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Memphis Bleek (born Malik Thuston Cox on June 23, 1978) is a New York rapper who regularly came in contact with rap legends such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z during his childhood, and has collaborated with artists such as Beanie Sigel, Ja Rule and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, among others. “Memphis” is an acronym for Making Easy Money Pimping Hoes In Style.

Early years

Memphis “One Hit Away” Bleek’s first mainstream rap vocals appeared on the Clark Kent produced song “Coming of Age”, featured on Jay-Z’s classic debut LP Reasonable Doubt. Shortly after, Bleek became the first artist signed to Roc-A-Fella Records.

“Coming of Age”, ironiclly, was also the title of Memphis’ debut LP, which didn’t create massive records sales and chart-topping singles as his labelmate and peers’ albums had. The same was the case of his second LP, “The Understanding”, and third, “M.A.D.E”, though the latter spawned his largest amount of sales yet (900,000).

Get Low label and rivalries

In the time between the releases of his second and third albums, Memphis Bleek started his own label, Get Low, which in turn led to the signing of former Junior MAFIA member Lil’ Cease. The name of the label has sparked a hip-hop rivalry, or beef, between Memphis Bleek, JT tha Bigga Figga & The Game, the former of which built an independent record label with the same title.

Memphis Bleek was also caught in the middle of the epic Jay-Z and Nas battle, in which Bleek gained a few enemies, most notably Nas and Mobb Deep. Despite boosting Jay-Z and Nas’s careers, the beef did little to help Bleek gain any more popularity than he had already attained.

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Top Tracks

1	Alright	278
2	Like That	160
3	534	147
4	All About Me	70
5	Infatuated full track	52
6	Dear Summer (feat. Jay-Z)	40
7	Dear Summer	38
8	Hater Free full track	33
9	The One	27
9	I Get High	27
11	Roc-A-Fella Get Low Respect It	21
12	Memphis Bleek is... full track	17
13	Round Here (Feat. T.I. & Trick Daddy)	16
14	Straight Path	14
14	Alright (Ratatat remix)	14

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Donegan123 wrote:
last month

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2009

Straight Path has that 'feeling' to it....I love it.
Eld-z wrote:
May 2009

love 534 shit ;) if new album will be like that i will be satisfacted ;)

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FrostyXL wrote:
May 2009

Making Easy Money Pimping Hoes In Style. Boss

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bronxprince wrote:
April 2009

This is 9th production! we r alright...

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TuNa_DriNk wrote:
March 2009

shyt man, I still waitin' on his new album =/

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BloodMoney2006 wrote:
February 2009

I Get High should be #1

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Prince91 wrote:
November 2008

I used to like him in 8th grade

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Chingy314 wrote:
October 2008

you heard the title niggaz 5-3-4! cant wait new bleek shit...

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adomay wrote:
September 2008

Join the Danja group! http://www.last.fm/group/Danjahandz

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KE3 wrote:
September 2008

Hated on for no reason, I see him as decent. Not the predecessor people wanted I guess. I don't see any hate for Beans, even though he's better lyrically. Bleek is slick talk, decent flow, Jay's featured on a third of most his albums, and has solid production with 1 undeniably great album (MADE) on his resume. I also like The Understanding. He has some hot tracks over the years.

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dgk3188 wrote:
July 2008

M.A.D.E. was a dope album

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Plaxico80 wrote:
July 2008

where the fuck is we ballin?

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Smakaveli wrote:
June 2008

I'm addicted to 534

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TuNa_DriNk wrote:
June 2008

Can't wait for the album :/

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sonofaque86 wrote:
June 2008

im mad his best song ever is Jay-Z. Dear Summer

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bazii wrote:
June 2008

Can't stop won't stop never intend to.

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LLCoolD wrote:
June 2008

why is "straight path" only on #19? top-3 bleek-track! amazin' shit!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

Memphis Bleek is dat nigga.. smh @ the hate below.
True3Blue wrote:
May 2008

damn im surprised he doesn't have more total plays than this. 534 was solid

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