Newark88
Superstar
Lets break it down. Dudes like Ja Rule and Jadakiss were contenders. They were in the running, they even challenged for it, but they never had the crown. When Kiss went solo and was leading up to his solo debut, he was a contender. He was definitely the people’s champion. We Gonna Make It was the song that summer. But Kiss The Game Goodbye missed the mark. Even before all that, Kiss was the feature on the original versions to Kells Fiesta and Mya’s Best of Me. What Jay do? Hopped on the remixes and made us forget about the originals. Later on, Jay wisely put Beans and State Prop on him to keep him where he was at.
Ja and Murder Inc was killing it, no doubt! They had the hits and radio. And honestly, if it wasn’t for Nas waking up out of his sleep, Ja would’ve been Jay’s top contender for that spot. No question. But as big as Murda Inc was in 01 and 02, all the 13-18 year old kids at the time wanted to be Roc-A-Fella. They wanted to be like Jay. Even at the time, nikkas in my age bracket was dikk riding Jay’s mannerisms, all the way down to how he wore his baseball caps. Jay’s character was the prototype that the kids wanted to emulate out here in 1999-2003/04. I know this because I have younger cousins and nephews that are 35, 36, 37, 38. Yea they fukked with Ja. But when it came to freestyles on mixtapes or Hot 97. When they would get into arguments about who was the best rapper, it was always between Jay and Nas. And Kiss name would be brought up in the convo before Ja’s name would even be mentioned. AND sometimes before Nas (Nas fans don’t get mad
Plus, when 50 and G-Unit came along, the rest was history.
Ja and Murder Inc was killing it, no doubt! They had the hits and radio. And honestly, if it wasn’t for Nas waking up out of his sleep, Ja would’ve been Jay’s top contender for that spot. No question. But as big as Murda Inc was in 01 and 02, all the 13-18 year old kids at the time wanted to be Roc-A-Fella. They wanted to be like Jay. Even at the time, nikkas in my age bracket was dikk riding Jay’s mannerisms, all the way down to how he wore his baseball caps. Jay’s character was the prototype that the kids wanted to emulate out here in 1999-2003/04. I know this because I have younger cousins and nephews that are 35, 36, 37, 38. Yea they fukked with Ja. But when it came to freestyles on mixtapes or Hot 97. When they would get into arguments about who was the best rapper, it was always between Jay and Nas. And Kiss name would be brought up in the convo before Ja’s name would even be mentioned. AND sometimes before Nas (Nas fans don’t get mad
Plus, when 50 and G-Unit came along, the rest was history.
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