Silkk The Shocker On No Limit Records, Working With JAY Z, Cash Money & More | Drink Champs

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

Never a fan of his personally.

Sold a lot of records but let’s be honest that no limit push was strong as hell for a few years where it was impossible to be apart of the label have P push your sh1t hard like he did with Silk and not do huge numbers

Weed carriers on the label making music would go gold just off the strength of the no limit brand

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Funny thing about Silkk is that, narrative wise, he was SUPPOSED to be the star…like P as the hustler that started the label but wasn’t really a rapper like that (and planned on “retiring”’as an artist)…C-Murder was the brother that couldn’t leave the streets alone and was always fukking up…and Silkk was kinda the one they could market, had placements on rnb records and all that…and in a perfect world he would’ve carried No Limit on his back like Wayne need Cash Money and emerge as a superstar…I see what P was thinking, Silkk just didn’t have the talent or the charisma

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Silkk had some dope ass songs but I mostly liked them for the features and production. Didn't really listen too much after Charge it 2 da Game

His other albums after that were ass lol. Charge It 2 Da Game and his debut were his apex. He wasn’t a very good rapper, but he stood out a lot and had dope beats initially. The fact that he’s still talked about today should tell people something.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Silkkk was the down south Mase in them years

It was because of that song with Destiny's Child I eventually found my way to the great SOS Band so im thankful

 

[Pimp]

Funny thing about Silkk is that, narrative wise, he was SUPPOSED to be the star…like P as the hustler that started the label but wasn’t really a rapper like that (and planned on “retiring”’as an artist)…C-Murder was the brother that couldn’t leave the streets alone and was always fukking up…and Silkk was kinda the one they could market, had placements on rnb records and all that…and in a perfect world he would’ve carried No Limit on his back like Wayne need Cash Money and emerge as a superstar…I see what P was thinking, Silkk just didn’t have the talent or the charisma

He had the talent but everyone close said he was on some gangsta shyt in real life. I think he got rich and didn't give a fukk no more. Damn near everyone said NL died when P went to play in the NBA. They said P madr 56m in 98 alone. He made more than Jordan NBA salary +shoe sales but this nikka wanted to be a bench player in the NBA just cause it was a dream. The people said it didn't make sense to play for pennies when he was making all that money. He could have been the first hip hop billionaire but he wanted to play ball.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Silkk would've never been signed by any record label in the world not ran by his brother

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

No Limits entire premise, subject matter and 99% of the beat collection was copied + 99% of the label could not rap. This guy was the main culprit. Hence this hot mess of an answer below..

I will add, the entire catalogue has aged worse than anything in music history

"I never was rapping off beat. People was just listening wrong."




Guess I was just listening wrong then.


I wouldn't say that 99% of the label couldn't rap. No Limit had 2 or 3 cats or so I could respect on the mic, and maybe 1 or 2 others that were OK. But I agree with the premise here. The overwhelming majority of the shyt that label put out was pure basura, and considering the era it came out in, pre-mp3 and easy access to any music out there, I heard a substantial amount of NL music for an East Coast dude in the mid-90s.

Master P has a strong case for being the #1 biter in hip-hop history.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Mac
Mystikal
Fiend
C-Murder
Soulja Slim
Mia X
Magic
Big Ed
Young Bleed

That's more that's more than 2-3 respectable artists. The only actual garbage on that label was most of 99 and on, and by then, No Limit was finished and fans moved on to supporting Cash Money. .

 

[Jahbarri]

Silk did 250k first week twice in that 98-2000 era

nikka was doin 2021 lil Uzi numbers

But it was much harder to access music back then majority artist now if they were in other eras would’ve been selling waaay more

 

[jilla82]

whats the deal with acting like Silk the Shocker made good music!?

I listened to a lot of his shyt growing up...I still listen to some tracks because they remind me of those days

But I can admit the music was bad...and dude aint no rapper

 

[Methodical]

Mac
Mystikal
Fiend
C-Murder
Soulja Slim
Mia X
Magic
Big Ed
Young Bleed

That's more that's more than 2-3 respectable artists. The only actual garbage on that label was most of 99 and on, and by then, No Limit was finished and fans moved on to supporting Cash Money. .

Big Ed?.....What about Kane& Able?

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Big Ed?.....What about Kane& Able?

I didn’t listen to them much. They were kinda average but I did like a good amount of My Brother’s Keeper

 

[Pimp]

"I never was rapping off beat. People was just listening wrong."




Guess I was just listening wrong then.


I wouldn't say that 99% of the label couldn't rap. No Limit had 2 or 3 cats or so I could respect on the mic, and maybe 1 or 2 others that were OK. But I agree with the premise here. The overwhelming majority of the shyt that label put out was pure basura, and considering the era it came out in, pre-mp3 and easy access to any music out there, I heard a substantial amount of NL music for an East Coast dude in the mid-90s.

Master P has a strong case for being the #1 biter in hip-hop history.

Silkk wasn't rapping off beat it was his style to rhyme fast then slow down like E-40


No Limit had better rappers than they get credit for. Would go toe to toe with any label and win.

 

[Methodical]

I didn’t listen to them much. They were kinda average but I did like a good amount of My Brother’s Keeper

Their first album the 7 Sins is kinda dope.

 

[DaveyDave]

I never knew what DMX sold the 1st week I swear nobody gave a fukk about that shyt

I swear no one cared about first week numbers and all that shyt back then, maybe unless you were the actual artist. I never had arguments with the homies about who sold more let alone who sold more first week like it matters.