Yesterday, Cash Money Records announced the signing of Mystikal and his first track, “Original,” with guest spots by Lil Wayne and Birdman. “Gimme my mantle back,” he raps with his trademark flamethrower flow. It’s audio only and, strangely, features the image of Lil Wayne and not Mystikal. Still, it’s good to have him back. For [...]
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Curren$y, Pilot Talk (DD172 Records)
October 1, 2010 – 12:59 am
In the video for Curren$y’s first single, 2006’s “Where da Cash At,” he’s at a waterside mansion, hundreds of video vixens in the pool and on the balcony behind him, his former label boss Lil Wayne at his side. It’s a great song, seductive yet dangerous, but in retrospect you have to wonder if the [...]
B.G., Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (Koch)
January 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
In 1993, B.G. released his first solo album on a fledgling label called Cash Money Records. Since then, he’s been through enough industry drama and rap beef to create his own soap opera. Now he’s back with Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood, his first solo release in over two years. It opens up with the [...]
A New Orleans Tradition
November 13, 2009 – 4:21 pm
This event has become so big it gets its own press release: Cash Money Records Co-CEOs and founders Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Birdman” Williams have never forgotten their roots in the projects of New Orleans. Even before they achieved massive success with artists like Lil Wayne, Kevin Rudolf, Drake and Jay Sean, they were [...]
Master P, Kane & Abel and Cash Money Records
February 1, 1997 – 12:01 am
Thanks to the help of director Moon Jones, rappers like Master P and Kane & Abel are making the transition from music to film. Jones, who was born in New Orleans and later moved to Los Angeles, wrote and directed the movie I’m Bout It—a comedy drama filmed in New Orleans starring Master P. Master [...]
UNLV, Mac, Melph, Calio (Cash Money)
August 1, 1995 – 12:01 am
There are no real surprises on UNLV’s third and strongest release, Mac, Melph, Calio. UNLV was one of New Orleans’ first ‘bounce’ groups and they have stuck to their style through alI three albums. Bounce, a distinctly local creation, is characterized by singalong choruses and fast-moving dance tracks and has been popularized by DJ Jimi, [...]
The Thick Man Swings; the Grandmother of Rap Gets Tough
July 1, 1993 – 12:01 am
This month, Big Beat/Atlantic Records releases “From the Brick Jungle,” the first single from local rapper MC Thick’s (Stewart Harris) debut album The Show Ain’t Over Till the Fat Man Swings. “From the Brick Jungle” is the follow-up to Harris’ 1991 release “What the Fellas Be Yellin’ (Marrero).” The song addressed the drug problems in [...]
