pimp will always get more love down here than whatever the next pop single Gay Z puts out.
Country rap tunes>>>>>>>>>crossover pop records.