This nikka Mase wasn’t studying shyt. He just listed his favorite rappers at the time. nikka
said he got his waves from Nas
said he got his waves from Nas

Honest question. Wasnt No Way Out a Ma$e project anyways?
Didn’t he co-write on life after death? Swear I’ve read/heard that.
Maaan, Ma$e only wrote on "Mo Money Mo Problems" cause it was his song until BIG floated on it. He had nothing else to do with LAD.
I was never a Ma$e fan but can't deny his impact when he first came out.
He definitely was. You likely aren’t old enough to have experienced it in real time but for those of us who did, Mase (Puffy & Mase in combination really, to be fair) was a true phenomenon. Drake obviously sustained a longer run and became way more famous than Mase ever did, but Mase referenced his start being hotter than even Drake’s start, and it was.Mase was never hotter than Drake
Drake changed the rap game before he officially got in the game.
It did change the game but Ma$e still had a hotter start to his career than DrakeSo Far Gone the MIXTAPE changed the game
What if you're the only rapper alive on the label? What if the other rapper ain't a rapper at all...The third biggest rapper on his label cannot be the “hottest rapper of the year”
Biggie was the hottest rapper of 1997.
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No Way Out (Puff Daddy album) - Wikipedia
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Life After Death - Wikipedia
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Harlem World - Wikipedia
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So again… if you have the third biggest album on your own label that year, you cannot be the hottest rapper
What was the biggest rap album on bad boy in 1997? Was it a mase album or nah?What if you're the only rapper alive on the label? What if the other rapper ain't a rapper at all...
But I see you purposely missing the point