The Medicine Men Explained

The Medicine Men
Background:non_performing_personnel
Origin:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation:Record producers
Songwriters
Years Active:1995—present
Current Members:
Past Members:Playa Pizzle

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 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

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
USUS R&BUS Rap
"I'm Bout' It, Bout It"
(TRU featuring Master P & Mia X)
1995True
"Mobbin Through My Hood"
(TRU featuring Big Ed & King George)
"Playaz from the South"
(Master P, Silkk & UGK)
"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)
1996905512Ice Cream Man
"No More Tears"
(Master P featuring Silkk and Mo B. Dick)
7815
"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)
1997712711Tru 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)
25161

Gold[4]

Ghetto D
"If I Could Change"
(Master P, Steady Mobb'n, Mia X, Mo B. Dick & O'Dell)
48237I'm Bout It: Music from the Motion Picture
"Pushin' Inside You"
(Sons of Funk)
97I'm Bout It: Music from the Motion Picture & The Game of Funk
"I Got the Hook Up!"
(Master P featuring Sons of Funk)
199816111
  • RIAA: Gold
I Got the Hook Up: Music from the Motion Picture
"Make 'Em Say Uhh!"
(Master P featuring Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, Fiend & Mystikal)
16186
  • RIAA: Platinum
Ghetto D
"Kenny's Dead"
(Master P)
"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)
29I'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)
573612Charge It 2 da Game
"It Ain't My Fault"
(Silkk the Shocker featuring Mystikal)
1851
"Give Me The World"
"Express Yourself"
(Silkk the Shocker featuring O'Dell)
43
"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)
18Am 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)
12103Mama Drama
"Imma Shine"
(Mia X)
20176
"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)
& 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)
19996231 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)
1341Made Man
"Somebody Like Me"
(Silkk the Shocker featuring Mýa)
57431
"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)
71124Rear 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)
87MP da Last Don
"Make 'Em Say Uhh
  1. 2"
    (Master P featuring Fiend, Snoop Dogg, Mia X and Silkk The Shocker)
1913
"Goodbye to My Homies"
(Master P featuring Mo B. Dick, Sons of Funk and Silkk the Shocker)
27385
"Thug Girl"
(Master P featuring Snoop Dogg and Silkk the Shocker)

Other production

Artist(s)YearAlbum
TRU1995True
Tre-81995Ghetto Stories
Mia X1995Good Girl Gone Bad
Master P1996Ice Cream Man
Silkk the Shocker1996The Shocker
Skull Duggrey1996Hoodlum fo' Life
Kane & Abel19967 Sins
Various artists1997West Coast Bad Boyz II
TRU1997Tru 2 da Game
Young Bleed1998My Balls and My Word
Silkk the Shocker1998Charge It 2 da Game
C-Murder1998Life or Death
Various artists1998I Got the Hook-Up
Sons of Funk1998The Game of Funk
Fiend1998There's One in Every Family
Soulja Slim1998Give It 2 'Em Raw
Master P1998MP da Last Don
Kane & Abel1998Am I My Brother's Keeper
Mac1998Shell Shocked
Snoop Dogg1998Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
Big Ed the Assassin1998The Assassin
Skull Duggery1998These Wicked Streets
Magic1998Sky's the Limit
Various artists1998Mean Green
Prime Suspects1998Guilty 'til Proven Innocent
Gambino Family1998Ghetto Organized
Mia X1998Mama Drama
Ghetto Commission1998Wise Guys
Steady Mobb'n1998Black Mafia
Full Blooded1998Memorial Day
Various artists1998We Can't Be Stopped
Mystikal1998Ghetto Fabulous
Silkk the Shocker1999Made Man
Mr. Serv-On1999Da Next Level
C-Murder1999Bossalinie
Various artists1999Foolish
Mo B. Dick1999Gangsta Harmony
Lil Soldiers1999Boot Camp
Snoop Dogg1999No Limit Top Dogg
Various artists1999Who U Wit?
TRU1999Da Crime Family
Mercedes1999Rear End
Fiend1999Street Life
Lil Italy1999On Top of da World
Magic1999Thuggin'

Members

Current members

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rap Coalition update 2000 . 2006-09-09 .
  2. Web site: Vh1 Master P Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20021015210325/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/master_p/bio.jhtml. dead. October 15, 2002. 2006-09-09.
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p355353|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Guide for Beats by the Pound]. 2006-09-09.
  4. Web site: Diddy searchable database. Recording Industry Association of America. January 31, 2016.