On the album’s opening effort “Swishas And Dosha” Pimp C and Bun B go to deserved and extreme lengths to pound there relevance into the heads of those who have forgotten about them throughout the duration of there absence. Two of the south’s most dynamic duos combine over the same Willie Hutch sampled backdrop that DJ Paul and Juicy J used on Project Pat’s Layin The Smack Down for the disc’s first official single “Int’l Player’s Anthem (I Choose You)”. Pimp and Bun are lent assistance from Too Short as the three put a modern twist on one of Short’s classics on “Life Is 2009″. Some how or another “Like That (remix)” goes ten times harder than its Lil Jon produced counterpart making it one of the disc’s numerous high points. Bun B’s flow hits a boiling point on the Averexx helmed “Gravy” where he shows just how much knowledge he received from the dope game. On the Pimp C produced title track the dynamic duo pretty much sum up numerous reasons behind being the most respected artists in the south. 

Slim Thug lays down a hook worthy enough for a full 16 on the Runners helmed “Take The Hood Back”. Pimp and Bun enlist the help of vets like Charlie Wilson and Willie D on “Quit Hatin The South” as they blast rappers and critics from everywhere outside of the bottom. On “Heaven” the two trade lines back and forth and send a message to the skies above on behalf of all the street hustlers reluctantly stuck on the corner. Charlie Wilson shows up for his second appearance on the Pimp C helmed “How Long Can I Last”. The track will automatically make you think “One Day” with a 2007 outlook on things. The second disc’s pinnacle occurs when Rick Ross shows up on the blow heavy “Cocaine”, but its Buns informative and Pimp’s life like tales that ultimately set the track off. Pimp and Bun end up contradicting themselves when they place the juvenile “Two Types Of Bitches” and the grown “Real Women” next to each other. Pimp C’s 100% solo effort “Shattered Dreams” is saturated with motivational lines aimed at down and out hustlers.

Fortunately for Pimp C and Bun B there decision to drop a double CD won’t come back to bite them in the asses. If it were 1997 then Underground Kingz would be somewhat of a disappointment, especially in comparison to the efforts that Pac and Biggie both managed to drop in the era. Despite the fact that less than 20% of disc two is actually worth banging longtime listeners will be tuned in to the socially angst filled verses by Pimp and Bun on the entire album’s premier joints. Though every track isn’t a classic Underground Kingz as a whole will go down as this year’s southern classic because of the way the duo carefully execute there country swagger and powerful street politics on a level rarely seen in hip hop today. The bottom line is that Pimp and Bun have managed to read off the definition and live out the meaning of what keeping it “Trill” really is!

VERDICT – 15 / 20
LYRICS: 4
PRODUCTION: 4
DELIVERY: 4
CONSISTENCY: 3