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Bun b trill og tracklist1/2/2023 ![]() Listening to Trill OG give additional credence to the latter notion. Trill OG is his only solo album of his I’ve listened to the whole way through, but line up its tracklist with his other solo work and one gets the impression that he either uses his recording sessions as an excuse to hang out with people or he’s afraid of having to carry an album all by himself. B, though, has never really struck me as a guy who wanted to achieve success all by himself- Trill OG would probably be UGK’s seventh or eighth album if the duo’s other half, Pimp C, were still with us, and he’s kept himself busy in the years following C’s passing by guesting on a healthy number of tracks and, of all things, teaching university courses. The Source is not the most reputable outlet, and their choices for what to give perfect scores occasionally reads as publicity stunts (Lil’ Kim’s turgid The Naked Truth was the thirteenth album to receive a perfect score on initial release), but a broken clock is right twice a day, so why not give it a chance?īun B is not a particularly innovative or technically brilliant artist, but that’s okay because he works in hip-hop, in which one can make an extremely successful solo career out of their smoking habit. Trill OG received an unremarkable critical reception save for a crucial endorsement from The Source, who gave the album a perfect score, making it only the fourteenth album in the history of the publication to receive five mics on its initial release. There’s little thrill besides finding a work that you may have overlooked were it not for that one voice who “dared” to call it masterful and essential (save finding it by yourself, but the presented scenario is far less rare), and on the flip side, there’s something amusing about finding out that that one work that someone repeatedly champions is just a pile a shit. ![]() It is easy enough to convince oneself to spend time with universally praised work, but if there’s art that holds more magnetic pull than the agreed-upon classics, it would be work that has enjoyed an extremely polarizing reception. ![]() Trill OG is one of only fifteen albums to receive a perfect score from The Source on initial release. ![]()
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