Why didn't Tha Alkaholiks blow up?

[Absolut da poet ®]

they were so underrated

Tash was one of my favorite west coast MCs, his delivery and flow was crazy



this was so true...you could be a really dope MC in the 90s and still not be in top 20-30

plus they never really made commercial music that would appeal to the masses

I think a great example of this would be what happened with Black Eye Peas before they found Fergie

Without that cross over they "fade into bolivian"

Lol

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

From what I understand, Loud Records screwed quite a few people outta the spotlight along with Rawkus.

But that's second-hand info so take it as you will.

This track got me through MAD hours as a data entry clerk....

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[Stack]

Coast to Coast is my fav album by them

Great group that deserved way more recognition and success than they ended up getting which was a shame.

 

[BUSINESS AS USUAL]

J-Ro? Naw Naw folks you tripping
, J-Ro came correct on the mic

Jro is dope as fukk he bugging

 

[Rekkapryde]

Love the Liks, personal top 10 groups.

Tash in my top 10 best MCs ever.

 

[Living Bait]

Le Pamplemousse

 

[TripleAgent]

Because life and the rap game are unfair. Tha Alkaholiks were dope and made really good music. Tash was one of the best from the West.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

i always liked that Tha Liks album even tho it was such a blatant commercial attempt...they seemed to just make the wrong decisions...could be the labels fault i dont know...even Tash's Rap Life should have been bigger but they went with the wrong songs and didnt promote shyt enough.

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

Tash a real good friend of mines.. He told me Loud fukked alot of shyt up going forward in the early 2000s. Then the name change played a role and they fell out with Xzibit whom basically abandoned them when he blew. They got it sorted out tho

Loud was RCA then got swallowed up by Columbia around the time X.O. Experience got released.

That album (XO Experience) got push, had joints with Neptunes and relatively large accompanying music videos.

The album got re pushed about 2 years later, almost a re release in a way.

It just didn't take off.

They had their shine, people loved them.

All their albums were great, Tash solo too.

 

[3rd Ward Swangin]

Wasn't Tash born and raised in Ohio

 

[OaklandCertified]

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

Wasn't Tash born and raised in Ohio

Tash and E Swift are from Ohio.

 

[KingsOfKings]