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2.0 out of 5 stars
Cash-Money Recrods: Dying A Little More On Every CD, December 11, 2002
Since 1996, Cash-Money has been the greatest rap lable of the south. With only to groups, the Hot Boys (BG, Juvenile, Turk, and Lil' Wayne) and the Big Tymers (Mannie Fresh and Baby) and one track producer (Mannie Fresh), Cash-Money succeeded in making nothing but quality hiphop. BG's 'All on U' volumes 1 and 2, 'Chopper City', 'Chopper City in the Ghetto', and 'Checkmate' are classics. Big Tymers 'How U Luv Dat' volumes 1 and 2 are classics. Juveniles 'Solja Rags', '400 Degreez', and 'Project English' are classics. Lil Wayne's 'Tha Block is Hot' and 'Lights Out' are classics. Both Hot Boys albums are classics. Turk's album is classic. Everything Cash-Money put out was straight fire, but now the empire is crumbling, and no one is left to rebuild. Most of the core rap artists are gone. Juvenile and BG both left because they throught Cash-Money Records was cheating them, and Turk is in jail. To compensate, Cash-Money signed a long list of no-talent rappers, none of whom could ever replace the lost three. Even the rock of the lable, Mannie Fresh, knowing that his beats are wasted on the new rappers, is slowly fading himself out. Baby, co-ceo of Cash-Money and half of the Big Tymers, relizing that his lable was on the verge of colapsing decided the only thing to do was become a solo artist, in an attempt to keep Cash-Money pockets fat. The results are a continuation of the story began on Lil' Wayne's last album '500 Degreez'. Poorly crafted songs about cars, jewley, and women are the central themes on this album. And with Mannie Fresh taking a back seat to overworked, cookie-cutter producers like P. Diddy and Jermaine Dupri, not even the usually good-to-excellent beats that saved previous sub-par albums, like Juvenile's 'G-Code,' are present to help with 'The Birdman.' 'The Birdman' is, beyond any shadow of a doubt, the worst ablum to be released by the Cash-Money record lable. And after '500 Degreez', seems to be the second step in the end of Cash-Money. P.S.: Look for BG's next CD, 'Living Legend', on Chopper City Records. This CD promises to be just as good, if not better, than the classic CDs he put out when Cash-Money was in its prime.
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