
I still don’t think a lot of people get what P was doing. He didn’t give a damn about being the best artist or his artist making no classics. It is a big hustle for him. He literally built his brand and fan base from the dirt. He then realized damn near anything he dropped would sell, then he capitalized. While nikkas was paying for big name features and million dollar hype Williams videos P was letting everybody release albums and make money. While TLC & Toni Braxton we’re selling millions and going broke, fukking Mr. Serv On Was getting paid. While nikkas who was hot couldn’t even put an album out, P would let a complete stranger drop an album. I saw Peedi Crack talking bout how the roc artist used to buy all kinda shyt out of their budget and then this dude didn’t even put shyt out. J-hood said his album was finished and didn’t come out. Rocafella & RR should have been able to drop any album they wanted to cuz they were supposed to be at the top of the game. Everybody ain’t gonna be Jay or DMX. P understood that shyt and let everybody eat. Look at all the nikkas cash money signed that never came out.
No Limit and then Cash Money later was showing nikkas how to get real money. They had some of the best deals ever in rap. At the end of the day that’s what it’s about. U think a fine dining restaurant can laugh at McDonals? Yeah I have the best cut of meat and sell a $40 hamburger, but you sell a million cheeseburgers with less cost. Ha ha

this the receipts I respect, tired of all that NL bit from cash money bullshyt!
How NL gonna have the city on lock when they werent even in the cityNL had the city on lock. CMR at first were rejected by their city. No big thing tho...often as a artist you have to blow up outside your home town forst.
And yeah P is a major biter lol.

How NL gonna have the city on lock when they werent even in the city
When was CMR rejected by the city? UNLV, Pimp Daddy, Lil Slim had the city on smash when P was trying to sound like The Luniz
CMR was the number 1 rap label in NO followed by Big Boy
Both of y'all made COMPLETELY valid points from quantitative perspective, they were good capitalists, but for a qualitative analysis in terms of the music there's no debate they lowered the bar, and to a degree led us to where we are now. It is what it is
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Both Cash Money and No Limit had more good artist than bad. Their rosters were solid. Especially Cash Money.
KLC/ Beats by the pound were above average producers
You saying Mannie is a low tier producer?


we'll do that but we'll remove the good artists from the equation, add in using popularity via social media/the internet you get present day Atlantic Records.
, I can still find good piff but I just gotta dig deeper1996-2000
Nikkas was listenin to Pac, Biggie, Nas, DMX, Jay Z, Wu Tang, Eightball MJG, Dre, Snoop, OutKast, Scarface, UGK etc
Cash Money and No Limit was the beginning of the end for the artistic aspect of hip hop
They were lyrically trash and laughed at
at the time