Master P made a name for himself as a rapper and businessman through No Limit Records, which was a major presence in the industry throughout the 1990s. In a recent interview with Complex posted on his No Limit YouTube page, Master P discusses the importance of authenticity in the Rap business.
“A lot of guys they say they come from the streets, they made all this money on the streets,” he says. “If you got real money, then what are you looking for a record deal for? You talking on thse songs, ‘I’m the biggest dope dealer, I took over my hood,’ but now you’re looking for a record deal, it makes no sense.”
Master P says that the Internet has affected the way artists portray themselves instead of focusing on the music.
“I think this generation should stop being fraud to if you’re not really living like that, talk about how you’re living,” he says. “Talk about the struggle. I think if this generation start being more real and stop getting caught up in the social media gimmicks, you would really be able to see the talent now.”
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Im gonna say stitches is this group he talkin bout
Stitches been bout that life, he in the streets ya facts right yungin
If u feel the need to insult and write a whole essay to someone who is clearly trolling, u are way too invested in this hiphop shit and its characters. Get a life!
He’s gotta point! But it isn’t going to change anything. Welcome to the new era of attention seeking and auto-tune
sad but all so true.
master p is 100 percent correct. realest rappers out now: Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Kanye West, Drake, Killer Mike, Vince Staples…..Fakest Rappers out now: Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Pusha T – these phonies are lying about their drug-dealing pasts. wanna be thugs.
How u know they fake?
Can we get a meme pic going of Master P sipping some tea please?
Same goes for Internet clowns making comments. Be authentic with the comments. All we hear in the comments is everything that drops is trash and he’s not better than this rapper, to many features, tracklisting sucks, etc.
P is correct. Everything ain’t for everybody. Know who we are. Appreciate what we’ve been thru. Focus and work towards who we want to grow into and where we want to be . P is a pioneer. Pioneer of every scope of his business. I’m thankful he shares his insights. One love for everyone embracing the struggle.
Partly true and partly false! If u a hustler and u got drug money and u can rap,your Tryna get a record deal to get that same money legally to get out the streets!! But it’s true a lot of these rappers are fake!!
Correct. It’s fakers and real hustlers wit bread. Some hustlers want out of risking they physical freedom. Hence record deal or rap money as an option.
Pusha certified you tripping
The entire time I was reading this I was thinking of Troy Ave. If Troy didn’t claim he was ALWAYS rich, I would think he’s a cool rags to up and coming riches type story. Instead, I think he’s a notch below the fakery of Rick Ross.
thank God I’ve never listened to troy ave…he must be from ny
Chris Brown was the first person I thought about. Wangster
you know he going in on, young junne’s bitch ass , nobody ass, who bit the hand that fed him
Somebody tell master p to shutup…why he ain’t say all this wen he putting all them gimmicky ass dope boy albums he put out in his prime???….now other nigaz doing the same thing u was claiming to do back then now u mad….snatch that niga mic! ALL U SOUTHERN NIGAZ WACK AT RAPPING FUKK DAT!! YALL FUKKED UP THE RAP GAME ! #FACTS
That wasn’t a gimmick they were about that action
Says who? You?…if he was a dope boy why he get a FUKKING record deal with priority records too then? He rapped about all that dope boy shit that would have never popped if pac was alive cause that’s whose sound he “stole”….he sold cd’s outa his car in Oakland not heroin…so like I said somebody snatch that niga mic and tell him to shutup…new rappers can do and say wateva they want…it’s either u support them or don’t….period!
You have NO clue of what you’re talking about. Master P got the best record EVER Hip Hop. Nobody will ever get a deal like he had…not Jay Z, Nas, Eminem…nobody. His record deal alone changed the game in Hip Hop. You say he sold gimmicky albums…LOL…Master P gave you music for your money. A No Limit album averaged about 22 tracks on it. That’s two CD’s for $13-15 potna. The man sold over 75 million albums…gimmicks don’t last that long. You need to go back and read what the man said. He said today’s rappers need to stop rapping about that life if they’re not living it. Master P, C-Murder and the cousin Jimmy…them boys was about that life. Jimmy ran Washington Ave to MLK (Calliope projects)
Gimmicks don’t last long????? Have u ever heard of baby, lil Wayne? Rick Ross? Jeezy? E.t.c most rappers are gimmicks…I don’t give a FUKK what they about or how many copies they sell…you can’t tell the next niga what to rap about when him master p ain’t moving no bricks but he rapped about it ….. his people’s did it not him just like most rappers people around them did..!!!! So whatever no limit encyclopedia u reading means nothing to me…besides the great production by beats by the pound, them NIGAZ was corny to me rap wise…now stop replying to me niga and go bump a Mercedes album..
P and No Limit ran the south. He’s the definition of a true BOSS.
The point is that if u continue hustling there is more of w chance getting locked up or death.. But he is right 99% of these rappers ain’t half of what they say they are such as rick Ross game Jim jones
‘Gangsta’ is a relative term. There’s shit I done in my life that kids in the burbs never had to even imagine doing, but I never considered myself a thug. The thug niggas thought I was a good kid, the preppies thought I was a thug. It just depends on how you try to portray your image. If you’re just saying some gangster shit in a rhyme that you didn’t really just because it’s a dope line, I have no issue with that. Im not from this era where you’re expected to literally do everything you say in your raps, that’s dumb to me. At the same time, if you’re really trying to come off as a gangster in interviews, getting tattoos of guns, posing with guns and shit, THEN you better be living in because you’re ingratiating yourself to a whole different demographic of idiots who really expect you to make good on that shit. I don’t consider Nas, Pac, Mobb Deep, 50 cent to be ‘gangster rappers’. They’re just MC’s. I’m sure they’ve done some dirt here and there but theyre just spitting rhymes. People take that shit too serious. Back in the day they weren’t like ‘yo, fuck Special Ed! He said he had a frog and a dog with a solid gold bone, that nigga lyin’ son!!” It was just rhymes.
Theres shit i have done in my life that kids in the burbs never had to imagine even doing
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Like what?
No Limit was, is and will be forever a gimmick with zero talent and also a bunch of studiogangsters. So shut the fuck up you mediawhore.
Studio gangsters?? Obviously u know nothing about no limit and never been 2 New Orleans!
I guess Soulja Slim was a studio gangsta, right? Realest nigga ever.
how are they studio gangsta when three of there artist are still doing life time bids in angola for murder cases one of them being his own brother….that seems like real Gs to me…and I don’t know where your from but No Limit made more money than those wack ass east coast labels your favorite artist was signed to without help from the white man…no limit ran the streets during their time as far as music is concerned…fall back lame…you must be from New York
Lol, well said. Tell em Louis!
old rappers are also fake. Nas was never a gangster, Ice Cube was never a gangster, 2pac was never a gangster, Mobb Deep never were gangster so whats the difference Master P?
he never stated anything about being gangsta he was talking about being from the streets….cube grew up in the streets of south central during the Regan era, that alone is more gangsta than any of these rappers today. Pac shot a police officer in the ass, that is more gangsta than any of these lames u ride to today,…there is a big difference, bow down lame
Louis… No doubt. Agree 100%. You forgot to mention Mobb Deep tho. Them dudes from QB, NY (except Prodigy, P from Heamstead but moved to QB at a young age). Shit was crazy in QB back in the days and the Mobb definitely did dirt. The Mobb ain’t just P and Hav, its a bunch of other members in they crew. Some passed away (RIP). If these clowns knew Mobb Deep’s story, they would know this. Just coming up in QB back in the 90s is more gangster that all them wankster rappers today.
*Hempstead*
You 10 years late my nigga
This new generation is FAKE. They like Fakers and Phonies like Future, kief, Durk, YT, Drake(Gangsta). Fakes can relate to Fakes, thats why they have so many fans. For every 200 Fakers, there is 1 real MF born. Basically, 95% of all black rappers.
Never was a big fan of No Limit music, but definitely enjoy hearing Master P talk about shit. Dude makes a ton of sense. 99% of rappers nowadays are WANKSTERS.
Change your name to master biter. Claiming you knew 2Pac biting the Luniz, claiming you sold crack to make ends. You got your money from your relatives record store in Richmond, Ca. You leave your bro for dead. Your trash!