Beats By the Pound

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Beats By the Pound is a renowned New Orleans–based production team best known for crafting the signature sound of Master P’s No Limit Records during the late 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop production team
musical group
activePeriod 1990s
late 1990s
alsoKnownAs The Medicine Men
associatedMovement No Limit Records roster expansion in the late 1990s
associatedWith Master P
No Limit Records
basedIn New Orleans, Louisiana
linked to: New Orleans
collaboratedWith Snoop Dogg
UGK
countryOfOrigin United States
genre Southern hip hop
gangsta rap
hip hop
hasSubUnit The Medicine Men (post–No Limit incarnation)
influencedScene New Orleans hip hop
Southern hip hop production
languageOfWork English
locationOfActivity New Orleans music scene
member Carlos Stephens
Craig B
KLC
Mo B. Dick
Odell
notableFor crafting the signature sound of No Limit Records in the late 1990s
helping define the commercial sound of late-1990s Southern rap
producing multiple gold and platinum-selling albums for No Limit Records
notableWorkPeriod No Limit Records commercial peak in the late 1990s
primaryInstrument drum machines
samplers
synthesizers
producedForArtist C-Murder
Fiend
Master P
Mia X
Mystikal
Silkk the Shocker
TRU
producedForLabel No Limit Records
recordProducerFor Charge It 2 da Game (album) by Silkk the Shocker
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (selected tracks)
Ghetto D (album) by Master P
Unlady Like (album) by Mia X
role in-house production team for No Limit Records
styleCharacteristic bounce-influenced drum patterns
heavy bass
melodic synth lines

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No Limit Top Dogg producer Beats By the Pound
Magic recordLabel KLC’s Beats by the Pound (production affiliation)
linked to: Beats By the Pound
KLC associatedWith Beats By The Pound
linked to: Beats By the Pound
KLC memberOf Beats By The Pound
linked to: Beats By the Pound
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told producer Beats By the Pound