Mannie Fresh believes that Lil Wayne has outgrown Cash Money Records, and not just because of the recent turmoil between Weezy and the label. At the end of January, Wayne filed a lawsuit seeking $8 million and the nullification of his remaining contractual ties to Cash Money.
“I just think Wayne is growing as an artist,” Fresh said in an interview with the Associated Press. “Wayne has given us some great albums, but he has never given us that album with like a Justin Timberlake on it…with features…we expect from an artist of your caliber.”
One potentially-limiting factor that Fresh points to Cash Money’s tendency to almost exclusively pair their artists together, restricting features and collaborations with outside artists and producers.
“I think he’s going — real talk — ‘I could probably use Drake and Nicki, but I’ve done that so many times. Let’s get out there and do things so I can show that I am bigger than life.'”
Fresh continued to explain how Wayne would benefit from collaborations with artists of higher – if not, simply, different – caliber.
“He’s going to get somebody with star power that can bring other people to the table,” Fresh says. “If I did do a song and I got Justin Timberlake on it, I got Justin Timberlake fans as well. I think Wayne is starting to see it in that way. Hip hop can only bring you so far.”
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Mannie been talking bullshit again. Cash Money allows their artists to do what they want. Wayne just got too greedy and acted like a bitch.
The number of artists leaving Cash Money suggests that they don’t get to do whatever they want. Perhaps it’s you making up bullshit again.
wayne worked with bruno mars, bobby v, eminem, rick ross, destinys childetc etc mannie talking shit
I’m not sure i agree. Wayne definitely crossed over and built and white audience somewhat. He doesn’t have a record with Taylor Swift or major big acts like mariah, MJ, Timbo , or whatever but does he need one??? Cash money did hold him back kinda but IMHO if C5 dropped last year it woulda flopped HARD.
“Hip hop can only bring you so far.”
It’s this mentality that’s keeping it from becoming even bigger.
Wayne should stray from making huge radio hits this time around, he should come back with a hip
Hop album the shut the haters up. He should work with artists like Method man, dmx, MGK, Mystikal, tech n9ne, juvenile, young buck, maybe a dipset feature. Enough of this obligation to feature shitty ass rick Ross on every album
if he can come back with a real Rap album and good lyrics i also would like to see him doing a song with Bone Thugs N Harmony