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Reppin' for UH: courtesy photo
Slim Thug is proud of his Cougars. So he crafted a song about it. The Houston rapper paired up with Paul Wall and Bun B for U of H Fight, a tribute to our college football team. He released the tune today via Twitter and his weekly #ThugThursday updates.
"Because I'm from Houston and the name of my mixtape thats coming out Dec.22nd is titled Houston it's only right for I rep for U of H," he tweeted.
"I know I'm being selfish this week by repping for the coogs but I'm proud of them Boyz they been balling this year and we support them."
U of H Fight Song/Slim Thug, Paul Wall & Bun B
Take a listen to the triumphant tune and grab a free download above. You'll be chanting "Red! White!" all day.
You can also download HERE.
Great, now UH has t-shirt fans.
So what? UH deserves the attention and not just for its football program.
Please don't steal lame Aggie terms like "T-Shirt fans"...I'm an alum and I don't care where the support for the team comes from. This is Houston's university.
Settle down, Beavis; I'll be there Thursday for my last final exam before I graduate with my second degree from UH. I can be as horrified as I want about this thug trying to get some notoriety off the backs of my football team's efforts. Where was he last year?
" I can be as horrified as I want about this thug..."
Just because they are rappers doesn't mean they are thugs.
Where was he last year?
Slim Thug has participated in hiphop lectures at the University of Houston in the past. Bun B is a profesor at Rice and a hiphop lengend, it is an honor for him to make a song about U of H. Paul Wall went to the University of Houston, he has been spotted at games in the past. The University of Houston has played his song "riding dirty" at football games, the band even dance to it during halftime.
Just because they may not walk, talk, or dress like you doesn't mean you should pass judgement on them. I've been waiting for a remix of the fight song for years and I think its an honor.
Right On !
Awesome. To quote a line from an obscure R.E.M. song, "There's lots of room for you on the bandwagon."
"I know I'm being selfish this week by repping for the coogs but I'm proud of them Boyz they been balling this year and we support them."
Well, that just sums it all up right there...Eyeroll
Slim Thug showed up a lil late to the party... Check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPan84bdhLo
Just when you thought Houston couldn't out-ghetto itself
I think it's great!You people are too cynical this is exciting and a great gesture
Word. Embrace it y'all!! I have two degrees from UH and couldn't be more proud.
here's the youtube link for the fight song!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwMVK8qnWlc&feature=colike
#GoCoogs
I think it's awesome to support the Cougers no matter who you are. They've done great this year. But hey, that's just me. I agree wholeheartedly with LadyJay
I think its all in good fun for football and all but this is an institution of higher learning. I personally wouldn't want Slim Thug or the Grill Guy to be associated with the place that I hold a degree from. Will Bobby Brown be reppin for Harvard next? No thanks
The lack of sense in that comment is astounding.
Ditto!
what the actual ef? you said that as if a univ in third ward is a bad thing. we got college cred AND street cred
FYI.....Paul Wall actually went to UH.
Plus, who cares anyways. Attention for UH is good. Period.
This is a new tailgate anthem. Very fun! If you want to be negative about this, get over it. We're excited to have something to cheer about and you should be proud or allow us to be proud. To have any music artist giving attention to a university is good. We want everyone to feel connected to a higher learning campus and hopefully make the effort to attend one! Go Coogs!
Apparently some of the folks would prefer Clay Walker or Toby Kieth...nevermind that most of the players don't know who they are...
The song is bad. And I like UH. And hip hop. Whatever this is should be noted as representative of neither.
I don't think they would record "The Eyes of Texas are upon you" to a rap beat. It would never go down in Austin. But thats what makes UH and Houston better than UT and Austin. In Austin a bunch of geeky white guys in black turtle neck sweaters looking like they are auditioning for the Pat Boone show is considered real entertainment, in Houston, its not.
Ridin Dirty was by Chamillionaire, but he also went to UH. Paul Wall went to UH and even performed a concert at UH after one game most people know his stuff like Sittin Sideways or the collabo he did with Kanye called Drive Slow.
I am an alum, and I am glad that Houstonians are taking pride in UH regardless of who they are (celebrity or not). Hate is bad for your health.
I dont like rap......but THIS IS WELL DONE!!!
I'm from Houston, and to see that the local artist are supporting the local university shows that people do notice what around them. If your too busy judging the man who calls himself "Slim Thug" then you've missed the entire point of the article and goes to show that your perspective in life is still stuck in the past. If you can't accept the man then you'll never accept what he's about. From the article it sounds like he's about supporting higher education and the promotion of his hometown university, through supporting the football team. Besides do you even really know what a thug is?
I like it!
I graduated from UT, but I was raised in the city that bangs their music slow...that was awesome!!!!!
Yall be hatin..
Your mom is so fat, that she use crisco as a vitamin c supplement.
I usually like a lot of what these three come up with, but this song is terrible.
this is gonna be played every gameday. ever again. needz to be slowed though.
Fun stuff!
Alumni checkin in and that was great. These guys have come to bat for the Astros, Texans and now the Coogs. Eat Em Up.
Spoken like a true ghetto gangsta...loser!
Smells like it sounds. Exactly.
Anything about drank in it? LOL
People will literally find anything to complain about.
Nice! Thanks for supporting the Cougars and the city! Great song!
now how someone gonna hate on that!
Awesome song! GO COOGS!!!
Aww heck yes! Gonna blow out the back window with this tomorrow!
FYI: I just played the song for my high school students and they all loved it. I am at a very strong "football high school" and the players loved it. They actually said a few more things about the fight song but that is what it basically translates into. Anything to get the local athletes to stay local.
If you dont like/care for rap particularly so much, fine, its not my cup of tea either BUT this is freakin awesome. And I think as alumni and people claiming to be alumni, we should support our alma mater. UH does deserve the respect and accolades it has been getting lately. Maybe this isnt the first way everyone would prefer but, its still positive for the school. Dont forget, this is a TIER ONE University in the 3rd Ward of Houston, TX. They can't help that the location is not as wonderful now as it may have been in 1927 when the University was founded. This fits the fairly well with the current culture of the University, and if you dont like it, sorry. Not every rapper is a thug and there are plenty of politicians and "upstanding" citizens that are not so upstanding. Quit judging people and complaining for the sake of complaining. Just embrace national media attention being heaped upon our alma mater and support your school Pride. GO COOGS!!
Haters are gonna hate, but the Coogs are for real.
Great theme song for the best high school football team in the city.
Woo.
Hoo.
Maybe you can do a long version with that Astro "Brooklyn in da howse" idiot.