V Exclusive! Mannie Fresh Calls Kanye West’s Crew ‘Talented’; Talks G.O.O.D. Music Compilation

Fresh says it was important to know early on that West wasn’t out to change his sound. It’s a musical stroke that went on to revolutionize southern rap in the ‘90s as the architect of Cash Money’s synth-heavy, hard-paced production that fueled platinum plus releases by Lil Wayne, the Hot Boyz, Juvenile and his own group with Cash Money head honcho Birdman, the Big Tymers.