Deep Album Cuts Vol. 334: B.G.
A couple months ago, B.G. got out of prison after 11 years, and he's been making some music here and there, including collaborations with Gucci Mane and Kevin Gates. He was one of the best Cash Money rappers back in the day, so I'm glad to see him back on the scene, I've done Lil Wayne and Juvenile playlists before so I'm happy to have a reason to look at B.G.'s catalog too.
2. Order 20 Keys
3. Uptown Thang
4. I'm A Hot Boy (with the Hot Boys)
5. I'm Try'n (featuring Lil Wayne and Juvenile)
6. 'Bout My Paper
7. Dog Ass (featuring Juvenile)
8. Trigga Play
9. Help (with the Hot Boys)
10. Thugged Out
11. Gun Slinger
12. Press One
13. Batt'em Up (featuring Gar and Redd)
14. Jack Who, Take What (with the Hot Boys)
15. Don't Talk To Me
16. Heart of tha Streetz
17. Ain't No Bitch (featuring Webbie and VL Mike)
18. 4 A Minute (featuring T.I.)
Track 1 from True Story with Lil Wayne (1995)
Track 2 from Chopper City (1996)
Track 3 from It's All On U, Vol. 1 (1997)
Track 4 from Get It How U Live! with the Hot Boys (1997)
Track 5 from It's All On U, Vol. 2 (1997)
Tracks 6, 7 and 8 from Chopper City In The Ghetto (1999)
Track 9 from Guerilla Warfare with the Hot Boys (1999)
Track 10 from Baller Blockin' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with the Cash Money Millionaires (2000)
Tracks 11 and 12 from Checkmate (2000)
Track 13 from Livin' Legend (2003)
Track 14 from Let 'Em Burn with the Hot Boys (2003)
Track 15 from Life After Cash Money (2004)
Track 16 from The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 1 (2005)
Track 17 from The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2 - I Am What I Am (2006)
Track 18 from Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (2009)
B.G. was 14 and Lil Wayne was 12 when they released their debut album True Story as B.G.'z (Baby Gangstaz) in 1995. B.G. does most of the rapping on that album and eventually changed his solo rap name from Lil Doogie to B.G., so that album has kind of been retconned as his first solo album. It's fun to hear B.G. and Wayne evolve as a rapper and Mannie Fresh evolve as a producer on those early Cash Money albums, you can hear a lot of what eventually became their platinum formula in a rougher state. I feel like Fresh must have invested in a ton of new studio equipment when they signed that Universal distribution deal because there's such a huge jump up in quality on 400 Degreez and Chopper City In The Ghetto.
B.G. was always a little less of a natural pop star than Juve or Wayne, he kind of feels like a guest on his biggest hit, "Bling Bling." But he definitely had a lot of the best verses on those classic Cash Money albums. And after he left Cash Money in 2001, it felt like he felt more at home with the next generation of southern rappers coming up, including T.I., who signed B.G. to Grand Hustle. That never really panned out, especially once B.G. got locked up in 2012, but those late 2000s albums have held up well, I have a little hope that B.G. might still give us great music now that he's a free man again.
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