Beats By the Pound

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Beats By the Pound
Also known as	BBTP Medicine Men
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre(s)	Hip-Hop
Years active	1995 - present
Label(s)	No Limit, Priority, Overdose Ent. & Flame Ent.
Associated acts	Master P, C-Murder, Young Bleed, Mia X, Mystikal, Montell Jordan
Members
KLC Mo B Dick Craig B. O'Dell
Former members
C-Los

Beats By the Pound, now known as the The Medicine Men, is a four-man Southern rap remix and production team. whose members include KLC, O'Dell, Craig B. and Mo B. Dick. Another member, C-Los left the group in 1999 after the remaining four left No Limit.^[1] It consists of the former in-house production team for Master P's No Limit Records, as well as some new artists, and was responsible for the production of the majority of the releases from No Limit.^[2] This includes the production of songs by Mystikal, Master P and Montell Jordan.^[2]^[3] The group is headed by the legendary producer KLC and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since leaving No Limit Records, the company the group operates under is called Overdose Entertainment.

[edit] Biography

Beats By The Pound, the four-man production team responsible for the No Limit platinum hits such as Make ‘Em Say Uhhhh, Ice Cream Man, Bout It Bout It, etc, has finally gone out on their own and already release their first recording artist, Six Shot. No other production team in urban music have sold more records than Beats By The Pound, who changed their name couple of years ago to Medicine Men to further distance themselves from Master P's No Limit empire. The production team left No Limit in April of 1999, when it became apparent Master P had no intention of paying them more money . They were the first of many artists to allegedly leave for the same reason. With over 40 million records sold, and with many platinum and gold hits under their belts (including recent hits for Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight, and Mystikal), Medicine Men are poised to build a strong empire on their own, this time reaping the benefits of their hard work. Beats By The Pound were responsible for the production of over 800 songs for artists down with Master P's No Limit Records, and have a catalog of over 2,000 songs completed. They own all of their own publishing from Day One, and are also seeking a publishing deal for the new and old work.

(KLC/The Drummajor) KLC - Born Craig s. Lawson (New Orleans,LA) is a sleepy-eyed B-boy turned producer. He comes with them Michael Meyer beats, that are eerie and wicked. He's also the one who usually produces the rowdy soldier songs. They say that to get him to produce a hit beat, the keyword is "food." He can produce well on a full stomach and bad on an empty one. Also, the beat to the rowdy anthem "Bout It, Bout It," was an accident gone right. After KLC's one-year old daughter Crashan, started messing with his equipment, he realized the beat she added was what he was looking for. He also raps, which made his debut rap on Mia X's "Mama's Family," off of Unladylike. His most notable songs produced are :" Bout It,Bout It"& remix, "No Limit Soldiers," "Make Em Say Ugh,"You Got It" & "Down 4 my niggaz". His debut mix album off No Limit, Hits By The Pound, was set to drop but never did, he also had another album called The Drummajor, but that too never drop because of contacts & money problems. KL is the most successful producer from the Medicine Men ever since their departure from No Limit. He is credited for producing songs for B.G, T.I., David Banner, Bun B, Paul Wall, and more. His biggest non No Limit hit would have to be Ludacris' "Move Bitch". He is even featured in the video for a split second. He will also be very active in producing and vocalizing the new albums Overdose will have comin in the future.

(Mo B. Dick/Ruh) Mo B. Dick - Born Raymond E. Poole (Morgan City, LA) Mo B Dick is known by his fans and colleagues as the "beatsmith" and or "hooksmith" for the infamous No Limit Records and as co-founder and member of its in-house production machine, Beats By The Pound. He is also the cousin of the rap mogul and former No Limit CEO, Master P . He released his first no limit single off the I'm Bout It soundtrack, with a song called "That Thing is on."He sings the chorus of songs like "Goodbye to my Homeys", "Mr.Ice Cream Man", "Gangstafied","pop goes my 9" and many more. You can hear his soulful vocals on a lot of albums, and he will continue to be on other albums throughout his career. He is part of Beats By The Pound/Medicine Men. His first solo song was on Mean Green Presents and is called "Tell Me When". His first solo CD, "Gangsta Harmony" was released in April, 1999. This CD was the first ever solo no limit CD that was strictly R&B. He already has drop a second album & is on Snocap.com called Perverted XXXcursions -2007 on his myspace page: (thedefintivemobdick) . He will also be very active in producing and vocalizing the new albums Overdose will have comin in the future.

(Craig B) Craig B is a member of no limit's hit producing team Beats By The Pound. He has been producing music, especially no limit music, for the last decade. He was usually producing the "rowdy" soulja songs, with the bouncin, clubbin beats. The most famous song with his beats in them are "The Party Don't Stop", and "It Ain't My Fault & remix. In the future Craig B will continue to work with Beats By The Pound/Medicine Men on Overdose cds.

(O'Dell) O'Dell - Born O'Dell Vickers Jr.(New Orleans,LA) is a Louisiana musician. He's the one that adds the organs and soulful vocals to the songs. Also, he is a member of the powerful producing team of Beats By The Pound/Medicine Men. He usually produces the gospel, slow, soulful songs. You used catch him singing on many albums, such as C-murder, Master P, and Mia X. He will also be very active in producing and vocalizing the new albums Overdose will have comin in the future.

(C-LOS) Carlos - Born Carlos Stephens (New Orleans,LA) was the only member of Beats By The Pound who stayed with No Limit after the rest left. Master P then started calling him C-Los. He brought an eerie gangsta feel to No Limit with songs such as "Heat" by Skull Duggery, "Ghost in the Dark" by Ghetto Commission, "Watch Yo Enemies" by C-Murder, and others.