As he continues to make his return to music, Mannie Fresh, recently reminisced about his reasons for remaining independent after leaving Def Jam.
“To me, Def Jam put my career on hold,” he explained in an interview with billboard.com. I was used to making 13-14 songs a year and they trickled that down to nothing. They were telling me to go out and get big records. I went and got a record with [Lil] Wayne and brought it back to Def Jam. Although it got a million hits on my page, they still refused to put it out. To this day I haven’t got answers. I don’t hold grudges. I just know I won’t do it again.”
Fresh also discussed what it was like to record with two of his most well-known peers: Kanye West and Dr. Dre.
“Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach. He’ll tell you his whole warm-up speech: ‘When we’re doing a song, we’re not doing a song just to be doing a song. We’re striving for a No. 1 song.'”
“With Dr. Dre, he’s a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why Detox is taking so long. It’s because Dre is somebody that is trying to top what he’s done. Will he do it? I don’t know if he ever will, but I respect that he’s trying to do so. You have to wait for a masterpiece. We’re all fans of Dre down South. He can park it in Atlanta and I promise you Detox would come out tomorrow.”
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fuck Mannie Fresh. Birdman ethered dis fag ass nigga. Fuck Dre. Fuck Kanye! Lex Lugar is da best produca of all time. swag
SMH.Idiot.
Are you 12 or something? Lex Luger is not the best producer of all-time and Mannie Fresh is in a situation where it is best him keeping it independent. The Dee-1 production has been nice for him. Grind and get it done
SMH your a puppet. The corporate media has your mind. Lex Luger wack! 9th Wonder is wayy iller than Lex Luger!
straight men don’t say swag. you’s a fag.
The only reason I listened to B.g. or Juvenile way back was because mannie fresh was dr. dre of the south.
EXACTLY!!
KEEP DRAGGING BIRDMAN NAME IN THE MUD AND YOU NEVER GOING TO GET HOT AGAIN MANNY. THATS HOW IT WORKS YOU GOT TO GO TO BIRMAN AND KISS THE RING IF YOU WANT TO GET HOT AGAIN. YMCMB
Just because you’ve learned how to type on a keyboard, doesnt mean you should. Now, log out of the library’s computer and go back to class.
youre late to my class YESSIR
Manny Fresh really fucked up by being disloyal to birdman. All of the guys who stuck by birdman through thick and thin are millionaires right now. Meanwhile, guys like Manny are working with unsigned artists who pay them in IOUs. Many is a perfect example of someone who fucked his career up over ego. He wanted to show the world that he was bigger than cash money and started to lie about royalties and shit like that. The truth is that Cash Money is a movement that’s stronger than any half ass producer like Mr. Fresh. I guess this fag had to learn the hard way. YMCMB is the future of hip hop and Manny Fresh has missed the boat.
he left coz he new dat YMCMB were becoming homos after Juve left the label coz he was selling more than Wayne and was keeping the label from signing gay shit rappers like Tyga, Drake and Nicki.
Juvenile and fresh were the only reasons i liked the god damn label when they left they just started gaying up the place anyway the have sold more than all of YMCMB anyway.
Quit saying “ymcmb” is a movement, bla bla bluh on every article here. you have no taste in hip hop and you luv blastin Nicki Minaj in yo basement. You remind me of dem two little girls on dat dyke Ellen show singin dat shitt. dats YMCMB, little gurl muzik. fuck wit suge and you die like B.I.G and Pac
If those 2 never left the Travesty known as YMCMB would have never happened. I mean wat album dat lil Wayne put out has gone 4 times platinum none. Exactly Lil Wayne it trying 2 fill the Hole Hot Boyz made after they left with signing wack artists and producers. All u lil wayne cocksuckers should feel Greatful if it was for Mannie Fresh putting lil Wayne on the Map wit tha Carter he wouldnt be famous as he is today.
Doesnt Birdman owe this man money??? If I’m not mistaken, Mannie singhadedly produced complete albums for this fuck n the rest of cash money and hasn’t rcieved any royalties for it…. I hate snake ass niggas like Birdman who only breaks bread with nighas he kiss in the mouth… Birdman did the same thing 2 Juve but had 2 pay that nigga I order to walk through N.O.
Manny fresh didnt want to go down the Satanic route with Birdman and Wayne. So he got out!
Just a piece of advice, Manny….
When you’re working with Kanye or Dre. You will NEVER get top billing for anything you create. It is what it is, homie.
Kanye never disappoints. Can’t wait to read Produced By Kanye West & Mannie Fresh. Co-Produced By Mike Dean and Jeff Bhasker.
#TeamKanye