False. Wayne version was left in 2006I fukk with jigga but years prior and during mixtapes dictated everything.
Lil Wayne's remix of show me what you got was 1,000,000 bigger than jigga's version
I think by like 03/04 maybe I wanna say nobody was buying rap albums from stores anymore....at least up here
This is Jay Z's super power
What does Lil Wayne gotta do with a KONY discussion in 2006?I fukk with jigga but years prior and during mixtapes dictated everything.
Lil Wayne's remix of show me what you got was 1,000,000 bigger than jigga's version
I think by like 03/04 maybe I wanna say nobody was buying rap albums from stores anymore....at least up here
In 1998 jay z
The Esco era didn't hurt Nas' stature - I Am and Nastradamus being weed plates did that.
) really need to sit these convos out lmao.
Ok if the blow back from IWW didnt hurt Nas. Why was there questions who was gonna be the guy since Big died?The Esco era didn't hurt Nas' stature - I Am and Nastradamus being weed plates did that.
The only people It Was Written hurt Nas with were the same people that were already hating on Biggie in real time anyway. Their opinions didn't have any standing on who the overall streets/culture was feeling. While a fringe of fans were calling Nas a sellout, the greater audience was feeling him the same way they did Biggie, hence why you have the (misguided but whatever) IWW>Illmatic stance that's emerged in the last 20 years and the 00/10s generations of rappers who talk about how It Was Written was their introduction to Nas and the album that inspired them.
Biggie's death made it okay for rap nerds to like him again...created that cognitive dissonance that you also see with Pac, where people will complain about gangsta rap, misogyny, and extravagant wealth bars but act like it's okay when it comes from those two
Biggie's death and the way Puff and Bad Boy instantly capitalized on that made it hard for Nas or anybody to have a case.
All Puff had to do was crash that motorcycle with his clumsy ass to capture New York's heart
Once again biggie died. The question was who gonna be the guyBiggie's death and the way Puff and Bad Boy instantly capitalized on that made it hard for Nas or anybody to have a case.
As much as we talk about whether Puff or Mase was KONY in 97...the real answer is Biggie posthumously. Bad Boy rode the wave to crazy heights
Same way the west coast fell off after Pac died despite Snoop being arguably just as big if not bigger. You can't beat the type of publicity, love,a dn sympathy that comes from a big figure dying. It took a while for people to come off that.
Because again, Mase and Puff rode the wave of Biggie's death immediately. Biggie dies and immediately Mase blows up with Harlem world off the strength of No Way Out and Biggie's ghost. With his success in 97 that made it a legitimate toss-up especially with Jay on the rise as well. Nas was inactive in 97 untl the Firm album, which he barely did much on anyway. Use your common sense, pay attention to timelines.
Cause of the Bad Boy machine stupid. Biggie died and by extension all eyes was on what Bad Boy was doin. Mase helped Puff carry that label that year. All the features and new Bad Boy artists was getting more shine. Biggies death helped sell the dream. Alotta nikkas in the streets felt NY was too glossy in 97. Which is why DMX and later Jay Z became big factors in the first place.
