Meccapolis ranks “Kings Of New York” from 1985 to 2024

[ExodusNirvana]

Calling French Montana the KONY is nasty work

Calling Ja KONY is jokes

How could he be KONY when Jay-Z was alive and well??

 

[Crumple]

Actually it was named the hard knock life tour because Jay and Dame were planning to go on tour without Def Jam and Def Jam didn't want that so they piggybacked on it. DMX was bigger than Jay and had better momentum at the time and still ended up opening for Jay because it was Jay's tour.

And @BmoreGorilla

DMX was an emcee from struggle and major pain.

He worked hard and achieved success and "luck" young.

However with those major blessings - things he prayed for he did not stay disciplined with.

Unfortunately crack cocaine and cocaine was too powerful.

He couldn't manage it.

Long term he did not manage himself well.

But God gave him insane blessings.

He was struggling drug addict.

He was great but the lesson was refreshed.

One I learned as a kid in the 80s.

Never touch heroin or crack or cocaine.

I knew kids born in the late 80s that did not take that message.

I saw the message of why racism and drug use is evil - get lost in the 90s to those kids.

Sometimes I think millionaires want to see the poor fight and do hard drugs.

And the poor is where the heart and conscience is more developed.

We must show the kids good lessons.

The say no to drugs education from the early 80s stopped.

 

[maxamusa]

06 was Jim Jones year tbh. We Fly High and those Byrdgang tapes were going crazy, plus it seemed like he was on every big remix.

Breh I have no idea how jones didn't make the cut. They were hotter then phish grease and tearing up shows and clubs nonstop. He gave the dips a second wind and ushered in MOB.....he really impacted NYC culture in a lot of other ways 2.

They rolled DEEP


Has there anybody in NYC who rolled like jones was since?

 

[maxamusa]

In a mainstream hip hop nationwide sense maybe not.

Locally French was hotter than Rocky they represented different demographic

Those A$AP kids were heavy downtown tho lets be fair

 

[maxamusa]

NYC officially died once they shut down La Marina

thats a bar right there.

 

[maxamusa]

Na Bobby is right for that year. They didn't get locked until December. Dont forget Computers which still go crazy today. Even tho its Rowdy song, its Bobby verse that does it.

tom cruise tom cruise tom cruise

 

[maxamusa]

Forgot about that run. I could see Rocky getting 2013 easily. Hov will probably get 2012 off Watch The Throne.

Breh what was Hot 48 in 2012?

grandpa must have been the king of Tribeca

 

[28 Gramz]

Breh what was Hot 48 in 2012?

grandpa must have been the king of Tribeca

That was the biggest album out of NY easily. Plus nikkas In Paris was the anthem of that year. You could credit that to Ye but Hov gets his due for that project as well.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

And @BmoreGorilla

DMX was an emcee from struggle and major pain.

He worked hard and achieved success and "luck" young.

However with those major blessings - things he prayed for he did not stay disciplined with.

Unfortunately crack cocaine and cocaine was too powerful.

He couldn't manage it.

Long term he did not manage himself well.

But God gave him insane blessings.

He was struggling drug addict.

He was great but the lesson was refreshed.

One I learned as a kid in the 80s.

Never touch heroin or crack or cocaine.

I knew kids born in the late 80s that did not take that message.

I saw the message of why racism and drug use is evil - get lost in the 90s to those kids.

Sometimes I think millionaires want to see the poor fight and do hard drugs.

And the poor is where the heart and conscience is more developed.

We must show the kids good lessons.

The say no to drugs education from the early 80s stopped.

Yea all this is well documented. What does this have to do with the thread tho?

 

[ISO]

And for the purposes of this conversation, what particular social group would you say defines NYC hip-hop culture?

Largely young people from the hoods of NYC.

 

[Crumple]

Yea all this is well documented. What does this have to do with the thread tho?

It's because you mentioned DMX and I added my thoughts to it.

 

[head shots101]

“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, 🫡

Tight

 

[Crumple]

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.

This is what I scratch my head on.

I was like 15 when PAC and Big died.

I don't remember them huge successes as in they sold millions of records while alive.

Tupac died with no property and not much cash on hand.

I'm pretty certain they sold more after death.

My question to you is - did 2Pac and Big factually sell millions of records While still living?

 

[Stick Up Kid]

This is what I scratch my head on.

I was like 15 when PAC and Big died.

I don't remember them huge successes as in they sold millions of records while alive.

Tupac died with no property and not much cash on hand.

I'm pretty certain they sold more after death.

My question to you is - did 2Pac and Big factually sell millions of records While still living?

All Eyez On Me sold 5M while he was alive,
Me Against The World was #1 album in the country.

Biggie went platinum after he died...but Biggie was a superstar while alive
Nas was the first NY rapper to have a platinum album.

 

[Ziggiy]

All Eyez On Me sold 5M while he was alive,
Me Against The World was #1 album in the country.

Biggie went platinum after he died...but Biggie was a superstar while alive
Nas was the first NY rapper to have a platinum album.

First solo NY rapper.

The Beastie Boys were the first NY rap group to go platinum in 87.