Synopsis
UGK bring their sexually charged Southern rap anthem into a Chinatown setting, mixing performance footage with imagery connected to the 1999 crime film The Corruptor. Bun B and Pimp C deliver their verses amid nightlife scenes, glamorous women, luxury-minded visuals, and flashes of the film's urban action world. The result is a compact, soundtrack-driven video that places UGK's Texas pimp-rap persona against an unexpectedly international backdrop, emphasizing the song's swagger rather than building a conventional narrative.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Take It Off" first appeared on The Corruptor soundtrack in 1999, before being included as a bonus track on UGK's 2001 album Dirty Money.
- The video was issued as a tie-in to The Corruptor, the New Line Cinema crime drama starring Chow Yun-fat and Mark Wahlberg. It was also included as a music-video extra on home-video editions of the film.
- The track samples Barry White's "Love Serenade," giving its blunt club-rap production a layer of lush soul atmosphere.
- "Take It Off" was one of the songs that helped keep UGK visible during the long delay before Dirty Money arrived. The album followed a five-year gap after 1996's Ridin' Dirty.
- The song later resurfaced in chopped-and-screwed form on Jive Records Presents UGK - Chopped & Screwed, released in 2004.
- The single is notable within UGK's catalog for receiving a soundtrack-specific visual treatment rather than a standard album campaign. Its association with The Corruptor also helps explain the video's unusual Chinatown and film-noir flavor.