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| years_active = 1987–present
| years_active = 1987–present
| label = [[No Limit Records]] (1995-1999)[[Asylum Records]] / Overdose Entertainment
| label = [[No Limit Records]] (1995-1999)[[Asylum Records]] / Overdose Entertainment

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KLC
Birth nameCraig Stephen Lawson[1][2]
Also known asThe Drum Major
OriginNew Orleans, Louisiana
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)DJ, Record producer, Rapper
Years active1987–present
LabelsNo Limit Records (1995-1999)Asylum Records / Overdose Entertainment
WebsiteMySpace Facebook page

KLC is a rap producer from the Third Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana . He found fame as a member of No Limit Records' Beats By the Pound, and since leaving the label has been the leader of the Medicine Men, consisting of the same producers as the original Beats by the Pound, as well as some new talent. Along with Mannie Fresh, KLC is arguably one of the most important producers in New Orleans Rap and in Southern Rap .

KLC has worked with numerous artists and is credited for having discovered several prominent rappers, including T.I., Ludacris, Mystikal and Soulja Slim.[3]

Juelz Santana's appearance on Paul Wall's "I'm Real, What Are You?" is one of the few occasions a New York rapper appeared on a KLC-produced track .

Although many independent labels appeared in the wake of New Orleans's 1991 bounce explosion, Parkway Pumpin' was one of the first . It was also one of the most influential stables of talent, although the limited finances of KLC (the man behind the boards) resulted in precious few recordings. When Master P relocated No Limit from Richmond, California to New Orleans, most of the original roster (aside from his siblings) was taken directly from the legendary Parkway label .

Most of Parkway Pumpin's associates never got around to recording with the label . Artists like Fiend, Mac (as Lil Mac The Lyrical Midget), Mystikal Mike (as Mystikal), Mr. Serv-On and Da Hound (Da Gert Town Hounds/Full Blooded) all went on to record popular records at No Limit without having anything released in their time at Parkway Pumpin' . Only one future No Limit Soldier did, Soulja Slim .

The first act to record on Parkway Pumpin' was 39 Posse, a trio composed of Shack, DJ KLC and MC Dart. Shack was born Derrick Mushatt in 1970. He grew up in a large family with nine siblings . For work, he delivered pizzas and worked on an oil rig, rapping at parties during his time off . When the oil industry in New Orleans collapsed, Mushatt lost his job and became addicted to the painkillers he took due to a work injury . DJ KLC was born Craig S. Lawson . He grew up in the Melpomene projects . His father played saxophone and Lawson, nicknamed "The Drum Major," followed in his musical footsteps, playing in the Green Middle School marching band . Lawson later moved to a house in Uptown on Parkway . Lawson's production genius can scarcely be exaggerated and he deserves to be as widely recognized as the justly lauded Mannie Fresh, who was a childhood friend . They both began producing around the same time . A year after Fresh's production debut with Gregory D, DJ KLC and DJ Treble appeared on MC J Ro J's "Ain't Nuthin Nice" in 1988. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anything about MC Dart. 39 Posse released their debut single, "Clockin' / Pumped in Power," in 1991 .

39 Automatic In 1993, 39 Posse dropped their debut full-length, 39 Automatic . Songs like "Ask Them Hoes," show KLC's nascent sound to already be immediately distinguishable from other triggerman-employing producers with his use of deep, sustained bass and martial snares . "Stuntin' Stars," "Bitch I'm Dart" and "Pass the Snake" are like a low budget, gutter versions of later Beats By the Pound produced tracks, with their hard beats and bluesy piano. For fans of No Limit's production, it's well worth seeking out .

Lil Elt & DJ Tee's "Get the Gat" and "Get The Gat Gemix" from the same year showed KLC easily capable of knocking out enjoyable .

On Parkway Pumpin' there were obviously no contracts, and artists including KLC himself often simultaneously worked at other labels . In 1994, KLC played keyboards and 39 Posse produced EXD's No Elevation for In the House Records . Mystikal (now minus the "Mike") recorded his debut at Big Boy, where KLC also produced a track for veteran New Orleans rapper Sporty T .

Magnolia Slim recorded Parkway Pumpin's sole release in '94, his debut, Soulja fa Lyfe . To fans of Soulja Slim's later stuff, it's immediately clear that this too is the work of someone most commonly described as being "the realest ." Here is the New Orleans susperstar who, though having a slightly higher voice, is already mixing crudeness, scariness and humor on highlights like "Kickin it for them Hoes" and "Powda Bag" in a captivating combination that made him so enjoyed by so many .

In 1995, Magnolia Slim recorded The Dark Side EP (produced by KLC and featuring 6 Shot) at Hype Enough . Fiend followed Mystikal to Big Boy and recorded his debut . That same year, Master P moved to his grandmother’s in New Orleans from his mother’s in Richmond, California . Back in California he'd established No Limit records with an inheritance from his grandfather in 1990. Though in California his solo records and West Coast Bad Boyz compilations were viewed by some as underground classics, he had little traction in the south. Once he arrived in New Orleans, he quickly signed Mia-X and Tre-8 to his label . In addition to them, P blew up into the household name he is today by signing most of the Parkway Pumpin' talent, including, most notably, KLC, who as the leading figure in Beats By The Pound transformed No Limit from a little-heard west coast label into a southern powerhouse that sold over 50 million units . In 1998, alleging across the board unfair business practices, nearly everyone left No Limit and most of Beats By the Pound, including KLC, who continued as leader of The Medicine Men .

Tragically, the previous year 39 Posse's 28-year-old Derrick Mushatt was shot nineteen times at the intersection of Philip and Clara . In 2003, 26-year-old Soulja Slim was shot four times on the way to a performance in front of his mother's home . KLC lives on; a few years back he released this amazing song with former Parkway Pumpin' figure Fiend .

References

  1. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/southsideballers/djklc.bio.html
  2. ^ allmusic
  3. ^ AllHipHop interview

Production discography

  • 39 Posse - 39 Automatic (1993)
    • Got What It Takes To Make It (Remix)
    • Bitch I'm Dart
    • 39 Automatic
    • Hot Spot
    • Stuntin´ Stars
    • Ask Them Hoes
    • Pass The Snake
    • Bonus Beat
  • B.G. - Life after Cash Money (2004)
    • Do What You Wanna Do ft. Six Shot, Big Gipp
    • Don't Talk To Me
  • B.G. - The heart of tha streetz (2005)
    • Get Up
  • B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (2009)
    • Nigga Owe Me Some Money ft. Soulja Slim, Lil Boosie & C-Murder
    • Hit The Block & Roll
  • Big Bear - Doin Thangs (1998)
    • No Matter What
  • Big Ed - The Assassin (1998)
    • Make Some Room
    • Uh Oh
    • Assassin
  • Bun B - Trill (2005)
    • BUN
  • C-Murder - The Truest S#!@ I Ever Said (2005)
    • My Life
  • C-Murder - Bossalinie (1999)
    • Freedom ft. Anita, Porsha
    • Money Talks ft. Silkk The Shocker, Fiend
    • Where We Wanna ft. Goodie Mobb
  • C-Murder - Life or death (1998)
    • Dreams ft. KLC
    • Feel my pain
    • On the run ft. Soulja Slim, Da Hound
    • Riders
    • Soldiers ft. Master P,Silkk, Fiend,Mac, Mia X,Big Ed, Kane & Abel, Mystikal
    • Survival of the fittest ft. Gotti
    • Where I'm from ft. Prime Suspects
  • David Banner - Mississippi:The Album (2003)
    • What It Do ft. Smoke D
  • Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
    • With Me Part 2 ft. Master P
  • Disturbing Tha Peace - Golden Grain (2002)
    • Move Bitch ft. Ludacris, Mystikal, I-20
  • Down South Hustlers - Bouncin' And Swingin'(Tha Value Pack Compilation) (1995)
    • You Got It ft. Magnolia Slim
    • RIP ft. CCG
    • Murder Weapon ft. Hounds From Gert-Town
  • E-Dub - The Prezident (2001)
    • Bad Az I Wanna Be ft. Mr. Serv On, Six Shot & Fiend
  • E.X.D. aka Extremely Deadly nka Hounds From Gert-Town - No Elevation (1993)
    • Intro I
    • No Elevation
    • Blow Of Death
    • Play You Bitches Dumb
    • Intro II
    • Knockin' Niggas Off
    • Another Brother Filla Coffin
  • Fiend - The Addication (2006)
    • Want It All
    • Gotta Get It
    • What is U Sayin
  • Fiend - Street Life (1999)
    • Been Thru It All ft. Magic
    • If They Don't Know
    • Mr. Whomp Whomp
    • Talk It How I Bring It
    • The Rock Show
    • They Don't Hear Me
    • Trip To London ft. Mo B. Dick, Kage,O'Dell
    • Waiting On God
    • Walk That Line
    • War 4 Reason
  • Fiend - There's One in Every Family (1998)
    • Big Timer ft. Mia X
    • Do You Know? ft. Master P, Mystikal
    • Do You Wanna Be a Rider ft. Magic, Prime Suspects, Gambino Family
    • For the N.O.
    • Live Me Long
    • Slangin' ft. UGK
    • Take my pain ft. Master P, Silkk, Sons of Funk
    • Walk like a G ft. Soulja Slim
    • We Survivors ft. Full Blooded
    • What Cha Mean ft. Soulja Slim, Kane and Abel, Mac
  • Full Blooded - Memorial Day (1998)
    • Count Down ft. Camouflage, Steady Mobb'n
  • Full Blooded & H.O.U.N.D. Faculty (2001)
    • What It Be Like ft. Fiend
  • Gambino Family - Ghetto Organized (1998)
    • Don't cry ft. Gotti, Fiend, Q.B., Magic, C-Murder
    • I'm a Baller ft. Master P, C-Murder, Fiend, Mia X
    • Make 'em Bleed ft. Silkk, Fiend, Mr. Serv-On
    • Only G's Ride ft. Mystikal, Mo B. Dick
  • Ghetto Commission - Wise Guys (1998)
    • Get 'Em Up
    • Lost Thugs
  • Hard Knox - This is Real (2002)
    • It's Like That
    • This is Real
    • Put Um Up
  • Kane and Abel - The 7 Sins (1996)
    • Black Jesus
    • Basement Session
    • That's How It Gon' Happen 2 U
    • 3/2 Murder 1
    • Jealous Again
  • Kane & Abel - Am I My Brothers Keeper (1998)
  • Lil' Dee - Stay Ready (2009)
    • Stay Ready
    • Naw Takin Bout
    • How I Got Here
  • Lil Soldiers - Boot Camp (1999)
    • Mama Need A New Blouse
    • Chipped Out Tank
    • For My Shorties
    • Soulja By Blood
    • Bring It 2 You
  • Ludacris - Word Of Mouf (2001)
    • Move Bitch ft. Mystikal, I-20
  • Mac - Shell Shocked (1998)
    • Murda, Murda, Kill, Kill
    • We Don't Love 'Em
    • Wooo
    • The Game
    • Memories
    • Meet Me At The Hotel
    • Empire
    • Shell Shocked (Outro)
  • Mack 10 - The Recipe (1998)
    • Made Niggaz ft. Master P & Mystikal
  • Magic -Skys The Limit (1998)
    • Ghetto Godzilla
    • No Hope
    • Take It To Da Streets
    • I Never
    • New Generation
    • Gimpin'
    • Chastity
  • Magnolia Slim - Hype Enough Records - Limited Edition (1999)
    • Souljafalyfe
    • Made For Walkin
    • Powda Bag
    • Kickin It For Them Hoes
    • Bitch Nigga
    • You Got It
    • Slipin
    • Lil Bit
  • Master P - Da Last Don (1998)
    • Let Me 9 Get Em
    • Make Em Say Uhh #2 ft. Silkk The Shocker, Fiend,Snoop Dogg, Mia X
    • More 2 Life
    • The Ghetto's Got Me Trapped ft. Silkk The Shocker, Sons Of Funk
    • Till We Dead And Gone ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  • Master P - Ghetto D (1997)
    • Ghetto D ft. C-Murder, Silkk The Shocker
    • We Riders ft. Mac
    • Make 'Em Say Uhh!
    • Come And Get Some
  • Master P - Ice Cream Man (1996)
    • Back Up Off Me
    • Bout It Bout It 2 ft. Mia X
    • Intro
    • Time To Check My Crackhouse
  • Master P - West Coast Bad Boyz Volume 2 (1997)
    • R.I.P. Tupac
  • Mean Green - Major Players Compilation (1998)
    • Intro (Commercial)
    • We... ft. Fiend & Mac
    • That's The Nigga - Mystikal
    • The Mirror Don't Lie ft. 2 For 1
  • Mia X - Mama Drama (1998)
    • Bring It On ft. C-Murder, Fiend,Mac, Mystikal,Skull Duggery
    • Fallen Angels (Dear Jill)
    • Flip 2 Rip ft. Mac
    • I Think Somebody ft. Fiend
    • Mama Drama ft. Fiend, Mystikal
    • Mama's Tribute
    • Play Wit Pussy
    • Puttin' It Down ft. Fiend, Kane e Abel, Mac,Mystikal
    • Thugs Like Me
  • Mia X - Unlady Like (1997)
    • I'll Take Yo Man '97 ft. Salt 'n Pepa, Hurby Luv Bug
    • Let's Get It Straight
    • R.I.P. Jil
    • Thank You ft. Mo B. Dick, T.C.,Mercedes
    • Unlady Like
    • You Don't Wanna Go 2 War ft. Master P,Silkk The Shocker, C-Murder, Mystikal
  • Mia X - Good Girl Gone Bad (1995)
    • Ghetto Sarah Lee
    • Payback II
    • R.I.P. Jil
  • Mo B. Dick - Gangsta Harmony (1999)
    • Mo B's Theme
  • Mr. Serv-On - Da Next Level (1999)
    • Boot 'em Up ft. Fiend, Mystikal
    • My Story ft. KLC
    • Tank Nigga ft. Fiend, C-Murder, Mia X, Kane e Abel, Lil Soldiers
    • The Last Song ft. O'Dell
  • Mr. Serv-On - Life Insurance (1997)
    • 5 Hollow Points ft. Big Ed, Fiend, Mia X, Kane & Abel
    • Affiliated
    • Heaven Is So Close ft. Master P, Silkk The Shocker
    • Throw Ya City Up
    • Time To Check My Fetty ft. Master P
    • Tryin' To Make It Out Da Ghetto ft. Master P
    • We Ain't The Same ft. Mo B. Dick
    • Who Raised Me ft. Fiend
    • You Know I Would ft. Mia X
  • Mr. Serv-On - War Is Me Part 1:Battle Decisions (2000)
    • What They Do ft. Fiend, Three 6 Mafia
    • Whatcha Want ft. KLC
  • Mr. Serv-On - Life Insurance 2: Heartmuzik (2008)
    • Hood Made Me ft Calicoe & KLC
  • Mystikal - Ghetto Fabulous (1998)
    • Dirty South / Dirty Jerz' ft. Naughty By Nature
    • I'm On Fire
    • Round Out The Tank
    • Watcha Want, Watcha Need ft. Busta Rhymes
    • Yaah!
  • Mystikal - Let's Get Ready (2000)
    • Big Truck Boys
    • Murderer III
  • Mystikal - Southwest Riders (1997)
    • Get Cha Mind Right
  • Mystikal - Tarantula (2001)
    • Big Truck Driver
    • Paper Stack ft. Beezy Boy, Shonnie,Dart
    • Pussy Crook
    • That's That Shit
  • Mystikal - Unpredictable (1997)
    • Ain't No Limit ft. Silkk The Shocker
    • Born 2 Be a Soldier ft. Master P, Silkk the Shocker
    • Gangstas ft. Master P, Snoop Dogg
    • Ghetto Child ft. Master P, Silkk the Shocker
    • It Yearns
    • Shine
  • No Limit Soldiers Compilation We Can't Be Stopped (1998)
    • No Limit Soldiers II
    • Girl Power ft. Mia X
    • Break Something ft. Fiend
    • Assassin ft. Big Ed
  • Partners-N-Crime - Club Bangaz (2005)
    • Club Bangaz ft. Juvenile
  • Paul Wall - The People's Champ (2005)
    • Internet Going Nutz
  • Paul Wall - Get Money, Stay True (2007)
    • I'm Real, What Are You? ft. Juelz Santana
  • Prime Suspects - Guilty Til Proven Innocent (1998)
    • Ride Wit My Heat
    • My Old Lady
    • Tweekin'
    • We Gots To Do 'Em
    • Consequences Of The Streets
    • Daily Routine
  • Scarface - My Homies Part 2 (2006)
    • Club Bangaz ft. Partners-N-Crime, Juvenile
  • Silkk The Shocker - Charge It 2 Da Game (1998)
    • I'm A Soldier ft. Master P, Fiend, C-Murder, Mac, Mystikal, Mia X, Big Ed
    • Let Me Hit It ft. Mystikal
  • Silkk The Shocker - Made Man (1999)
    • All Because Of You ft. Mia X
    • Mr.'99
    • No Limit
    • This Is 4 My
  • Silkk The Shocker - The Shocker (1996)
    • If My 9 Could Talk
    • It's On
    • No Limit Party ft. Master P,Mia X
    • The Shocker ft. Master P
  • Skull Duggrey - Hoodlum Fo' Life (1996)
    • Crooked Ass Cops
    • The Circle
  • Sons of Funk - The Game Of Funk (1998)
    • Make Love To A Thug
    • Sons Reasons
    • Got The Hook-Up!
  • Soulja Slim - Give It 2 'Em Raw (1998)
    • At The Same Time
    • Only Real N...
    • You Got It (II)
    • Wootay
    • What's Up, What' Happening
    • Getting Real
  • Soulja Slim - Years Later A Few Months After (2003)
    • U Hear Dat
    • Souljas On My Feet
  • Snoop Dogg - No Limit Top Dogg (1999)
    • Down 4 My Niggas ft. C-Murder, Magic
    • Ghetto Symphony ft. Mia X,Fiend, C-Murder, Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal,Goldie Loc
  • Snoop Dogg - The Game Is To Be Sold... (1998)
    • Doggz Gonna Get Ya
    • Get Bout It and Rowdy ft. Master P
    • Snoop World ft. Master P
    • Tru Tank Dogs ft. Mystikal
  • Sporty-T - The Saga Continues (1996)
    • I'm Aright (Radio)
    • He Shot - I Shot
    • Grams
    • Another Hit
    • He Shot - I Shot (Drama)
  • Steady Mobb'n - Black Mafia (1998)
    • Hit A Lick ft. Prime Suspects
    • Lil Niggas ft. Lil' Soldiers
    • Niggas Like Me ft. Mystikal, Silkk The Shocker
  • Steady Mobb'n - Pre-Meditated Drama (1997)
    • It's On ft. Master P,Fiend
  • T.I. - Urban Legend (2004)
    • What They Do ft. B.G
  • Tre-8 - Ghetto Stories (1995)
    • Ghetto Stories
    • G Like Me (Bonus)
  • Trina - Glamorest Life (2005)
    • Shake ft. Lil' Scrappy
  • Tru - True (1995)
    • I'm Bout' It, Bout It
  • Tru - Tru Da The game (1997)
    • No Limit Soldiers
    • I Always Feel Like...
    • There Dey Go
    • I Got Candy
    • What They Call Us?
    • Swamp Aggin
    • Eyes Of A Killa
    • Heaven 4 A Gangsta (TRU Remix)
    • Freak Hoes
    • 1nce Upon A Time
    • They Can't Stop Us!
    • The Lord Is Testin Me
    • No Limit Soldiers (Club Mix)
  • Tru - Da Crime Family (1999)
    • Hoody Hoo
    • Don't Judge Me
    • Buss That
    • Don't Fuck With TRU
  • Turk - Raw And Uncut (2003)
    • Amped Up
  • Young Bleed - My Balls And My Word (1998)
    • Keep It Real
    • Bring The Noise
    • How Ya Do Dat
  • Blade Soundtrack (1998)
    • Edge Of The Blade ft. Mystikal
  • B.G. & Soulja Slim - Thug Brothers
    • Runnin
  • The Substitute Soundtrack (1996)
    • Bang'Em Up ft. Tru & Mr. Serv On
  • Def Jam's How to Be a Player Soundtrack (1997)
    • How to Be a Playa ft. Master P,Silkk The Shocker & Fiend
  • Chef Aid: The South Park Album Soundtrack (1998)
    • Kenny's Dead ft. Master P
  • Rhyme & Reason Soundtrack (1997)
    • Is There a Heaven 4 a Gangsta? ft. Master P
  • I Got the Hook Up Soundtrack (1998 )
    • Hook It Up ft. Master P & Bone Thugs & Harmony
    • I Got The Hook-Up! ft. Master P & Sons Of Funk
    • Shake Something ft. Mystikal, Mia X & KLC
    • Itch Or Scratch ft. Fiend, Mac, & Prime Suspect
    • We Got It ft. Mr. Serv-On, Big Ed, Magic & Fiend
  • Foolish Soundtrack (1999)
    • They Don't Hear Me ft. Fiend
    • Yes Indeed ft. Kane & Abel
  • I'm Bout It Soundtrack (1997)
    • What Cha Think ft. Mystikal
    • How Ya Do Dat ft. Young Bleed
    • Don't Mess Around ft. Fiend
    • For Realz ft. Kane & Abel
    • Cops Runnin' After Ya ft. Prime Suspects
  • B.G. & Soulja Slim - Thug Brothers
    • Runnin

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