ReMix Classics [PA]

Performer: Master P
Artist: Lil' D; Slack; Tank Dog; Silkk The Shocker; C-Murder; Black; Snoop Dogg; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony; Black Sopranos
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Knowing Master P's scrappy entrepreneurial past, it's a safe bet that ReMix Classics was constructed to grab some piggyback sales. The collection's release falls a couple weeks before the Universal company's Best of Master P, a compilation of P's golden years -- years P himself no longer has the rights to release. All that said, ReMix Classics may not be the most inspired release and it does show signs of being slapped together in a hurry, but these are great tracks, pumped up by a 21st century thump. Production on "Get Em," "Cooked Crack," and "Thugettes" is bassy and busy but still retains the No Limit gutter feel that gets the Southern hood bouncing. Everything's retitled to keep the lawyers happy ("Thugettes" is an updated "Thug Girl," and so on) and old crew members have been replaced by new, interesting or disappointing depending on whether or not you expect P to "keep it real." He just wants to party and relive some memories on ReMix Classics, and if anyone buys this collection in error, they've at least got a fun update with plenty of reckless weekend music. ~ David Jeffries

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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