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RTB Exclusive: Mannie Fresh Gives Update on Yasiin Bey Project

RTB Exclusive: Mannie Fresh Gives Update on Yasiin Bey Project

Published Thu, January 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST

Earlier this month it was revealed that Yasiin Bey had a project dropping with The Alchemist. Then on January 17 Yasiin, Mannie Fresh and Dee-1 dropped the single "The Very Best," which was a reminder that once upon a time a Yasiin Bey and Mannie Fresh project was a real thing. It's been over a decade since word first broke that super producer Mannie Fresh had produced a project for the Brooklyn MC, Yasiin Bey, tentatively titled 'OMFGOD BK X NOLA.' The buzz went even higher when the duo played some of the songs at an exclusive event at SXSW, and even released the single "Black Jesus" in 2013. 

Rock The Bells spoke with the Cash Money Records' one man hit machine while on the Rock The Bells Cruise and according to him, the project is done but the world will never hear it unless Yasiin gives the green light. "I'm not the person who's ever had an artist where I leaked the record, unless they gave me permission," Mannie told Rock The Bells. "I'll play it, because I know people wanna hear it, but you're not gonna hear it leak from me, you know what I'm saying? So if he says it's cool then I'm dropping it," he added.

The Big Tymers spitter further clarified that the initial delay came because Yasiin had at least one other project coming out around the same time, but did not thwart the idea that the songs could still come out. He did, however say the versions that come out might be different from the originals. "[Yasiin didn't want the project released] cause he was working on something else," Mannie noted. "Even the version that y'all heard yesterday was me remixing it, so I've been sitting on this so long I started remixing the songs." 

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