Ahh man Cash Money back in the day!! Remember when they first started? Man it was just Juvenile, Wayne, BG, and Turk right? NOOOOOOPE. Seems that nobody knows about Kilo G, Lil Slim, Mr. Ivan, Pimp Daddy, UNLV, and even B-32 aka Baby. Now I'm not trying to say that youve missed out on lyrical masters who will wow you with every line. Never that. BUT! If you're a fan of Mannie Fresh beats like I am, you may find some gems. One of the coolest things to me was that Mannie sampled Herbie Hancock's Headhunters version of "Watermelon Man" on a UNLV track called "Pocket Full Of Furl." Speaking of UNLV, remember the Juvenile track "Set It Off"? That beat is from the UNLV track "Drag Em N Tha River"
Mannie has some killer beats on that album by the way (Uptown 4 Life). The other albums that I've listened to from the early CMR days have a fair amount of dope Mannie beats on them. A favorite track of mine is by Kilo G (RIP) featuring Pimp C (RIP) called "Release Me" off of his "The Bloody City" album.
Another funky ass track is by Mr Ivan (also RIP) ft Kilo G called "How U Kill" off of the 187 in A hockey mask album. Now once again Im not saying these guys are lyrical gods but these tracks are pretty cool to me.
That's just a few examples of how Cash Money sounded back in the day. Personally, Juvenile will always be my favorite to come out of CMR but it's always cool to hear where a record company came from. Learn a little history about them. Also if you want to hear what Baby sounded like in 1993 check out his "I Need A Bag Of Dope" album. I'm not saying it's good but it's fun to listen to for novelty purposes
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