Sure, he was rapping about the typical No Limit fare of riding on enemies and partying, New Orleans style. For starters, Mac was CLEARLY a lyricist. Mac, born McKinley Phipps, Jr., wasn’t your typical No Limit Soldier. So when I went to the mall in Huntsville, Alabama, during the summer of 1998 and saw an album from a No Limit Tank representative, I picked it up. That’s how I happened upon the album, “Shell Shocked” by Mac, whose story is as fascinating and complicated as can be. Back then, if Master P stamped the album, I probably copped it, for the South and for the culture. But you know what, that’s the 90s for you. Mass Appeal co-curated hip-hop photo exhibition opens at Fotografiska New York, celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversaryĪnd that palpability made me – and many, many others – purchase lots of albums under the No Limit umbrella that weren’t even a little bit good. No Limit was a movement, and it was palpable. Atlanta, at that time, felt like Black Hollywood (I assume it’s still like that I left Atlanta 22 years ago), and I vividly remember seeing folks rocking No Limit chains and even many of the rappers themselves walking through Lenox Mall at various points. Now, No Limit had been around well before they went national, but when “Make ‘Em Say Uhh” dropped, their reign on hip-hop was undeniable across the industry as a whole. In the late 90s, during the nationwide run of No Limit Records, I was a college student in Atlanta. It’s also fun realizing what a time capsule that binders full of CDs can be. It’s fun thumbing through CD booklets with liner notes (remember those?) that’s how I first started to learn how albums were constructed and how vital each part of the process was to ensuring that I had the best listening experience possible. "Keep It All Good-Produced by Larry D.Since hip-hop heads everywhere are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the acknowledged (and largely agreed upon) birthday of hip-hop, I’ve been going through my own crates (so to speak), pulling out CD binders full of albums I literally cannot play by artists I couldn’t get enough of, especially, from the 1990s – the entire decade. "3 Strikes" (Master P & King George featuring Tobin Casten) Henderson" (Master P, Silkk The Shocker & Big Ed) "Would You Take a Bullet for Your Homie?-Co-Produced by Larry D. "TRU Playaz" (Master P & Silkk The Shocker, Big Ed & King George featuring Mr. "Fuck Them Hoes" (Master P & Silkk The Shocker featuring Mia X) "I'm Bout' It, Bout It" (Master P featuring Mia X) "Anything Goes" (Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Big Ed & King George) "Walk Like A Killer" (Master P, Silkk The Shocker & King George) "Another Day, Another Dollar" (Master P & Silkk The Shocker) "Living That Life" (Master P & Silkk The Shocker featuring Carmen Taylor) "Mobbin Through My Hood" (Master P, Silkk The Shocker, C-Murder, Big Ed & King George) "That's How We Break Bread" (Master P & King George Featuring C-Bo) "Last Dance" ( C-Murder & Master P featuring Mia X) This was the group's first major released after two independent albums and it managed to make it to #25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #14 on the Top Heatseekers. Producer's Daryl Lee Anderson (DJ Daryl), Craig Stephen Lawson (Craig), Larry Dodson (Larry D), Mark Ogleton (CMT), Shon Adams (E-A-Ski), and Vyshonne Miller (Silkk the Shocker) are also featured on individual tracks. The album was released on Jfor No Limit Records and features production from Al "Baby Jesus" Eaton, Kenneth Darnell Franklin, Percy Robert Miller (Master P), and Raymond Emile Poole (Mo B. True is the third studio album released by rap group, TRU. Dick), Daryl Lee Anderson (DJ Daryl), Craig Stephen Lawson (Craig), Larry Dodson (Larry D), Mark Ogleton (CMT), Shon Adams (E-A-Ski), Vyshonne Miller (Silkk the Shocker) Al "Baby Jesus" Eaton, Kenneth Darnell Franklin, Percy Robert Miller (Master P), Raymond Emile Poole (Mo B.
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