400 Degreez vs. Chopper City in the Ghetto

[OHSNAP!]

CCITG was supposed to hit the rap/hip hop world the way 400 degreez did..You can tell fresh, baby, and slim had bg dumb it down and mellow it out because they thought it was the one to bring the label out..If bg would've maintained the lyrical intensity of IAOU with those ccitg beats this wouldn't even be an argument.

Except Dog Azz and Bling Bling, where did he "dumb it down"?

 

[zayk35]

Spoiler: Trouble

BG "nikkas in trouble" ft Wayne and Juvenile

Mannie Fresh with the fire.

Hip hop at it's finest

 

[TinFoilSnapBack]

Both are classics. Manny Fresh doesn't get enough credit when producers names are mentioned, in general. Dude was making shyt back then that still slaps hard af now. For me, I'd have to give the slight edge to Chopper City in the Ghetto. Beats-wise, the albums are equal, but I just found B.G. to be a better rapper than Juve. This was a tough decision, though.

 

[Wacky D]

GOAT album ever made by a 15 year old

I dunno.

how old was LL when he dropped radio?

Except Dog Azz and Bling Bling, where did he "dumb it down"?

"dumb down" may not be the best term

but he was more smoothed out & laid back once they went mainstream.

for what its worth, when BG went back indie, he didn't change his style back. so maybe he didn't dumb down. maybe he was just burned out.

 

[AFRAM GLORY]

Except Dog Azz and Bling Bling, where did he "dumb it down"?

The album flows well but is more mellow and smoothed out compared to the raw feel of the first 3 real bg solo albums. The introspective raps and lyrical zone he was in on IAOU didn't carry over to ccitg.

It didnt have that classic NO feel to it neither. The label clearly was going for a new broader fan base with ccitg and the other albums dropped in that time period.