lol.
youre proving my point and you dont even realize it.
but yet they still did big pimpin..........and they were still stuck at square one.
they did sizzzurrpp and no limit songs.........and they were still stuck at square one.
what more do you want? they just didnt have IT on a national scale.
How exactly am I proving your point? The fact that you're comparing a crew who dropped 9 albums in the 90's to a label that dropped like 30-40 albums in a span of two years says a lot. You're essentially comparing OutKast's first three albums, Goodie's first three albums, Cool Breeze's album, Society of Soul's album, and Witchdoctor's album to nearly an entire roster at No Limit. Similarly, you're comparing CMR dropping 7 albums within a year to Dungeon Family droppin' 9 albums within 5 years. Then when you're looking at the impact of these albums, you're talking Kast's first three albums and Goodie Mob's first two. Only a handful of albums from CMR and No Limit made that type of impact out of everything they dropped (
Ghetto D,
Ice Cream Man,
400 Degreez,
Chopper City In The Ghetto, and
Guerilla Warfare).
OutKast (Dungeon Family) wasn't void of criticism. OutKast was a progressive group. Each album reached for a different sound.
Southernplayalistic is their most traditional album. From there, they moved toward a more Funk driven, soulful sound that relied more on live instrumentation. Their direction brought them more acclaim, but alienated (no pun) some of the people that liked the first album. OutKast wasn't some backpack group. They caught criticism because you couldn't really put them into a box. You look silly saying they were backpackers when they had songs like "Player's Ball", "Hootie Hoo", "Two Dope Boyz", "Return of The 'G'", "West Savannah", "Benz or Beamer" and several others. They weren't gangsta rappers either.
And again, "Big Pimpin" was one song, which is why the label wanted a part two complete with a Jay verse, and a Hype Wiliams video. UGK could've been bigger. This is a group who went gold without radio or video play. They don't have many videos period. "Sippin' On Syrup" wasn't going to cross them over either because it was still essentially a Southern anthem not far removed from what they were already doing. Instead of capitalizing on the buzz from "Big Pimpin", they spent years fighting their label on what exactly: trying to cross them over. UGK was having it.