As the former in house producer for Cash Money Records, Mannie Fresh has quite the catalog of hits on his production belt, having been responsible for the quintessential sounds of "Bling Bling" and "Back That Thang Up".
Though seemingly more quiet in recent years, Mannie Fresh caught up with Billboard to discuss other legendary producers and more. He cites Kanye West and Dr. Dre as a form of inspiration for his own work.
"Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach. He'll tell you his whole warm-up speech: "When we're doing a song, we're not doing a song just to be doing a song. We're striving for a No. 1 song." With Dr. Dre, he's a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why Detox is taking so long. It's because Dre is somebody that is trying to top what he's done. Will he do it? I don't know if he ever will, but I respect that he's trying to do so. You have to wait for a masterpiece. We're all fans of Dre down South. He can park it in Atlanta and I promise you Detox would come out tomorrow."
Source: sohh.com
