50 Cent made his name as a mixtape hero ahead of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, Clipse resurrected their floundering career with the We Got It 4 Cheap series, and Lil Wayne went from Cash Money’s jokey little brother to a serious force with his Dedication 2 and Da Drought 3 tapes, among others. The mid-00s was the era when the mixtape was elevated to a level of quality and importance previously unknown. The man just doesn’t slow down, even though he’s been producing music for nearly 15 years at this point.Īhead of his announcement of a release of his eighth solo record in November, FACT wades through his catalog to put together a beginner’s guide to his most essential work. In addition, he’s been in charge of his own CTE World label since 2001, as well as a senior VP for Atlantic since 2012.
Recording sometimes more than 100 songs for a record that would only end up featuring 20, he’s a prodigious artist with a mountain of material. His records, coming out of the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, represented a seismic shift in the rap landscape in the mid-00s, heralding the oncoming explosion of trap music, as well as a general shift away from sampling towards synth-heavy production.
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Since 2001, the man who used to be known as Lil J has churned out a deceptively large volume of music - seven full length albums, 16 mixtapes, countless guest appearances, and turns in the groups Boyz N Da Hood and USDA. Jay Jenkins, aka Jeezy, formerly Young Jeezy, is nothing if not true to his devotion to hustling.
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