André 3000 Recalls Pimp C Being 'Mad' At His 'Int'l Players Anthem' Verse
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UGK and OutKast‘s “International Players Anthem (I Choose You)” may be a certified Hip Hop classic, but the song didn’t come together without a little friction between Pimp C and André 3000.
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - André 3000 Talks About Pimp C Being Mad At Him
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It was the right decision the verse literally rolled the red carpet out for Pimp C to come in as hard as he did.
@hoolew7080
Ай бұрын
That’s a dam fact
@justadrum
Ай бұрын
I really don't know wtf y'all are talking about 😂😂 The beat keeps playing for me 🤷🏾♀
@DJJE928
Ай бұрын
@@justadrumthey’re talking about how the drums and bass line don’t come in until pimp’s verse starts.
@justadrum
Ай бұрын
@@DJJE928 Ah gotcha…I had to watch another videos with Bun kinda explaining but you tied it together. Appreciate that!
@bone-snypa
Ай бұрын
lmao as hard as he did, 💩 was garbage
3 Stacks = Getting out the game Pimp C = Highlights of the game Bun B= Recruitment Big Boi = Consequences Story telling at its finest 🔥
@mikenomics1014
Ай бұрын
I thought I was the only person on earth to figure this out 🤜🤛 that's peace
@HHNELIJAH
Ай бұрын
fax
@SouthernMidwesterner
Ай бұрын
Everything a young man needs to know prior to jumping off the porch
@08loyaltyforthewin_dlux
Ай бұрын
🔥Lebron= Baller Talk + OutKast= Playa Talk + UGK = Pimp Talk =Real Talk
@deegee7521
Ай бұрын
3k still had the weakest verse out of them all
3000 had the hardest verse on the song . He set pimp up perfectly. When that beat drop imo
@JokesandJudgement
Ай бұрын
Exactly. I was obsessed with this song when it came out.
@malcomshabazz2809
Ай бұрын
Nah sweet jones had the best verse on this one
@Smoke821
Ай бұрын
Big Boi
@DF3.2082
Ай бұрын
3000 had the best verse on Cool Breeze song Watch For The Hook
@ShawnReed-ny1hd
Ай бұрын
Nah pimp or bun....outkast were trash on that song...respectfully
Andddddd this is why, andre is year 3000. It was extremely complimentary to the overall track.
Pimp was World renown for speaking his first mind.
@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart
Ай бұрын
I didn't like the verse either.
@BlaqRainFresh
Ай бұрын
And being wrong
@diegocorrales4944
Ай бұрын
It’s a Texas THANG!
@madmaxarcade1697
Ай бұрын
@@BlaqRainFresh Thats yall opinion
@cassandraclark5499
Ай бұрын
Real nixxa like pac they not gone let you get away with doing phuck 💩 claiming to be tru to da game it’s not gonna happen
Andre strikes me as a man who has mastered the very obscure art of saying "no" and getting away with it.
Andre’ 3000 is the dude that you just can’t help but to be cool with and show love,support, and respect.☮️🎤
@BIGBANKlittlebank
Ай бұрын
I wish somebody would lock him in the studio with beats and say you can't come out til we get atleast an ep 😂😂😂
Bun B always saving the day kuz Chad almost ditched the Big Pimpin feature 😂😂😂
@JXSmith-fr5xy
Ай бұрын
Man!! I was going to write the exact same thing. Pimp C stayed standing in his own way. Chad was something else.
@cassandraclark5499
Ай бұрын
@@JXSmith-fr5xyI love pimp he said he rode with pac and he said phuck them nixxas money we already rich str8 G 💩
@standardbrah
Ай бұрын
what's the story about that I don't know it
@JXSmith-fr5xy
Ай бұрын
@@standardbrah The South never got any respect from the North. They played them as dumb rappers not lyricist. The South had to kick-in the doors . Outkast, Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, UGK, Cash Money, No Limit, Scarface, Three 6 Mafia, Tela, 8Ball & MJG, T.I. and Young Dro, Pastor Troy. The South was hot and now Northern dudes are wanting to jump on southern rappers tracks after looking down at them SO long. We was singing Project Pat, " Don't Save Her, She Don't Wanna Be Saved"... " I wanna be savvved".
@standardbrah
Ай бұрын
@@JXSmith-fr5xy sure i know that, that's why when outkast got the award at the BET awards 3k said, "the South got sum to say." But what about the big pimpin feature?
In the words of Tony Baker, “I Never Knew!!!”
@AiNEDuE20
Ай бұрын
😭😭😂😂
@imammesum
Ай бұрын
cramppppppppppp crampppppppppppppp
@CaLi4real
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
It made me want to go back and listen and appreciate
So we going act like 3 ain’t have a super dope voice impression of pimp lol 🤝🏾
@BUCKSHOTSTV
Ай бұрын
You’re absolutely right. When he spoke I was drawn in to it like it was actually pimp. Glad I wasn’t the only one who felt that way about his impression
@TheReal-pw9tk
Ай бұрын
Y'all just be saying anything
@c1979h
29 күн бұрын
We Southerner's know how to really emulate our people
The song came together like magic. It was destined to be a classic from the Hiphop Gods
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Andre 3000 the 🐐 Players Anthem legendary.
We miss you so much, Chad Butler. It would never be another like you you GK for life. 1:53
Classic Pimp! RIP Chad
@GFlight.916
Ай бұрын
If I wasn't rapping baby
It's cause with the Pattern he rhymes he doesn't stay on beat So it was smart to do it that way
@sirtavion20
Ай бұрын
But the thing is... he DOES stay on beat... simply a lil unorthodox lol
@cassandraclark5499
Ай бұрын
@@sirtavion20what the phuck that goofy nixxa talking bout pimp C voice
@Collab2023-zx1mr
Ай бұрын
@@sirtavion20 you would have to literally put Those verses directly over the beat to see
@sirtavion20
26 күн бұрын
@@Collab2023-zx1mr I have good sir lol I have
With a little research you can find there are at least 3-4 perspectives on how this song came about. First there was Project Pat with “Choose U” (Layin’ Da Smack Down album) The rest is history. Classic. 👏🏽
T-Pain in this video will always be a highlight
@infamouseli92
Ай бұрын
Yep I noticed that too 😂
The video complimented the song also. Everyone’s reaction to Andre verse was hilarious!
Wow never knew about this 😳😱. RIP Pimp C 🕊️🌹🙏🏼.
When does this episode drop????? 3K looks like he’s in his element of just having fun on here
Andre had that vision, his verse is so fire, that the build up for that beat to drop made it a perfect intro for Pimp C. Outkast was so tight that even tho Andre went 1st and Big Boi went 4th their verses still complimented each other.
There are a million rappers....Andre is a Hip Hop Artist...
3 stacks made the right decision
@trup1aya4rea1
Ай бұрын
3000 verse made the song perfect
Was just bumping this yesterday. Ended up being a perfect balance on the track
Pimp c didn't see the vision 🤣 Rip chad
Andre3000🐐
My hubby and I cut our wedding cake to that song at our wedding 😅 our guests loved it ✨
@mzdeb4lyfe
Ай бұрын
@@TAO502 … hmm.. I believe you’re referring to yourself being straight 🗑️!
@TAO502
Ай бұрын
@@mzdeb4lyfe My bitch a choosy lover Never fuck without a rubber Never in the sheets, like it on top of the cover Money on the dresser, drive a Kompressor Top notch hoes get the most, not the lesser Trash like to fuck for forty dollars in the club Fuckin' up the game, bitch, ya gets no love She be cross country, givin' all that she got A thousand a pop, I'm pullin' Bentleys off the lot I smashed up the gray one, bought me a red Every time we hit the parkin' lot we turn head Some hoes wanna choose but them bitches too scary Your bitch chose me, you ain't a pimp, you a fairy
@TAO502
Ай бұрын
@@mzdeb4lyfe coming from someone that played a song about hoes and pimps at her wedding 😝 ok
I love hearing the behind the scenes stories!! All songs created have great stories behind them!!
I get it, Pimp was the producer. How u gon remix my beat for your verse?
@thomasanderson468
Ай бұрын
Dj Paul from 3 6 mafia made that beat
@erichouston813
Ай бұрын
It was project pats beat first
@lobsterblacc9478
Ай бұрын
@@thomasanderson468pimp was the co producer bruh. Check them credits
@paulvasquez7897
Ай бұрын
Quick lil story Paul Made the beat, it was originally for Pat who used it for “choose You” which was In 2002, while pimp was locked up during those times .. He heard the song and asked Paul to hold that beat and wanted to rap over it & when he got out 05’.. He and Bun did “UnderGround Kingz” in 2007, and knowing Pimp, he of course he paid Paul(& juice) for the Beat, and it technically became his beat, so the outcome is what is was .. And why he got mad? Well Pimp was expressing how he hated where hip hop was going, been out for 1.5 years (before his death) and hated how soft and gay it was becoming, and Atlanta was a huge problem to it, but respected artist like Outkast, TI and Ludacris .. but also still and wouldn’t allow anyone to walk all over him(pimp) .. and the sad thing is, Pimp never got to see the Respect and love the song had received because, 3-4 months later he passes away & during those months.. Son was ducking and running from tryna be killed .. if you know, you know
@loveangel102
Ай бұрын
@@erichouston813shol was and pat song still goes hard
Thats DOPE!!! 😂😂😂 That beat drop is one of my favorite intros EVER!!! That's wild! 🤣
Bruh the irony just speaks to Stacks & Pimps Legend both creative differences still came out all time CLASSIC! And literally gave birth to the video concept shout out Bryan Barber who couldn’t miss at that time
I just love Andre
R.i.p to the pimp man!!
Don’t mess with Texas !!!
@Clayton_Bigsy
Ай бұрын
Dont mess wit coke heads is more like it. 😂
Maann.. pimp’s verse was a catchy cadence and easy to memorize out of the whole song R.I.P to Uncle Chad aka Tony snow
Andre’s a visionary
Imagine if Legends collab more like 3-6 mafia Outkast & UGK .. Did on that song They dropped a Bomb 💣 💣
That song is simply iconic... 3 Stack and Pimp really did their did on a whole other level
Classic Pimp C Rest Easy Legend Fly High
"So I typed a text to a girl I used to see Sayin' that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna be And I apologize if this message gets you down Then I CC'ed every girl that I'd see-see 'round town"- 3K
@judahben-israel6653
Ай бұрын
" I to y'all frowning but I'd rather see her smiling. Wetness all around me true I'm no island, a peninsula maybe" 3K the coldest!!!
@judahben-israel6653
Ай бұрын
*Hate to
That’s a legendary song! 3 Stacks did the right thing. It’s one of the best collaborations ever in hip hop history. Everybody brought their A game!
THAT BOI 3000 PLAYED HIS PART THOUGH 👁🖤🅰️♏️
I love these old stories
His Pimp C impression was so good 😂
Smartest decision on the beat, it set the tone PERFECTLY.
I get it. It’s kind of like when Kendrick started Euphoria off with the slow Teddy Pendergrass flow. I will admit I was a little worried. That was until I heard the beat switch and the infamous Shooo Shooo then I was like ok 👌🏾 I see what you did there Kendrick. 😉
Where I'm from that song is the National Anthem. F that stars and strips ish!!
One of my favourite 3 Stack verses 👌🏽
I remember as a kid getting a haircut I was watching the world premiere when they would show the video being made on bet
Bro the way Andre raps it makes it so hard when pimp comes in after 3k
Wow …great info 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Aint no other pimp man!! Pimp c ah legend
Still in my regular rotation at all times.
Peace to UGK, Outkast, Three 6 and Willie Hutch
Real Talk Plain Simple Facts 💯: Long Live Pimp C iconic music
Good to hear stories about pimp
LONG LIVE THE PIMP! Rest in power
Now i gotta go listen to it again... 😂 🔥 🔥 🔥
💿🏆💯
Miss that boy!!
The dopest wedding song ever.
Pimp C got upset over the littlest things.
@paulvasquez7897
Ай бұрын
Because Tony wouldn’t allow anyone to walk over him, specially anyone from Atlanta .. but did respect Artist like Dre
@antwainmorgan1857
Ай бұрын
He was a Capricorn we just cut that way lol 🤦🏽♂️
@andrewthomas364
Ай бұрын
Plus a lil coke to boot prolly
@erichouston813
Ай бұрын
He was just a real street dude.. he even got mad at jay z because he didn’t want to go “pop” with big pimpin
@RatchetCoon
Ай бұрын
@@erichouston813C wasn’t no real street dude he was an emotional mama’s boy with a coke habit.
It was some real GOATS ON THAT TRACK only one was missing is FACE SMOKE SOMETHING BIH RIP PIMP
Man when I DJ thats the song I chop up to start my sets! Song is fire just the way it is!
Pimp C was SoReal!💯💪🏾❤️
Now I hear it in a new light
Right decision and love the song
The original is song is from Project Pat, three 6 mafia. Choose U
That was originally project pats beat “ take the charge” (Laying the smack down )
Rip Pimp, always kept it a 100!
Coo story
Crazy to hear 3000 use that vanacular...
@thatJAWNraps
Ай бұрын
*vernacular (irony was too good i had to say it) - also it means regional language, i think you just wanted to use a big word lol but i came to comment ' WHAT?!?' in what world is it crazy to hear 3k, one of the best MC's ever with waaaay more complex and impressive verses but even with his verse here his vernacular isnt actually his biggest asset though he does use vernacular in the more colloquial meaning in rap as 'vocabulary' But he's not - he's not Aesop Rock vernacular-wise as far as it meaning stuff like vocab but also using it to say things in a more interesting way (thats something 3k does here like the 'glad its/gladys night/knight' line but he's TECHNICALLY talented and imaginitive and artistic in ways that seep into verses so the LAST thing i expect/found to be 'crazy' is 3k using whats honestly not even close to his best bars (or vernacular) tbh
@austerejenings6979
Ай бұрын
@@thatJAWNraps thanks for the book.. But I meant he sounded like Pimp for a sec.. Also to sound so authentic to a rejoin he is not from. Also in a form he doesn't use in his latest interviews. Thanks for the English lesson(yes that was passive aggressive/sarcasm..) feel free to correct my use of any of that if you like. I'm here to share and learn.. Not be right. Good bless.
Chad💔
3000's verse was the best feature ever!
Pimp was just being pimp 3 stacks know that but bun b had to let pimp know wait till the beat drop its going to hit hard on god 3 stacks really sound just like pimp the way he talk
R.i.p Pimp C
Well technically it was a DJ Paul beat Pimp just remixed it so he couldnt be that mad
That syrup clouds your judgement. R.I.P. Pimp though frfr
That shxt is hard 🔥
Pimp was a legend. Pimp also had a genuine misunderstanding when it came to the power of others. He thought doing Big Pimpin would make them lose fans lol
Andre is the greatest rapper in history 🐐
Same guy who didnt like the Big Pimping beat. Once again BB saved the day. Lol😂. Rest in Paradie to the great Pimp C. Truly one of a kind.
Rip to Chad Butler. 1:54 Players anthem. That's my favorite track. Smash of the grey one bought me a red. You ain't pimp a fairy. Pimp c was very mad.
lol @ Pimp being mad at Dre for taking the beat out when that dude basically filmed his own Big Pimpin video and sent it to Jay rather than just flying to their location and being in the real video.
Hit what hit i am hear for all the ugk smoke
Pimp C made that beat🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@treronsinclair1495
Ай бұрын
Nope
For historical reference, Andre didnt even wanna be on it till he found out Big Boi was on it. Keep listening to that flute album 3k fans lmao
I love the verse
Sweet Jones!
Well Damn, how would Pimp react to the mf'n flute album?
Pimp got mad at everybody 😂😂.....UGK and OutKast are 2 of the greatest hip hop duos of all time, not just in the south either
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪
Dope song, I may be in the minority, but I like the version with 3-6 Mafia. Both classic tho💯🔥🔥
i made my entrance for my wedding ceremony with dre's verse playing and i made sure the dj knew to cut it right before pimp's verse came in or i probably wouldn't be married 😂
That was just Pimp being Pimp.... RIP Legend...
Bun said trust the process Pimp
Pimp c didn't hold back if he had a issue but Andre was right how he did it
To me, Bun and Big Boi's verses mean nothing on this track. Stacks sets it up, the beat drops and goes perfectly into Pimp. The dichotomy between Stacks being on some marriage and Pimp being on pimpin' kills it. The other verses are just filler.
@TroubleKofLLE
Ай бұрын
I would have to disagree. Obviously, their verses went da hardest rapping wise, but when I listen to Bun and Boi verses, I think that it makes the topic of the song come full circle. Each verse gives the philosophy of every man's respected decisions on how men view relationships. 3k is the one choosing to marry, Pimp is the playa, Bun is the pimp in action (recruitment), and Big Boi is the big brother giving advice on being cautious of relationship entrapment.