Devil Plisken…CMS
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He was playing by his own rules making MAD TV rap. Nelly got played where Eminem would never. Be a black DJ working a black club and play the “Real Slim Shady” after “Ride With Me” if you don’t like your job
Who had the bigger/hottest prime between these rappers,late 90's Dmx,early 2000 Nelly,early 2000 Eminem,prime wayne,prime 50 cent, other(s):poll
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He was playing by his own rules making MAD TV rap. Nelly got played where Eminem would never. Be a black DJ working a black club and play the “Real Slim Shady” after “Ride With Me” if you don’t like your job
That wasn't HIS rules though. He simply found a lane/niche and stuck with it. That's pretty much every artist. Nelly wouldn't be Nelly if he came out the gate doing anything other than what he did. Jay Z couldn't away with "Ride With Me" and neither could Nas.
Devil Plisken…CMS
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Those were the rules that applied to him and him alone. Feel how you feel we all lived through it
Every artist has "rules" that only apply to them and them alone. Again, Jay Z can get away with making certain records and not be criticized for it and even receive praise for it simply because he's Jay Z. Nelly could get away with making records and not be criticized for it simply because he's Nelly. Nobody else could've made "Ha" or "Back That Thang Up", but Juvenile without getting backlash.
BK The Great
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DMX released two platinum albums in one year, also had the Ruff Ryders release their compilation and was also on songs with Jay-Z. I think I will have to go with him. That was before the 2000’s run with Em and 50.
Devil Plisken…CMS
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Stop repeating yourself and show me the black equivalent to M&M in those days
NoirDynosaur
Yurrrrrrrrrr
This. People forget how astronomical DMX was when he first came out
The energy on those albums
Both albums at 1# is significant
Neither Em nor 50 had this happened. Period.
You can’t be the hottest rapper if your music doesn’t get played at predominantly black functions 
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BK The Great
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I think because he didn’t really sell as much first week which everyone really focuses on. But those albums he released the same year became monsters. But nobody went platinum two times in a year like he did. Guess fans only look at commercial success if they selling a million first week.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Doesn’t Eminem have a few diamond albums?
Knucklehead
HMFIC
You could ask who is the best white rapper from Detroit on Aftermath and The Coli would still give you 20 reasons why Eminem isn’t eligible
I hear you on this and agree with you that Wayne’s legacy is more pronounced today… I took the question to mean though, in the moment, who had the biggest buzz possible..
Get rich or die trying had more buzz and had more of a 6/8 month following it: release with impact, then LFLS/carter 3 leaks/carter 3 (and Wayne was huge then, I was in college and you’d here all his stuff everywhere) Wayne’s legacy is stronger for sure, but that November 2002-November 2003, nobody had the buzz, love, and just owned the game like 50 cent.
For those saying Eminem, they say first impression is everything.. Eminem did not have the feel off of slim shady lp like he did with Marshall mathers lp. And even then, it was a limited buzz. He sold diamond and was the pinnacle of korn/limp biscuit/kid rock era.. but even in suburbia (I’m white and went to a 60/40 white to minority high school), 50 cent was much more talked about before his release and year after then Eminem was on MMLP.
Also will say, thank you 50 cent. I was able to burn the leak and sold probably 200 units for $5 apiece to kids who did not learn the internet at that time