Discoteca Imaginaria: Cash Money and the Birth of Bounce
06.02.26
Discoteca Imaginaria is an audio docu-series covering the people, places and sounds that have shaped popular music. Each episode transports listeners through history to the greatest club on earth – the disco of our imagination.
In the early 1990s, New Orleans carried the grim distinction of America’s murder capital. Yet from the city’s housing projects emerged one of rap music’s most singular movements.
Cash Money Records fused bounce rhythms, second-line traditions and the swagger of Mardi Gras into a new sound driven by the futuristic production of Mannie Fresh and the unmistakable Southern drawl of Juvenile, Birdman, B.G. and Lil Wayne. A groundbreaking distribution deal with Universal Music transformed the label from a regional phenomenon into a national force, cementing Cash Money as one of the defining musical exports from “The City That Care Forgot.”
Tracklist:
U.N.L.V. – 6th & Baronne (Instrumental) Lil’ Slim – Bounce Slide Ride P.M.W. – Blame it on the Bounce “Hip Hop Evolution: Bounce to This” (Netflix, 2020) Ms. Tee – GetN2ItWithABitch Magnolia Shorty – Monkey on the Dick Hot Boys – Block Burners “Phat Phat N All That: Enter The Magnolia” (NOA-TV, 1998) Juvenile – Ha Big Tymers – Cutlass, Monte Carlo’s & Regals “Cash Money Millionaires on Teen Summit” (BET, 2000) Turk – Bout Whatever Hot Boys – I Need A Hot Girl “Hip Hop Evolution: Bounce to This” (Netflix, 2020) Juvenile – Back That Ass Up B.G. – Bling Bling Juvenile – U Understand “MTV News: Ruff Ryders/Cash Money Tour” (MTV, 2000) Cash Money Millionaires – Project Bitch Juvenile – Set It Off Big Tymers – #1 Stunna (Instrumental) “106 & Park: Cash Money Interview” (BET, 2002) Lil Wayne – Way of Life Big Tymers – Still Fly “Newbos: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass” (CNBC, 2009) Big Tymers – This Is How We Do Juvenile – Slow Motion Lil Wayne – Go DJ UTP – Nolia Clap (Instrumental) “All Access: Lil Wayne” (CBS, 2009) Mannie Fresh – Real Big B.G. – Move Around “Hurricane Katrina Tour with B.G.” (XXL, 2006) Lil Wayne – Fireman Birdman & Lil Wayne – Stuntin’ Like My Daddy 51st Annual Grammy Awards (CBS, 2009) Lil Wayne – Dr. Carter
