and you as a what 10 year old back when southernplayalistic dropped have a great perspective on southern bias? same thing with this black machine nonsense. you pull a media in their back pocket statement out of your ass with nothing to back it up. if la reid was that good laface must have been able to sign dozens of rappers in the 90's who sold (they didnt). its not like that black machine would have mattered right since black people supposedly didnt fukk with them like that right?
same thing with this revisionist history nonsense that you like to parrot. ive never seen anyone anywhere say kast was the biggest group in hip hop in 94 or 96 or that they sold the most yet that seems to be your main beef. because while stuff like that are okay sidenotes its not as important as the quality of the music. their opening two group album run was as good or better than anyone who debuted 93-99 and their 3 group album run was as good or better than anyone who debuted 93-99. thats nothing to do with history, thats having ears.
i probably forgot more about hip-hop by the time i was 10 than you will ever know. so save the insults for somebody else. just because you was an L7 at that age, dont think youre the norm. hell, i was a more avid follower at 10 than i am now my dam self.
they didnt suffer southern bias like other groups. their style appealed to writers & such, and that machine got them play everywhere. i dont pull nothing out of my ass. the nerds at the source tried to give their middle-road(for that time) album 5 mics until benzino vetoed it. meanwhile albums like doggystyle were merely getting 4s. and they still gave it a 4 1/2. the media(east coast media included) ALWAYS propped up outkast.
yes it is revisionist. if youre not seen as a top-tier group of your era while youre in your prime, THEN HOW THE F*CK do you suddenly pop up in ALL-TIME top 10s and chit of that nature years later. stop acting naive.