Hip hop superproducer Mannie Fresh discussed in detail an incident that led to some of the ill will between he and his former label, Cash Money Records. According to Mannie, he was very close to working out a deal with Def Jam several years ago that Cash Money blocked at the last minute.
"I got this deal with Def Jam through Jay-Z," Fresh said. "Jay-Z reached out, he was like, 'I'll do a deal with you. You come to Def Jam and you do your thing. And I'm over there and I talk to Lil Wayne. I'm like, 'Hey dude, I got a deal with Def Jam and they pretty much are going to give me my situation, do what I want to do.' They were like, 'Just deliver a big song.' So I go to Lil Wayne, he does the song with me and soon as I get ready to put it out, Cash Money shuts it down."
"They were just like, 'Nah, you didn't get permission from us to do that,'" he reveals. "And I'm like, 'Wow, it's really that serious? That's kinda ugly of y'all to do that.' And I'm like, 'Wayne agreed to do the song.' And they were like, 'Well, Wayne can't speak for Wayne. We speak for Wayne.' ... So that was a learning lesson for me and it kind of gave Def Jam a salty taste too because they was just like, 'Every time we do something, if it's going to get shutdown, we really don't want to do this with you.'"
Yooooo, I forgot ALL about Mannie Fresh for real, for real! And I had no idea that he was no longer with Cash Money Records. Damn, that's a fucked up situation and quite cruddy how CMR blocked that man's money like they did. Real fucked up. He wanna eat and share the wealth just like everybody else. I can understand why that situation left a bad taste in Jay-Z and Def Jam's mouths. It gives the impression that CMR is too good to work with others. Wow! I wouldn't want no parts of these cats. They sound like they're shady as shit, eventhough they've always been a lil suspect. And what's up with this line right here: 'Well, Wayne can't speak for Wayne. We speak for Wayne.' Really doe???
