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UGK 4 Life - UGK
  • Band Name: UGK
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Mar 31, 2009
Metascore
84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Austin Chronicle
    89
    The rest of UGK 4 Life rolls celebration, not just for one of Houston's greatest personalities and foremost musical pioneers but also for the Bayou City's finest hip-hop unit. Long live the Pimp, hell yes, but this is one fantastic curtain call.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    88
    UGK 4 Life is the rare swan song that manages to be essential for the music alone.
  3. RapReviews.com
    85
    From the 'Intro' to the 'Outro' there's very little to not like about UGK 4 Life other than the fact it can never be done again, and any music videos released off this album won't feature Pimp doin' his thang.
  4. Blender
    80
    Their final album is no solemn headstone. The languid beats are hazy with heat-distortion organs and porny electric guitars; the spirit is carefree.
  5. Sputnikmusic
    80
    Excessive, sexual, and catchy, UGK has crafted the most definitive template for the southern rap record. Sadly, it'll be their last.
  6. Vibe
    80
    UGK 4 Life is a fitting end for the Texas boys. It's classic UGK--temperamental, turbulent, and trill...for life.
  7. PopMatters
    80
    The fact that this has been UGK's music for nearly two decades doesn't blunt the impact of the album, and so UGK 4 Life is comfort food for Southern rap heads: not as invigorating as the first time, but still the best all the same.
  8. Pitchfork
    79
    Though probably not the best UGK album, it might be the strongest illustration of what they do best.
  9. cokemachineglow
    75
    UGK 4 Life leaves listeners wondering where they might go next, and even if sated with one last release still lamenting that those further steps-gargantuan or tiny, toward greatness or overreach, whichever-will necessarily be solo, uncontrasted by that inimitable, nimble, lascivious whine we've lost.
  10. Rolling Stone
    70
    Bun B, doesn't wallow in the macabre. Instead, we get UGK basics: songs about drugs, sex and flossing, flavored with thudding, no–nonsense beats.
  11. Spin
    70
    UGK 4 Life is a fitting capper to this Texas duo's storied career--nothing groundbreaking, just funky, rough-hewn, celebratory tracks.
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