Southern rap titans UGK will release their first new album since
2001’s "Dirty Money" before the end of the year. "U.G.K. Underground
Kingz" is due Dec. 19 via Jive and will feature 20 songs spread across two
discs. Jazze Pha produced the first single, "Stop &
Go." In addition to UGK’s Pimp C, other production on "Underground
Kingz" comes from fellow Houston native Scarface on three
tracks, as well as Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon.

A testament to its influence, UGK was able to round up Rick Ross, Slim
Thug, Sleepy Brown and Three 6 Mafia for guest appearances.
The track "H-Town" sports production from Marley Marl
plus guest turns from rap legends Kool G Rap and Big
Daddy Kane.

UGK has been silent since the 2002 collection of unreleased tracks "Side
Hustles." In its wake, Pimp C spent nearly four years in jail on an assault
charge, during which time his colleague Bun B raised his solo
profile with appearances on tracks by Beyonce, Slim Thug and
Ying Yang Twins and via his hit 2005 solo album "Trill."
Pimp C was released from jail last Dec. 30; a solo album, "Pimpilation,"
arrived this summer. "Pimp C is a pioneer of the South," Slim Thug
said last year. "He and Bun B are definitely two of my favorite rappers
ever. To Houston and to Texas, they’re like the Jay-Z’s of the rap game."