yea this is true
jay has the advantage cuz of that - but that makes biggie's run look kinda stronger. at least in the eyes of people that view this as a close call like myself.
man this is tough.
Bigger Year? '95 Biggie Or '99 Jay-Z??
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yea this is true
jay has the advantage cuz of that - but that makes biggie's run look kinda stronger. at least in the eyes of people that view this as a close call like myself.
man this is tough.
It's not tough at all IMO. I was a young kid in NYC and felt the impact even back then when Biggie was alive...it was big.
Jay-Z established himself an empire that started in 1999. He was bigger in the city than Biggie ever was. I know this is hard for people to accept, but it is the truth.
I already voted for jay. 
Knicksman20
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Big's run was historic. He laid the blueprint for all rappers & his presence is still felt. You couldn't go anywhere in 95 & not hear him & this was pre internet. Jay tremendously benefited from his death & copied a lot of his ideas. Don't get me wrong, Jay's time was coming but he rode that Biggie wave when hip hop was hurting & looking for someone to carry that torch & he did a phenomenal job. It doesn't take away from the foundation laid by Big & his historic run in the short amount of time he was on this earth.
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feelosofer
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It's pretty close but I would say BIG in 95. Some of you younger cats gotta realize that there really wasn't internet like that, BIGs buzz was really off the strength of his songs/guest verses, if Wu Tang was the CPR that kept NY hip-hop from dying then Biggie was the electric shock that got it going. I mean Biggie was spreading like wildfire.
Knicksman20
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No Big's. And Puff copied Big's ideas too
biggie putting on his real lil homie from around da way (ain't a cease ---> bleek)
biggie putting out a female rapper & writing her rhymes (ain't a kim ---> foxy/amil)
Knicksman20
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biggie putting on his real lil homie from around da way (ain't a cease ---> bleek)
biggie putting out a female rapper & writing her rhymes (ain't a kim ---> foxy/amil)
The clothing line & opening a restaurant was also Big's ideas too
soulfuljah
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I gotta say Biggie because back in 99, this man run was running the game.
If we look at big picture, we can say Jay because that was the beginning of what's now, but it was all X from 98-01.
If we look at big picture, we can say Jay because that was the beginning of what's now, but it was all X from 98-01.
biggie putting on his real lil homie from around da way (ain't a cease ---> bleek)
biggie putting out a female rapper & writing her rhymes (ain't a kim ---> foxy/amil)
BREHS!!!!
all of this stuff was going on in the game before biggie, puff & jay.
and foxy wasn't jay's artist. if anything, jay would be foxy's protégé.
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Knicksman20
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What rap artist had their own hip hop clothing line then? Or restaurant?