Hot Boys
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Comprising a number of Cash Money Recordsâ young protégés of the 1990s, Louisiana hip-hop outfit Hot Boys strategically pooled their resources early in their careers, boosting their individual profiles in the process. Banding together in 1997 under the tutelage of label co-founders Birdman and Slim, the New Orleans crew â originally a five-piece formed of B.G., Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk and the late Bulletproof AKA Lil Derrick â instantly struck up a rapport in the studio, with the exception of Derrick, who soon parted ways with the group. By October of the same year, their debut album as a quartet, Get It How U Live!!, had arrived. Produced in its entirety by Cash Money mainstay Mannie Fresh, the LP found success in southern states, and was rumoured to have shifted over 400,000 units despite being met with lukewarm critical reception. The crewâs follow-up, Guerrilla Warfare, dramatically improved on the performance of its predecessor, reaching number five on the Billboard 200 and achieving platinum certification within months of its release. Aided by a reissued version of the Get It How U Live!! cut âWe On Fireâ, complete with an additional verse from B.G, and a new single entitled âI Need a Hot Girlâ, which reached #65 on in the US, the album received much more favourable reviews from journalists. However, finding their rhythm as soloists in the ensuing years, three of the four Hot Boys cut ties with the label, leaving just Wayne on board. This didnât stop Cash Money from neatly packaging the collectiveâs unreleased material into a third and final LP, 2003âs Let âEm Burn, which entered the US charts at number fourteen. Now retrospectively hailed as a supergroup given the successes of its individual members, the group has since reunited in 2012 for a remix of Turkâs âZip Itâ, with an incarcerated B.G. recording his verse over the phone.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Gangsta Nigga by TQ
- My Section
- Help by B.G.
- You Dig by Juvenile
- Ridin
- Off Tha Porch
- We on Fire
- Intro (Hot & Spicy) by Mannie Fresh
- Respect My Mind
- Take It Off Your Shoulder by Juvenile
- Neighborhood Superstar by Big Tymers
- Block Burner by Lil Wayne
- Get It How U Live!!
- I'm A Hot Boy by B.G.
- Dirty World
- Outro
- Ride 2'Night by Hot Boys
- Do Whatcha Do by Big Tymers
- Uncle Automatic Skit
- 3 Strikes
- These Hoes
- Young Riders
- Jack Who, Take What
- Up In Tha Hood
