Artist: Mannie FreshTitle: The Mind of Mannie FreshRating: 2 1/2 StarsReviewed by: David Lopez In the same vein as Kanye West and the Alchemist, it s now the norm for producers to put out solo albums ...

Fresh is, quite simply, a national treasure, a production genius who changed the way rap music sounded in the late '90s. He came up within bounce music, the ferociously local, militaristically simple ...

Forget about being born with a silver spoon in your mouth. The real tool that will set one up for a lifetime is being able to see a silver lining in any grim situation and chase after it with gusto.

In 2005, Will Welch, The FADER's editor at the time, interviewed super-producer Mannie Fresh for our 34th issue—Fresh's first ever cover. Young Jeezy, the Atlanta-based rapper who released his debut ...

Beneath the hum of fluorescent lights, Juvenile pauses mid-negotiation, flips his camera, and offers a grin that feels equal parts fatherly pride and rap-legend cool. The 50-year-old is in Louisiana, ...

Picture it…Sicily. Or any place that has a nightclub, actually. Suggested Reading Over 70 Years After Being Falsely Accused, The Groveland Four Families Finally Get ...

It’s impossible to overstate Mannie Fresh’s impact on hip-hop. As Cash Money Records’ in-house producer for more than a decade, his fingerprints were all over the sound coming out of New Orleans — ...