That "If it Don't Make $$$" wasn't pushed breh, pushed where?? Oh the radio blew that song up around the country, Let me go and see where it peaked at on the charts.
Serv On didn't have Big Pun on Life Insurance, his video may have came on "My best friend" rap city 3-4 times.
What promo did Lil' Italy get?
What video did ED have for that Assassin album? (seriously I don't know)
Mystikal was hot up North?? is what you're saying and I just described how Apollo viewed dude when he 1st went up there and performed those songs
C Murder (Life or Death was the most anticipated albums coming from that label in 98) and he wasn't big?
Mia X (the only lady at the time on the Tank) wasn't bigger or just as big as Mystikal in 97??
My bad Shell SHocked peaked at #4 on the billboards and sold over 400k copies in the US. It wasn't an impact album
She wasn't an A List female rap artist at their height because she wasn't promoted like all the other Lil Kims and Foxy Brown, you are only saying what I"m saying, P did low ass promo for his artists. In 97-98, those were the only top female artist that were hotter and shoved down our throats were those two?
Who else were hotter than Mia X in 97-98?
"If It Don't Make $$$" is what the label pushed. They made a video for it. Regardless of how unsuccessful it was, it is the song chosen to release.
Lil' Italy's promo was having No Limit push his album vs. him releasing it on K-Lou Records. Lil' Italy never was an official No Limit artist. He only appeared on one No Limit album (Mercedes album) and his own album came out like 2 months later. Most of his album was produced by K-Lou. Aside from P, Ghetto Commission, Snoop, Silkk, Mystikal and Fiend, there's no other No Limit features. He never appeared on another No Limit album.
C-Murder wasn't huge. Neither was Mia X. All of this is due to No Limit's marketing. A lot of them got looks just by being affiliated with the label/brand. Mia X was not bigger than Mystikal in '97. He'd already established a fan base with Mind of Mystikal, specifically "Here I Go". Prior to '97, nobody on No Limit had a song that big outside of P.
Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown weren't the only female rappers making noise in '97-'98. There was also Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott.