Benjamin Meadows-Ingram

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The Notorious BMI: Ain't always pretty, but it's always real.

Comin Out Hard (Again)

Posted 03/27/2007 at 7:50 PM | Comment?

I’ma keep this one short for once. Just got a press release reminding me that this year marks the 10th anniversary of Master P’s monster 1997 project, Ghetto D (No Limit/Priority) - a beast of an album (tho not his best-selling, at least according to the RIAA – that goes to the following year’s MP Da Last Don (No Limit/Priority), with four million sold, tho credited twice since it was a double album), that pushed P’s far beyond the Bayou and the Southeast and into the national consciousness, largely thanks to the single above. All sorts of arguments can be made here – without Ghetto D there’d be no $30 million Cash Money deal, no talking doll, no Lil Romeo, no Lil Wayne "just might be the best rapper alive," and no classic moments on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” – but I’ll just leave all that alone and for you to debate. Truth be told, I never really F’ed with P like that. But you can’t deny the Army and I gotta give it up to him for a few reasons – the first work I ever got was reviewing Silkk the Shocker’s Made Man for BLAZE back in ’99 (good looking, NCB), I always respect a man who’s on his grind, and I bumped plenty of records coming outta the camp, a few of which I’ve included below (unforuntately I don't have my C-Murder ish at the office, so we'll just have to go with a trimmed down list). Oh, and the anniversary, deluxe, super special reissue edition of Ghetto D drops May 8, and featuring a few previously unreleased tracks (including "Weed and Hennessy" w/ C-Murder and Silkk and the "Make Em Say" instrumental)... as if any of you were still buying albums.

Working the Track:
P was always channelling Pac, but he sounded good doing it.
Master P, "We Riders" (also off Ghetto D):

Pac sounding even better, because, well, he was the original.
2Pac, "Pain":

No Limit's most criminally slept on artist.
Young Bleed, "Pull It Off":

Young Bleed, "Lil Poppa Got a Brand New Bag":

And the Medicine Men had a good production run.
Mystikal, "I Rock, I Roll" (produced by the Medicine Men):

David Banner, "What it Do" (produced by KLC of Medicine Men):

Back 2 Da Basics (bonus points):
Cause I also used to skate, Jamie Thomas is the shit, and the clip goes with today's theme.

Heading back to the M in three weeks. Can't wait.

And one last thing, Wendy Williams will be interviewing C-Murder, I believe today. Shameless self-promotion, VIBE recently published his book, Death Around the Corner, and I hear it's much better than you would ever think (tho I ain't had a minute to read it myself). You can check out the website here: www.deatharoundthecorner.com, or on the blog list here.

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