Rell84shots
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X ain't even debatable, he most definitely deserves to be on the list.
Jadakiss Responds To LL Cool J Refusing To Put DMX, Jay Z & Nas In His Defjam MT. Rushmore List
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Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
This right here.
How can you question someone who started the damn label? Bro's list is based on the founders who built the label and were symbols of what it was and would become.
People think Roc when they see Jay. They think RR when they see X. And Nas was heavily on Columbia forever before being on Def Jam, over a decade later. Everyone L named is associated only with Def Jam. When you think about Def Jam's heyday, you think LL, Slick Rick, PE and the Beasties.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Jay was very successful. But Def Jam was Def Jam way before he got there.
What LL is saying is that Def Jam was dropping classics 13-14 years before Jay and X even got there. And when you think of golden era Def Jam, he's looking at who made the label take off. Growing up back then as a kid, Def Jam for me, was LL, Slick Rick, EPMD, Redman, Public Enemy and Beastie Boys. That's who we all thought about when speaking on the label. So I get what he's saying.
Yagirlcheatinonus
Icon Poster
Reggie dropped 3 classics in a row. Him and Warren G helped saved Def Jam in the early to mid 90s. Reggie got a better solo catalog than most def jam rappers.
Metal Face
Superstar
Nas on the Columbia Mt. Rushmore not no damn Def Jam
Warren G too.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Also Onyx before all that.
They were platinum during a time when dudes didn't really get that far on Def Jam. Russell said Def Jam was able to get the UMG deal in '94-'95 because of Onyx. That second wave of Def Jam with Redman, Onyx, Warren G, and Method Man kept the lights on there and got them new deals.
3rd/4th generation
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
This man was literally there at the beginning of Def Jam. His list is not surprising at all.
This is effectively saying only pioneers belong. Nobody that comes after the pioneers belong even if they further rap as a whole and pave a way for much more success in rap as a whole.
This is the whole nobody will ever be better than Jordan argument shifted from Basketball to Hip Hop. The people that grew up on Jordan will never admit that players that came after him might be very well more talented.
African Peasant
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Being a billionaire (or marrying Beyonce) is not an argument to be included in DJ Mount RushmoreNas has been the king of hip hop for MULTIPLE generations!!!!!!
He is the only artist in history to do that!!
Jay-Z is Def Jam's moist successful artist is he not? He's also the most successful solo rapper in general. He didn't achieve that when he was on Priority did he?
Nas doesn't belong because Def Jam was a minor part of his career for like 4 albums.