Ветеран южной нигеросцены поведывоент что прежде чем стать рокофелером НЛК емел возможность стать кешовым енотом но не восхотел лобызатсо с бердмондом (бейбей прррр)! Так же моня розсмантревоет верояцею но старосте лент очутетсо гхостпродюсором хорошей музеке но постояной основе и не презноетсо что конкретно конпелеровол с пучеглазым и шеном.
DX: Another producer you inspired that I didn’t even know you had inspired until recently is the guy who can be heard calling you “the best producer” during Episode 6 of the behind the scenes of the Watch The Throne Tour. What did you think when Kanye West bestowed you with that crown?
Mannie Fresh: Like I said, for the right people to acknowledge you, you know you done something. It ain’t about your numbers; it ain’t about none of that. Somebody like Kanye West, [who’s] on top of his game right now, to acknowledge you, to give you that love like, “Yeah, I think dude is that dude,” I can’t tell you what that means.
DX: What’d you think when you saw your billing on screen in that video as “Mannie Fresh Legendary Producer”?
Mannie Fresh: I wasn’t expecting dude to do that. It wasn’t no gimmicks or nothing like that behind that. So that’s one of them things where you kinda pat yourself on the back and be like, “Damn dude, you are that dude.” [Laughs]
DX: [Laughs] A little history question here: Is it true that Kanye tried to get on with Cash Money before he got down with Roc-A-Fella?
Mannie Fresh: Yeah, he did. And that’s how far we go back. It’s a blessing when you are good people. When Kanye first came around, I let him use my equipment. I didn’t know him from a can of paint. I just thought he was a talented dude. And I was like, “Here dude, you can use my MPC, my keyboards, whatever you need to do.” And that came back around by him reaching out right now.
He told me one of his stories [from when he was at Cash Money Records], he was like, “I called back home and I was like, ‘Dude, I’m using Mannie Fresh’s equipment, y’all a never believe this.’” So it’s like I said, you never know who is gonna be that guy.
DX: Do you remember what happened there, why that didn’t work out …?
Mannie Fresh: It was more of like Kanye knew back then what he wanted, the situation that he was looking for and all of that. The dude, Mikkey [Halsted], stayed. Mikkey [ended up] signed to Cash Money, but both of them came together. Kanye came as Mikkey’s producer and they was trying to sign together.
I remember Kanye playing some songs, some of the songs which are now classic songs that was on Jay-Z’s [The Blueprint] album. And I was like, “This dude has something. What he’s doing right now, that’s gonna be something.” And, I don’t think Cash Money's [founders] – [Birdman] and Ronald didn’t hear that. I’m like, “Dude, this something new, this something different.”
DX: I’m surprised to hear you say that. I woulda thought that you woulda just been like, “This is my house. Get outta here young’n.”
Mannie Fresh: Nah, dude. I’ve always been somebody who embraced new dudes, because that’s the future. I feel like this: I still got a lot in me, but when Mannie Fresh was at his peak, Mannie Fresh ruled. [And] nobody can take that from me. So I felt like when it was my time – not that it’s done yet – I did my thing. That’s all that counts to me.
DX: Going back to that [tour] clip, you’re seen in there giving a nice little motivational speech to the G.O.O.D. Music fam. So does this mean you’re officially G.O.O.D. Music in-house yourself now?
Mannie Fresh: Well, we working that out. I’m kind of funny about signing with people. Dude, I’ve been through so much. And I’m not saying I think Kanye is a bad person, but I can’t tell you what that is right now. It’s really on me, and what space I’m in. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t do it, but it’s gotta be something that makes sense for me.
DX: Was any sort of formal offer put forward, or any extending of the hand saying “If you want to, come on”?
Mannie Fresh: I can’t really say if [there was]. It’s one of them things where – Let me just put it like this, Kanye is kinda mysterious about the things that he do. And I can’t really let no cats out the bag. I’m sorry to give you an answer like that, but I can’t really say what’s in the works. Y’all just gotta wait to see what happens.
DX: That’s cool. I gotta ask the next question though: what you were doing in that pic that surfaced a few weeks back of you and Pusha T working together?
Mannie Fresh: Oh yeah, we in the studio, definitely working. That’s what I do; I’m a producer. But, I just think that – Like I said, y’all just gotta hold on and wait. I’m in somebody else’s house right now, so I gotta go by they rules. I think it would be kinda disrespectful if I went against what was asked of me.
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