Interview by Charlie Braxton
Photo Courtesy : Overdose Entertainment
NoLimit Records’ began to drop dramatically, Limit's gold and platinum hits.meteoric rise to indicating that perhaps No But things began to go sour forthe top of the Limit's tank was running out of the Pound in the latter part ofrap and pop gas. For instance, that year, 98, causing them to go on
charts is nothing short of spec- Master P's LP Only God Can strike and eventually leaving
tacular by anybody's stan- Judge Me, only went gold after the house that they helped
dards. From 1996 to 1998 the spending months on the charts build. In an exclusive interview
black-owned independent label compared to his previous solo with The New Power Magazine
went from being a small strug- effort, "The Last Don," which Craig B, Mo. B Dick, and KLC
gling label to becoming a sold over a million copies. To finally explain why they left No
major player in the music add to No Limit's woes, the Limit, as well as talk about
game. During this time period label lost it’s key asset, the their production venture, The
No Limit sold over 40 million stellar multi-platinum produc- Medicine Men, their label
albums. With almost every tion team formerly known as Overdose, and KLC's upcom-
record released during that Beats By The Pound. ing album- The Drum Major.
time period reaching gold or
platinum status, it seemed as if Founded by senior members Q: KLC, I understand that
the Louisiana-based company Mo B. Dick, (Master P’s first you had your own label prior
could do absolutely no wrong. cousin, who now goes by the to coming to No Limit, tell us
And for a while they didn't. But name Ruh), KLC, Craig B. and about that?
something did go wrong for No Odell, the Pound is responsi-
Limit; by 2000, sales figures ble for well over 90% of No (Continues on Page 14)
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