Trill OG

In 2009, Play, of production duo Play-N-Skillz, told MTV Canada that a single on Bun's upcoming album would feature 2Pac.{{cite web |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2009/07/bun-b-snags-drake-jamie-foxx-for-new-single/ |title=Bun B Snags Drake & Jamie Foxx For New Single? |date=July 15, 2009 |last=Chanda |first=Devin |work=XXLmag.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}Jake Paine, [http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.12003/title.bun-b-describes-relationship-with-2pac-why-pharrell-tracks-did-not-make-trill-o-g "Bun B Describes Relationship With 2Pac, Why Pharrell Tracks Did Not Make Trill O.G.,"] HipHopDX, August 19, 2010. In January 2010, Bun B told MTV that the album was scheduled for an April 2010 release.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630471/20100125/bun_b_1.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128112119/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630471/20100125/bun_b_1.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2010 |title=Bun B Gives The People What They Want With No Mixtape |date=January 26, 2010 |last1=Reid |first1=Shaheem |last2=Dukes |first2=Rahman |work=MTV.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}} Additionally, Bun confirmed a collaboration with "a hip hop legend and a cultural icon" on the same song, but did not elaborate. He later declared the icons to be Tupac Shakur and Pimp C, along with Trey Songz singing the chorus. The song, "Right Now", was released in the summer of 2010. Bun summarized, "Tupac verse is from the 90's Pimp C's from the 2000s and mine from 2010 and it sounds like we just stepped out the booth yesterday."{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11117/title.bun-b-xzibit-eve-dj-muggs-to-race-in-gumball-3000 |title=Bun B, Xzibit, Eve, DJ Muggs To Race In Gumball 3000 |date=April 26, 2010 |last=Paine |first=Jake |work=HipHopDX.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, selling 39,838 copies in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://allhiphop.com/2010/08/11/chartwatch-eminem-is-no-2-again-bun-b-swoops-in-others-sell-slugglish/ |title=ChartWatch: Eminem Is No. 2 Again! Bun B Swoops In! Others Sell Slugglish! |publisher=AllHipHop |date=2010-08-11 |accessdate=2015-07-28}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1834283/review |last=Jeffries |first=David |work=Allmusic.com |title=Trill OG Review |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork Media

| rev2Score = (5.0/10){{cite web |url=http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14542-trill-og |title=Album Review Bun B Trill O.G. |date=August 11, 2010 |last=Breihan |first=Tom |work=Pitchfork.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.1495/title.bun-b-trill-og |title=Bun B Trill O.G. |date=August 6, 2010 |last=Kuperstein |first=Slava |work=HipHopDX.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4Score = (4.0/10){{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/129373-bun-b-trill-o.g/ |title=Bun B: Trill O.G. |date=August 13, 2010 |last=Amidon |first=David |work=PopMatters.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

| rev5 = RapReviews

| rev5Score = (8.5/10){{cite web |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2010_08F_trillOG.html |title= RapReview Of The Week |date=August 10, 2010 |last=Juon |first=Steve |work=Rapreview.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

| rev6 = The Source

| rev6Score = {{Rating|5|5}}

| rev7 = Spin

| rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/bun-b-trill-og-rap-lotuniversal-motown |title=Bun-B 'Trill O.G.' |last=Detrick |first=Ben |work=Spin.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

| rev8 = XXL

| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}} (XL){{cite web |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=87213 |title=Bun B's Trill O.G. Gets an XL |date=August 3, 2010 |last=Stovall |first=Calvin |work=XXLmag.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}

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Trill O.G. received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/trill-og/critic-reviews |title=Trill O.G. - Bun B |work=Metacritic.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}} However, Trill OG was the first album to receive a 5 Mic rating from The Source Magazine in five years, the last being Lil' Kim's The Naked Truth. HipHopDX said, "In the end, fans are left with a pleasant closing to a respected series, and one of Hip Hop's most respected voices still outshining the vast majority of his peers." XXL added, "The seasoned MC isn't exactly saying goodbye to rap. However, whenever he does decide to hang it up, Trill O.G. will surely go down as a testament to why Bun B is one of the trillest to ever do it."

David Amidon of PopMatters was more critical saying, "Ultimately, Bun ends up feeling like a bit of a guest on his own LP, similar to Rick Ross' Teflon Don effort, and though Trill O.G. is full of quality-sounding music it simply fails to make any argument for its necessity to anyone but the most strident fans of Bun B's monolithic presence." Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media shared a similar sentiment. "Throughout, (Bun B) works in the same weary and vaguely clumsy cadence, never bringing the ebulliently eloquent verve he brought to his best UGK verses. Instead he merely seems to dutifully plug away every time he touches a mic. It's tough to imagine how a rapper as great as Bun has managed to turn out an album as consistently turgid and leaden as this."

The album's lead single, "Countin' Money", which features Yo Gotti & Gucci Mane, was released on July 6, 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003U04O72/ |title=Countin' Money [Explicit] |work=Amazon.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}} "Trillionaire", which features T-Pain, was released on July 13, 2010, as the second single.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UM10JK/ |title=Trillionaire [Explicit] |work=Amazon.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}} The third single, "Just Like That", which features Young Jeezy and Diamond, was also released on July 13, 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UJGTO4/ |title=Just Like That [Explicit] |work=Amazon.com |accessdate=June 15, 2011}} The fourth single, "Put It Down", which features Drake was released in December 2010 and the music video was released on the internet December 22, 2010 via Bun B's VEVO account.{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9RpDUwuPQo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/B9RpDUwuPQo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|people=Bun B, Drake|title=Bun B-Put It Down ft. Drake |format=Flash |medium=Music Video |publisher=Vevo |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}{{cbignore}}

Credits adapted from album liner notes.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Chuuch!!!

| note1 = featuring J. Prince

| writer1 = {{hlist|Bernard Freeman|Steve Below}}

| extra1 = Below

| length1 = 4:46

| title2 = Trillionaire

| note2 = featuring T-Pain

| writer2 = {{hlist|Freeman|Faheem Najm|Kevin Crowe|Erik Ortiz|M. Primous}}

| extra2 = J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

| length2 = 4:07

| title3 = Just Like That

| note3 = featuring Young Jeezy and Lil Scrappy

| writer3 = {{hlist|Freeman|Jay Jenkins|Christopher Gholson|Darryl Richardson}}

| extra3 = Drumma Boy

| length3 = 4:16

| title4 = Put It Down

| note4 = featuring Drake

| writer4 = {{hlist|Freeman|Aubrey Graham|Matthew Samuels|Dalton "D10" Tennant}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Boi-1da|D10}}

| length4 = 4:32

| title5 = Right Now

| note5 = featuring Pimp C, 2Pac, and Trey Songz

| writer5 = {{hlist|Freeman|Chad Butler|Tupac Shakur|Tremaine Neverson|Below}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Below|Marq Moody{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = That's a Song

| note6 = skit; performed by Bluesman Ceddy St. Louis

| length6 = 0:24

| title7 = Countin' Money

| note7 = featuring Yo Gotti and Gucci Mane

| writer7 = {{hlist|Freeman|Mario Mimms|Radric Davis|Bradley Davis}}

| extra7 = DJ B-Do

| length7 = 3:34

| title8 = SpeakEasy

| note8 = featuring Twista and Bluesman Ceddy St. Louis

| writer8 = {{hlist|Freeman|Carl Mitchell|Cedric Kyles|Elimu Tabasuri}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Big E|Joshua Moore{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Lights, Camera, Action

| writer9 = {{hlist|Freeman|Below}}

| extra9 = Below

| length9 = 3:34

| title10 = I Git Down 4 Mine

| writer10 = {{hlist|Freeman|Below}}

| extra10 = Below

| length10 = 4:07

| title11 = Snow Money

| writer11 = {{hlist|Freeman|Below}}

| extra11 = Below

| length11 = 4:34

| title12 = Ridin' Slow

| note12 = featuring Slim Thug and Play-N-Skillz

| writer12 = {{hlist|Freeman|Stayve Thomas|Juan Salinas, Jr.|Oscar Salinas}}

| extra12 = Play-N-Skillz

| length12 = 5:09

| title13 = Let 'Em Know

| writer13 = {{hlist|Freeman|Christopher Martin}}

| extra13 = DJ Premier

| length13 = 4:11

| title14 = Listen

| note14 = skit; performed by Bluesman Ceddy St. Louis

| length14 = 0:24

| title15 = All a Dream

| note15 = featuring LeToya Luckett

| writer15 = {{hlist|Freeman|Crowe|Ortiz}}

| extra15 = J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

| length15 = 3:23

| title16 = It's Been a Pleasure

| note16 = featuring Drake

| writer16 = {{hlist|Freeman|Graham|Samuels|Tennant}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Boi-1da|D10|Jordan Evans{{ref|a|[a]}}|Matthew Burnett{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length16 = 5:46

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{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title17 = Gladiator

| extra17 = {{hlist|Below|Evans{{ref|a|[a]}}|Marq Moody{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| note17 = featuring Truck Buck

| length17 = 4:45

| title18 = Sext Me

| extra18 = Below

| note18 = featuring Just Brittany, Candi Redd, Surreal, Troublesum, and RawLT

| length18 = 5:12

| title19 = Real Live

| extra19 = Sound M.O.B.

| note19 = featuring Gator Mane and GLC

| length19 = 4:45

| title20 = Git In

| extra20 = Below

| note20 = featuring Big Capp and Young Money Moe

| length20 = 4:25

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title17 = The Best Is Back

| extra17 = Below

| length17 = 3:34

| title18 = Untitled Flow (58 Bars)

| extra18 = Below

| length18 = 2:54

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;Track notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
• "Chuuch!!!" features a chorus by Tekai Hicks, and additional background vocals by Erin Cortez and Marq Moody.
• "Lights, Camera, Action" features background vocals by Tekai Hicks.

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