

There's the laid-back badassery of 'Diamonds and Wood,' the zoned-out celebration of '3 in the Morning,' the ridiculous boasting of 'Fuck My Car.' Everything here is essential. All of Ridin' Dirty feels iconic now - among other reasons, because so many of its lyrics have since been cribbed by everyone from Slim Thug to Jay Z. It's all right there, everything that people have come to expect from Houston rap: candy-painted cars, wood-grained steering wheels, flashy jewelry, late-night odes to lean and weed, passing references to DJ Screw tapes, those warm funk synthesizers that sound like radio oldies. It is easily considered one of the greatest southern hip hop albums ever made, but let's drop all the labels this is just pure good rap music, for any region.

" Ridin' Dirty is the third studio album by dirty south legends Bun B and Pimp C - together known as UGK.
