No Limit Greatest Hits(Explicit Version) (2006)

Product Summary Label: Capitol Records UPC: 00094636955421 Release Date: 8/1/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202827835 Item#: M32TGY Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I'm Bout It, Bout It - TRU ~ Various Artists 2. Y'all Ain't Ready Yet - Mystikal ~ Various Artists 3. Bounce Dat Azz - Gangsta T/King George ~ Various Artists 4. Gangstafied - Kane & Abel ~ Various Artists 5. Shocker, The - Silkk The Shocker ~ Various Artists 6. Make 'em Say Ugh - Master P ~ Various Artists 7. He Did That - Master P/Silkk The Shocker ~ Various Artists 8. Ain't No Limit - Silkk The Shocker/Mystikal ~ Various Artists 9. Where The Little Souljas At? - Lil Soldiers ~ Various Artists 10. Soldier Party - Mac/Master P ~ Various Artists 11. No Limit Soldiers II - Master P/C-Murder ~ Various Artists 12. Whatcha Wanna Do - Mia X ~ Various Artists 13. Mr. Whomp Whomp - Fiend ~ Various Artists 14. NL Party - Soulja Slim ~ Various Artists 15. Assassin - Big Ed ~ Various Artists 16. It's Your Thing - Mercedes/Master P ~ Various Artists 17. Down 4 My N's - Snoop Dogg/Magic ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. It Ain't My Fault (Pt 2) - Silkk The Shocker ~ Various Artists 2. Hot Boys & Girls - Mystikal/Silkk The Shocker ~ Various Artists 3. Bring It On - Mia X/C-Murder ~ Various Artists 4. I Miss My Homies - Pimp C/Master P ~ Various Artists 5. I Got The Hook Up! - Master P/Sons Of Funk ~ Various Artists 6. Ice On My Wrist - Magic/Master P ~ Various Artists 7. B Please - Snoop Dogg/Xzibit ~ Various Artists 8. Hoody Hooo - C-Murder ~ Various Artists 9. Picture U & Me - Mo B. Dick ~ Various Artists 10. How Ya Do Dat - Master P ~ Various Artists 11. Take My Pain - Sons Of Funk/Fiend ~ Various Artists 12. Like a Jungle - C-Murder ~ Various Artists 13. Lay Low - Snoop Dogg/Butch Cassidy ~ Various Artists 14. Shake It Like A Dog - Kane & Abel ~ Various Artists 15. Wobble Wobble - C-Murder ~ Various Artists 16. My Baby - Lil' Romeo/Ms. Peaches ~ Various Artists 17. That's Cool - Silkk The Shocker ~ Various Artists Compilation (P) 2006 Priority Records, LLC. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. (C) 2006 Priority Records, LLC   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Born out of a record store in Richmond, CA, and then moved to New Orleans, Master P's No Limit Records ruled the hip-hop underground in the mid-'90s by churning out a ridiculous amount of releases, each promoting upcoming titles, which was a bold marketing move at the time. Low production costs always kept the label's bottom line healthy, and soon the company was branching into the world of movies and even toys. Right about the time the Master P doll was released -- you could pull his string and make him go "ugggghhhhh!" -- things started to go south, and by 2004, the label -- which had already become nearly every hip-hop critic's favorite punching bag -- had gone bankrupt from overextending itself and signing just about anybody with a sneer. P moved on to Koch and created The New No Limit, but things were never the same, as the two-CD No Limit Greatest Hits proves. According to the credits, Master P isn't involved in the selection of these tracks, but the compiling was obviously done by some real No Limit soldiers who reach well past the big names: Master P, Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, and Mystikal. Hearing the forgotten Fiend's excellent, over-the-top "Mr. Whomp Whomp" is evidence that No Limit predicted the crunk craze of 2004-2005, and while ridiculous moments like "Where the Little Souljas At?" from pre-teen gangstas Lil Soldiers or the syrupy "Picture U & Me Are" from Mo B. Dick are embarrassing enough that P wouldn't have picked them, they are fun reminders of what a wacky and scrappy empire No Limit was. There's also some real heat pulled off long-lost compilations and soundtracks, and the big five's output for the label is whittled down to the most necessary tracks, although Snoop's time at the label was short and there's an argument to made that C-Murder is underrepresented. For fans of true gutter music, there are still some early albums to acquire, but the clich?d "the only No Limit you'll ever need" does apply for the casual hip-hop fan. Better liner notes and some photographs -- there are absolutely none included -- would have been nice, but otherwise this is a great snapshot of the label that taught everyone else how to exploit the underground and released some great gangsta music along the way. ~ David Jeffries   Technical Info Release Date : 08/01/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 69554 Label : No Limit Records Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00094636955421