Pimp C, the legendary rapper who tragically passed away in December 2007 due to a drug overdose, was known for his strong opinions and demands when it came to working with collaborators from UGK. One incident that exemplifies this was when Andre 3000 shared his experience in a recent interview. “I don’t know if it was Bun [B] or somebody, they were like, ‘Nah, but you don’t understand, when that beat drops, though, it sets it off.’ So it’s almost like a set-up,” André added. “So it worked, and once he got that, he was like, ‘Okay, okay.’ But he was so mad at me.”
In 2016, Atlantic Records A&R Jeff Sledge recounted André’s experience on the podcast “A Waste of Time.” Sledge explained how he convinced Pimp C to keep André’s verse in the song. “I was like, ‘Chad, hold up, fam. Let’s rock it like that because when André doing a capella and then when the beat drops, that’s when your verse drops. And then your verse is gonna lift the record up because now the beat is rocking and your verse is kicking,'” Sledge recalled Pimp C’s initial resistance, “And he’s like, ‘Alright, Jeff. I’m gonna give it a shot. If [the song] fucks up, it’s on you.'”
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