The Medicine Men (or Beats by the Pound) are a New Orleans, Louisiana-based American music production team made up of KLC, Mo B. Dick, Craig B, Carlos Stephens, DJ Daryl, and Odell.[1]
The Medicine Men | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop, hip hop soul, jazz rap, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Record producers Songwriters |
| Years active | 1995 — present |
| Labels | |
| Members | KLC Mo B. Dick Craig B Odell Carlos Stephens (DJ Daryl honorary member Pimp C as well) |
| Past members | Playa Pizzle |
The collective helped sell 30 million records for Master P's No Limit Records, from 1995 to 1999, as well the majority of releases from No Limit Records during the days it was distributed by Priority Records.[2][3] They would later receive nomination for Producers of the Year and collectively be voted as one of Hip-Hop's "Thirty Most Powerful People" by The Source in 1999. From 1995 to 1999 many of The Medicine Men productions feature hooks from Mo B. Dick or Odell Vickers credited as a featured artist.[2]
Singles produced edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Rap | ||||
| "I'm Bout' It, Bout It" (TRU featuring Master P & Mia X) |
1995 | — | — | — | True | |
| "Mobbin Through My Hood" (TRU featuring Big Ed & King George) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Playaz from the South" (Master P, Silkk & UGK) |
— | — | — | Down South Hustlers: Bouncin' and Swingin' | ||
| "Bounce That Azz" (Master P, Gangsta T, King George & Silkk) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Wanna Be With You" (Mia X) |
— | — | — | Good Girl Gone Bad (Mia X album) | ||
| "The Party Don't Stop" (Mia X featuring Master P and Foxy Brown) |
— | — | — | Unlady Like | ||
| "Mr. Ice Cream Man" (Master P featuring Silkk) |
1996 | 90 | 55 | 12 | Ice Cream Man | |
| "No More Tears" (Master P featuring Silkk and Mo B. Dick) |
— | 78 | 15 | |||
| "The Shocker" (Silkk featuring Master P) |
— | — | — | The Shocker | ||
| "Gangstafied" (Kane & Abel featuring Master P & Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | 7 Sins | ||
| "I Always Feel Like" (TRU featuring Mia X & Mo B. Dick) |
1997 | 71 | 27 | 11 | Tru 2 da Game | |
| "My Best Friend " (Mr. Serv-On featuring Master P) |
— | — | — | Life Insurance | ||
| "Ain't No Limit" (Mystikal featuring Silkk the Shocker) |
— | 63 | — | Unpredictable | ||
| "R.I.P. Tupac" (Master P) |
— | — | — | West Coast Bad Boyz II | ||
| "Is There a Heaven 4 a Gangsta?" (Master P) |
— | — | — | Rhyme & Reason: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "6 in the Mornin'" (Master P) |
— | — | — | In tha Beginning...There Was Rap | ||
| "Scream" (Master P featuring Silkk the Shocker) |
— | — | — | Scream 2: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "I Miss My Homies" (Master P featuring Pimp C and Silkk the Shocker) |
25 | 16 | 1 | Ghetto D | ||
| "If I Could Change" (Master P, Steady Mobb'n, Mia X, Mo B. Dick & O'Dell) |
48 | 23 | 7 | I'm Bout It: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "Pushin' Inside You" (Sons of Funk) |
97 | — | — | I'm Bout It: Music from the Motion Picture & The Game of Funk | ||
| "I Got the Hook Up!" (Master P featuring Sons of Funk) |
1998 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
|
I Got the Hook Up: Music from the Motion Picture |
| "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" (Master P featuring Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, Fiend & Mystikal) |
16 | 18 | 6 |
|
Ghetto D | |
| "Kenny's Dead" (Master P) |
— | — | — | Chef Aid: The South Park Album | ||
| "Thinkin' Bout U" (Master P featuring Mia X and Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | MP da Last Don | ||
| "How Ya Do Dat" (Master P & Young Bleed featuring C-Loc) |
— | 29 | — | I'm Bout It: Music from the Motion Picture & My Balls and My Word | ||
| "Times So Hard" (Young Bleed featuring Master P, Fiend, Mo B. Dick and O'Dell) |
— | — | — | My Balls and My Word | ||
| "Just Be Straight with Me" (Silkk the Shocker featuring Master P and Destiny's Child) |
57 | 36 | 12 | Charge It 2 da Game | ||
| "It Ain't My Fault" (Silkk the Shocker featuring Mystikal) |
18 | 5 | 1 | |||
| "Give Me The World" | — | — | — | |||
| "Express Yourself" (Silkk the Shocker featuring O'Dell) |
— | — | 43 | Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A 10th Anniversary Tribute | ||
| "A 2nd Chance" (C-Murder featuring Mo B. Dick, Master P & Silkk the Shocker) |
— | — | — | Life or Death | ||
| "Making Moves" (C-Murder featuring Master P & Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Sons Reasons" (Sons of Funk) |
— | — | — | The Game of Funk | ||
| "Take My Pain" (Fiend featuring Master P, Silkk The Shocker & Sons of Funk) |
— | 11 | — | There's One in Every Family | ||
| "From What I Was Told" (Soulja Slim) |
— | — | — | I Got the Hook Up: Music from the Motion Picture & Give It 2 'Em Raw | ||
| "Street Life" (Soulja Slim featuring Master P, Silkk The Shocker & O'Dell) |
— | — | — | Give It 2 'Em Raw | ||
| "Time After Time" (Kane & Abel featuring Master P & O'Dell) |
— | — | 18 | Am I My Brother's Keeper | ||
| "Boss Chick" (Mac featuring Mia X) |
— | — | — | Shell Shocked | ||
| "Liquidation Of The Ghetto" (Prime Suspects featuring Mystikal, O'Dell and Ms. Peaches) |
— | — | — | Guilty 'til Proven Innocent | ||
| "Studio B" (Gambino Family featuring Snoop Dogg & Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | Ghetto Organized | ||
| "Childhood Years" (Gambino Family featuring C-Murder & Porsha) |
— | — | — | |||
| "What'cha Wanna Do?" (Mia X featuring Charlie Wilson) |
12 | 10 | 3 | Mama Drama | ||
| "Imma Shine" (Mia X) |
20 | 17 | 6 | |||
| "I'm a Soulja" (Ghetto Commission featuring Master P and Mystikal) |
— | — | — | Wise Guys | ||
| "Ghetto Life" (Steady Mobb'n featuring Snoop Dogg) |
— | — | — | Black Mafia | ||
| "The Quickest Way To Die" (Full Blooded featuring Mo B. Dick & The Hounds of Gert Town) |
— | — | — | Memorial Day | ||
| "Close 2 You" (Lil Soldiers featuring Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | Mean Green: Major Players Compilation & Boot Camp | ||
| "Where the Little Souljas At?" (Lil Soldiers) |
— | — | — | We Can't Be Stopped & Boot Camp | ||
| "Ghetto Fame" (Lil Italy featuring Silkk The Shocker) |
— | — | — | On Top of da World | ||
| "Woof" (Snoop Dogg featuring Fiend & Mystikal) |
1999 | 62 | 31 | — | Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told | |
| "That's the Nigga" (Mystikal) |
— | 60 | — | Ghetto Fabulous | ||
| "Light It Up" (The No Limit All Stars) |
— | — | — | Light It Up: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "It Ain't My Fault, It Ain't My Fault Pt. 2" (Silkk the Shocker featuring Mystikal) |
13 | 4 | 1 | Made Man | ||
| "Somebody Like Me" (Silkk the Shocker featuring Mýa) |
57 | 43 | 1 | |||
| "Ghetto Rain" (Silkk the Shocker featuring Master P & O'Dell) |
— | — | — | |||
| "From N.Y. To N.O." (Mr. Serv-On featuring Big Pun) |
— | — | — | Da Next Level | ||
| "Like A Jungle" (C-Murder) |
— | — | — | Bossalinie | ||
| "I Remember" (C-Murder featuring Magic & Porsha) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Nothing Stays The Same" (O'Dell & Porsha) |
— | — | — | Foolish: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "Foolish" (Master P, Magic & Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Shoot' m up Movies" (Mo B. Dick) |
— | — | — | Gangsta Harmony | ||
| "Hoody Hooo" (TRU) |
— | 31 | — | Da Crime Family | ||
| "Tru Homies" (TRU featuring O'Dell) |
— | — | — | |||
| "It's Your Thing" (Mercedes featuring Master P) |
71 | 12 | 4 | Rear End | ||
| "N's Ain't Shit" (Mercedes featuring Mia X) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Mr. Whomp Whomp" (Fiend) |
— | — | — | Street Life | ||
| "Talk It How I Bring It" (Fiend) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Hot Boys and Girls" (Master P featuring Mystikal, Mia X, Silkk the Shocker and Kane & Abel) |
— | 87 | — | MP da Last Don | ||
| "Make 'Em Say Uhh! #2" (Master P featuring Fiend, Snoop Dogg, Mia X and Silkk The Shocker) |
19 | 13 | — | |||
| "Goodbye to My Homies" (Master P featuring Mo B. Dick, Sons of Funk and Silkk the Shocker) |
27 | 38 | 5 | |||
| "Thug Girl" (Master P featuring Snoop Dogg and Silkk the Shocker) |
— | — | — | |||
Other production edit
Members edit
- Current members
- KLC (1995–present)
- Mo B. Dick (1995–present)
- Craig B (1996–present)
- O'Dell (1997–present)
- Carlos Stephens (1995–present)
- DJ Daryl (1996–present)
References edit
- ^ "Rap Coalition update 2000". Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ^ a b "Vh1 Master P Biography". Archived from the original on October 15, 2002. Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ^ "Allmusic Guide for Beats by the Pound". Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ^ a b c "Diddy searchable database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 31, 2016.