agreed, never heard this before but I love it
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Ah glad youāre enjoying it! As nice as it is for the old fans to revisit, this thread was also made with the hope that some of us would be introduced to a new favourite so Iām chuffed if thereās some new UGK fans 
Super Tight is very much in a similar vein and to be honest, it changes from day to day which album I prefer between that and Ridinā Dirty.
Underground Kingz is just a tad too long to recommend as the next step but once youāre already an established fan, itās one of raps best double albumsā¦ and of course it has 
Had The Listening on a couple of times. Love this record and between this, The Minstrel Show and Foreign Exchangeās Connected these guys can be pretty proud about what they achieved. All low key classics for me. Phonte is a decent rapper and his singing ability sets him out from the boom bap crowd a bit. Bits of his latest album hint towards directions where he could still be relevant in the rap landscape today. Rapper Big Pooh wouldnāt have a career without 9th but heās pleasant to listen to.
As everyone says, the production is the major selling point. Like a warm bath the whole way through, or like the memories of a sunny afternoon chilling with a bunch of mates digging through a crate of old soul records. Love the way he chops, clips and layers his samples. Seems heās had some renewed interest in his production with credits like those on DAMN. and Malibu. Letās hope he continues to work with some more interesting new voices than make another album with Murs (as good as the first one is, no one needed half a dozen of them).
Over time Iāve come to prefer The Minstrel Show. For me it just has a bit more character, playfulness and pop sensibility. But yah both records are lovely.
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Also from 2003 and will resonate well with Little Brother fans 
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More related listening
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The lack of an uncensored version of it on Spotify has prevented me from going back to it properly. Itās irksome.
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Think this album really hits a comfortable stride in the middle section.
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iāve got an extra room for you if you want to come out to the states strictly to listen to this album uncensored.
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absolutely super tight
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Ridinā Dirty is a big classic, very happy to see it get a nod.
Never listened to The Listening before, got the two albums that followed both of which I like but donāt love. Going to give this a fair hearing this week and report back
Sorry team I was gonna post the pick yesterday but some stuff went down at work. I will post the next pick next wednesday and give everyone an extra week to catch up.
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Got em saved. Huge fan.
Spotify only has the 25th anniversary re-issue which I think adds a few songs to the beginning. So check here for the original track-listing and such.
Top drawer classic, havenāt listen in full for ages. Nice one! Downloaded for commuting tomorrow
and you can new jack swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing on my nuts.
cube really came out swinging on wrong n**a to f wit. massive beat drop and opening verse. gotta be in the running for best hype songs of all time. that beat switch up around 2/3 through is nuts.
i needed this today.
AmeriKKKaās Most Wanted, Death Certificate and The Predator was such a good run of albums. This seems to be the one I go back to least out of the three for some reason. In retrospect, itās probably because the other two had more of an east coast sound with Bomb Squad and Muggs so they were the ones I really played to death as a lad.
No Black Korea or No Vaseline on the UK releases, so everyone had dubs of the import version. Good times.
im gonna have to add lethal Injection in there. i know itās a step down but it still goes.