December 31, 2013
December 26, 2013
NOLA Hip Hop Archive (Promo Video + Info)
A digital archive of New Orleans hiphop and bounce supported by the Amistad Research Center launching Spring 2014!
The Background
From Cash Money and No Limit to Lil Wayne, Birdman, Mystikal, Mannie Fresh, Juvenile, Big Freedia & Curren$y to the strong currents of underground hiphop and bounce music that sustain the tradition, New Orleans has been a central location for hiphop since the 1990s.
Today, rap music is arguably Louisiana’s most lucrative cultural export. But in the most widespread images of “New Orleans music,” the city’s rappers, producers and DJs that helped to build the tradition remain largely invisible. This, coupled with Hurricane Katrina, in which countless members of the city’s creative communities lost their lives or were displaced, many of whom remain unable to return, inspired a determination in many to help provide resources/further acknowledgment for artists and to add to the documentation/collection of hiphop and bounce oral histories.
The NOLA Hiphop Archive was founded by Holly Hobbs in 2012 to help address these issues. Thus far, the NOLA Hiphop Archive has conducted over 30 videotaped interviews with hiphop and bounce artists and pioneers in the city, including Mannie Fresh, Mystikal, Partners N Crime, Dee-1, Ricky B, DJ Raj Smoove, Nesby Phips, Nicky da B & Rusty Lazer, Queen Blackkold Madina (Academy Award-winning rapper & star of the documentary Trouble the Water) and more.
The Launch of the Digital Archive
These first 30 videotaped oral histories collected in 2012/2013 by the NOLA Hiphop Archive will be launched in conjunction with the Where They At bounce exhibit materials--which were exhibited in 2010 at the Smithsonian-affiliated Ogden Museum of Southern Art--in a community accessible digital archive beginning Spring 2014 at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University. Once the digital archive is launched in Spring 2014, anyone will be able to access the interviews free of charge either in person at the Amistad Research Center on Tulane campus in New Orleans or online. Although the Amistad Research Center cannot provide financial assistance to us, with the help of Tulane University Amistad is able to offer the technological support involved in launching and maintaining this digital archive for years to come.
The Background
From Cash Money and No Limit to Lil Wayne, Birdman, Mystikal, Mannie Fresh, Juvenile, Big Freedia & Curren$y to the strong currents of underground hiphop and bounce music that sustain the tradition, New Orleans has been a central location for hiphop since the 1990s.
Today, rap music is arguably Louisiana’s most lucrative cultural export. But in the most widespread images of “New Orleans music,” the city’s rappers, producers and DJs that helped to build the tradition remain largely invisible. This, coupled with Hurricane Katrina, in which countless members of the city’s creative communities lost their lives or were displaced, many of whom remain unable to return, inspired a determination in many to help provide resources/further acknowledgment for artists and to add to the documentation/collection of hiphop and bounce oral histories.
The NOLA Hiphop Archive was founded by Holly Hobbs in 2012 to help address these issues. Thus far, the NOLA Hiphop Archive has conducted over 30 videotaped interviews with hiphop and bounce artists and pioneers in the city, including Mannie Fresh, Mystikal, Partners N Crime, Dee-1, Ricky B, DJ Raj Smoove, Nesby Phips, Nicky da B & Rusty Lazer, Queen Blackkold Madina (Academy Award-winning rapper & star of the documentary Trouble the Water) and more.
The Launch of the Digital Archive
These first 30 videotaped oral histories collected in 2012/2013 by the NOLA Hiphop Archive will be launched in conjunction with the Where They At bounce exhibit materials--which were exhibited in 2010 at the Smithsonian-affiliated Ogden Museum of Southern Art--in a community accessible digital archive beginning Spring 2014 at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University. Once the digital archive is launched in Spring 2014, anyone will be able to access the interviews free of charge either in person at the Amistad Research Center on Tulane campus in New Orleans or online. Although the Amistad Research Center cannot provide financial assistance to us, with the help of Tulane University Amistad is able to offer the technological support involved in launching and maintaining this digital archive for years to come.
The Mission
The NOLA Hiphop Archive is raising money to conduct 30 more interviews with leading hiphop and bounce artists, to be completed by the end of 2014. Shooting 30 more interviews will create a larger, more well-rounded digital archive at the Amistad Research Center and ensure we are documenting as many perspectives and voices as possible. Your money will be used to:
-Pay for the continued services of our director, videographer, and production assistant, who have all donated their time at no cost to the project thus far;
-Pay for video camera maintenance, tapes, a new tripod, and a new lavaliere microphone;
-Assist the Amistad Research Center in the creation of a small NOLA Hiphop Archive listening/viewing station for community members in one section of their library;
and
-Help us get the word out to community members thru further promotional schemes, marketing, and branding efforts.
**To date, all work conducted by the NOLA Hiphop Archive has been done on donated time and with donated resources. Small donations from Music Rising, the Tulane Summer Merit Fellowship program, and The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South have assisted in the collecting efforts.
December 23, 2013
Rest In Peace Lord Infamous from Three 6 Mafia
This past saturday (December 21) tragic news hit Twitter that former Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous has passed away. The 40 year-old rapper is believed to have died in his sleep from a heart attack in his mother hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. From Cash Money Degreez we wanna give our condolences to his family, friends and fans.
December 16, 2013
Turk, Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Bury After Concert Drama
Turk, Mannie Fresh, and Juvenile were set to perform at a Hot Boys concert in Jackson, Mississippi over the weekend, but a week ago, Turk was kicked out of the gig. Turk's booking agent was told that either Mannie Fresh or Juvenile were the ones to make the decision to kick him off the show.
"I got a phone call from my booking agent about a week ago and he told me that they didn't want me on the show, that either Juve or Mannie's management called the promoter and told them either it's going to be them, which is Juve and Mannie Fresh, not showing up to the show or they would have to take me off and they're not getting their money back because they won't show up."
Turk was insistent about there being no beef between him, Juvenile, and Mannie Fresh, and revealed that any animosity between them was smoothed over when he arrived at the show. The "Young & Thuggin'" rapper tweeted out to his fans;
Had A Long Conversation With @juviethegreat and djmanniefresh tonight and we came to a reconciliation… http://t.co/5ZUDmpA3US
— HotBoy Turk (@HotBoyTurk32) diciembre 15, 2013
His message was followed by an update from Juvenile, who wrote;
We here and me and Turk ain't beefing its hotboys forever @ Nite Lyfe Jxn http://t.co/CSZCnyw0T5
— JUVENILE (@juviethegreat) diciembre 15, 2013
Mannie Fresh Remembers Soulja Slim @ XXL Magazine
(Nov. 26) marks the tenth anniversary of the day that Soulja Slim was shot to death in the front lawn of his mother’s house in New Orleans, one of hip-hop’s most tragic unsolved murders. Slim, who started out in New Orleans’ Magnolia Projects as Magnolia Slim, worked with many of Louisiana’s finest musicians during his time, from Juvenile to B.G. to Master P and Mannie Fresh, making his mark on a region that was dominant in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
“He was just somebody who took rap to a whole other level,” Mannie Fresh says during a phone call with XXL. ”You knew all his raps and most of the stories he was saying was true to life. It was a real experience.”
Fresh, who worked with Slim during their Cash Money days, called Slim one of the few “tell-it-like-it-is” rappers in the game, something that was lost after Slim died at the age of 26. “With Hurricane Katrina and all that kind of stuff happening, you needed somebody to rally for your city, to tell that story,” Fresh says. “Since Hurricane Katrina, we didn’t really have nobody that said, ‘I’m gonna tell New Orleans’ story, and I’m gonna stick to New Orleans.’ And what I do admire most about Slim was that he was not a follower. He kept it New Orleans.”
Just after his death, Juvenile’s song “Slow Motion,” which Slim wrote and was featured on, skyrocketed to the summit of the Billboard Hot 100, making Slim one of the few artists to ever hit No. 1 posthumously. “It was truly sad; you knew the potential of what this young kid could have been,” Fresh remembers about the day Slim was killed. “And he was just starting to blow, the world was just starting to pay attention to him. And you knew where he was headed. It was a sad moment in hip-hop. Even right now, that music is timeless. If you drop a Magnolia Slim song in New Orleans, they rally for that.”
As for Fresh, he’s splitting his time DJing and getting back in the studio, reportedly readying tracks with Wiz Khalifa, Mos Def and, perhaps, a Hot Boys reunion. “I’m really working hard at regaining Mannie Fresh as a household name,” he says. “But for me, it’s always been the long road. What the long road means is if I gotta go city to city, town to town or whatever it is, that’s what I gotta do.”
“He was just somebody who took rap to a whole other level,” Mannie Fresh says during a phone call with XXL. ”You knew all his raps and most of the stories he was saying was true to life. It was a real experience.”
Fresh, who worked with Slim during their Cash Money days, called Slim one of the few “tell-it-like-it-is” rappers in the game, something that was lost after Slim died at the age of 26. “With Hurricane Katrina and all that kind of stuff happening, you needed somebody to rally for your city, to tell that story,” Fresh says. “Since Hurricane Katrina, we didn’t really have nobody that said, ‘I’m gonna tell New Orleans’ story, and I’m gonna stick to New Orleans.’ And what I do admire most about Slim was that he was not a follower. He kept it New Orleans.”
Just after his death, Juvenile’s song “Slow Motion,” which Slim wrote and was featured on, skyrocketed to the summit of the Billboard Hot 100, making Slim one of the few artists to ever hit No. 1 posthumously. “It was truly sad; you knew the potential of what this young kid could have been,” Fresh remembers about the day Slim was killed. “And he was just starting to blow, the world was just starting to pay attention to him. And you knew where he was headed. It was a sad moment in hip-hop. Even right now, that music is timeless. If you drop a Magnolia Slim song in New Orleans, they rally for that.”
As for Fresh, he’s splitting his time DJing and getting back in the studio, reportedly readying tracks with Wiz Khalifa, Mos Def and, perhaps, a Hot Boys reunion. “I’m really working hard at regaining Mannie Fresh as a household name,” he says. “But for me, it’s always been the long road. What the long road means is if I gotta go city to city, town to town or whatever it is, that’s what I gotta do.”
Action Bronson + Mannie Fresh @ Maison (Lundi Gras Late Night)
MONDAY | 3.3.2014 | 10PM
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November 27, 2013
In Memory of Soulja Slim (10 Years After Dead)
REST
in PEACE Soulja Slim
11/26/03-11/26/13
Real Name: James Tapp
Hailing From: Magnolia Projects, New Orleans
Date of Birth: September 9 1977
Date of Death: November 26 2003 (New Orleans)
Cause of Death: Gunned down. Reportedly shot twice in the face and five times in the chest while leaving his car on his way to visit his mum. Murderer Garelle Smith arrested in 2003.
Here is probally the last interview he did with Murder Dog Magazine;
Is your new album similar to your last or is it something different?
You gotta improve it. The same real shit, the same gutter shit, but it’s on my own. It’s the shit how it would’ve been done if I was doin it instead of havin that muthafucka fuckin with my business.
Give It To ‘Em Raw was your first album and it came out on No Limit?
Yeah and it went gold. That was my first national album. KLC did all the production—that’s Medicine Men now, but it was Beats by the Pound. Me and them still fuck around. We fucks with Soulja Slim around like every day. They doin they thang, we doin our thang, everybody connected.
You also had another album, “The Streets Made Me”?
The bitch-ass nigga let that flop. He been worrying about some other shit, fuckin with my business.
That was also produced by Beats by the Pound?
No, P used some new producers there. It’s some producers that I still fuck with to this day that don’t fuck with No Limit no more. We just makin it hot.
Your new album is coming through Koch?
It’s called Years Later a Few Months After. I had put it out independent myself. I sold a quick like 30-some-thousand units, within 6 months, no promotion, no nothing. Ya feel me? Now I’m ready to make it official.
Who did the production on this one?
I got a few producers that I’m dealin with like Bass Heavy and Dame for Cut Throat Music. I got my own little vibe. Everything is everything, I’m tryin to start something.
I’ve been hearing that you’ve been getting a lot of radio play throughout the South.
They’s lovin it, they’s real. They’re playin “I Paid For It”. They made it happen. I gotta hit ‘em with another one like that. Before we was even fuckin with Koch we was getting like 200 spins in already. That’s what made ‘em holler at us, you know what I’m talkin ‘bout? I’m bout to do it how it supposed to be done. I need a few million, me.
A lot of people don’t realize how far back you have been rappin.
I been doin this shit like thirteen years. I started rappin when I was thirteen, lil boy, my mama used to come look for me when I’m in clubs. Bounce shit was the cool then, Bounce rappin. Everybody grab the mic, every artist.
What made you go in the direction of music at such a young age?
Shit, I was listenin to what was poppin. If you knew how to rap your shit was real, your name was ringin, but I was a fuck-up when I was rappin. It had to do with the older I got the more wiser I got.
Do you have brothers and sisters doing music?
I got one lil’ sister, but it’s just me doin music.
At that time what were you listening to? What inspired you to want to rap?
I was listenin to that gangsta shit, ya heard me? I was still with Bounce rappin, I know how to do that, but I’m on some other shit too. I started as Bounce. If you heard me then and hear me now you’d be like, “That nigga was before back in the game.” It was a totally different vibe. I was a lil’ kid. KLC produced all that way back. That’s the only producer I ever had, that’s the first person to ever put me behind a real shit with 16 bars and shit. That’s my nigga, my legendary. Eminem got his legendary, I got my legendary: KLC.
I didn’t know that you were working with KLC before you got with No Limit.
That’s what we fuckin with, you already know how we comin. Matter of fact, that’s the nigga who brought me to Percy Miller.
How did that happen?
’98 when I got outta the pen, ya heard me? It was poppin, then No Limit was the shit. I needed a few dollars at the time, so I went and hollered at the nigga. KL brought me down there and I just laced it on up. Didn’t sign a contract or nothin, they gave me like 60 g’s, ya heard me? Master P, weren’t about nothing, he showed a nigga how to play the game, owes a nigga a few dollars too. Know what I’m talkin about? Ain’t ‘bout nothin.
At the time you got signed you were locked up or you were out?
I ain’t never been signed. All this rappin I been doin, that’s how gangsta I am.
When you first connected with No Limit then, you were out?
I had just got out. I was readin the magazines and shit and I knew KLC was doin ‘em for P and that’s my producer. So I was goin where the cheddar was at.
I heard that you were in the pen for five years?
Six if you add it all up. Back to back. That didn’t stop nothing. I still come home and make me a fuckin album. Know what I’m talkin ‘bout? Dedicated, this is what I do.
How old were you when you went to the prison?
I been in that place so many muthafuckin times. I first went in—I got a 36 DOC number—so that’s in ’95 when you roll in that thing. That’s my DOC number, that’s when I started. From there muthafuckas keep on lockin me up. But I’m all OK now, I’m celebratin every day. I smoke it all. I been fucked up so much I could never go get burned out.
How old are you now, Slim?
I’ll be 26 on the ninth. September ninth. I was 17-18. On the juvenile tip, holdin me down. I’m about my business.
How was it growin up in Magnolia?
It built a nigga, bro. I can’t say how it was growin up cause it done screwed me up. That’s why I stole, that muthafucka grew me up. That’s why I seen it happen, that’s why I done dirt, that’s why a nigga got locked up. Everything, that’s me. I gotta leave there and get my muthafucka game tight and change right. Lotta niggaz be joke-shakin and blazzy blind like they from the Magnolia—ya heard me—a muthafucka ain’t never had a muthafuckin edge rip back then, I ain’t gonna get too technical and shit. Magnolia, it’s still the same, ain’t nothing change. If anybody wanna be trippin on the project type shit, that’s me, I’m settrippin. I’m from out the Magnolia, I’m Magnolia Slim. That’s me, I’m holdin that down. I’m a gangsta too, so it could rappin or however it go. You’re the Murder Dog, so you’re gonna put everything in there.
It’s gonna be good. You’ll be on the cover with a nice photo…
I appreciate that bro. I appreciate that so much. You musta felt my vibe.
Man, you ain’t heard nothing yet. I’ma tell you one thing, the dude 50, I respect his mind. He came with some flows with that real shit. He brought it right back to the streets, ya heard me? So I’m gonna take it from there, like a gangsta supposed to. Can’t slow me down.
With the right promotions you could be as big as 50.
I know that. It’s a process, I ain’t trippin. Catch me next year after this album drop. Next year round this time we gonna be up there and do the same ol’ thing. I’m gonna be on the big Dog cover again, talkin crazy, with a whole ‘nother deal. Ya heard me? We ain’t crazy by a long shot, Cut Throat ain’t crazy. Ant and them, that’s my muthafuckas, they handlin the business with me and we make official like that. That’s how I be doin it.
Do you go by Magnolia Slim or Soulja Slim?
Magnolia, that was my name back in the game. It was Magnolia Slim, but when I left there and dropped the nationwide album, when I was fuckin with P, I just said “Fuck it I’m gonna call myself Soulja Slim because these muthafuckas ain’t respectin that this fuck ‘soldier’ shit was invented and originated by me.” Soldier Reeboks and all that shit there, that’s the code I used to live by, and I still do to this day.
You were the one wearing camouflage first too.
Man, I put this muthafuckin soldier shit down and I’m trippin if a nigga say I didn’t. If any nigga wanna say I didn’t then he better tell me straight like that. Master P caught onto that image and took it to a national level, but I know you were doing that way back. That nigga probably passed up 4 million tryin to get 10 million on a nigga. Give me the muthafuckin 4 million. Don’t matter if the muthafucka won’t holler at me, typa nigga like that. Tryna get money on top of money, more than what you…if the people want me for 3 million, now let me go on about my business. I’m a real nigga, I ain’t look for no contract with you. I’m fuckin with you on loyalty. I’m a friend. I ain’t never did no fuckin contracts with Rap, Rap game like it’s supposed to, from the jailhouse to the street. The nigga was real at one point in time, I ain’t gonna take nothing from him.
Definitely, No Limit was an incredible movement.
I ain’t talkin ‘bout No Limit, I’m talkin about Master P. And they gonna wanna know where I’m talkin crazy from. Give me my muthafuckin money!
Is that why you left No Limit?
Yeah. The nigga ain’t gonna break no fuckin bread. He had his mind focused on some lil’ TV shows and Lil Romeo, which I don’t knock him for that. But this that real shit right here. Look, this shit done took over, this real shit took over. You’re fuckin right! I’m ‘bout to do my thing, baby
You started your own label?
Cut Throat Committy Records. I started that when I was in jail. I used to be fuckin around talkin about Cut Throat Committy Records, you know what I’m talkin ‘bout? Fuckin with a nigga, sayin you gonna get 2%. Just fuckin around. I just made it official right now, I’m just tryin to build it. I signed with Koch. I’m hopin that they’ll push this shit and keep this shit real, hold the beat.
A lot of people don’t know too much about your history…
Check this out: if they don’t know about me, they better start knowin about me cause guess what? I’m a helluva jig and my presence is known.
November 12, 2013
Young Turk Signed to Rap-A-Lot Records?
My nigga JPrince hit me same night my daddy funeral & said he want to give me a Label Deal! Tell Me God ain't GOOD!! pic.twitter.com/NxZ203XHQf
— HotBoy Turk (@HotBoyTurk32) November 12, 2013
ItsHott I Just Signed A Label Deal With J Prince RAPaLOT/YNT #Thuggin pic.twitter.com/oJ02Fdnim4
— HotBoy Turk (@HotBoyTurk32) November 11, 2013
Dee-1 - I'll Pay For It (Prod. by Mannie Fresh)
“I’ll Pay For It” will be on Dee-1′s next upcoming project, “Psalms of David II”, which drops on November 19th.
November 2, 2013
Key Tracks: Mannie Fresh on Juvenile’s “Ha”
It’s fair to say that Juvenile was one of the main rappers responsible for the rise of the South in the late ’90s. Alongside his Cash Money cohorts, he took what had previously been a regional concern to national attention. There had been isolated cases, sure, but Juvenile and others signaled the beginning of what would become one of the most popular sounds in late ’90s and early ’00s rap. In this excerpt from a lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy in 2011, producer Mannie Fresh describes the recording of “Ha,” Juvenile’s breakout hit from the 1998 album 400 Degreez.
I knew that Juvenile was gonna be that thing because the way his voice sounded, his delivery, the way the beats were. It was just a different thing from what hip hop had heard at that time. When I saw Juvenile [for the first time though] he didn’t have that raspy voice, that New Orleans drawl like he’s got now. But it was all on the streets – this kid named Juvenile was rocking every block party he went to. The city already knew ‘cause he was going from spot to spot: bars, schools, whatever… Ku Klux Klan rallies, he was there. [laughs] I saw him at a hole-in-the-wall bar. He was probably like 15 at the time. He had no business being there, but he was rocking with the DJ and everybody knew the songs. One of them was “Back That Azz Up.” He was performing it to the “Paid In Full” loop. It was just a DJ spinning the loop back and forth, he was doing that song to that. Everybody in the city already knew the song, the verses, the hook, it was just phenomenal.
The thing about it was, when we got into the studio, he knew all those songs, so that made it so much better. When “Ha” came out, everyone was like, “This is so nuts, the way his rhyme schemes are going, everything he’s saying.” Everyone was, “Never heard anybody rap like that.” But it was already a key song in New Orleans. It was already jumping off, it was already hot.
When I started putting beats to them, I said, “I’m gonna strip these songs, we’re gonna take the bounce element out of a lot of these songs and make it mainstream in our own New Orleans way.” I remember when we were doing this record Juvenile was like, “You’re gonna leave the beat the way it was, the way I do it.” He wanted a bounce beat behind it. I was, “Nah, man, I’m gonna change the drums and put a little music or something behind it.” To them, it was a sad day for Roland 808. But I said, “Trust me, it’s gonna all work out. I’m gonna change it to something I know will go mainstream. Let me do what I do.” He was trying these songs out in different spots, the worst-of-the-worst places you could find. I’m like, “If you can rock that crowd, I know the world is gonna accept it.”
“Ha” was the last song we added to his album. We went out to eat and came back and were like, “It’s one more song, do the ‘Ha’ song.” When I programmed it – and he already had the rap – it was one of those songs that came together in like 30 minutes. It was, “Hurry up, do this, this is flowing so good.” When he did the raps, the first take he did wasn’t very energetic ‘cause he wasn’t really feeling it. Our first argument ever. I was, “Dude, come on, put some energy to the song.” He was like, “I don’t know dude, I kind of like the beat the way…” “Just try it, when it breaks down and the drums change on the hook, this is gonna be so crazy.” He came back and did it again and I was, “That’s the single, that’s the one.” “You really think so?” “That’s the single, I think so.”
One day Baby called me at home and he was like, “Jay-Z wants to get on the remix to ‘Ha.’” I was, “Man, stop playing me, you’re lying.” “No, they already sent him the track. They should get it two weeks from now in the mail.” At that time there was no emailing anybody. So we get it back and we must have played that song back 15 times. We were like, “That’s him. Play it again.” And he had this line in the song where he’s, “Jay-Z and Cash Money.” So I was, “I’m gonna sample that and move it to the front.” “Do you think we should call him?” “No! Just take that and move it to the front of the song.” [laughs]
When Jay-Z called – “I wanna get on the remix to ‘Ha’” – I knew I’d arrived. That was unheard of at the time. For anybody from New York to even pay attention to what we were doing down South... They were, “They’re alright, they’ve got their little thing going. We ain’t really paying attention. To get respect, y’all gonna earn it.” That catapulted Cash Money even further, when that song hit the airwaves, people were like, “Damn, Jay-Z is on that song and he’s doing the ‘Ha’ thing.”
The thing about it was, when we got into the studio, he knew all those songs, so that made it so much better. When “Ha” came out, everyone was like, “This is so nuts, the way his rhyme schemes are going, everything he’s saying.” Everyone was, “Never heard anybody rap like that.” But it was already a key song in New Orleans. It was already jumping off, it was already hot.
When I started putting beats to them, I said, “I’m gonna strip these songs, we’re gonna take the bounce element out of a lot of these songs and make it mainstream in our own New Orleans way.” I remember when we were doing this record Juvenile was like, “You’re gonna leave the beat the way it was, the way I do it.” He wanted a bounce beat behind it. I was, “Nah, man, I’m gonna change the drums and put a little music or something behind it.” To them, it was a sad day for Roland 808. But I said, “Trust me, it’s gonna all work out. I’m gonna change it to something I know will go mainstream. Let me do what I do.” He was trying these songs out in different spots, the worst-of-the-worst places you could find. I’m like, “If you can rock that crowd, I know the world is gonna accept it.”
“Ha” was the last song we added to his album. We went out to eat and came back and were like, “It’s one more song, do the ‘Ha’ song.” When I programmed it – and he already had the rap – it was one of those songs that came together in like 30 minutes. It was, “Hurry up, do this, this is flowing so good.” When he did the raps, the first take he did wasn’t very energetic ‘cause he wasn’t really feeling it. Our first argument ever. I was, “Dude, come on, put some energy to the song.” He was like, “I don’t know dude, I kind of like the beat the way…” “Just try it, when it breaks down and the drums change on the hook, this is gonna be so crazy.” He came back and did it again and I was, “That’s the single, that’s the one.” “You really think so?” “That’s the single, I think so.”
One day Baby called me at home and he was like, “Jay-Z wants to get on the remix to ‘Ha.’” I was, “Man, stop playing me, you’re lying.” “No, they already sent him the track. They should get it two weeks from now in the mail.” At that time there was no emailing anybody. So we get it back and we must have played that song back 15 times. We were like, “That’s him. Play it again.” And he had this line in the song where he’s, “Jay-Z and Cash Money.” So I was, “I’m gonna sample that and move it to the front.” “Do you think we should call him?” “No! Just take that and move it to the front of the song.” [laughs]When Jay-Z called – “I wanna get on the remix to ‘Ha’” – I knew I’d arrived. That was unheard of at the time. For anybody from New York to even pay attention to what we were doing down South... They were, “They’re alright, they’ve got their little thing going. We ain’t really paying attention. To get respect, y’all gonna earn it.” That catapulted Cash Money even further, when that song hit the airwaves, people were like, “Damn, Jay-Z is on that song and he’s doing the ‘Ha’ thing.”
October 28, 2013
Turk - It's Hot (Official Video)
Here is the lastest street-club single of Hot Boy Turk called "Its Hot".
Produced by DJ.Thoro and directed by Alex
Acosta..
Film was shot in N.Y and N.O and have featured cameos 4 Lil
Wayne, 2 Chainz, Mannie Fresh and others!
October 14, 2013
Juvenile feat. Skip, Lil Cali - They Love Me (Audio)
Juvenile is back again with a new track with his teammates Skip and Lil Cali from UTP.
This song is called "They Love Me" and we love the beat!
Check this song after the jump
Check this song after the jump
NOLA Hip Hop Awards Cypher 2013
Nola Hip-Hop Awards Cypher 2013 Directed By @QuincyScott_
Rappers: @DacoitGarcia, @IAmSaintFresh, @DhNextUp, @Ryanleedents, @NinoPurp, & @TheWil_C
Second Camera Man: Josh Etienne
DJ: @Dj_Calice
NOLA Hip Hop Awards 2013
Civic Theatre
October 26, 2013
October 10, 2013
Jason Lyric - Fit For a King (Official Video)
New music video by New Orleans rapper Jason Lyric. This is the intro off
of his latest mixtape produced by YE Beatz. Visuals by Marcell Bennett.
Cameos by Wild Wayne, Juggie, Big Herc and the entire city of New
Orleans!
September 29, 2013
Lil Cali aka Cali Pachino - Rappin-N-Trappin (New Mixtape)
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Juvenile & UTP Records Presents Lil Cali aka Pachino "Rappin -N- Trappin" All New Mixtape! Executive produced by Juvenile and features Juvenile, Curren$y, Kevin Gates, Level, Mouse, Skip, Turk, 3D'Natee and more..
To book Lil Cali for shows, to submit beats to Lil Cali, & for Features from Lil Cali Please Email: booklilcali@5startalentmgmt.com or call 225-221-6748
2013 Nola Hip Hop Awards (Nominees)
1.) 3D NATEE
2.) AUGUST ALSINA
3.) FIEND
4.) KIDD KIDD
5.) TURK
HOTTEST MALE ARTIST
1.) DEE DAY
2.) JAY JONES
3.) KIDD KIDD
4.) LG
5.) MR. MARCELO
6.) YOUNG RODDY
HOTTEST FEMALE ARTIST
1.) 3D NATEE
2.) CHELS
3.) JA SO RUDE
4.) KARA JUELZ
5.) SOL GALEANO
HOTTEST NEW ARTIST
1.) CHADCONQLION
2.) DANIEL HEARTLESS
3.) MARTY MARD
4.) MARY GOLD
5.) NINO LEWIS
6.) SIWEL NEICUL
HOTTEST GROUP
1.) 0017TH
2.) DA U BOYS
3.) DUSTY MONEY
4.) NEW RENAISSANCE
5.) THE RAP PACK
HOTTEST LYRICIST
1.) 3D NATEE
2.) HEATABEST
3.) KIDD KIDD
4.) LYRIQS DA LYRACISS
5.) PAASKY
6.) SIWEL NEICUL
HOTTEST PRODUCER
1.) AJ BEATS
2.) BEAT DOCTOR
3.) BLAQ N MILD
4.) FLIGHT SCHOOL
5.) NESBY PHIPS
6.) SINISTA
HOTTEST ALBUM
1.) DUSTY MONEY - AIN'T NO I IN TEAM
2.) LYRIQS DA LYRACISS - D.A.I.Y.L.F
3.) SESS 4-5 - SEE WAT DAT DO
4.) SOL GALEANO - OYE MI CANTO
5.) SUAVE & PROSPEK - DAY 2 DAY SOUL
HOTTEST MIXTAPE
1.) 0017TH - HOLLYGROVE AIN'T ENOUGH
2.) BUZY - FAMELESS
3.) CORNER BOY P - RNS
4.) DANIEL HEARTLESS - WHO IS DANIEL HEARTLES
5.) DEE DAY - DEE DAY: GOD'S GIFT
6.) FIEND - LIL GHETTO BOY
7.) LG - WORLD WINDS
8.) JAY JONES - ONLY IF YOU KOOL ENOUGH 2
9.) PAASKY - READY 2 DIE 2
10.) TURK - LOUISIANIMALZ
11.) YOUNG RODDY - GOOD SENSE 2
HOTTEST CLUB DJ
1.) DJ BAM
2.) DJ CHICKEN
3.) DJ JA
4.) DJ MIKE SWIFT
5.) DJ POPPA
HOTTEST MIX DJ
1.) DJ BLACK N MILD
2.) DJ HEKTIK
3.) DJ MIKE SWIFT
4.) EF CUTTIN
5.) JAY SKILLZ
6.) RQAWAY
HOTTEST BOUNCE MIX DJ
1.) DJ BLAZA
2.) DJ WESTBANK RED
3.) BLAQ N MILD
4.) FLIP SET FRED
5.) J DAWG
6.) SHOW BOY CJ
HOTTEST SONG
1.) AUGUST ALSINA "I LUV THIS SH#T
2.) BEAT DOCTOR "BLOW MY HIGH"
3.) DETROIT "BODY GO BOP"
4.) MARY GOLD "PRAYER"
5.) THE RAP PACK "BLACK WOMAN"
6.) YOUNG GABE "DADDY MONEY"
HOTTEST COLLABORATION
1.) DANIEL HEARTLESS - "STFU" FEAT LIL SNUPE
2.) CHRIS P. "PAPERCUT BOY" FEAT. MACK MAINE & SHEFFIE BRASCO
3.) JA SO RUDE "GO IGNANT" FEAT. YMCMB FLOW
4.) JUVENILE "GOOD AT WHAT I DO" FEAT. KIDD KIDD & SKIP
5.) LG "BATTLEFIELD" FEAT. CURRENCY
6.) NINO PURP "RIDER" FEAT. ASHLEY RENANY & SHORTY
7.) PARTNERS N CRIME "HELL YEAH" FEAT. YMCMB FLOW
8.) ROCK "UNFINISHED BIZNIZ" FEAT ALLIE BABY
9.) CETO "HAIL MARY" FEAT JAY ELECTRONICA
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
1.) BRANDAN "B.MIKE" ODUMS
2.) LUCKY JOHNSON
3.) SESS 4-5
4.) SHACK BROWN
5.) SHEBA TURK
6.) SKIP
HOTTEST EVENT PROMOTER
1.) A CUT ABOVE
2.) EDWARD BUCKLES
3.) EL WILLIAMS
4.) TEAM CUTTIN & TACALOC
5.) KEBORI DENSON
6.) CURT STAR
7.) SLANGSTON HUGHES
HOTTEST CLUB PROMOTER
1.) HERE WE GO ENT.
2.) GO PREMIER
3.) MADANIA GRAVES
4.) MOE FLIPPEN
5.) POLO FATT MAYWEATHER
6.) STANK SELFMADE & LARRY MARROW
7.) ENTOURAGE ENT.
HOTTEST MALE VOCALIST
1.) AUGUST ALSINA
2.) C. PERKINS
3.) DETROIT
4.) IMAGE MUSIQ
5.) KEVIN STYLEZ
HOTTEST FEMALE VOCALIST
1.) ALIA FLUERY
2.) DE SELINA
3.) ERIKA FLOWERS
4.) IRIS P
5.) KOURTNEY HEART
HOTTEST VIDEOGRAPHER
1.) B. MIKE
2.) CINEMADONA
3.) CYANTIST
4.) MALLY X
5.) QUINCY SCOTT
6.) T-HILLY
HOTTEST VIDEO
1.) 0017TH "DUSTY ROADS" NESBY PHIPS & REEM FEAT. CURRENCY
2.) JA SO RUDE "GO IGNANT" FEAT. YMCMB FLOW
3.) JUVENILE "GOOD AT WHAT I DO" FEAT. KIDD KIDD & SKIP
4.) MARTY MARD "HOES & CHAINS"
5.) LG "BATTLEFIELD" FEAT. CURRENCY
6.) SOL "OYE MI CANTO" (SUN DANCE)
7.) THE RAP PACK "BLACK WOMEN"
8.) YOUNG GREATNESS "SAMMY SOSA" FEAT BMG POUND & BMG SNOOP
9.) MARY GOLD "PRAYER"
HOTTEST WEBSITE
1.) MIGHTYMUZIK.COM
2.) THEHEATMAG.COM
3.) THEWANDERINGAURA.COM
4.) URBANORLEANS.COM
5.) VIRDIKO.COM
HOTTEST COMEDIAN
1.) JACK SPRATT
2.) MARIO P.
3.) MARK CAESAR
4.) RUDE JUDE
5.) SHADDY FEEL GOOD
HOTTEST BOUNCE ARTIST
1.) BIG FREEDIA
2.) KEEDY BLACK
3.) NICKY DA B.
4.) ROCA B
5.) SISSY NOBBY
HOTTEST BOUNCE SONG
1.) SISSY NOBBY "DUSTY MONEY"
2.) 10TH WARD BUCK "ST THOMAS"
3.) BIG FREEDIA "WASHING MACHINE"
4.) KEEDY BLACK "BAD"
5.) MAGNOLIA RHOME "HOLLYGROVE, EASTSIDE"
6.) ROCA B "SHE SAYS"
7.) CHEEKY BLACK "TRADE SNATCHER"
6th Ward Pook & Skip from UTP - Uptown / Downtown I (Mixtape)
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Two Of New Orleans dopest mc's dun Clicked Clack on this bangin mixtape "UptownDowntown/Fuckin & Duckin", with Blaq n Mild on the Tracks, This is definitely heat for the winter. If your one of those Captain Save-a-Hoes type dudes, do not even attempt to listen to this, it will offend you the moment you start streaming,
But if you a G and know how the game go, then this mixtape will stay in your rotation for years to come.
September 13, 2013
September 12, 2013
The Countdown to Nola Hip Hop Awards 2013 (Categories)
Here is the categories of the 2013 Nola Hip Hop Awards in New Orleans (Louisiana). As you can see there is a category called "Website of the Year" that the last year we were nominated.
In this year the sounds will be run by Dj Hektik and the event hosted by Shiny Green.
¡As soon as possible we will post the nominees
September 11, 2013
Real Shit from Turk of Hot Boyz
Every Feature I Get This Month I'm Sending BG 10%..#RespectfullyThugginGet At Me 404-798-0197 or Bookings4HotBoyTurk@GMail.Com
— HotBoy Turk (@HotBoyTurk32) September 9, 2013
September 10, 2013
September 5, 2013
Bronco - Get Em (Debut Release)
Have you ever seen someone walking a dog that seemed more interested in pouncing on anything within reach than taking that walk? Many who have encountered such a sight know full well that the humans who walk these dogs will occasionally taunt that dog only to jerk the chain back to the canine’s own dismay. But, what would happen if the owner did let that animal go with a simple command of “get em?”
For the past year, EGMG has been touting its own “Gert Town Hound,” Bronco, as he now releases his first mixtape under EGMGLifeStyle, aptly titled “Get Em, He's prepared now to plant his stake in the Rap World. Refusing to sit idly by, that year was spent acclimating the world to the self-proclaimed goon of EGMG who has intentions of beating you in the face both literally and lyrically. Examples of Bronco’s uncut flow with a desire to bring his team as well as himself to the top by any means necessary can be heard on the “Under the Influence” mixtape he did with EGMG’s own The SHOW where the contradictory styles of the two blend into a perfect harmony reminiscent of K-Ci and JoJo, Limp Bizkit and Jay-Z, or Lil Wayne and MAYDAY. Bronco (@Lo_Namanth) can also be heard on the EGMG and NOMW collaboration ”Next Up,” which features John Doe, The SHOW, and Ace B. Bronco was also a frequent contributor to the #EGMGHotSummer series which he has used to garner a buzz for his own solo project.
Direct Download Link to “Get Em” Below
For More On The Gang Visit www.EGMGLifeStyle.com
September 4, 2013
Free Mac Wednesdays (2) On iTunes NOW!
Mac World War III is on iTunes now! Go and buy your digital copy and support the 3rd ward rapper Mac who is incarcerated1. He would be sentenced to a 30 year prison term in 2001.
Also, his first album on No Limit called "Shell Socked" is on iTunes too. Go and download your digital copy!
August 29, 2013
The Rap Pack feat Fats Domino - Walkin Thru New Orleans (Official Video)
Hulk Ent Presents: BET Music Matters artists: The Rap Pack "Walkin Thru New Orleans" ft Fats Domino
The Rap Pack "Black Women" ft. Keith Jacobs
From their debut EP "When The Levees Spoke"
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The Rap Pack "Black Women" ft. Keith Jacobs
From their debut EP "When The Levees Spoke"
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Bronco - Nowadays (Official Video)
Have you ever seen someone walking a dog that seemed more interested
in pouncing on anything within reach than taking that walk? Many who
have encountered such a sight know full well that the humans who walk
these dogs will occasionally taunt that dog only to jerk the chain back
to the canine’s own dismay. But, what would happen if the owner did let
that animal go with a simple command of “get em?”
For the past year, EGMG has been touting its own “Gert Town Hound,”
Bronco, who is set to release his first mixtape under EGMGLifeStyle,
aptly titled “Get Em”, on August 30th. Refusing to sit idly by, that
year was spent acclimating the world to the self-proclaimed goon of EGMG
who has intentions of punching you in the face both literally and
lyrically. Examples of Bronco’s uncut flow with a desire to bring his
team as well as himself to the top by any means necessary can be heard
on the “Under the Influence” mixtape he did with EGMG’s own The SHOW
where the contradictory styles of the two blend into a perfect harmony
reminiscent of K-Ci and JoJo, Limp Bizkit and Jay-Z, or Lil Wayne and
MAYDAY.
Bronco (@Lo_Namath) can also be heard on the EGMG and NOMW
collaboration ”Next Up,” which features John Doe, The SHOW, and Ace B.
Bronco was also a frequent contributor to the #EGMGHotSummer series
which he has used to garner a buzz for his own solo project.
EGMG’s own The Show has been setting the scene for this with his
adlib that’s the same as the title of the mixtape on every track that he
and Bronco have done together as if he’s the one holding the chain
letting you know that “this beast will attack you as soon as I let him
go. “ Get Em” has the same sound that EGMG fans have come to appreciate
with production from familiar names like Ceaux Young, Stevie Drumma,
and EGMG’s own Smurf. There are also features from Show, Ace B, and John
Doe of New Orleans Most Wanted which guarantee to make this one episode
of when animals attack one you won’t regret.
August 27, 2013
The Soul Rebel Brass Brand - Get Lucky (Remake of Daft Punk)
The Soul Rebels playing "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk on The Altas Horas Show on Rede Globo TV in Brazil.
The Rap Pack - When The Levees Spoke (Track Listing)
Here is the official tracklisting for the upcoming album by the Bet Music Matter's artists The Rap Pack.
The official album drops today for free download at 5PM. Fore more info go to official website
We will publish the link as soon as possible, now, check the tracklisting and must be prepared for this bomb!
August 24, 2013
August 23, 2013
August 19, 2013
August 18, 2013
Maal The Pimp & VL Mike - Rebirth Of Gangsta Shit (Artwork)
Here is the artwork for the upcoming mixtape of Chopper City affiliated Maal The Pimp and VL Mike.
The mixtape called "Rebirth Of Gangsta Shit" will release next Tuesday 19 with the guest appeareances of rappers like B.G., Soulja Slim, Gar, Snipe, Hakizzle, Ziggler the Wiggler and plus more.
Of course, we will put the download link as soon as released!
August 13, 2013
Buy Your Mac - The Camouflaged Truth DVD (Finally Out)
Thanks to the user LilWeezyana1 from WordOfSouth forum I just've found that "The Camouflaged Truth" DVD of former No Limit Mac is finally out!.
Mac started his music career as a kid rapper in the year 1990. He then went by the stage name Lil Mac, and at 13 years old he released his debut album The Lyrical Midget. The album was one of the earliest commercial hip-hop albums to come out of New Orleans, and featured some production from New Orleans producer Mannie Fresh. It was not very successful though Lil Mac would not be heard from for another 7 years.
Mac's lil brother Kaine is on Twitter and Instagram by the name of Kaine504. He had the
link on his page and he puts up a lot of pictures of Mac on mondays like Tracy Baltimore did with B.G.
He also gives updates on Mac jail status too.
Support this inocence person
FREE MAC!
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Video-Interview With Producer KLC by NOHipHopArchive
Last week, we sat down with famed former No Limit/Beats By the Pound
producer, KLC "The Drum Major," to talk about Kanye sampling KL's
classic C-Murder hit "Down For My N*****z" for Yeezus' hard-hitting
track, "Blood on the Leaves."
For more info, visit http://bit.ly/169r8Oi.
Video courtesy of NOLA Hiphop Archive (https://twitter.com/nohiphoparchive).
For more info, visit http://bit.ly/169r8Oi.
Video courtesy of NOLA Hiphop Archive (https://twitter.com/nohiphoparchive).
Editing by Mally X (http://www.icreatevisuals.com/).
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