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Bun B Closes The ‘Trill’ Chapter With ‘Epilogue’

Posted on October 7th, 2013
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Karen


Amongst-Friends-x-Bun-B-Trill-OG-KarenCivil1Bun B’s “trill” journey will come to an end with the release of his fourth installment The Epilogue on November 12. The Houston rapper is officially retiring the word but will continue to be the walking embodiment of it.

“I’m going to continue to represent “trill.” You know, the “trill” was just putting a stamp as far as really representing it and showing people what it meant to be trill,” Bun explained in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I don’t have to overtly do that anymore, but I still am the walking embodiment of what trill is.

The UGK grad explained that the Trill-Ogy was a clever play on words only meant to represent three albums. But don’t get it twisted–the rapper will still be making music that speaks to all things “trill.”

“I don’t have to name my album Trill anything for people to know that it is trill and I am trill. But it did work for those three albums,” he said.

The Epilogue enlists some heavyweight talent, including tracks with Big K.R.I.T, Pimp C and Lil Boosie called “Cake” and the recently released single “Fire” with Rick Ross and 2 Chainz, a cut originally meant to appear on the Trill-Ogy.

“So because I never really felt I could release the song 100 percent at the time, I chose not to,” he said. “Now, most people who would’ve had a Rick Ross [or 2 Chainz] verse would’ve found some way to put it out on their album, but when you’ve got good music, good music is timeless.”

With various ventures under his belt (see: rap coloring book), Bun will also add being the first rapper to ever perform with the Houston Symphony. “It’s the 100-year anniversary of the Houston Symphony and the 100-year anniversary of the Anti-Defamation League, so they’re partnering together for a concert presentation honoring Houston heroes of civil rights and people who have stood injustice, against hatred, and against violence, specifically in the city of Houston,” he said. “So they wanted to put together a musical accompaniment, and they thought it was the perfect time to incorporate a hip-hop element, and my name came first on the list.”

Check out the full interview here. – Alley Olivier 

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