Amerigo Gazaway Brings B.B. King and UGK Together in 'The Trill Is Gone' [Fresh Track]

Consider your day upgraded from good to great — master remixologist Amerigo Gazaway is back with a new Soul Mates track! If you're not familiar, you're missing out, so let's fix that: The Soul Mates series traces the roots of hip-hop by imagining collaborations between master MCs and R&B legends whose records formed the bedrock of hip-hop, using samples of the former to create painstaking beats around the rhymes of the latter.

Following up last year's Marvin Gaye/Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) mash-up Yasiin Gaye (hear side 1 and side 2), Gazaway's latest release comes on what would have been blues icon B.B. King's 90th birthday. "The Trill Is Gone," the title track to a forthcoming full-length, puts King and his faithful guitar Lucille in the studio with Bun B and the late Pimp C of Southern rap duo Underground Kingz. As always, it's a seamless, thoughtful homage to both artists that combines the themes and styles of their respective records. After the jump, check out the track, which features contributions from Mr. 3-2 and Ronnie Spencer, as well as a video that teases "Same Old Story" featuring P.O.P. 

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Under the Soul Mates Project banner of "collaborations that never were," Amerigo Gazaway’s latest imagines a recording session between Blues great, B.B. King, and Texas rap legends, UGK. Aptly titled “B.B. & The Underground Kingz: The Trill is Gone,” the producer seamlessly bridges the gap between hip-hop and its predecessor, the blues.

Crafting the album’s bedrock from deconstructed samples of King’s electric blues hits, Gazaway re-imagined what might have happened had King and UGK actually recorded in the same time and space. Paying homage to Pimp C’s signature production style, Amerigo plays much of the organs heard throughout the album. Strategically looping and lacing Lucille’s guitar licks and B.B.’s road tales with Bun B & Pimp C’s southern fried storytelling, Gazaway finds a sweet spot in the overlapping themes of his subjects’ respective catalogues.

Watch the teaser video for a sneak peek of “B.B. & the Underground Kingz” and make sure to download the album’s lead single “The Trill Is Gone feat. Mr. 3-2 & Ronnie Spencer” below. We’ll be giving you a few more tidbits leading up to the album’s release in a few weeks. In the meantime, keep it trill and make sure to follow us on Twitter/Facebook for updates.

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