After listening to the track twice, I said to myself, I guess he doesn't need Mannie Freah after all. 'The Carter 2' starts off with a wicked 5 and a half minute, no chorus track entitled 'Tha Mobb' where Lil Wayne sounds like he is freestyling over a Heatmakerz track. To be honest with you, after I heared that Mannie Fresh was leaving Cash Money, I was saying to myself even if Lil Wayne decides to come out with a 'Carter 2' that it wouldn't be tight without Mannie on the boards. My favorite track was 'BM J.R.' but I loved the singles 'Bring It Back' & 'Go DJ' and his tribute to the Hot Boys, 'I Miss My Dawgs'. Backed with Mannie Fresh beats, Lil Wayne even surprised me with his lyrical content and the overall flow of the CD. However, Lil Wayne rebounded immensely with 'The Carter'. leaving, Mack 10 getting overpaid and the breakup of The Hot Boys, I didn't like the direction Cash Money was going in so I didn't purchase '500 Degreez' especially after hearing 'The Way Of Life' with TQ of all people. Once controversy started hitting Cash Money with Juvenile and B.G.

My favorite tracks ended up being 'Hit U Up' and 'Shine' w/The Hot Boys, and 'Get Off The Corner'. He had nice tracks on there but 'Lights Out' wasn't as good as 'The Block Is Hot', in my opinion. Lil Wayne's next CD was entitled 'Lights Out'. and my all time Lil Wayne favorite track 'Loud Pipes' w/Juvenile, B.G. The CD would end up in heavy rotation and my favorite tracks ended up being the title track, 'Kisha' w/The Hot Boys, 'High Beamin'' w/B.G. Once I heard that CD I knew that Lil Wayne would be ready for big things.

Once The Hot Boys came out with 'Guerilla Warfare', which was a nice CD by the way, Lil Wayne was amped and ready to drop 'The Block Is Hot'. Once I heard Lil Wayne on that track, I knew that once he made a solo CD that he would be a force to be reckoned with. The song featured B.G., Juvenile, Lil Wayne & Turk, which I would later find out were The Hot Boys.

One of the first tracks that I remember hearing Lil Wayne on was a track called 'Play'n It Raw' that was on B.G.'s 'Chopper City In The Ghetto' CD.

After listening to both CDs, Cash Money was addded to my favorite Down South list, especially once No Limit Records started getting weaker once they let their producers, Beats By The Pound, stop producing the majority of their tracks. When I saw B.G.'s video for 'Bling Bling' that fetaured all of the Cash Money artists then I decided to purchase Juvenile's '400 Degreez' and B.G.'s 'Chopper City In The Ghetto'. Eventhough, I liked Ha!, I didn't know what to expect from a Juvenile CD, so I didn't purchase any Cash Money CDs. As far as Down South music was concerned I had just got into liking No Limit Records and I had awlays been fans of Down South artists like Outkast, Scarface & The Geto Boys, etc. I can honestly say that I had no idea what Cash Money Records was or who were the artists on there until I saw Juvenile's video for 'Ha!'.

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