Reservoir Media has confirmed its acquisition of the catalog of multi-Platinum, Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer, and artist Byron Thomas, professionally often known as Mannie Contemporary.

The deal consists of each publishing and recorded music rights, and comes off the again of MBW revealing that Reservoir had – to the top of 2022 – spent overUSD $695 million on catalog acquisitions since its 2007 launch.

Mannie Contemporary spent a big portion of his profession producing for Money Cash Information.

He was the label’s solely in-house producer when the corporate began in 1991. He’s credited with producing practically all songs throughout 15 multi-Platinum, Platinum, or Gold albums for Money Cash from 1998 to 2004 together with tasks by Juvenile, Lil Wayne, T.I., B.G., and Sizzling Boys.

He produced smash hit songs like Gold-selling “Again That Azz Up” by Juvenile, 2x-Platinum-selling “Go DJ” by Lil Wayne, Gold-selling “High Again” by T.I., and extra.

Rolling Stone featured “Again That Azz Up” on its listing of the five hundred Biggest Songs of All Time. The 4x-Platinum album 400 Degreez by Juvenile, which was produced by Mannie, additionally appeared on the outlet’s 500 Biggest Albums of All Time listing.

Mannie Contemporary additionally carried out as a part of the hip-hop duo Large Tymers, alongside Bryan Williams, professionally often known as Birdman.

Collectively they launched 5 albums and a number of other hit singles, together with “Get Your Roll On,” “Quantity One Stunna,” “This Is How We Do,” and extra. With affect from his father DJ Sabu, Mannie drew upon his roots as a New Orleans DJ to combine layers of hip-hop, funk, and Southern bounce to create the distinct New Orleans hip-hop sound.

To at the present time, he continues to work with a few of hip-hop’s largest stars, together with Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, T-Ache, Large Okay.R.I.T., and Younger Jeezy, and his catalog is regularly sampled by artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more, amongst others.

Mannie Contemporary commented, “It’s nice to be becoming a member of up with Religion Newman and the complete Reservoir group. I’m grateful for his or her assist, and I do know they’ll maintain my music.”

Reservoir Govt Vice President of A&R and Catalog Growth Religion Newman additionally commented, “Mannie’s intelligent manufacturing cultivated a strong second for Southern hip-hop, and his distinctive sound helped pave the best way for different producers for years to come back.” She added, “I’ve personally been a fan of his for many years, and it’s a pleasure to carry him into the Reservoir household.”

Rell Lafargue, Reservoir President and Chief Working Officer, stated, “I used to be born and raised in Louisiana and witnessed Mannie’s meteoric rise from a neighborhood DJ in New Orleans to a globally acclaimed producer, author, and performer who helped break a few of the style’s largest abilities.

“It means rather a lot to me to proceed to construct Reservoir’s connection to creators like Mannie, who represents the best caliber of up to date music from New Orleans, and we’re happy to be the brand new stewards of his hit music.”

New York-headquartered Reservoir, led by CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi, posted USD $122.6 million in general revenues throughout the 2022 calendar 12 months, in line with the agency’s public quarterly financials.

That determine was up 26.7% YoY on the equal calendar 12 months determine that the corporate posted for 2021, in line with MBW’s calculations. (Reservoir’s FY runs by way of to the top of March annually.)Music Enterprise Worldwide