That's fair. Cam did have that one song with Vado that was the NY song for a hot minute. But that was it...and I never checked for any of it.
The LOX are nowhere near as relevant now as they were circa 2000.
1998 = The Most Underrated Year In Hip-Hop History
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That's fair. Cam did have that one song with Vado that was the NY song for a hot minute. But that was it...and I never checked for any of it.
The LOX are nowhere near as relevant now as they were circa 2000.
onyx did they thing in '98. the "shut em down" joint with DMX was f*ckin classic. one of the year's best. and they dropped the video with wutang like a month before that from the ride soundtrack. sticky & fredro starred in that movie too. they quietly had a good year. yall remember the "survival of the illest tour"?
plus, didn't fredro or one of them put all city on? their video was out at the same dam time. I guess it was too much going on for them to blow. I havnt heard "the actual" since it was out. i'll be upset if I click on this link and find out that it aged horribly. lol. im gonna re-premiere it for myself in this thread.:
plus, didn't fredro or one of them put all city on? their video was out at the same dam time. I guess it was too much going on for them to blow. I havnt heard "the actual" since it was out. i'll be upset if I click on this link and find out that it aged horribly. lol. im gonna re-premiere it for myself in this thread.:
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one song? that was after the BOAB series. the song was moreso the mainstream result. and that song was indie, btw.
im not saying the lox are as relevant as they used to be. that's not even possible. theyre still relevant tho.
you dont even know their shyt so stfu you ignorant hick
some of No Limit's 98 albums (C-Murder
, Fiend, Mac, I Got The Hook-Up OST, even Silkk) >>>>>>>>>>>> everything from NY in 98 except DMX, Big Pun, Pete Rock & Noreagaeverything Wu related, Hard Knock Life & other NY albums (Lox, Canibus, Onyx) from their so-called top artists was mediocre at best...let the truth be told about 98!
Big Mel
@bigboss
you know what i meant though. the second Souls album was way more "townish" after E-40 & Sick Wid It's jive deal.
To be honest, other than that song, the last thing I remember from Cam was being promised a hot summer and what, under any other circumstances, would have been considered a nice pool.
LOX are no more or less relevant than Rae/Ghost/Rza at this point.
I hear you. But to be honest, I've never heard the second album - and from what I've heard about it - I've made the right move.
you dont even know their shyt so stfu you ignorant hick
some of No Limit's 98 albums (C-Murder
everything Wu related, Hard Knock Life & other NY albums (Lox, Canibus, Onyx) from their so-called top artists was mediocre at best...let the truth be told about 98!
Don't forget about Gangstarr...
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The music from 98 has aged very well, and collectively there was alot more quality there then I remember 
I agree with big mel though, New York hiphop was in a strange place, everybody seemed so torn between the shiny suit shyt and the grimey shyt. NY was going through some identity issues which basically became a theme for the music for most of the 2000's really.
despite the bullshyt, the music was great though. Big Pun, Nore, DMX, Cam
Black Star
sidenote: what happened to hi-tek?
The south started to bubble heavy that year, the south penetrated the mainstream to an extent I never seen before and people outside of the typical southern artists who got play(outkast, scarface) were getting play. Juvenile was killing shyt heavy that year,Aquenimi was a classic, and Eightball's lost was a great album too;My fam down south bumped that album like crazy.
on the low r&b was pretty good that year too
I agree with big mel though, New York hiphop was in a strange place, everybody seemed so torn between the shiny suit shyt and the grimey shyt. NY was going through some identity issues which basically became a theme for the music for most of the 2000's really.despite the bullshyt, the music was great though. Big Pun, Nore, DMX, Cam
Black Star
sidenote: what happened to hi-tek?
The south started to bubble heavy that year, the south penetrated the mainstream to an extent I never seen before and people outside of the typical southern artists who got play(outkast, scarface) were getting play. Juvenile was killing shyt heavy that year,Aquenimi was a classic, and Eightball's lost was a great album too;My fam down south bumped that album like crazy.
on the low r&b was pretty good that year too
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Big Mel
@bigboss
yeah....i loved NORE but if you play it now it kinda sounds...okay.
i love the carl thomas record, though..."i love my life"
i love the carl thomas record, though..."i love my life"
Big Mel
@bigboss
Pun was sooooo dope man. so dope.
lol at no one mentioning Eminem. I remember his music only being played on Krock....i'd hear it after Howard Stern went off.
lol at no one mentioning Eminem. I remember his music only being played on Krock....i'd hear it after Howard Stern went off.
Big Mel
@bigboss
who else in here from NY was at that PR parade when Pun was on that float sitting?
i believe that was the year we all "wilded" and made the news.
i believe that was the year we all "wilded" and made the news.
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98 wasn't a great Year. It was the last good year
Pretty classic year for me, I was 13 years old, and just starting to really get into hip hop/rap, buying or begging my mom to buy me 'The Source', I'd be off on my own at birthday parties and field trips reading the magazine, the reviews, the quotable, interviews, just barely starting to scratch the surface of a huge part of my life, til this day.
That Slick Rick/Outkast come back song was everywhere, Jay had 'Hard Knock Life Vol. 2', 'Money Ain't a Thing' was on the radio 4x an hour, I'd have to dig a little deeper to remember more, but that was definitely an important year, Jayo Felony and DMX had their little track, Im from San Diego, so everyone at school was talking about Jayo getting checked over that track in his hood. I had one of those Source Compilations that year, or maybe it was 99, the one with 'Hate Me Now' and 'Still Not A Player'...
'Horse & Carriage' lord knows we all loved that song, me and all my friends, Dru Hill, I remember I borrowed the 'Soul Food' soundtrack just to listen to 'We're Not Making Love Anymore', 'I Got The Hook Up' was 1997 right? I had that soundtrack too....oh, Ice Cube and the double album..? Or was that 99?
That Slick Rick/Outkast come back song was everywhere, Jay had 'Hard Knock Life Vol. 2', 'Money Ain't a Thing' was on the radio 4x an hour, I'd have to dig a little deeper to remember more, but that was definitely an important year, Jayo Felony and DMX had their little track, Im from San Diego, so everyone at school was talking about Jayo getting checked over that track in his hood. I had one of those Source Compilations that year, or maybe it was 99, the one with 'Hate Me Now' and 'Still Not A Player'...
'Horse & Carriage' lord knows we all loved that song, me and all my friends, Dru Hill, I remember I borrowed the 'Soul Food' soundtrack just to listen to 'We're Not Making Love Anymore', 'I Got The Hook Up' was 1997 right? I had that soundtrack too....oh, Ice Cube and the double album..? Or was that 99?