The Medicine Men
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The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix and production team .[1]
It consists of the former In-house production team (KLC, Mo B. Dick, Craig B, Odell) for Master P's No Limit Records, as well as some new artists, and was responsible for the production of the majority of the releases from No Limit Records .[2] This includes the production of songs by Master P, Mystikal, Snoop Dogg and 6 Shot .[2][3] The group is headed by the producer KLC and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana . Since leaving No Limit Records, the group operates under the company Overdose Entertainment . Beats by the Pound transformed No Limit Records from a little-heard underground west coast label into a southern powerhouse that sold over 50 million units, also was nominated Producers of the Year by the Source Awards in 1999, and ranked #22 in the Source magazine Power 30 the same year . The in-house production group signed an artist-album deal with Tommy Boy Records in the late 1999, Two years later in 2001 they released their first cd called "The Actual Meaning" - perform by 6 Shot under Street Level and in 2006 two mixtapes called Overdose Entertainment & The Medicine Men present : "Live From The Infirmary Vol.1" and Calicoe The Champ, "Ground Hog Day" . Because of Louisiana Voodoo and blacklisting from Master P, Beats By The Pound have been underdogs since leaving No Limit Records in 1999 and should be right up there next to Dr.Dre ! .
Biography
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KLC / The Drummajor
Born Craig Stephen Lawson in New Orleans, LA is the leading producer . He comes with them Halloween theme Michael Myers beats, that are eerie and wicked . He grew up in the Melpomene Projects, and then moved to a house off the Parkway in Uptown New Orleans . Craig's father was a saxophonist which helped him come into music as well . He was nicknamed "The Drum Major" even before he joined the band at Green Middle School . Craig became attached to the cadences of a marching band's snare-the sound would later influence his beats . He has stated that his one-year old daughter, Crashan was playing with his sound equipment one day and inadvertently helped him to develop the beat for one of his songs, which was "Bout It Bout It". He made his debut rap on Mia X's "Mama's Family," off of Unladylike . His most notable songs produced are: "Bout It, Bout It" & remix, "No Limit Soldiers" & pt.2, "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" & pt.2, "You Got It" pt.1 & 2 & "Down 4 My Niggaz" . He is credited for producing songs for Mystikal, Fiend, TRU, Snoop Dogg, Bun B, Soulja Slim, T.I., David Banner, & Paul Wall. He currently produces music and raps also . He also owns a record label called Overdose Entertainment with artists Calicoe The Champ, Young Hoggs and Byou2ful .
Mo B. Dick / Ruh
Also known as Raymond E. Poole, he was born in Morgan City, Louisiana. He recently changed his name to Ruhi Anubis Yazid. He is known by his fans and colleagues as the "beatsmith" and or "hooksmith" for No Limit Records and is co-founder of Beats By The Pound. He is also the cousin of the rap mogul and former No Limit CEO, Master P. The former No Limit producer comes with the solo joints, preferring down-tempo R&B over gruff, Dirty South Gangsta jams. Tracks are slow and smooth, reveling in moody keyboard soliloquies and high-pitched crooning . He released his very first solo track was on the CC Waterbound Critical Condition album called "All This Dick". His second single was off No Limit Records' I'm Bout It soundtrack, with a song called "That Thing is on". He sings the chorus on songs such as "Goodbye to my Homeys", "Mr. Ice Cream Man", "Gangstafied" and "pop goes my 9". His third solo song was on Mean Green Presents and is called "Tell Me When" & his fourth was on 6 Shot album "Actual Meaning" called " Xxxtra Skin" . His first solo CD, "Gangsta Harmony", was released in 1999 on Priority Records . This CD was the second No Limit CD that was strictly R&B next to Sons of Funk in 1998 . Present day today still produces, & sings on chorus for artists like "King Kun", "Kazmere Johnson", "Janelle Nadine" & "Cash Crop" .
Craig B
Born Craig Damian Bazile, of New Orleans, Louisiana, Craig B was a member of No Limit's producing team Beats By The Pound . He has been producing music since the early nineties. The most famous songs that include his work are "The Party Don't Stop" (Mia X feat. Master P & Foxy Brown), "Woof" (Snoop Dogg feat. Mystikal & Fiend) and "It Ain't My Fault 1 & 2" (Silkk The Shocker & Mystikal) .
Odell
Born Odell Vickers Jr. is a Louisiana-based musician who was an in-house musician for Cash Money Records before moving over to No Limit Records . One of the most notable contributions by Odell was his keyboard work on the Manny Fresh-produced "Drag ’Em n da River" by UNLV, a Mystikal diss song at the time . Odell produced a lot of harsh theme dramatic tracks that played on various No Limit movies, including C-Murder first & second albums intro's & outro's . He sang on many Beats by the Pound-produced albums for artists such as C-murder, Master P,Mystikal, Mr.Serv on and Mia X . Odell also has a song and video from foolish soundtrack called "Nothing Stays the Same" featuring Porsha . Present day today Odell has his own record label called Dellsong Music, which he produces & sings on a couple of songs . Also has a artist named "Khali" which he is feature singing on some tracks off his album "Tragedy and Hope" .
References
Overdose Entertainment 12406 Jefferson Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70816 (need beats call : "1-504-723-1342")
- ^ "Rap Coalition update 2000". Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ^ a b "Vh1 Magester P Biography". Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ^ "Allmusic Guide for Beats By the Pound". Retrieved 2006-09-09.