Bun B - II Trill

“After the untimely death last year of Pimp C, Bun B gathers a long list of famous friends to celebrate the life of his UGK partner on his sophomore solo set. Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Lupe Fiasco, Sean Kingston, Young Buck, Chamillionaire, Juvenile, 8Ball & MJG, Webbie, David Banner and, of course, Pimp C, are among the collaborators on the drum-heavy, midtempo-laden album. On the Jodeci-sampled “You’re Everything,” Bun B rhymes about his love for his hometown of Houston, while poverty, politics and spirituality dominate the reflective “If It Was Up to Me.” But the most heartfelt track on the album is the one dedicated to Pimp C, “Angel in the Sky.” Appropriating elements of Stevie Wonder’s “Ribbon in the Sky,” the song finds Bun B taking solace in his grief: “I miss my brother every day, but I know he’s watching from up above.”—Mariel Concepcion”