I think we can all agree that these are the only men who hit KING OF NEW YORK status....

[maxamusa]

That's literally how it went. 50 wasn't running shyt in 02.

How old are you? all those g-unit mixtapes were going BRAZY then.........



then Get rich dropped and it was game over

 

[maxamusa]

im a southern nikka so

but was DMX never in the conversation? Cause as a southern nikka, the only NY nikkas that I heard album cuts blasting from cars were DMX in 98 and 50 in 03

but I do agree with everybody else in the op and I got Jigga second only to Pac all time

X was that guy. His star power was enormous. He was on the silver screen. He literally saved east coast rap.


Total originator. The whole ruff Ryders movement was a force. I literally got into this byke life from it.

They changed the game. Nobody fukking with X.

 

[spliz]

How old are you? all those g-unit mixtapes were going BRAZY then.........



then Get rich dropped and it was game over

No nikka. They was buzzing but 50 wasn't "running" shyt. Cam has a better argument for 02 than 50. Cut the shyt bro. I'm old enough to had met and seen 50 perform before he got shot. I'm old enough to have went to the Hard Knock Life tour.

 

[the cac mamba]

How old are you? all those g-unit mixtapes were going BRAZY then.........



then Get rich dropped and it was game over

yeah, and that's when he became king. GRODT

not in early 2002, off of tony yayo freestyles

 

[Mastamimd]

Nas set the standard bro. Thats why all these nikkas was trying to get next to him

Dog

That's what he does. Don't bother

 

[Mastamimd]

Like I don't know why y'all still engage with that nikka lol

 

[maxamusa]

No nikka. They was buzzing but 50 wasn't "running" shyt. Cam has a better argument for 02 than 50. Cut the shyt bro. I'm old enough to had met and seen 50 perform before he got shot. I'm old enough to have went to the Hard Knock Life tour.

Breh I'm a dipset stan........cam never even came close to 50's level on any metric. and 50 never had any jokes about him or his career like cam did. Cam was looked at like a Lil B or something by a lot of folk back then.

"Woot Woot Wamp Wamp Beep Beep" and all that.


One was worldwide; the other wasn't. you could argue 50 was the king of the world of hip-hop. cam....regional at best.

 

[spliz]

yeah, and that's when he became king. GRODT

not in early 2002, off of tony yayo freestyles

GRODT is when u heard the whole album on the radio. THAT'S when 50 was king.

 

[Cladyclad]

U aren't from New York. Shut up bro. Lol.

I don’t need to be to know Nas was never the guy in new york

 

[maxamusa]

yeah, and that's when he became king. GRODT

not in early 2002, off of tony yayo freestyles

Maybe I got the timeline wrong



I coulda swore all the mixtapes were everywhere and then get rich dropped....


G-unit radio and all that.....

 

[Walt]

Rakim, KRS, and Grand Puba had that title at different points

 

[spliz]

Breh I'm a dipset stan........cam never even came close to 50's level on any metric. and 50 never had any jokes about him or his career like cam did. Cam was looked at like a Lil B or something by a lot of folk back then.

"Woot Woot Wamp Wamp Beep Beep" and all that.


One was worldwide; the other wasn't. you could argue 50 was the king of the world of hip-hop. cam....regional at best.

What are u talking about? We aren't talking about the world. We aren't talking about when 50 blew up. We are talking about 02. And in 02. CAM was a bigger draw than 50. Oh Boy was one of the most successful hip hop songs to hit the radio. He had his beef wit Nas. Welcome to NYC with Jay. He was dropping the mixtapes on the streets. He was the only other artist on Rocafella to go platinum outside of Jay. He had the rumor that he was becoming president of the Roc. All of that was going on. In NYC. Cam was that nikka in 02. I STILL give it to Nas. But outside of Nas. It was CAM before 50. 50 was still on the come up. Cam was already a platinum selling artist that year. Mix that with the mixtapes and he clearly was more poppin than 50 THAT YEAR.

 

[maxamusa]

What are u talking about? We aren't talking about the world. We aren't talking about when 50 blew up. We are talking about 02. And in 02. CAM was a bigger draw than 50. Oh Boy was one of the most successful hip hop songs to hit the radio. He had his beef wit Nas. Welcome to NYC with Jay. He was dropping the mixtapes on the streets. He was the only other artist on Rocafella to go platinum outside of Jay. He had the rumor that he was becoming president of the Roc. All of that was going. On. In NYC. Cam was that nikka in 02. I STILL give it to Nas. But outside of Nas. It was CAM before 50. 50 was still on the come up. Cam was already a platinum selling artist that year. Mix that with the mixtapes and he clearly was more poppin than 50 THAT YEAR.

IDK I probably am more fried than you; I don't remember it like that



I also wasn't super plugged into the dynamics of the industry either......



I remember at the time it was all D-Block, Dipset, and G-unit....nothing else mattered.



I just remember 50 accelerating so MF fast and GRODT taking over. I thought that was all in 02. I was in high school at the time n u clearly older than me so maybe you have a more accurate perception

 

[spliz]

I don’t need to be to know Nas was never the guy in new york

Yes u do. From outside looking in. I can tell u Eminem been the King of Detroit since 2000. I don't know wtf yall do over there. U don't know what we do over here. U not gonna tell somebody from NYC what was going on in NYC.

 

[morris]

Nas set the standard bro. Thats why all these nikkas was trying to get next to him

Whoa whoa. I'm from Queens and props to Nas but they were on the same labelColumbia and L was happy not to have many features (in 94 Jay Z, Cam, Mase, were nobodies yet; Kid Capri was the biggest feature)