The 25 Greatest No Limit Songs Of All Time2:10 pm | Monday, June 7th, 2010
In anticipation of the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South, which airs on June 7, Complex and Miss Info have teamed with the network to celebrate this year’s honorees with exclusive coverage.
Master P was nothing if not a visionary. After toiling in the West Coast underground for years and achieving moderate success, P moved back to his birthplace of New Orleans and scooped up the finest rap talent the city had to offer. He repackaged them (in an assembly line fashion that would have made Berry Gordy proud) and sold his new sound back to young America. Though No Limit wasn’t the first Southern label to gain national attention, they proved to be the most influential of the region’s breakthrough acts, setting both a business model and an aesthetic for the artists and labels that followed. P brought Louisiana hip-hop to the radio and lined the racks of Sam Goodys everywhere with blindingly blingish Pen N Pixel covers, releasing well over 100 albums during a relatively short reign. Though the label fizzled by the early part of the century (with most of the label’s core roster ending up dead, in jail, or on Nickelodeon), the catalog and legacy still stands, a reminder of a time when the phrase “ugghhh” still had meaning. In preparation for the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, Complex looks back at 25 of The Tank’s greatest shots…
Written By Andrew Noz
m0nsterg00n June 7, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Top 5 suckas
Dont_Understand June 7, 2010 at 11:53 pm
thats a lie……Down 4 My N’s my song
Dont_Understand June 7, 2010 at 11:57 pm
srry XD
string June 7, 2010 at 2:44 pm
I get why some were chose, but shit like “ill take your man 97″ and “choppa style” shoulda never sniffed this list…
Jay Smooth June 7, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Where was Hot Boys and Girls…some of those other tracks were weak.
OK June 7, 2010 at 4:08 pm
You guys really didn’t put “Woof” on there?
monie June 7, 2010 at 4:24 pm
forget the songs..can we talk about those awesome cd covers?
DGtheEnigma June 7, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Overall, this is a decent list a best. I figured it would be tough considering No Limit will go down arguably as the most underrated record label of all time.
But, I think anyone in the South/Midwest will tell you there are some true gems from No Limit’s era missing.
From 1996-1999 (maybe even 2000 depending on who you ask), No Limit had a helluva run.
N$R June 7, 2010 at 5:06 pm
greatest hustler in the history of that game !
percy miller first
shawn carter second
curtis jackson third
TRU fan June 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm
What a terrible list. Break Em Off Somethin’ not in the top 5? No Limit Soldiers #9? Whoever wrote this has never been to the South.
toosweet15206 June 7, 2010 at 5:49 pm
#4 should be #1
hotbox June 7, 2010 at 5:53 pm
No Lil’ Romeo? This is an outrage!
But seriously, this is a good list. I would have pesonally included several more Mac songs, but still a solid top 25. Same with the Rap-A-Lot 25 from a week ago.
peeda June 7, 2010 at 6:22 pm
No “Woof” No “Take My Pain” No “Party Dont Stop” No “Come On” Fail. some good choices but some missed the mark!
DIRD4 June 7, 2010 at 7:15 pm
SWAMP NIGGA IS TOP 15…NO? STILL SMOKING ANY OF THEM…PLUS THE WHOLE MIND OF MYSTICAL ALBUM…HOODY HOO SHOULDN’T BE ON THE LIST ,9TH Ward ???, how ya do that is top 10…they miss Mac and MERCEDES TELL EM’ that was played everywhere …i’m sure there’re some more but i haven’t had one of them c.d. in the deck (except Mac) for a long time
Hitmayne June 7, 2010 at 7:52 pm
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Hitmayne June 7, 2010 at 7:55 pm
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sid June 7, 2010 at 10:40 pm
wtf bourbans and lacs number 18? travesty, thats top 5 fo sho! i still that shit all day!
braindead June 7, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Wobble Wobble shoulda been higher. That joint ran strip clubs in Dallas back in Y2K.
Dont_Understand June 7, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Ya’ll just haterz, but what do you expect from people who dont know. Mostly, Its becauz u neva lived the life. So, stop hating and if u dont like it, go somewhere else
Yeah June 7, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Truth be told I grew up in the south born and raised been to every coast in the United States I respect west coast dudes I respect up north dudes the style is better than the south but I will always be playing south shit in my ride
Big Reek June 8, 2010 at 6:40 am
Who the f@#K made this list? Wow! This list sucks.
Tony V June 8, 2010 at 8:59 am
It’s funny, but No Limit weren’t known for the lyrics so much as the beats. They had the team down there Beats By the Pound. Mo B. Dick was the man down there. Has a song with 8Ball and MJG called Right Now that has the same sound as the old No Limit
Ashley June 8, 2010 at 9:02 am
I love Master P and No Limit I been a No Limit fan every since I was like 10 or 11 keep in mind my cousin was the one who got me on to No Limit. Every album I brought from Silk The Shocker, Mia X, Mr. Serve On, Fiend, Mercedes, Kane and Abel, C-Murder, Porsha, Alexus, Everyone on No limit I love songs like Tryin to do something with you, Bout It Bout It, Life or Death, Would yout take a bullet for your homie man No limit is still the bomb that was the only reason I watched the hip hop honors I turned the channel after I watched Master P honoree
Ashley June 8, 2010 at 9:54 am
Also I love this song by Silkk the shocker it’s called If I don’t gotta I love that song ya’ll I love No Limit I have all of their movies, Foolish, I got the hook up, da last don, hot boyz, the list goes on I love No limit i’m so proud of Master P because he came along way anybody got something bad to say about No Limit you can go to hell because Master P and No Limit you can’t tell me they wasn’t the voices that’s why Master P is a millionaire still until this day he spent his money wisely Lil romeo got his first house when he was 12 years old and he still have his same house. I love Master P he was the realiest all that Luke Campbell and 2 live crew I was like Booo Boooo I was ready for the Master P Honoree Hate it or love it but it was all about No Limit they was the first ones to come out of New Orleans because after them it was cash money but No Limit was the one to pave the way for artists to start careers in the south. By the way my boy mystikal did his thing did he he’s back No limit need to come back out trust me I would still support them and Romes is so cute and Lil D them my boyz
Vh1 don’t get mad but after I seen Master P honoree I turned and watched Bridezillas on We Tv LOL I still love you thouugh VH1 LOL
Ashley June 8, 2010 at 10:04 am
I meant Romeo I typed romes lol by the way Romeo look just like his dad I thought he looked liked his mother the most but he got alot of his dad looks. And Lil D is so cute he grew up he got so tall I wonder why Mia X wasn’t up there and what happened to mercedes she was the one who paved the way for female artists Mercedes was nasty but nasty in a good way LOL after Mercedes you had rappers lke Trina and Jacki-O they was trying to be like Mercedes I just love No Limit I know yall wondering why is she keep posting I just love No Limit ya’ll I still do that’s why i’m keep talking about them. And if they was to come out with another album I will buy twenty of the cd’s I remember my Master P double cd Da Last Don cd got scratch up I went to go buy 2 more Da Last Don in case it will scratch again so total I had 3 copies keep in mind back then cds was pricey like 20.00 especially for a Double Cd and Master P was the one to start Double cd’s him and Tupac I love No Limit though i’m sure ya’ll can tell LOL
dmfslimm June 9, 2010 at 11:56 am
i feel ya on buyin them nolimit cds over again cause the first one got scratched (or stolen). that whole hip hop honors shouldve been about no limit for real.
TRU June 8, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Swamp Nigga #25??? WHO THE HELL MADE THIS LIST???? Swamp Nigga top 5 at least
Nolimit_Dera June 8, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Would You Take A Bullet For Your Homie
styles is a ghost June 8, 2010 at 4:51 pm
couple real nice tracks on there but seriously that label put out hundereds of albums and most of it was trash sum them songs on the list are fuckin terrible best thing they put out was snoops no limit top dogg album and snoops tha last meal
Mo B Dick June 8, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Any song with the words “Mama, pray for your baby”. That’s at least 150 right there.
Seriously, the songs “Unpredictable” by Mystikal, “I’m a Soldier” by Silkk Da Shocker, “you and me” by Sons of Funk (Killer R&B), “Stress” by Kane & Abel, “I Hate the Way I Live” by Serv-on would have made my list.
DIGGSY!!! June 8, 2010 at 6:12 pm
this is what happens when new yorkers make lists about southern rap music. nonsense
wayne June 8, 2010 at 8:34 pm
top 25 dats it mac and soulja slim by itself i can listen 2 every song ..classic music
karibe June 9, 2010 at 6:28 am
what about “meal ticket”?…master p, ugk, 8ball & mjg…what more can you ask?
dmfslimm June 9, 2010 at 11:47 am
im from baton rouge and i cosign this list. all these songs mean something to me and anybody that grew up in the 90’s in baton rouge. thx complex.
dmfslimm June 9, 2010 at 11:58 am
there was no soundtrack cuts and no mr. serv on, tho.
bryan June 9, 2010 at 6:45 pm
missing:
Master P & Sons Of Funk – I Got The Hook-Up
Silkk feat. No Limit Soldiers – I’m A Soldier
Mac – Slow Ya Roll
Mercedes feat. Mac & Jabo – I Can Tell
Snoop feat. Fiend & Mystikal – Woof
Fiend feat. MP, Silkk, Sons of Funk – Take My Pain
Mr. Serv-On feat. MP & Silkk – HEAVEN IS SO CLOSE !!!
KLC June 10, 2010 at 6:06 pm
who is the dude writing the paragraphs about each song? this man sound like a straight clown lol…probly never knew about these songs until last week…come harder with the list next time man