New Orleans, Louisiana producer/rapper Mannie Fresh produced for T-Pain and Mystikal last year. Although Fresh has remained active in a career that spans over 23 years, the former Big Tymers member suffered the tragic loss of his sister in 2007, who was murdered in her New Orleans home. Speaking with Ballerstatus.com, Fresh revealed how that incident affected his music.
“It set me back dude,” said the hit-making producer for Lil Wayne, B.G. and Juvenile. “I’m not going to even lie to you. It made me think about some of the things I was saying on records and some of the things I was doing and everything, so it kind of put me in a funny place. For the longest, I didn’t even feel like doing music.”
That feeling has passed, as Fresh explained, “During one of my interviews this interviewer asked me, ‘What would your sister want you to do?’ It was just a revelation to me, and I was like ‘Yeah, what would she want me to do? You know what this is what I was born to do, like what am I doing?'”
Last year, Mannie Fresh released his sophomore solo album, Return of the Ballin’. Read the full interview with Ballerstatus here.
keep ya head up mannie , you still got good music in u brotha
Manny should put his own music group together…
My boy needs to step in and help Cash/Young Money stop puttin out that garbage, ya feel me. Get that paper.
I didn’t know that about Mannie’s sister….sucks to hear that. Mannie is one of my favorite producers…keep ya head up man. Looking forward to some music in the future
“I’m not going to even lie to you. It made me think about some of the things I was saying on records and some of the things I was doing and everything”
Yeah..I can imagine. So many artist are out there putting poison in there music. Most of them don’t even react to the tragedy around them. It’s good to see Mannie doing a bit of self examination. Hopefully he can come back with some uplifting music.
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^hahahaha tooo funny!
I AIN’T GONNA LIE, MANNIE FRESH DID HAVE SOME HARD CASH MONEY BEATS, BUT WHEN YOU’RE DOING WHOLE ALBUMS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS FOR YEARS, YOU KIND OF RUN OUT OF SOUNDS. HOPE HE CAN COME BACK THOU!
LOL u stole my point. i was tellin my friend that the other day. i think dude is one of the best ever for the simple fact he came out with a sound nobody evey heard of. Ha sounded like some outer space shit at the time
glad to see you Mannie…you are one of the best producers… cant wait fa ya shit to come out…
Manny seems like a genius to me man. U can tell he plays most of his beats out.
Long as u can innovate, you can always come back.
I got the feeling he gon connect wit Wayne and drop a banger on Carter IV.
Do ya Numbers Manny F!
Mannie Fresh is one of the most versitile and whimsical producers in the game…listen to Mack 10 & Ice Cube’s “Connected For Life” if you really know his sound and youll see how far left he went with that beat. ALL THE WAY OUT WEST and he killed it
Mannie Fresh is one of the dopest producers alive
BE apart of something greater…
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Well, good on him for finding his passion again I guess. I doubt his sister(R.I.P.) had anything to do with it as much as maybe the need to fatten his pockets a little but hey, it is what it is. Welcome back.
“…the former Big Tymers member says his sister’s 2007 murderED affected his musical career…”
Seriously DX, fire the editor and/or proofreader. How you gonna have a typo in the first paragraph? In fact, it’s constant. There’s so many typos and misspelled words all over the site its shameful. Help the kids “read gooder” Wu tang is for the babies…
thats fucked up man condolonces to your sister
stop the violence!!
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