Mannie Fresh regrets what Cash Money did to hip hop

[Booker T Garvey]

Mannie Fresh Explains Why He Regrets What Cash Money Records Did To Hip-Hop (Audio)

“What Cash Money was, at the beginning, was a category. You still had categories in Rap when we was doing that. Even though we was the flashy dudes, that was our category; we had our own lane. Because you got Slick Rick, who was the storyteller. You’ve got Public Enemy, who [led a social movement]. You had N.W.A., that was Gangsta Rap. You had Cash Money, that was just the flashy dudes. Like I said, you had different genres of Rap, and we were just one of ’em. So that’s how we fit in. What makes it all confusing, and this is where it’s the gift and the curse: we never set out for Hip-Hop to turn into just something flashy; that was just our thing. It wasn’t everybody’s thing. Right now, Hip-Hop is just flashy. Everybody wanna be that dude, everybody wanna be a millionaire, billionaire. That wasn’t our intent,” says Mannie, whose beats and songwriting were instrumental to that paradigm shift. “We never wanted a whole culture of rappers goin’, ‘Look at me, my chain is big [and so on].'”

 

[10:31]

Can't take full credit when bad boy and the roc were of the same frequency

 

[Jigganaut]

It was funny seeing the evolution in there music from them going from talking about Stretch PT Cruisers with VCRS and Bubble Eyed Lexus into Bugattis and Lambos.

 

[SirBiatch]

As much as I wanna shyt on Cash Money (and they took flashiness to a new ******ish high), it ain't all on them. Most of their discog is complete basura though. Can't say the same for Bad Boy and The Roc

 

[bigrodthe1]

Can't take full credit when bad boy and the roc were of the same frequency

not really...both those labels had quite a lot of street based artists. Only Puff, Mase and Jay were overboard on the big money talk

 

[Booker T Garvey]

Can't take full credit when bad boy and the roc were of the same frequency

but there was still a balance in hip hop when they were doing their thing

talib kweli, common, dead prez - all of them were popping in that era and were signed to major labels and getting radio play/music video spins

 

[10:31]

not really...both those labels had quite a lot of street based artists. Only Puff, Mase and Jay were overboard on the big money talk

What does being street and flashy have to do with each other?

The two aren't synonymous. Cash Money Records content was balanced between being austentacious and street....

Mannie Fresh is giving the early CMR years way too much credit


Back that ass up and the rest of the material on 400 degreez and the other 19 songs on Chopper City in Tha Ghetto were street/misogynistic/drug abuse and sell oriented and defined their brand just as much if not more than Bling Bling

As a matter of fact.. Back That Ass up was/is bigger than Bling Bling

 

[TheRtist]

The real question is what happened to Kisha

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Cash Money made white t shirts a fashion statement . Dudes rocking 20XL ass tee's, baggy jeans, and air forces up in Philly.

But yeah, while they did made the "bling bling" era kick off, their run fizzled quickly once BG left .

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Yeah...I wouldn't give Cash Money full credit for bringing the flashy, big time lifestyle to Hip Hop

He shouldn't be regretting anything, the man helped build an empire solely off the back of his production

 

[10:31]

The real question is what happened to Kisha

Exactly

Their music was balanced lol... they weren't just talking about diamonds

Baby was...

Juvenile
BG
Wayne
Turk

Were gangsta rappers

 

[B86]

As much as I wanna shyt on Cash Money (and they took flashiness to a new ******ish high), it ain't all on them. Most of their discog is complete basura though. Can't say the same for Bad Boy and The Roc

You have the absolute worst taste when it comes to music

 

[Booker T Garvey]

Yeah...I wouldn't give Cash Money full credit for bringing the flashy, big time lifestyle to Hip Hop

He shouldn't be regretting anything, the man helped build an empire solely off the back of his production

several of you cats have said this and I do get it

but y'all do realize that they added the term bling bling to the american lexicon right?

they redefined the word "bling" and it's even in the dictionary as such now

Definition of BLING

i mean that's something fellas

 

[10:31]

several of you cats have said this and I do get it

but y'all do realize that they added the term bling bling to the american lexicon right?

they redefined the word "bling" and it's even in the dictionary as such now

Definition of BLING

i mean that's something fellas

Right but if you actually listened to their music it was a mix bag

Only someone who isn't familiar with them would define them by the term they coined which went mainstream

Bird was always on that overzealous flossing gimmick.. as you can see he still is but the boy boys were "gangster rappers"

Not saying you're white but it comes across very "CACish"

 

[tuckgod]

Can't take full credit when bad boy and the roc were of the same frequency

Nah, there was at least a little substance with Bad Boy and Rocafella.

Fresh knows what he's talking about.