Most Slept On: Among the deep cuts on Get It How U Live! that may not be the first that comes to mind when you think of the album, but stand the test of time are the murderous “50 Shots Set’s It Off,” the introspective number “Dirty World,” and the B.G. Other can’t-miss selections on Get It How U Live! include Lil Wayne’s solo turn “Block Burner,” as well as the album’s rollicking title-track. Still Gets Infinite Spins: After Baby and Mannie Fresh set off the proceedings with an intro, the Hot Boys waste no time hitting their stride on the fiery selection, “We On Fire part 1,” a precursor to the 1999 single from their Guerilla Warfare album. Contrary to today, when there is a multitude of teenage rappers saying ungodly things on record, Turk and Lil Wayne, were among the youngest artists in rap history to have their gangster musings taken seriously and at face value, giving the group a unique dimension and selling point. 1, creating the buzz for the group’s own debut album, Get It How U Live! Released on October 28, 1997, Get It How U Live! would mesh the unique styles of the individual members of the Hot Boys together, from Juvenile’s animated rambles to B.G.’s steely couplets. First appearing as a unit on Juvenile’s Cash Money debut, Solja Rags (May 1997), the group would also contribute a song to B.G.’s sophomore album, It’s All On U Vol. In 1997, it was decided that the four core solo artists on the label, B.G., Juvenile, Turk, and Lil Wayne would form a group dubbed the Hot Boys, a name inspired by a New Orleans slang term for someone attracting unwanted attention from the police through reckless or careless actions. 1) and Juvenile ( Solja Rags) both moving hundreds of thousands of copies in spite of minimal radio airplay. With a roster that included flagship artist B.G., coveted free agent Juvenile, youngsters Turk and Lil Wayne, and U.N.L.V., Cash Money had already achieved success on the independent circuit, with albums from B.G. named Cash Money would be the ones to truly kick down the door and become the strongest unit below the Mason-Dixon line.
Master P and his No Limit movement may have nudged the door open with a string of multi-platinum albums, but little did we know that a rival crew out of the N.O. You gon’ learn today.Įlevator Pitch: Twenty years ago, while Atlanta, Texas, and Florida had already begun to establish themselves as hotbeds for southern hip-hop, New Orleans was beginning to make its presence known on the national scene. VIBE spotlights music’s most essential timepieces for Gen Y.
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