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Bun B at SXSW

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 – running time 09:37
We catch up with XLR8R's April cover star, Bun B, in his native Texas where he discusses being an elder statesman of hip hop, surviving in the music industry and why small towns matter.

Last December, Bun B was dealt a serious blow when his longtime U.G.K. collaborator Pimp C suddenly died. The always eloquent rapper waxes wise about his new role as an elder statesman of hip hop, doles out advice on surviving in the music industry and why artists should go out of their way to play in small towns.

Highlights
Pensacola fla ( 6:44, 6:44 ) Louisiana ( 6:37, 8:03, 6:37, 8:03 ) receding ( 7:58, 7:58 ) longtime collaborator ( 0:12, 0:12 ) Pensacola fla ( 6:44, 6:44 ) Louisiana ( 6:37, 8:03, 6:37, 8:03 ) receding ( 7:58, 7:58 ) longtime collaborator ( 0:12, 0:12 )

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" In this episode of accelerator TV we catch up with rapper -- in his native Texas at the south a tough question. Last December bun -- was a serious blow when -- longtime collaborator concede that. Here you talked about being an elder statesman of the top surviving in music in. She's at waffle house."

" Name again -- product out when it. The product got."

" And a well we've got. The only way and yeah. Third the Buddhist holy week."

" I -- somebody's. You know what except in the title of it you know everybody gets old everybody has that Roy who they are and there's a lot of things that they can be calling me. At this stage in my career allegorical that it won't be you know. But they kind of thing so if elder statesman. They're kind of I -- going to take some kind of respect. I take it. -- lot of -- more than anything I can myself provides into the business people because there was only like night guard base to assured. A prison director for people would actually call -- a lot of different things right sometimes. Com the art doesn't mesh with the business sometimes businesses in this life -- artist in this life. There's a lot of different around the nation become a different people and -- they're gonna talk to about it those -- government must have available. But people --"

" Yeah -- yeah."

" music good courses usually you know for the young people. Users for the young in the old fast enough for the middle aged and fortunately. We're going to have difficulties. Mapping our pitching a garden we don't want to seem too old too soon you know Washington go to law. You know and this is just not the cycle of music but also within the cycle of life no one's gonna be an influence state forever. You know since when you know that Unita and everyone's favorite parts of new times committed yourself to someone else to be in everyone's favorite celeb bitter river where -- just how unreasonable. Benefit the call security have you escorted from the industry to everybody in my thing is just have you you know had -- zero you know -- and really have a really good sense. Of what's coming try to stay excited to be seen as much as possible. And you know she was getting ready to come you know fallback acknowledged that their image and see -- they -- forward Richard and they have a lot of respect for you put. If you don't respect the fact that as someone else's time and they mean that they may lower strictly they had been used so let's see them becoming talent I'd like no not only acknowledged that. In next like you know and if you want to do so moving -- you know. I would recommend -- According to letter word I'm sure I'm in right now this this music is. The music industry is a very very. Very cut through industry when I say it's cut -- In the -- is it's about money you know saved. -- the business of music is about my respect art and music so. Did you get into it you start from a business standpoint you have to be well aware -- with which you're just isn't going to have some kind of is exactly. And you come from our standpoint is try to keep industries. You say what you get into selling music so and so and you have. You gonna come to replace compromise as a person Gartner group doping agency. -- moving it's always money but power will come from a lot of different places. Some people just north acknowledged then you go everywhere everyday people acknowledging your unit and I didn't pay from dvd you know. It is really about being is stable place as possibly as soon as you possibly can before you come into an indoor and exactly what you wanted to come into it to get paid then. You businessmen. First artist second if you come into it to expressions of being an artist versus business versus second and -- suggest that whatever way we recovered from thing which --"

" You know. The ultimate no no no. Because if you look okay so I'm okay now the oh Obama know what you're. Okay home -- enough."

" I probably doesn't. Say and they didn't 1993. Are probably -- when he at a 52 weeks. Before Manila and just doesn't have to -- resonant sounds like rural Louisiana which is right on the outside museums. -- like hazel person Mississippi. -- Alabama Pensacola fla. You know a lot of these they really go out of their way to sort of support just that. Well they can influence. Which is I don't know borders Illinois and Wisconsin. People ancient. Nobody -- these town. Yeah I'm from. -- moment I'm from a gentlemen -- and I know how important it is people in the community like that to get that kind of and appreciation because when you go to market right there. It's basically you acknowledges. Defendants -- hotels like they'll have the same look how they use the everybody kind of had to -- just one place for music but you definitely get to see everybody delivering music revenues is by no means for anyone -- or -- six denomination people. Everybody loves music and ready to suggest enjoy it applies to be going to come from the uniform from Barack detectives -- harvest before reputations now. Is it doesn't mean he wasn't immediately went out and don't you know it's only like. Maybe thirty minutes away from Jasper Texas with a drug safety Bernard. It's only about forty minutes away from private Texas which is like. For the Texas chapter of the who plus plan. Literally five minutes away from Bora that takes you cross a bridge into town called receding and there's that is no minorities in this city. So in preceded that did the -- Louisiana's situations like that photo and organism later I myself. I was surprised -- get that much media attention because the reality is that. These sounds like -- and writer greasy they exist because most people don't ever go to these are the most funeral ever in a position to bring its incidences."

" Just think I'm okay okay okay okay."

" You educate the life for our people have -- this moribund meet this must come aboard seems. US and accelerated TV I. There you go like we've guns you idols who slaughterhouse to restore -- because it means to our hosted by arrogant about it answer -- and I've told sort of like this before you've just a few."

" I don't you know this my visitors in May be watching right now that are probably get in right now right this is she doesn't -- it."

" In this episode of accelerator TV we catch up with rapper -- in his native Texas at the south a tough question. Last December bun -- was a serious blow when -- longtime collaborator concede that. Here you talked about being an elder statesman of the top surviving in music in. She's at waffle house."

" Name again -- product out when it. The product got."

" And a well we've got. The only way and yeah. Third the Buddhist holy week."

" I -- somebody's. You know what except in the title of it you know everybody gets old everybody has that Roy who they are and there's a lot of things that they can be calling me. At this stage in my career allegorical that it won't be you know. But they kind of thing so if elder statesman. They're kind of I -- going to take some kind of respect. I take it. -- lot of -- more than anything I can myself provides into the business people because there was only like night guard base to assured. A prison director for people would actually call -- a lot of different things right sometimes. Com the art doesn't mesh with the business sometimes businesses in this life -- artist in this life. There's a lot of different around the nation become a different people and -- they're gonna talk to about it those -- government must have available. But people --"

" Yeah -- yeah."

" music good courses usually you know for the young people. Users for the young in the old fast enough for the middle aged and fortunately. We're going to have difficulties. Mapping our pitching a garden we don't want to seem too old too soon you know Washington go to law. You know and this is just not the cycle of music but also within the cycle of life no one's gonna be an influence state forever. You know since when you know that Unita and everyone's favorite parts of new times committed yourself to someone else to be in everyone's favorite celeb bitter river where -- just how unreasonable. Benefit the call security have you escorted from the industry to everybody in my thing is just have you you know had -- zero you know -- and really have a really good sense. Of what's coming try to stay excited to be seen as much as possible. And you know she was getting ready to come you know fallback acknowledged that their image and see -- they -- forward Richard and they have a lot of respect for you put. If you don't respect the fact that as someone else's time and they mean that they may lower strictly they had been used so let's see them becoming talent I'd like no not only acknowledged that. In next like you know and if you want to do so moving -- you know. I would recommend -- According to letter word I'm sure I'm in right now this this music is. The music industry is a very very. Very cut through industry when I say it's cut -- In the -- is it's about money you know saved. -- the business of music is about my respect art and music so. Did you get into it you start from a business standpoint you have to be well aware -- with which you're just isn't going to have some kind of is exactly. And you come from our standpoint is try to keep industries. You say what you get into selling music so and so and you have. You gonna come to replace compromise as a person Gartner group doping agency. -- moving it's always money but power will come from a lot of different places. Some people just north acknowledged then you go everywhere everyday people acknowledging your unit and I didn't pay from dvd you know. It is really about being is stable place as possibly as soon as you possibly can before you come into an indoor and exactly what you wanted to come into it to get paid then. You businessmen. First artist second if you come into it to expressions of being an artist versus business versus second and -- suggest that whatever way we recovered from thing which --"

" You know. The ultimate no no no. Because if you look okay so I'm okay now the oh Obama know what you're. Okay home -- enough."

" I probably doesn't. Say and they didn't 1993. Are probably -- when he at a 52 weeks. Before Manila and just doesn't have to -- resonant sounds like rural Louisiana which is right on the outside museums. -- like hazel person Mississippi. -- Alabama Pensacola fla. You know a lot of these they really go out of their way to sort of support just that. Well they can influence. Which is I don't know borders Illinois and Wisconsin. People ancient. Nobody -- these town. Yeah I'm from. -- moment I'm from a gentlemen -- and I know how important it is people in the community like that to get that kind of and appreciation because when you go to market right there. It's basically you acknowledges. Defendants -- hotels like they'll have the same look how they use the everybody kind of had to -- just one place for music but you definitely get to see everybody delivering music revenues is by no means for anyone -- or -- six denomination people. Everybody loves music and ready to suggest enjoy it applies to be going to come from the uniform from Barack detectives -- harvest before reputations now. Is it doesn't mean he wasn't immediately went out and don't you know it's only like. Maybe thirty minutes away from Jasper Texas with a drug safety Bernard. It's only about forty minutes away from private Texas which is like. For the Texas chapter of the who plus plan. Literally five minutes away from Bora that takes you cross a bridge into town called receding and there's that is no minorities in this city. So in preceded that did the -- Louisiana's situations like that photo and organism later I myself. I was surprised -- get that much media attention because the reality is that. These sounds like -- and writer greasy they exist because most people don't ever go to these are the most funeral ever in a position to bring its incidences."

" Just think I'm okay okay okay okay."

" You educate the life for our people have -- this moribund meet this must come aboard seems. US and accelerated TV I. There you go like we've guns you idols who slaughterhouse to restore -- because it means to our hosted by arrogant about it answer -- and I've told sort of like this before you've just a few."

" I don't you know this my visitors in May be watching right now that are probably get in right now right this is she doesn't -- it."

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Started discussion: April 8, 2008 @ 9:06am GMT

Episode 54 - Bun B at SXSW [Discussion]

We catch up with XLR8R's April cover star, Bun B, in his native Texas where he discusses being an elder statesman of hip hop, surviving in the music industry and why small towns matter.

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yadadamean
about 1 year ago

Fantabulous

I am a Hip Hop junkie and have followed UGK since a college roommate introduced me to them in 1994. I love how this interview showed the intelligence and class of a true hip hop artist, not the trash talking steroid taking rappers that make the news. I have not watched XLR8RTV that often but after this I will make sure to subscribe. Thank you for the great interview.
samureye
about 1 year ago
I want to watch everything on Revision3 but XLR8R is a show that doesn't sit well with me, I'm sorry guys but I don't listen to these weird electro-pop or whatever music I am lead to believe is shown all the time. With that said, loved the episode, so some more rap/hip-hop/Caribbean stuff would be appreciated! (longer too would be nice!) Good work!
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