League and Pharrell, was back for the rapper's 2012 street release, The Stoned Immaculate. The stopgap release Weekend at Bernie’s followed in 2011, with the retro backing tracks coming from producer Monsta Beatz. Beatz, along with the J.U.S.T.I.C.E.

With the label's in-house producer Ski Beatz handling most of the production, Curren$y's Pilot Talk album appeared in July of that year, with Pilot Talk 2 landing in 2010. In early 2010 Curren$y joined the Def Jam family via Damon Dash's DD172 imprint. The relationship continued that October with the download-only Jet Files. He released a series of underground mixtapes before hooking up with the digital-only Amalgam Digital for the early 2009 release This Ain’t No Mixtape. The brand was originally planned as a line of apparel, but evolved into a music label as the rapper's relationship with Young Money soured.Ĭurren$y left the label at the end of 2007 with Fly Society in tow. Not one to sit idle, Curren$y started Fly Society with professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy in 2007.

In 2006, Curren$y's 'Where da Cash At' single was released - both on its own and as part of Wayne's Dedication 2 mixtape - but a promised album never materialized. He appeared on Wayne's Tha Carter II album that same year. Thanks to his smart lyrics, the Louisiana’s Curren$y landed a label deal in 2003, but it took three labels and seven years of underground releases before the rapper made his official debut.īorn Shante Anthony Franklin and raised in New Orleans, Curren$y was originally signed to Master P's No Limit label, but in 2005 he made the move to Lil Wayne and Birdman's Cash Money imprint, Young Money. J.On Friday, September 22, Tastemaker Live & Sean Healy Present the Curren$y Pilot Talk Trilogy Tour at the WOW Hall with special guests to be announced. Producers: Curren$y (exec.), Damon Dash (exec.), Cool & Dre, Harry Fraud, Jahlil Beats, Joey Fatts, Ski Beatz, Mos Def, Nesby Phips, Monsta Beatz, Drupey, Edsclusive

Featuring: Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Raekwon, Wiz Khalifa, Jay Electronica, Styles P, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Devin The Dude, Dom Kennedy, Stalley, Riff Raff, Fiend, Trademark, Young Roddy, Mikey Rocks, Nes Phips, J.

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