{"id":2116119,"date":"2025-10-26T07:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2116119"},"modified":"2025-10-26T07:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:47:24","slug":"master-p-announces-new-album-inspired-by-verzu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/master-p-announces-new-album-inspired-by-verzu\/","title":{"rendered":"Master P Announces New Album inspired By Verzu&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/swizz-beatz\"><strong>Swizz Beatz<\/strong><\/a> reached out to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/master-p\"><strong>Master P<\/strong><\/a> about doing a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop\/drops\/verzuz-cash-money-vs-no-limit\" target=\"_blank\">Verzuz<\/a>, the rap mogul was hesitant.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the first time a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/complexstaff3\/verzuz-returns-complexcon-2025-cash-money-records-vs-no-limit\">Verzuz<\/a> had been floated his way, but he had slowed down with music. He hadn\u2019t released a new project since the <em>Tony Montana<\/em> tape in 2018. These days, most of his time was dedicated to his entrepreneurial efforts and his day job as President of Basketball Operations for the University of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>But Swizz convinced him, and that led to P digging through the vault. He was sitting on a whole trove of songs he\u2019d never done anything with\u2014including a collaboration with his Verzuz rival, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/insanulahmed\/the-100-best-lil-wayne-songs-2\"><strong>Lil Wayne<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just started looking through what I had. And I had all these songs. I&#8217;m like, man, I never really did nothing with these songs. Didn&#8217;t make no videos, didn&#8217;t do nothing,\u201d Master P told <em>Complex<\/em>. \u201cAnd then the song I did with Lil Wayne, I feel like that inspired me because [we\u2019re both] from New Orleans and this a celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And this is how we get <em>The No Limit 5K Mix: Lost Tapes<\/em>\u2014one more Master P album, released in coordination with tomorrow\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/tracewilliamcowen\/verzuz-complexcon-2025-cash-money-no-limit-how-to-stream\">Verzuz between<\/a> No Limit and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/david-drake\/50-best-cash-money-songs\">Cash Money<\/a> at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/complexcon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ComplexCon 2025<\/a>. The project is massive, featuring 25 new songs from the legendary rapper. No Limit and P have a storied history, and in many ways, this album pays homage to that legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The album features appearances from the aforementioned Wayne, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Kevin Gates, Meek Mill, Yo Gotti, and Nipsey Hussle\u2014all artists who\u2019ve either been inspired by P or share his entrepreneurial spirit. (Would Nipsey Hussle have been so empire-minded without P\u2019s example?)<\/p>\n<p>There are also clear nods<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/brendan-frederick\/the-25-greatest-no-limit-songs-of-all-time\"> to No Limit classics: <\/a>\u201cThirty-One Flavors\u201d serves as a spiritual sequel to \u201cIce Cream Man\u201d and \u201cFreak,\u201d featuring Kevin Gates, remixes the TRU classic. While \u201cNo Limit Gmix\u201d features Usher doing the iconic Master P grunt and singing \u201cmake em say ugh.\u201d Alongside the album, a documentary will be released, highlighting the label\u2019s lasting impact and cultural legacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifferent Kind Of Power\u201d (feat. Lil Wayne)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe &amp; My Baby\u201d(feat. Moe Roy &amp; Rome)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirty One Flavors\u201d (feat. Pewee Longway)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom The Bottom\u201d (feat. NBA YoungBoy &amp; Mr. Mase)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGone\u201d (feat. Young Jeezy)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreak\u201d (feat. Kevin Gates)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlleyoop\u201d (feat. Meek Mill)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike 23\u201d (feat. Rick Ross)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriends With Benefits\u201d (feat. Kirk Kobang)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo Many\u201d (feat. Gotti 4 Real)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s On\u201d (feat. Jeremih)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Limit Gmix\u201d (feat. Usher, Gucci Mane &amp; 2 Chainz)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrunk Full Of White\u201d (feat. Yo Gotti &amp; Krazy)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiddle Finga\u201d (feat. No Limit Boys)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelieve\u201d (feat. Moe Roy &amp; Snootie Wild)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrending\u201d (feat. Gucci Mane)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Made It\u201d (feat. Blaqnmild)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack Down\u201d (feat. Ten &amp; Niq)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Projects\u201d (feat. Blaqnmild)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mob Up In Here\u201d (feat. E40)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal\u201d (feat. Nipsey Hussle)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWish\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreen\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBonus\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinners Never Quit\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the album and the Verzuz\u2014which will be streaming live on Apple Music on Saturday, Oct. 26 starting at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT\u2014Master P saw this moment as a final expression of gratitude to the fans who stood by him over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m giving it to the fans where they could get the music. I mean all my No Limit Soldiers\u2014everybody got their camo on now. The tanks is out and we just giving them good music,\u201d P said. \u201cThose diehard fans and the new fans, the younger fans that probably didn&#8217;t get a chance to really feel my music. They could get a chance now to see where we at and see where we was at back then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We talked to Master P about his new album, his Verzuz battle with Cash Money, recording music with Lil Wayne, and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re calling the album \u201cLost Tapes,\u201dwhich makes it sound like this is music that you&#8217;ve been holding onto for a while. How would you describe it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Master P:<\/strong> It&#8217;s music I&#8217;ve been holding on for a while and then it&#8217;s music that I never really put out back in the days. Maybe I kind of leaked some of it on some mixtapes and never promoted it. But now I\u2019m giving it to the fans where they could get the music. I mean all my No Limit Soldiers\u2014everybody got their camo on now. The tanks is out and we just giving them good music.<\/p>\n<p>Those diehard fans and the new fans, the younger fans that probably didn&#8217;t get a chance to really feel my music\u2014they could get a chance now to see where we at and see where we was at back then. I put new verses on songs. This is 5K music. Your phone, the TV, everything coming in 5K. And I feel it&#8217;s 2025, it&#8217;s time to drop some No Limit 5K.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why&#8217;d you kind of slow down with music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mean I really got into coaching. I really got into helping and making a difference and the music thing, it kind of got put to the background to where God put my life on something else. When Swizz called me about this Verzuz stuff, I was like, \u201cMan, I ain&#8217;t really been into the music in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it was kind of like, \u201cyou know what? Let me give the world these last 25 tracks that I&#8217;ve just been holding onto. I feel like there\u2019s hits here. There\u2019s so many amazing artists that I did music with, songs we did a while back. It&#8217;s that music that make you feel good. Some of the music makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you understand how to overcome poverty.<\/p>\n<p>And then some music is just fun. You want to dance and party and just go to the club. It&#8217;s that New Orleans music. Then I got the West Coast with E-40, representing the Bay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You said it was Verzuz and that talk with Swizz that really inspired you. Tell me a little bit about that conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be honest with you, I really wasn&#8217;t into it.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t into doing Verzuz, people been coming at me a long time about it. But I love my fans. I got some of the best fans in the world. But after me and Swizz talked and I decided to do this, I was like, \u201cOK let me see what music I got.\u201d And I&#8217;m like, \u201cMan, I never really did nothing with these songs. Didn&#8217;t make no videos, didn&#8217;t do nothing.\u201d And then the song I did with Lil Wayne, I feel like that inspired me, because we\u2019re both from New Orleans and this a celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Both of us, together, represent the city of New Orleans and we&#8217;re going to come together on Verzuz and show the world the sustainability of both camps. No Limit and Cash Money. So I thought it was only right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I remember you guys did a song a couple of years ago, I know there was maybe a friendly rivalry back in the days. Was it ever odd trying to do songs with Cash Money members?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think we all just went and did what we had to do and whenever we got time to do it we\u2019d do it. I played basketball and I played in the NBA, I did all this other stuff. I had the sports company, sold clothes, did real estate. So I really ain&#8217;t had the time. I really was focused on trying to create opportunities for so many people and so many family members. And I think I was into that. But we all got an open door policy, we all live in the same city, so it&#8217;s like whatever the timing, we&#8217;ll get in and do something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>During your peak you guys were putting out essentially an album a week. How the hell did you do that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just putting in the work. It&#8217;s like right now. Times have changed. So that&#8217;s why I put 20 something songs on this project. But these records only last for two minutes. Now. You can&#8217;t make a song longer than two and a half minutes. So back in our time the music was longer, but we lived in the studio. So once I got that bug back, like I said, after talking to Swizz, I just went in the studio. We just lived in the studio. That&#8217;s how I do it. I don&#8217;t write music, it just flow. I never wrote a song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Really?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It just got to come to me. Yeah. So all this music you hear, it just comes out. So when it start coming out, I just got to let it go. So after I talked to Swizz, I went to the studio and I just started pulling all these songs up and saying, \u201cLet me add this verse on here, let me do this.\u201d The song I did with Rick Ross [\u201cLike 23\u201d] I just went in there and it just come out. So I never write records, I&#8217;ve never done music like that. I got to feel it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you doing the pens and pixel cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Got all the covers on there and a big tank. So it is retro and it is old school mix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I saw the interview you did with us about you treating the Verzuz as a celebration. But there&#8217;s a part of you that wants to win right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be honest with you, with both of us being from New Orleans, I feel like it&#8217;s a celebration, to be honest with you. The world just want to see us on the stage together. That&#8217;s something they never witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>And we all got a lot of respect for each other. So I just think it&#8217;s, and we all grew up. I think that&#8217;s so important. They&#8217;re from the Magnolia, I\u2019m from the [Calliope], so you got two different neighborhoods that&#8217;s successful and have successful CEOs running these companies. And it is just like now we all still here. I feel like I&#8217;m in a good place to understand that this is a celebration for the city of New Orleans. It&#8217;s a lot of great talent come out there and I feel like more talent is going to get exposed. I want to find the next Birdman, the next Master P, the next Lil Wayne, the next Mystikal, the next [Silkk the Shocker], the next Juvenile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What kind of conversations have you had with Baby about the night?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Me and Baby talked about other stuff. I haven&#8217;t even talked about Verzuz. I just wanted to be genuine and let it happen. Let it go. And we going to represent the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you give us just any hint about surprises, what people can expect on Saturday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just get ready y&#8217;all. There&#8217;s going to be a No Limit party, a Cash Money party, and you&#8217;re going to get the best of the best from both of us.<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p><em>ComplexCon returns to Las Vegas on October 25\u201326, 2025, with over 300 brands and live performances by Young Thug, YEAT &amp; Friends, Peso Pluma, Central Cee, Ken Carson, and more.\u00a0Get your tickets now.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.complex.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Swizz Beatz reached out to Master P about doing a Verzuz, the rap mogul was hesitant. It wasn\u2019t the first time a Verzuz had been floated his way, but he had slowed down with music. He hadn\u2019t released a new project since the Tony Montana tape in 2018. 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