How was it when The College Dropout came out?

[dizzy4111]

I miss that feeling I'll say that

 

[TheDarceKnight]

He aint lying though. Kanye would drop a verse that would make you go then verse on the next song was straight


But @Justus League saving seemingly everyone from tossing hiphop in the bushes in 2003

Those Just Us bootlegs still have a spot on my ipod

Fam, I got blamed for the Justus League Bootlegs.

To this day, everyone in the League tends to think I compiled those and put them together. I shared one with an undercover League member on Soulseek and that led them to think I was the actual one putting those things together. They actually hired me because they thought keeping me close would keep stuff from leaking out, and it wasn't me to begin with. I

To this day, I'd still love to know who the real bootlegger was. I have no idea but I think it was someone inside the League. But yeah, Legacy (who's still my big bro) even name dropped me in a song in 2008 about me being the guy. Song should start at 1:24.

 

[Monoblock]

Kanye was never a real member of the ROC.
he was like A-Rod on the Yankees...nikkas wasnt bumpin no Kanye in 2003-2004 on the streets of New York or Philly... that was all Dipset/G-Unit/State Property

i know its cute to revise history, but stop it.

 

[Monoblock]

Fam, I got blamed for the Justus League Bootlegs.

To this day, everyone in the League tends to think I compiled those and put them together. I shared one with an undercover League member on Soulseek and that led them to think I was the actual one putting those things together. They actually hired me because they thought keeping me close would keep stuff from leaking out, and it wasn't me to begin with. I

To this day, I'd still love to know who the real bootlegger was. I have no idea but I think it was someone inside the League. But yeah, Legacy (who's still my big bro) even name dropped me in a song in 2008 about me being the guy. Song should start at 1:24.

Yea man I remember that was going around they thought it was you bootlegging their shyt but I knew better. Those Justus League bootlegs would drop every month or so with remixes and instrumentals that still haven't officially been released. Like @Zero said I still have a USB stick in my car with all of those Justus League mixtapes and releases. I think my OG Ipod (60 GB) still works and has those shyts on it too.

 

[Waterproof]

I forgot the name of the site but I remember buying my Little Brother and that crews cds from there because you couldn’t find them in stores in my area. Good times.. good times.

It has to be Ughh because they was the one that sold underground and hard to find underground hip hop CDs

 

[x-factor7]

This was one of my most anticipated albums of all time. Like others said, the advance was out and I had that on constant replay. Then just knowing who Kanye was, the guy that did beats for Jay, Scarface, Kweli, and he can decently rap and make good songs. Back then I was into Rawkus and underground music, so seeing Kanye put Mos Def and Kweli on his album was a welcome sight as well. He toed the line perfectly between commercial and underground music back then, and subsequently blew up.

 

[flea]

Came out when I was in 10th grade and we’d all go to my boy’s house and listen to it while having madden tournaments on the ps2. I personally thought the album was ALRIGHT. I was more into D-Block and Dipset and my boys was Rocafella stans so it was an instant classic to them.

 

[JustCKing]

And College Dropout and the build up and roll out was far more organic than what we get from Kanye now. Starting with Yeezus, Kanye has had these over the top, grandiose album rollout where before, the music and the videos did the talking.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

The same demographic that tried to downplay early Kanye, were the same ones begging for a Kanye beat.

facts

 

[Polofresh4]

Kanye was big..like a real big deal

"The Bounce" on BP2 was my first time hearing him. He was on the ROC, and we gave ROC artists a longer rope since most were local.

Didn't really care for him but got the Akademics mixtape because in Jersey/Philly, Akademics was big at the time (hence, DJ Akademics), which I thought was just ok....except for 1 snippet.

I would play that Jesus Walks snippet for anyone who would listen, and I'm not even religious lol It was just amazing bit of 2 minutes. He was something different and was good at it.

Then Through the Wire came out and he had the most buzz on the ROC at that time. I think the buzz was propelled even higher because the ROC was mid breakup, Beans was in jail, Dip Set wasn't as hot in 2004 as they were in 02/03 (Purple Haze kept getting pushed back), Jay just retired, so all eyes were on him.

His story was the perfect underdog story and THEN the album was a classic.

 

[Wild self]

You couldn't set foot in any building on any college campus in the country without hearing it.

That demographic went CRAZY over this album.

especially HBCUs. That was damn near a revolution on black college campuses. That was when everyone started question that superthug shyt and said that it expanded young black kids into being more than bytches and "real nikkas"

 

[Wild self]

We was fukkin tired of G-Unit when College Dropout dropped, We was tired of The Shady Aftermath vs Murder Inc, was tired of the Snap Music, Ringtone Music, was tired of Ying Yang Twins, Tired of Crunk Music, was tired of all that shyt

G-Unit was like the polar opposite of LOX and Dipset. They made east coast street rap into a parody and reimagined every stereotype of early 00s street music (bland production, uninspired videos, trigger fingers, fake gang signs). Early Kanye was desperately needed to help the vision of the black youth and made black kids actually smile again.

 

[FeverPitch2]

It’s the weird sexuality part of the post. Idk tf he talkin about. Y’all talking about Rick Ross producers?

Take it how you wanna take it.

 

[Wacky D]

The same demographic that tried to downplay early Kanye, were the same ones begging for a Kanye beat.

Not really.

Just blaze beats were more popular.

 

[Wacky D]

G-Unit was like the polar opposite of LOX and Dipset. They made east coast street rap into a parody and reimagined every stereotype of early 00s street music (bland production, uninspired videos, trigger fingers, fake gang signs).

THIS

G-unit was corny to me.