Nelly says his Era of rap was the toughest : “When I put out songs, I Had To go Against DMX, JAY-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Luda."
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50 had started repeating himself at that point. Then you get to track 3 or 4 and Akon's voice comes up. I forget dude existed sometimesYou know, I'm listening to Curtis for the first time in over 15 years and I must admit this shyt kinda assI was a G-Unit/Fiddy stan but I can't lie this shyt ain't vibing with my soul at ALL... Even the track with Mary, she the best part of the damn song smh. I concede lol fukk it you right.
I don't feel like a 5 year run is that shortForgot about Grillz, I ain't goin lie that shyt made me want one lol. But still come on b nikkas can make a one off smash hit after not being relevant anymore. What hit Tyga made before or after "Taste"? He had a run too, fell the fukk off, popped back up wit Taste and faded away again
3 year run, 2 hit albums. Y'all disingenuous af counting that sweatshirt bullshyt. In comparison to Fetty yeah I'll take a 3 year run over a 12 month run all day, but it's still little when mentioning the greats. nikkas say 50's musical run was short but tryna tell me Nelly's wasn't, tf are we doing right now
Even if the albums released in a 3 year span they were jamming the hits for atleast 5. It wasn't like he immediately disappeared off the map. I remember he had hits off the bad boys 2 soundtrack and that was after the albums released IIRC.
3 years is like...DaBaby status
nikka u buggin
that mid 90’s era was the pinnacle of hip-hop by a galaxy
that mid 90’s era was the pinnacle of hip-hop by a galaxy
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Patrick Kane
Superstar
You right
You basically HAD to crossover to make it big and sell records.
It’s a bunch of rappers now that never crossed over but still made millions, sold a ton of records and built individual fan bases that keeps them going. It was much harder to do that in Nelly era. That’s why you had more one hit wonders back in those days
You know, I'm listening to Curtis for the first time in over 15 years and I must admit this shyt kinda ass
"Touch the Sky" is fire
Have you like "E.I. E.I. oh oh" after the .44 blow
breh
Yes they could.
NZA
LOL
he's right. it's not my favorite era of music, but that was the most difficult to be a star in. you had to have a unique style and you had to sell millions of records to be on his level. there is a lower professional bar before and after that era.
Patrick Kane
Superstar
I think we can look back and call that the Superstar era of rap when it peaked at the mainstream level. We’ve never seen that many rap stars making hit records and selling millions since.
BK The Great
Veteran
Nelly's era was more widely mainstream, 90's had a bunch of heavy hitters too.
zayk35
Superstar
Can't hate he's right. And he came in hot, it didn't last long but he did his thing. He had some massive songs that immediately crossed over. Man went diamond first time out none of those other rappers even came close. I remember when Jay said that line about him, pimp juice, and Em, but Jay wasn't moving units like that. Sales wise he was competing against Luda and Ja