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The follow-up to B.G.'s breakthrough album (Chopper City in the Ghetto, 1999), Checkmate is a more experimental effort that is fitfully entertaining. In particular, Cash Money in-house producer Mannie Fresh pushes himself to come up with a fresh sound (e.g., "Bounce with Me"), which is good news, since by this point in time he'd been churning out beats in an assembly-line manner for several years for the numerous artists releasing albums annually on the label. B.G. sounds less fresh here, rapping as he generally does, but he is given a lot more solo space on Checkmate as guest features are kept to a relative minimum. There are some standout tracks on Checkmate, most notably "I Know" and "Hennessy & XTC," though nothing rivals the highlights of Chopper City in the Ghetto, which had been a stronger effort overall, if somewhat generic in retrospect.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Turk, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Juvenile, ComposerLyricist - Bryan Williams, ComposerLyricist - Lil Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Turk, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Cash Money Millionaires, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Bryan Williams, ComposerLyricist - Big Tymers, FeaturedArtist - Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Juvenile, FeaturedArtist - Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Juvenile, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Mannie Fresh, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.G., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
Album review
The follow-up to B.G.'s breakthrough album (Chopper City in the Ghetto, 1999), Checkmate is a more experimental effort that is fitfully entertaining. In particular, Cash Money in-house producer Mannie Fresh pushes himself to come up with a fresh sound (e.g., "Bounce with Me"), which is good news, since by this point in time he'd been churning out beats in an assembly-line manner for several years for the numerous artists releasing albums annually on the label. B.G. sounds less fresh here, rapping as he generally does, but he is given a lot more solo space on Checkmate as guest features are kept to a relative minimum. There are some standout tracks on Checkmate, most notably "I Know" and "Hennessy & XTC," though nothing rivals the highlights of Chopper City in the Ghetto, which had been a stronger effort overall, if somewhat generic in retrospect.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:10
- Main artists: B.G.
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cash Money
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2000 Cash Money Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Cash Money Records Inc.
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