Bun B On His Biggest Influences Growing Up

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 9 June 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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On the world premier of People's Party, Kweli sits down with Texas rap icon Bun B. They reflect on his biggest influences growing up in Port Arthur, the evolution of UGK, his lyrical style, as well as his and Pimp C's breakthrough getting on the Menace II Society soundtrack. We hear his story of hotboxing with Biggie Smalls, and how it felt like he was smoking out with the Godfather. He also gives detailed insight about the home invasion he and his wife experienced recently.

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0:00.0	I'm a rapper. I remember the ready to die album leak like it was like eight
0:05.7	joints or something like that that had leaked before the album come out but I
0:08.5	want to meet Big Smoke.
0:22.3	How you doing party people? This is Tyler quality to BKMC, the MCEO. You were checking out the
0:26.9	People's Party. We're gonna have a good time when this episode we're gonna talk
0:30.9	about music, we're gonna talk about the culture, we're gonna talk about a little
0:34.1	bit of politics and this episode is very special to me because one not only do
0:40.0	we have Jasmine Lee with us but you know we have somebody who needs no
0:46.6	introduction but I'm going to attempt to introduce him anyway. He is a friend of
0:53.0	mine. I consider him a mentor. He is an elder statesman. He is a curator of the
0:58.5	culture. He is an underground king. He is the trilless of the OGs. He is the
1:03.5	Trill OG. Ladies and gentlemen the People's Party welcomes Bun B.
1:10.2	Yeah. Hi, Pradeh. Hi, guys.
1:13.1	Hi, guys. Hi, guys.
1:17.1	Oh yeah, I'm gonna have to come out. He likes the Jane Brown dude. You know
1:21.9	that? I got this bun. How you feeling? I'm good man. I'm good. Congratulations.
1:25.7	Welcome to Los Angeles. Oh yeah, thanks man. I like LA. My wife loves LA.
1:32.2	I'm over. Yeah, I'm over New York person. Me too. But LA got the good
1:37.6	weed. How are you doing, Jack? But LA just got the really good weed and really
1:42.2	good weather. Yeah. And there's no bugs. Right? Like I don't think LA gets enough
1:48.4	credit for that. Like I'm in the South. So it's all yeah, if you outside of this hot
1:52.1	this bug is all day. But that's why we love to come to LA because we get a
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