In real time Volume 2 and Then There Was X basically did the same (Then There was X went 5x Platinum within 14 months. Volume 2 went 5X Platinum in 20 months)
Volume 2 didn't go 6X platinum until last year.
Meccapolis ranks “Kings Of New York” from 1985 to 2024
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Volume 2 didn't go 6X platinum until last year.
Well for 1, You don’t need “club” songs to blow up or else Eminem would be irrelevant
“Kings of New York”
, that shhit always sounded so corny, lol. Just say “NY Rappers who had the most buzz/hits/love in NY” for this year and that year or whatever, lol. All of these nigs were jesters if you wanna be royal about it, lol, they entertain us and the actual Kings. Whatever tho, I’m admittedly being a dikk head, have fun, 🫡
, that shhit always sounded so corny, lol. Just say “NY Rappers who had the most buzz/hits/love in NY” for this year and that year or whatever, lol. All of these nigs were jesters if you wanna be royal about it, lol, they entertain us and the actual Kings. Whatever tho, I’m admittedly being a dikk head, have fun, 🫡
Great points. Jay had to earn that spot, he wasn’t just blessed out the gate outright with 5 mics from The Source.
True underdog story, and kind of highlights why Nas was #3 on @Don Jesus list. He never had an era of pure dominance as NY’s undisputed king like a Jay, Ra or even Big
Yes.. It Was Written was the biggest NY album of 1996.. sales wise, street shyt, biggest single etc
We need to stop revising history, Biggie didn’t dominate from 1994-1997 with no clear cut competition.. Rae, Meth, Prodigy was in the mix as well.
Biggie needs to thank Puffy for working those remixes hard, cuz Ready to Die, contrary to popular belief wasn’t a huge smash right away.
So if you have the highest selling album of the year in NYC you are the king of NY that year?
I just wanna get this right, because then I’m trying to see how Nas was number 1 in 94.
Devil Plisken…CMS
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Can’t understate the importance of Big being able to work via Kim, Cease & JM in between albums.
Nas was a solo show with close collaborators but he wasn’t the impresario Big/Bad Boy/Undeas was
To make matters worse the beef with the hottest rapper in the world at the moment was seen as a 1v1 in the public
Nas made it to the party but that doesn’t change BIG was top dog
Nas was a solo show with close collaborators but he wasn’t the impresario Big/Bad Boy/Undeas was
To make matters worse the beef with the hottest rapper in the world at the moment was seen as a 1v1 in the public
Nas made it to the party but that doesn’t change BIG was top dog
Yeah, them remixes were crucial. The Original One More Chance is skippable as fuhk
Plankton
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Well for 1, You don’t need “club” songs to blow up or else Eminem would be irrelevant
No. Em is a bad example
You went with the one white anomaly because you know you can't do that with any other Black rappers. The white audience that buys records give it to Em by default till this very day. Every Black rapper who blew up in mainstream did it with uptempo songs. That's why Party Up was Xs most successful song not his street shyt. Same with Jay Z. The same white audience that bought X's albums that went multi platinum in 1998 did not buy his last record and had him go platinum like they did Ems last few records because Em is the white exception to the rule. That's why you yourself can't name 1 Black rapper who blew up in mainstream without something that bumped in the club's. Not 1. Sounds like you are unfamiliar with this pattern because you are constantly challenging old news that I'm just repeating.
Devil Plisken…CMS
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No. Em is a bad example
You went with the one white anomaly because you know you can't do that with any other Black rappers. The white audience that buys records give it to Em by default till this very day. Every Black rapper who blew up in mainstream did it with uptempo songs. That's why Party Up was Xs most successful song not his street shyt. Same with Jay Z. The same white audience that bought X's albums that went multi platinum in 1998 did not buy his last record and had him go platinum like they did Ems last few records because Em is the white exception to the rule. That's why you yourself can't name 1 Black rapper who blew up in mainstream without something that bumped in the club's. Not 1. Sounds like you are unfamiliar with this pattern because you are constantly challenging old news that I'm just repeating.
Somebody who actually lived it
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Pass me the rock nikka
Yeah there wasn’t a king every year
In fact there’s probably only been a few “kings” All-Time like 50, Big, Run DMC as a group
Idk why this is such a thing in NY rap discourse
Lloyd Banks was king in 2004 and 2010
