An album that became great because Jay kept paying media to push that narrative.
When it came out it was just a good album
Was def another face on the crowd, but fortunately from an era where something could be a slow burn
An album that became great because Jay kept paying media to push that narrative.
When it came out it was just a good album
Jay is the first Brooklyn rapper I and most of us Brooklyn heads at the time encountered at that time who rapped like he was from Uptown.
Lol he not even top 5 in his own extended hood but I fw Mega Montana, hes a great niche artist in the vein of "... what you know bout Cormega? "
But literally Nas, Tragedy, Havoc, NORE (Lefrak), Prodigy (Hempstead) Nature >>> Mega
Lets not even get into Queens as a whole with 50, Banks, LL etc
Lol he not even top 5 in his own extended hood but I fw Mega Montana, hes a great niche artist in the vein of "... what you know bout Cormega? "
But literally Nas, Tragedy, Havoc, NORE (Lefrak), Prodigy (Hempstead) Nature >>> Mega
Lets not even get into Queens as a whole with 50, Banks, LL etc
There's a flossy big time drug dealer steez that Harlem dudes used to emit. The biggest dealers were uptown. Brooklyn dudes were grimy and not on that. Jay came off like he was from Uptown. If he never said he was from Brooklyn you'd think he was from Harlem.What you mean by this
Jay is the first Brooklyn rapper I and most of us Brooklyn heads at the time encountered at that time who rapped like he was from Uptown.
his entire steez was uptown. He mentioned it on Just a Week ago.People forget Jigga was a more older and more mature that the best young ones at the time
By age, Jigga was of Special Ed generation
Prodigy was there. Nas didnt stand out from all the heat coming out in 96.The summer of 96 belonged to Nas. There were people who thought Jay was dope because of can't knock the hustle but there was no crazy demand for reasonable doubt. That was the album your homeboy told the crew he bought and loved trying to convince you guys to check it out and you finally did and realized that it was kind of dope.
That's why on where I'm from when he said people argue about who's the best MC Biggie,him, or Nas everyone had the because he wasn't even in 3rd place
Nature >>> Mega
Prodigy was there. Nas didnt stand out from all the heat coming out in 96.
He must be lying because I've been reading for years on SOHH and The Coli that no one cared about Reasonable Doubt when it dropped. Sure, these were likely posters from Iowa and were possibly five years old at the time, but I’ll believe them instead of Cormega.
No one cared about camel in 96An album that became great because Jay kept paying media to push that narrative.
When it came out it was just a good album