Ice Cream Man [Reissue] [PA]

Performer: Master P
Artist: Mia X; Skull Duggery
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Master P, Silkk, Big Ed [TRU], Mo B. Dick, Mia X, Skull Dugrey (vocals). Producers: KLC (tracks 1, 12-14, 18); Master P, K-Lou, Mo B. Dick (track 2); DJ Daryl (track 3); Carlos Stephens (tracks 4, 17); Pimp C, Mo B. Dick (track 5); Ken Franklin (track 6); Master P, Ken Franklin (track 7); Mo B. Dick (tracks 8, 10-11, 16, 19); Craig B (tracks 15, 20). Engineers: KLC, Carlos Stephens (track 1); Ken Franklin (tracks 2, 7); Wiz (track 3); Carlos Stephens (tracks 4, 15, 17, 20); Pimp C, N.O. Joe (track 5); Mo B. Dick, Ken Franklin (tracks 8, 10-11, 16, 19); KLC, Ken Franklin (tracks 12-14, 18). Samples include "Turn Off The Lights" (as performed by World Class Wreckin' Cru), "In The Rain" (Tony Hester), "Let's Stay Together" (as performed by Al Green) and "Holding Back The Years" (as performed by Simply Red). Personnel: Master P (vocals); Master P; Mo B. Dick, Tony Hester (vocals). Audio Mixers: KLC; Mo B. Dick; Ken Franklin; Carlos Stevens. Recording information: K-lou Studios; Live Oak Studios; Spiral Studios. Master P took his music to a new level of quality on Ice Cream Man, which is his first to feature the production stable known as Beats by the Pound (i.e., KLC, Mo B. Dick, DJ Daryl, Carlos Stephens, Ken Franklin, Craig B). Themes of drugs, violence, and ghetto life are prevalent and well exploited. Ice Cream Man was Master P's best-selling album to date, and it created a significant buzz in the hardcore rap underground, setting the stage for his chart-topping follow-up, Ghetto D (1997). ~ Jason Birchmeier Master P took his music to a new level of quality on Ice Cream Man, which is his first to feature the production stable known as Beats by the Pound (i.e., KLC, Mo B. Dick, DJ Daryl, Carlos Stephens, Ken Franklin, Craig B). Themes of drugs, violence, and ghetto life are prevalent and well exploited. Ice Cream Man was Master P's best-selling album to date, and it created a significant buzz in the hardcore rap underground, setting the stage for his chart-topping follow-up, Ghetto D (1997). [The 2005 reissue of Ice Cream Man deletes the track "The Ghetto Won't Change."] ~ Jason Birchmeier

The Source (8/96, p.98) - 3 Mics - Good - "...ICE CREAM MAN is a thorough project with strong lyrical performances..."

Rivaling Sean "Puffy" Combs for the title of Most Visible Rap Mogul, rapper Master P (born Percy Miller) ran the No Limit label, was a player with the Charlotte Hornets, and put out films such as the comedy I GOT THE HOOK-UP. Responsible for exporting New Orleans-styled synth-rap (analog synth melodies, frenetic, bouncy rhythms) to the whole of the United States, Master P's No Limit label was at one point synonymous with Southern rap. Never quite topping the strength of his debut GHETTO D, Master P has been plagued with financial and legal problems since the late '90s.

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