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Mannie Fresh Signs To Def Jam, Speaks On Weezy

Monday, April 2, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Mannie FreshDuring a phone-in to New Orleans radio station Q93, Mannie Fresh announced he has signed to Def Jam Recordings and is working on several new projects, including new music from T.I., Juvenile, and Nas.

“I just did a deal with Jay-Z,” said the former Cash Money artist. “Dude reached out to me. He flew me up, we talked about it and they wrote something nice. It was a nice little proposal.”

“What made me take the deal is, they didn’t want me to only do this exclusive deal with them. They were like, ‘You can go do whatever it is you do.’ So my thing [at Def Jam] is to overlook the southern artists they have, as well as sign [new] artists.”

During the radio interview, Mannie also spoke about a conversation he recently had with former group member Lil Wayne about a month ago.

“We had some words. I asked him if he had a problem with me, because in all honesty, I never had a problem with him,” Fresh said.

“So I stepped to him like a man, like, ‘Dude, the problem is not with you, so don’t take sides that don’t got nothing to do with you. I got a problem with another man, it has nothing to do with you.’”

“[But] he said, at the time, he was trippin’ and he took sides. But he reached out for his new album, so hopefully we’re gonna put something together and do business.”

Additionally, Mannie also said he’s producing a song on T.I.’s upcoming album, and is planning on working with Nas in the next two weeks. He is also slated to produce most of Juvenile’s next LP.


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Nas and mannie fresh i wonder what thats gonna sound like?i like fresh because he stays to himself and does what he should do unlike most dudes in the game nowadays....
Posted by FLIZLE
Nas stop F*ck*n around with these bubble-gum beatmakers and get with some real producers like preemo,pete rock,easy moe bee,etc.
Posted by twouptwodown
Congrads to the dude mannie fresh on getting that deal with def jam . My n*gga jigga knows what he`s doing .
Posted by lahzee
This man is nowhere near bubble gum!! this dude deserves this shot!! mannie fresh is one of the south's key players! hopefully he can help extend this reign the south has going!! hip hop music!!
Posted by ***boyboykins***
Mannie fresh is way better off signing wit def jam than wit cash money......cash money is a bunch of Bia'ches im weezy aint sh*t and neither is baby they're all a bunch of faggots
Posted by bigboots
Weezy is one of the hardest rappers in the game mr. Bigboots.
Posted by D-Money
For a cat who kissed a man you saying he hard kinda easy there star!!!!! wuts really good? then you say mr.big boots..... Wuts really good?
Posted by harlem146st
I am glad mannie fresh has gotten signed by def jam because with all due respect to cash money when lil wayne started to get his shine on and make it rain it seemed to me that baby friendship with wayne grew stronger. I remember a time when mannie and him hustled their music together to earn their money, but now wayne is making the company hot and mannie gets forgotten about.
Posted by april(16)
Na F*ck that!!!......i agree wit twouptwodown yo!....nas need to stop F*ck*n wit these other beatmakers and get wit the real sh*t!!...premier, salaam remi, pete rock, 9th wonder, just blaze, large professor, all of them!...why he keep dodgin that sh*t!...wassup wit that nas and preemo album that was rumored to be in works!?...man hip hop is F*ck*n up right now. And mannie fresh signin more southern rappers!...aw i'm sickk of that muhF*ck*n southern sound. Mims strate from n.y. Comin wit that southern sh*t!..man what's goin on wit hip hop!?...sh*t need to wake the F*ck up and start movin yo....daym this aint makin nuttin better for hip hop...i'm mainly mad about the whole nas deal. That's my number one mc. I don't give a F*ck who else mannie produce for...why nas tho!?...nas aint F*cked wit preem since stillmatic...man F*ck it
Posted by Tha ReaL
^ yo who said he's dodgin' them, it didn't say mannie fresh was producing the whole album, probably only one track, i can already tell that the song will be about nas showing these young F*cks how to rip a new school beat! man i love preemo, just and all of them, they really are the best, but in the music business, it's about money (sell them records!) first. If nas wants to just make great music without the money, then why be signed, you can do that without wasting def jam's cash on a abum that won't hit platinum. Just my opinion. Just stop hating y'all, lets see what nas and mannie (lol, sounds funny mentioning them in the same sentence) have in store for us!
Posted by kingjames313
Nas rhymed over a lil jon beat, and it was aight. Only bravehearts messed the song up.
Posted by grapple
Man hip hop is an art yo......it aint always about money money money....muhF*ckas are gettin tired of that repetitive wack sh*t bein played out now. Records don't sell period no more....you know why?....cuz all the artists gettin signed sound the F*ck*n same!...it aint just me.....more and more people want to see real hip hop rise back above the surface. You think i'm the only one who wanna see a nas and preemo collab?....heelll no!...there's millions more dissapointed in hip hop right now than just me homie. F*ck sellin records, we want that real sh*t!
Posted by Tha ReaL
Mannie single handedly produced albums for the whole cash money click. That's over 30+ cds plus he worked with other artists. Check this n*gga track record. Yall n*ggas naming pete rock and just blaze, etc. When was the last time these n*ggas had a major radio hit ? bubble-gum beatmaker ? get the F*ck outta here. New york artists need more southern beats anyway.
Posted by Rico
I think weezy is hot, but he is a follower, he jumps in with a big ego after observing jay's style and biting his style, and as you can see he cant mind his own business.
Posted by BigO Queenz Big boy
Can sum one diss the F*ck outta lil wayne...muthaF*ckas wit that wack bape sh*t makin n*ggas look like fukn space cadets
Posted by p
Yo i aint gona front but i kinda miss da old ca$h money days when big tymers & hot boys were fire. Time for fresh to move on for real.
Posted by killabondamic
The truth is hip hop makes theses labels hundreds of millions of dollars each year, therefore, the owners are going to go with the current trend. The truth is that this sh*t is about money to them and that's it. Ya'll named some of my favorite producers and they still get theres, but they don't get as much radio play now. Remember this, the consumer dictates the market no matter what the product. I'm from the south i love real hip hop, and i'll be the first to say that there's a great deal of garbage out there right now. It may take some time, but the tide will turn in due time.
Posted by StinsoC
Mannie fresh will only F*ck things up if nas lets him do any production work. Dudes beats all sound the same.. Just say no nas
Posted by datopdawg
Yeah nas should get with just blaze or kanye
Posted by FLIZLE
first of all fresh is one of da hottest producers in da world so for him to hook up with jz is only going to help nas because he aint made a hot song in years.as for baby and wayne ,baby gettin money and as far as spittin and vocabulary wayne got the game on lock.as far as om concerned i feel i am better than nas and two up two down if he is a rapper.stop hatten cause dats a female trait.its funny how people hate on the south but we got da game in our hands right now and i dont see it going anywhere.manny fresh could help some of you hatters sell records and yall probably garbage.yall need to get ya mind right an stop smoking dat dog food."stop hatten"lets here some of yall music on the radio then u would have the right to talk. As 4 me yall gonna here what iceberg got to bring to da table in due time.
Posted by ICEBERG
All i want to know is whats real hip hop. All you people say is i want real hip hop back. Hip hop is hip hop, no matter where u from. The people who mainly by the music is suburban white kids. N****s would still by a bootleg copy if this so called real hip hop would comeback. Im from the south and some of my favorite artist are from upstate, as well as cali and the south. So my question is whats real hip hop? u have to be new york native to be a real hip hopper just because it started there. James brown was born and raised in south carolina, and hip hop really started with him. Name me one new york mc that has not sampled any james brown music. Hip hop get the F*ck outta here. Maybe if those real hip hopppers upstate stop beefing and Bia'ching so much the could sell records or better yet get a deal or keep one if u know what i mean.
Posted by cb
You didn't want us in this sh*t back in the early 90's cause you n*ggas saw the future. Now every body wanna have them hi hats rolling, n*ggas upstate wanna bounce now cause southerner's make that sh*t look good, n*ggas want kandy, cornbreed feed Bia'ches, big wheels and all that sh*t. The struggle down here is a lot worst than it is upstate. White people didn't play that sh*t down here back in the days and still don't want to act right. What yall know bout confederate flags flying like american flags over state capitals, klans and sh*t that still go on today. Like i said the struggle for southern artist was a lot tougher than anybody, and they deserve to have this hip hop sh*t on lock, so F*ck what you heard cause it is what it is and what it's gone be, country rap tunes Bia'ch
Posted by cb
I would comment on this sh*t, but for real... Listen to yourselves. We are the ones that make any of this "hip-hop" sh*t relevant. We make the industry the money they pay the artist. We make the artists & producers what they are or will be. We, the consumers and fans of this sh*t are the only ones that can make it happen. The rap game is majority african-american and puerto rican or latin, all people of color, but even when we're making millions of dollars a year we're still seperating ourselves from each other with this bullsh*t about not F*ck*n' with this coast or that coast. Nobodys trippin' off of 50 and his guys capitolizing off of the west coast sound are they? master ace did the same sh*t back in the day, but nobodys blaming ny rappers for putting "hip-hop" in the hands of other regions. Rap is a regional art form meaning, depending on what region you're from or live in, you will be prone to certain music and artists alike. That's just the world we live in. In order for "hip-hop" to rejuvinate itself, it needs to diversify. Outkast did it for the south, biggie did it for up top, dre' did it for the west and em did it for the ghost coat (mid-west). Wake the F*ck up hip-hop!
Posted by Alius Unknown
Lil wayne is a bytch. Mannie fresh is dope, but he has a southern style and that stuff gets real repetitive. It's like dance music. Lol. They just try and make catchy stuff instead real music. People just dont rap about shyt anymore. No substance. Everybody sells dope, fuks hos, and rocks ice.
Posted by ELROY
Man def jam and mannie... I should connect wit dat dude kaprice from florida ..... Mannie is a best in the south... Damn a cash money
Posted by Southside
It's a trip how tese dudes hatin' the south, talkin preemo this and preemo that. They must not know that n*gga preemo is from texas
Posted by upgrade
If you are not familiar with mannie fresh or the old cash money music you have no idea what mannie fresh is capable of doing.for you up north people, do you seriously think that jigga would waste money & time signing him to def jam knowing that units(cd's) have to move ??? by the way, nas is one of my fav artist
Posted by ImonMcAllisters26s
Alius unknown, i think you made the point as crystal as it can get. What's so funny is that people don't see these things move in cycles. Right now we are in the "down south" cycle. A few years ago it was the midwest and so on so forth. I'm from the eastcoast but i like music from all over. To me it doesn't matter where the hell you're from as long as it's good music but that also is a matter of opinion. For some strange reason some people think chicken noodle soup is a good song. The thing i don't get is you don't see people in rock, r&b, country and all the other genres of music beefing about where they're from or what sounds better or anything elese that is so dam pointless. So mannie fresh signed to def jam. He'll make some music some people will like some won't. Who gives a f*ck. If you don't like it don't buy it. If you do buy it. It's simple mathematics.
Posted by NemesisBlack
Damn look what i started...nixxas catchin' feelin's and sh*t in here
Posted by FLIZLE
Mannie fresh is the king when it comes to those rimshot drums - peep "ha" by juvenile to see what i mean.
Posted by grapple
Weezy is the shyte most of his alubums went platium, and his mixtapes is the shyte, and dont blame wayne for takin sides his the best in cash money even when the whole cash oney group was together. I dont know why ya'll hatin on ni**as just be happy for the n*gga wayne cuz i know the ones sayin he wack, just sayin dat cuz other nig*as sayin it
Posted by flyman15
If i was mannie i would not care what wee wee got to say mannie know weewee was not from the streets for real any body from the streets of the n.o. Would let it be known mannie make ya money
Posted by Ramel
Wayne don't need anyone, he's the best rapper alive
Posted by R $
Yes mannie fresh make some new tracks with wayne, they are fire, mannie has my favorite beats and wayne is at the top of his game right now so this is bout to be marvelous
Posted by mcbeatsez123
Fresh is da sh*t on beatz F*ck wut they talkin bout he'll do even better by signing me
Posted by Loaded Man
Mannie he'll fit right in with the def jam family
Posted by jr
Fvck fannie mess! he's garbage now...
Posted by shortybeebop380
You guys all sound ridiculous. Hip hop is garbage right now because no one talks about sh*t. This includes lil' wayne and all of the big tymerz. In the end they always talk about how they're the greatest or how they have so much "ice" and "cars" and "rims" and "money" and "hood reputation" and some other garbage. This also includes mims, i remember reading how one commenter loves that mims comes "strate" from n.y. Big f*cking deal, he's garbage too. Have you ever sat down and really listened to their lyrics instead of just "feeling the beat"? mims talks some sh*t about "this is why i'm hot...i can make a mil by saying nothing on the track" what kind of a hook is that? music is my savior my ass! him and everyone in the rap game right now are playing on your ignorance to their lyrics. That's why so many new rappers come out lately and everyone thinks they're great. That's why people like nelly furtardo, who should've have been a washed up musician, could sing on a beat and be considered hip hop... In reality none of you guys care about the meaning of the songs, and that's why hip hop is really dying, and that's why it will die unless more rappers like lupe fiasco, a tribe called quest, nas (illmatic), (stankonia) outkast, mos def, talib kwali, and some of those other less known rappers who are really holding down their sh*t down become popular again to the general public. If the hip hop community is only filled with fans like you ignorant commentators, and artists like mims and lil' wayne then hip
Posted by mattk
Hop will die.
Posted by mattk
Why ya'll hatin on wayne? i don't see anyone out there that can take one word and flip it around with all it's lyrical meanings in one verse. He's too lyrically smart and complex for ya'll hater's! also mannie,baby,and wayne's business is mannie,baby,and wayne's business!
Posted by chance
It is about time mannie gets the big deal he deserves if mannie wasnt so cold he wouldnt have been in da game all these years 4 all u n*ggas dat dont kno 4 u 2 adapt 2 the change and still be makin hits come on stop hattin and do somehting
Posted by REGAL
Any n*gga who get called out, dissed, and accused of having his lyrics ghostwritten by the accuser and not even deny it, "is not" the best rapper alive. And "cannot' even be considered a hip-hopper, let alone a lyricist. Sorry weezy "F*ck*n" baby!!!
Posted by D-Boy Th' Bandyt
Big ups 2 ya, mannie. U deserve a good c-tract. Yo, tracks hot like lebron 48, on da pistons.
Posted by Gata B. (Ocala rep.)
Have 2 accede to the points put forward by alius, nemblack and mattk. Hip hop seems to be churning out more "product" and less substantive music. I get so frustrated by people who want to discredit "old school" or "positive" music - by illustrating the fact that they dont move units. Primo is for me the greatest producer ever only for one reason. Look at the names of rappers that come up, like big, jigga, nas, krs, rakim and you will find a primo credit on their albums - and hands down it will be like one of their best lyrical performances. See "unbelievable" by big or "so ghetto" by jigga, "mc's act like they dont know" by krs. But at the same time we still need tracks to front to when we riding by and manny fresh and producers like him give us that. The south is running the clubs dude - weezy i have to give that to ya country @ss. Just dont try and go to the studio and say you the greatest - thats bullsh!t
Posted by Allthewayfromsa
Yankees, main...i swear...so jealous that ya'll style of rippin off old records and makin beats is dead and gone...nobody wants to hear you remix an old sample from 1970 anymore. People want original ish and dat's what we do down south cuz we had to do dis ourselves. And anyone claimin mannie doesn't make real music has obviously never listened to his old cash money tracks. The only reason i got into cash money was cuz i always knew that i could bump the cd from 1 to 16 based on the music alone. And i'm from louisiana! props to mannie. Nas needs some savin...that one song he made usin that "in the garden of eden" sample was like death to my ears...
Posted by Lil' Ross
The south and east needs to just start bein happy that they have a music scene. The south is runnin things now, and new york had a very powerful and influential run that produced legends and in my opinion paved way for the south to have it's run. Look, what the south is doin aint impressing new york because they've done it all already. This aint nuthin new to them. They gonna always think they are the best because they inspired damn near all of the southern hip hop artists. I mean you have rappers like ludacris and field mob that say they were inspired by ugk nad geto boyz and stuff. But what about who ugk and geto boyz were inspired by. Most likely they gonna have a new york artist in their somewhere. New york needs to just stick to bein themsleves, stop the beefs and just bring the world that new york sh*t that has been lacking for a while. Southern hip hop is good in the sense that it brings that feel good element to it. The dances, the beats and all that make southern hip hop what it is today. But new york needs to come back to keep us grounded. That's what new york does. They keep us grounded. They bring us back to reality. Just because the south is running hip hop doesn't mean that new york is inferior or insignificant to the game. They are the precedent that every one follows. Look at all the people from the south that are signed to new york labels. That should be enough to tell you. Look at all the people new york reached out to from the south, and without new york those people wouldn't
Posted by Dakota's Finest
Mannie fresh is the best producer in the world.and im with him all the way.he can make anybody hot.when you got mannie on a track you got succes.and to that twouptwodown who ever you are stop hate'n on the south cause that's what you are doing.im'a bout to drrop me a mix tape.and when i get my money right im'a holla at mannie and you whoa!!!felony signing off.if you want more hit me up at scotty70501@yahoo!!!!!!!!!!! lafayette louisiana in effect im out.
Posted by felony
Lake charles louisiana. Cash money was fastpace to be bigger than death row. Lousianna needed them. I remember all the shows down i 10. 2and a half hrs from no, i miss my fellow city. Sitting on 3 and a half aceres , silent and heavy.
Posted by reksta
All i'm going to say is that wayne is not so great. I remember when he used to battle my peeps at harrel park up town, dude kept his composition notebook with him while my homie was killing him on da free. And to be honest wayne is alright he's just not real. And mannie is a dog on da tracks give da man his respect, you can't do it...lol... And on some other shyt b.g. Was like wezzie's daddy, so in my eyes wezzie is just into kissing men. And bet he don't f$#k with b.g. Music is music but wayne is a b*$@h.
Posted by New Orleans
Let keep it real stop hating on manny and lil wayne. Right now wayne is at the top of the game. All you east coast dudes need to get the south in your life, because east coast rappers are garbage right now. As far as hip hop being dead, dude it is alive and well in the south.
Posted by P.J da hollygroveian
Do ya thang manny let dat bs go. U don't need them homie , they will need u befoe u need them. Cash money is the ones dat took a major lost when they started trippin ya feel folk.
Posted by Arkansas
Man im from th south neworleans to be exact and i think lil wayne is a b*tch he dont have no vocabulary aint got nothin if ya ask me as for mannie he is one of the best beat makers out there i dont care what noone say and as for him signin with defjam mannie do da damn thing podna handle up dont worry bout cash money clowns peace
Posted by big joe
Whats good its your ocala fl goon.but whats up with yall haten on lil wayne.i bet cant none of u haters out there beat him in rappen so stop haten that man will say some sh*t that will make you go pick up a ditionary.what mannie fresh need to do is drop the lil beaf and get back with him and get that money F*ck the bullsh*t.lil wayne the best rapper and mannie fresh the best beat maker straight up.well hall at me in the o ocala352 all day. King
Posted by king
un an ocala n*gga intil i die. We aint the biggest city and we aint the smallest city but we are some goons and if u dont believe me come find out.dont let that sh*t on t.v comfuse u. Carver park intil um gone c.p.b.get off i75 and come straight down.shout out to all my n*ggas in the o.all the sides in ocala get money.F*ck with us. King ocala fl 352 for life
Posted by king
I think it is cool coz mannie is the man and he's got the real beat from tha south and thats what we call the bass bounce.........nas,ti wil be glad they re workin with 'em.
Posted by k-slimz
Hey! i don't think any of you know mannie fresh personaly. All we hear of him is getting the job done when it comes to his beats so s-t-o-p h-a-t-e-n cause the dude made a change maybe for the better maybe not we will see. Stupid haters!
Posted by drunk man

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