Driven by the James Brown-like Neptunes production “Shake Ya Ass” as a lead single - an MTV staple before the album even hit the streets - the album featured a vast range of productions from Earthtone III, Bink!, and the Medicine Men (a newer incarnation of Beats by the Pound). Let’s Get Ready appeared in September 2000 and went double platinum. Despite a move to the Jive label, Mystikal wasted no time in issuing a follow-up. Ghetto Fabulous, also driven by Beats by the Pound, followed in December 1998 it topped the R&B/Hip Hop Chart as well and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200. It peaked at number one on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, reached number three on the Billboard 200, and eventually went platinum. This union produced Unpredictable, which was released in November 1997 and helped the rapper build a substantial following. The MC then hooked up with Master P and No Limit, along with the label’s Beats by the Pound production team. His official major-label debut, Mind of Mystikal, was released in October 1996 and became a major hit in the rap underground, falling just short of going gold. It earned the attention of Jive Records, who signed him later that year. He released an eponymous debut on the independent label Big Boy in June 1995. Like No Limit itself, Mystikal is a New Orleans native. Once one of the leading rappers on Master P’s No Limit record label, Mystikal quickly evolved beyond the label’s clichéd thug trappings and found himself one of the Dirty South’s most recognized rappers, alongside the likes of Juvenile and Ludacris.
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