In your opinion why do you think nikkax down there fukked with Big, Puff, Mase & LL of all people?
Biggie had "Big Poppa" and had beef with Pac. Pac, southern artist, listeners fukk'd with him heavy along with other rappers on the West Coast, E-40, Cube, B-Legit, Snoop, Warren G etc.
Pac also fukk'd with a lot cats from the South on the low, at the time a lot of Southern rappers were doing shyt on the underground, they were know in our parts of town and would open up for 2pac, even Master P, I think when Pac came to Houston, Pimp C and Bun would open up for him or the Geto Boys, when he would come to New Orleans, Mystikal at the time would open up or it would be a local artist
Southerners had that West Coast connection too, Southerners (again IMO) would listen to a West Coast artist first before listening to an East Coast artist not named Biggie, Mase, LL. Biggie had nice radio singles, shyt Biggie got play here because he was pushed heavy as well, but lowkey his sound had a southern vibe to it. Juicy is a Mtume record, so growing up in the South, you would hear that song being played by your mama, or daddy, or uncle' nem and shyt. Big Poppa, old Isley Brother sample, so again growing up in the south, you'll hear those records being played at old tunk, pity pat, spades parties, cookouts, Saturday morning house cleaning, so that sound gravitated to the Southerner's ears. Now you have Biggie spitting on it, made it more appealing.
Old samples for the most part helped Biggie get play down here IMO. I never heard Party and Bullshyt played down here anywhere.
Mase, same way, old samples, him doing songs with females on the hook, LL was in the 80s, that's when rap was born for the most part, LL had the party cuts, so he got played here because of Rock the Bells, that was the go to party song, I need love, and his early on cuts. Those songs were played by cats here because it set the tone for a dope ass party or dope ass date with your ole lady.
