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May 19, 1999

Quote of the Day

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April 22, 1999

Mase Next To Retire?

Mase's management says that the Bad Boy superstar is done with music
August 27, 1998

Mase Busts Out With New Record, Label

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August 26, 1998

It's a Harlem World

Will Mase's new label catapult him to greater fame, or prove that mo money means mo problems?

Recordings and Reviews

Welcome Back

Even with assistance from on high, Mase circa 2004 isn't all that different from Mase circa 1997. Welcome Back is a vintage Bad Boy album, stealing hooks from Madonna and Eighties hits, sporting rhymes about clothes and cars and the women who love them. The title track trudges along to Kotter's...

2004 RS: 2of 5 Stars

Double Up

1999

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Biography

Mason "Mase" Betha was already being groomed for stardom by Sean "Puffy" Combs when the murder of Bad Boy Records star Notorious B.I.G. in 1997 pushed him into the center of the label's universe. On Harlem World, Mase played his position with cool, understated flair: "I'm the newest member of the Bad Boy team/And I'ma bring this nigga Puff mad more cream." But Mase's remarkably simple rhymes are...

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