How Come Mid 90s NY Rap Didn't Sell?

[Mr_Vicodin81G]

Hip-hop12345, you gon mess around & miss your stop on the train; trying to keep up with the thread

You deserve a Goat and a LOL sir

 

[5 Grand]

Men lie, women lie, Non East Coasters lie, but numbers don't.

Highest Selling Album: The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (more than 10 million sold)

Most Plaques: 9 (MC New York: 7 Platinum, 2 Gold)

Rap Songs That Hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 13

Year with Most Rap No. 1s: 1997 (Puff Daddy feat. Ma$e, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down;” The Notorious B.I.G, “Hypnotize;” Puff Daddy, “I’ll Be Missing You;” The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems”)

Rap Albums That Hit No. 1 on Billboard 200: 35 (MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em [1990]; Vanilla Ice, To the Extreme [1990]; N.W.A., Niggaz4Life [1991]; Kriss Kross, Totally Krossed Out [1992]; Ice Cube, The Predator [1992]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle [1993]; Beastie Boys, Ill Communication [1994]; MC New York, Me Against The World [1995]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, E 1999 Eternal [1995]; Tha Dogg Pound, Dogg Food [1995]; MC New York, All Eyez On Me [1996]; Fugees, The Score [1996]; Nas, It Was Written [1996]; A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes and Life [1996]; MC New York, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [1996], Various Artists, Gridlock’d Soundtrack [1997]; The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death [1997]; Puff Daddy and the Family, No Way Out [1997]; Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever [1997]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Art of War [1997]; Master P, Ghetto D [1997]; The Firm, The Firm [1997]; Ma$e, Harlem World [1997]; DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot [1997]; Master P, MP tha Last Don [1998]; Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty [1998]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Game Is to Be Sold Not Told [1998]; Jay-Z, Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life [1998]; DMX, Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood [1998]; Silkk Da Shocker, Made Men [1999], Foxy Brown, Chyna Doll [1999]; Nas, I Am [1999]; Ruff Ryders, Ryde or Die Vol. 1 [1999]; Eve, Ruff Ryders First Lady [1999]; The Notorious B.I.G., Born Again [1999])

^^19 of the 35 albums. East Coast WHAT!

Most No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Songs: 2, The Notorious B.I.G.

Most No. 1 Billboard 200 Albums: 3, MC New York

Most Albums Released By One Artist: 9 (MC New York: 3 posthumous, including one with the Outlawz)

Diamond Albums: 3 (The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death, MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em, Vanilla Ice, To The Extreme)

Most Grammys: 7 (Lauryn Hill, both as a solo artist and with The Fugees)

Most Non-Rap Category Grammys: 6 (Lauryn Hill)

Most Expensive Video: $2.7 million (Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, “Victory”)

Female Rap Acts Going Platinum: 7 (Da Brat, Lil Kim; Lauryn Hill; Salt-n-Pepa; Foxy Brown; Missy Elliott; Eve)

Read More: The 1990s in Hip-Hop: By The Numbers - XXL |http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/06/the-1990s-in-hip-hop-by-the-numbers/?trackback=tsmclip

The albums in bold don't really fit the premise of this thread. It Was Written, The Score and Beats Rhymes and Life did well and came out in 1996 but the remainder of those albums came out in the latter part of the decade. Puffy and Bad Boy ran the table in 1997, but prior to 1997 it seemed like there was a lot of hot music coming out of the East coast that was being overshadowed by what was happening on the West Coast.

Even if you look at It Was Written, Nas had to change his style up to go double platinum. Personally I wouldn't have minded if he gave us another Illmatic.

Also The Fugees first album didn't sell, albeit I've never heard it and from what I understand it wasn't that good.

 

[HerbalVaporCapers]

Men lie, women lie, Non East Coasters lie, but numbers don't.

Highest Selling Album: The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (more than 10 million sold)

Most Plaques: 9 (MC New York: 7 Platinum, 2 Gold)

Rap Songs That Hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 13

Year with Most Rap No. 1s: 1997 (Puff Daddy feat. Ma$e, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down;” The Notorious B.I.G, “Hypnotize;” Puff Daddy, “I’ll Be Missing You;” The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems”)

Rap Albums That Hit No. 1 on Billboard 200: 35 (MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em [1990]; Vanilla Ice, To the Extreme [1990]; N.W.A., Niggaz4Life [1991]; Kriss Kross, Totally Krossed Out [1992]; Ice Cube, The Predator [1992]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle [1993]; Beastie Boys, Ill Communication [1994]; MC New York, Me Against The World [1995]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, E 1999 Eternal [1995]; Tha Dogg Pound, Dogg Food [1995]; MC New York, All Eyez On Me [1996]; Fugees, The Score [1996]; Nas, It Was Written [1996]; A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes and Life [1996]; MC New York, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [1996], Various Artists, Gridlock’d Soundtrack [1997]; The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death [1997]; Puff Daddy and the Family, No Way Out [1997]; Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever [1997]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Art of War [1997]; Master P, Ghetto D [1997]; The Firm, The Firm [1997]; Ma$e, Harlem World [1997]; DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot [1997]; Master P, MP tha Last Don [1998]; Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty [1998]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Game Is to Be Sold Not Told [1998]; Jay-Z, Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life [1998]; DMX, Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood [1998]; Silkk Da Shocker, Made Men [1999], Foxy Brown, Chyna Doll [1999]; Nas, I Am [1999]; Ruff Ryders, Ryde or Die Vol. 1 [1999]; Eve, Ruff Ryders First Lady [1999]; The Notorious B.I.G., Born Again [1999])

^^19 of the 35 albums. East Coast WHAT!

Most No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Songs: 2, The Notorious B.I.G.

Most No. 1 Billboard 200 Albums: 3, MC New York

Most Albums Released By One Artist: 9 (MC New York: 3 posthumous, including one with the Outlawz)

Diamond Albums: 3 (The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death, MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em, Vanilla Ice, To The Extreme)

Most Grammys: 7 (Lauryn Hill, both as a solo artist and with The Fugees)

Most Non-Rap Category Grammys: 6 (Lauryn Hill)

Most Expensive Video: $2.7 million (Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, “Victory”)

Female Rap Acts Going Platinum: 7 (Da Brat, Lil Kim; Lauryn Hill; Salt-n-Pepa; Foxy Brown; Missy Elliott; Eve)

Read More: The 1990s in Hip-Hop: By The Numbers - XXL |http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/06/the-1990s-in-hip-hop-by-the-numbers/?trackback=tsmclip

The albums in bold don't really fit the premise of this thread. It Was Written, The Score and Beats Rhymes and Life did well and came out in 1996 but the remainder of those albums came out in the latter part of the decade. Puffy and Bad Boy ran the table in 1997, but prior to 1997 it seemed like there was a lot of hot music coming out of the East coast that was being overshadowed by what was happening on the West Coast.

Even if you look at It Was Written, Nas had to change his style up to go double platinum. Personally I wouldn't have minded if he gave us another Illmatic.

Also The Fugees first album didn't sell, albeit I've never heard it and from what I understand it wasn't that good.

*Checks thread title*

Fuck it, if you wanna argue go ahead and argue

 

[CapitalB]

Busta Rhymes was always tight to me..

but thats moreso late 90s huh!!?

 

[5 Grand]

Men lie, women lie, Non East Coasters lie, but numbers don't.

Highest Selling Album: The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (more than 10 million sold)

Most Plaques: 9 (MC New York: 7 Platinum, 2 Gold)

Rap Songs That Hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 13

Year with Most Rap No. 1s: 1997 (Puff Daddy feat. Ma$e, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down;” The Notorious B.I.G, “Hypnotize;” Puff Daddy, “I’ll Be Missing You;” The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems”)

Rap Albums That Hit No. 1 on Billboard 200: 35 (MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em [1990]; Vanilla Ice, To the Extreme [1990]; N.W.A., Niggaz4Life [1991]; Kriss Kross, Totally Krossed Out [1992]; Ice Cube, The Predator [1992]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle [1993]; Beastie Boys, Ill Communication [1994]; MC New York, Me Against The World [1995]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, E 1999 Eternal [1995]; Tha Dogg Pound, Dogg Food [1995]; MC New York, All Eyez On Me [1996]; Fugees, The Score [1996]; Nas, It Was Written [1996]; A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes and Life [1996]; MC New York, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [1996], Various Artists, Gridlock’d Soundtrack [1997]; The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death [1997]; Puff Daddy and the Family, No Way Out [1997]; Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever [1997]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Art of War [1997]; Master P, Ghetto D [1997]; The Firm, The Firm [1997]; Ma$e, Harlem World [1997]; DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot [1997]; Master P, MP tha Last Don [1998]; Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty [1998]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Game Is to Be Sold Not Told [1998]; Jay-Z, Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life [1998]; DMX, Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood [1998]; Silkk Da Shocker, Made Men [1999], Foxy Brown, Chyna Doll [1999]; Nas, I Am [1999]; Ruff Ryders, Ryde or Die Vol. 1 [1999]; Eve, Ruff Ryders First Lady [1999]; The Notorious B.I.G., Born Again [1999])

^^19 of the 35 albums. East Coast WHAT!

Most No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Songs: 2, The Notorious B.I.G.

Most No. 1 Billboard 200 Albums: 3, MC New York

Most Albums Released By One Artist: 9 (MC New York: 3 posthumous, including one with the Outlawz)

Diamond Albums: 3 (The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death, MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em, Vanilla Ice, To The Extreme)

Most Grammys: 7 (Lauryn Hill, both as a solo artist and with The Fugees)

Most Non-Rap Category Grammys: 6 (Lauryn Hill)

Most Expensive Video: $2.7 million (Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, “Victory”)

Female Rap Acts Going Platinum: 7 (Da Brat, Lil Kim; Lauryn Hill; Salt-n-Pepa; Foxy Brown; Missy Elliott; Eve)

Read More: The 1990s in Hip-Hop: By The Numbers - XXL |http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/06/the-1990s-in-hip-hop-by-the-numbers/?trackback=tsmclip

The albums in bold don't really fit the premise of this thread. It Was Written, The Score and Beats Rhymes and Life did well and came out in 1996 but the remainder of those albums came out in the latter part of the decade. Puffy and Bad Boy ran the table in 1997, but prior to 1997 it seemed like there was a lot of hot music coming out of the East coast that was being overshadowed by what was happening on the West Coast.

Even if you look at It Was Written, Nas had to change his style up to go double platinum. Personally I wouldn't have minded if he gave us another Illmatic.

Also The Fugees first album didn't sell, albeit I've never heard it and from what I understand it wasn't that good.

*Checks thread title*

Fuck it, if you wanna argue go ahead and argue

He named 23 albums and only 4 of them were from the mid 90s

 

[BenjaminE]

Men lie, women lie, Non East Coasters lie, but numbers don't.

Highest Selling Album: The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (more than 10 million sold)

Most Plaques: 9 (MC New York: 7 Platinum, 2 Gold)

Rap Songs That Hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 13

Year with Most Rap No. 1s: 1997 (Puff Daddy feat. Ma$e, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down;” The Notorious B.I.G, “Hypnotize;” Puff Daddy, “I’ll Be Missing You;” The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems”)

Rap Albums That Hit No. 1 on Billboard 200: 35 (MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em [1990]; Vanilla Ice, To the Extreme [1990]; N.W.A., Niggaz4Life [1991]; Kriss Kross, Totally Krossed Out [1992]; Ice Cube, The Predator [1992]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle [1993]; Beastie Boys, Ill Communication [1994]; MC New York, Me Against The World [1995]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, E 1999 Eternal [1995]; Tha Dogg Pound, Dogg Food [1995]; MC New York, All Eyez On Me [1996]; Fugees, The Score [1996]; Nas, It Was Written [1996]; A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes and Life [1996]; MC New York, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [1996], Various Artists, Gridlock’d Soundtrack [1997]; The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death [1997]; Puff Daddy and the Family, No Way Out [1997]; Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever [1997]; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Art of War [1997]; Master P, Ghetto D [1997]; The Firm, The Firm [1997]; Ma$e, Harlem World [1997]; DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot [1997]; Master P, MP tha Last Don [1998]; Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty [1998]; Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Game Is to Be Sold Not Told [1998]; Jay-Z, Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life [1998]; DMX, Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood [1998]; Silkk Da Shocker, Made Men [1999], Foxy Brown, Chyna Doll [1999]; Nas, I Am [1999]; Ruff Ryders, Ryde or Die Vol. 1 [1999]; Eve, Ruff Ryders First Lady [1999]; The Notorious B.I.G., Born Again [1999])

^^19 of the 35 albums. East Coast WHAT!

Most No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Songs: 2, The Notorious B.I.G.

Most No. 1 Billboard 200 Albums: 3, MC New York

Most Albums Released By One Artist: 9 (MC New York: 3 posthumous, including one with the Outlawz)

Diamond Albums: 3 (The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death, MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em, Vanilla Ice, To The Extreme)

Most Grammys: 7 (Lauryn Hill, both as a solo artist and with The Fugees)

Most Non-Rap Category Grammys: 6 (Lauryn Hill)

Most Expensive Video: $2.7 million (Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, “Victory”)

Female Rap Acts Going Platinum: 7 (Da Brat, Lil Kim; Lauryn Hill; Salt-n-Pepa; Foxy Brown; Missy Elliott; Eve)

Read More: The 1990s in Hip-Hop: By The Numbers - XXL |http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/06/the-1990s-in-hip-hop-by-the-numbers/?trackback=tsmclip

The albums in bold don't really fit the premise of this thread. It Was Written, The Score and Beats Rhymes and Life did well and came out in 1996 but the remainder of those albums came out in the latter part of the decade. Puffy and Bad Boy ran the table in 1997, but prior to 1997 it seemed like there was a lot of hot music coming out of the East coast that was being overshadowed by what was happening on the West Coast.

Even if you look at It Was Written, Nas had to change his style up to go double platinum. Personally I wouldn't have minded if he gave us another Illmatic.

Also The Fugees first album didn't sell, albeit I've never heard it and from what I understand it wasn't that good.

*Checks thread title*

Fuck it, if you wanna argue go ahead and argue

He named 23 albums and only 4 of them were from the mid 90s

Give him a break, it's his first time doing research...

 

[blackrain]

Came back in this bitch and @BOSSExcellence still blasting for the set

You got heart vato

Oh shit the homie Miklo....Blood In Blood Out is a classic

 

[BlackAX410]

Lmao buddy typed a whole annotated bibliography of feelings, he's definitely the sterotypical "real hip hop" nigga sitting in the basement bumping capone n noreaga in his headphones on a Friday night, swagger in the negatives

 

[king hassan]

One thing that I think contributed to a backlash was the way people from NY interacted with others in/from other regions. Like no need to down the new place and talk about where you are from nonstop. Why not try to enjoy the new place. Thats how I think as a South dude. NY people just had a different type of attitude and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. That type of thing can turn people off too. I will say I havent seen that type of thing in years pretty much though but back then they were notorious for it. People in other places were like "we got our own thing"

This is true. I never had a problem with south niggas and not because I got family down there. Its because I'm an observing and quiet person. I know southern dudes very well and been in the military to know this civil war between up north and the south is real.

Man I got a NY dude at work who went out of his way to look out for me recently. We kinda clashed at first way back. Dude never been on that where he from nonsense. All thats useless. Quiet is kept Im thinking about making an Eastcoast trip to all the cities up there one day. Been to DC but no further. I just be happy to be somewhere out of town haha. Yeah it be like why am I here? to be here and enjoy it. I coulda stayed home but thats there Im here.

That's what's up. You already know everything fast up here. Real dudes from NY don't talk shit and show love. It's the suckas that are easily trolled and make us look bad. I just hate when southerners start generalizing about their bad experiences with people from up north. I'm like nah, you just interacted with a fake bitch ass nigga that represents himself. On the real tho, some southern dudes are some funny ass real life trolls. At least y'all know better than to pop shit when y'all visit up here. I can't say the same for some NY dudes visiting the south or out west.

A lot of my good friends are from NYC, Harlem BK and @J-GUTTA from the BX, all good people. Met some assholes too, but that's from anywhere

 

[I Self Lord & Master]

selling aint a great barometer though

damn near none of that 80s shit sold shit, n a lot of it still get burn

how ya like me now STILL on the damn radio lmfao

my daddy inchin towards 70 still talkin bout some vapors lmao

something dropped off from tge 80s to 90s...

 

[a_list]

Yo, its looking like this in here...Niggas got an uphill battle.....lol

 

[StillFaggyAF]

NY nignogs really grind y'all gears huh

 

[J-GUTTA]

One thing that I think contributed to a backlash was the way people from NY interacted with others in/from other regions. Like no need to down the new place and talk about where you are from nonstop. Why not try to enjoy the new place. Thats how I think as a South dude. NY people just had a different type of attitude and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. That type of thing can turn people off too. I will say I havent seen that type of thing in years pretty much though but back then they were notorious for it. People in other places were like "we got our own thing"

This is true. I never had a problem with south niggas and not because I got family down there. Its because I'm an observing and quiet person. I know southern dudes very well and been in the military to know this civil war between up north and the south is real.

Man I got a NY dude at work who went out of his way to look out for me recently. We kinda clashed at first way back. Dude never been on that where he from nonsense. All thats useless. Quiet is kept Im thinking about making an Eastcoast trip to all the cities up there one day. Been to DC but no further. I just be happy to be somewhere out of town haha. Yeah it be like why am I here? to be here and enjoy it. I coulda stayed home but thats there Im here.

That's what's up. You already know everything fast up here. Real dudes from NY don't talk shit and show love. It's the suckas that are easily trolled and make us look bad. I just hate when southerners start generalizing about their bad experiences with people from up north. I'm like nah, you just interacted with a fake bitch ass nigga that represents himself. On the real tho, some southern dudes are some funny ass real life trolls. At least y'all know better than to pop shit when y'all visit up here. I can't say the same for some NY dudes visiting the south or out west.

A lot of my good friends are from NYC, Harlem BK and @J-GUTTA from the BX, all good people. Met some assholes too, but that's from anywhere

@king hassan Spanish Harlem my brotha. Yeah thats some young shit when you feel invincible reppin your shit. When you get older you realize there are real dudes everywhere.

 

[Soloman_The_Wise]

SO at this point can we agree the thread title has been debunked as in the mid 90's some of the biggest sales came from the east and this was just a desperate thread to Troll and create more regional HipHop dissension amongst Hip Hoppers???

 

[5 Grand]

SO at this point can we agree the thread title has been debunked as in the mid 90's some of the biggest sales came from the east and this was just a desperate thread to Troll and create more regional HipHop dissension amongst Hip Hoppers???

I'm still waiting for somebody to explain how Regulate...G Funk Era is better than Illmatic.

I get that Warren G appealed to the masses at the time, but now, 20 years later you would think that Illmatic would have outsold Regulate...G Funk Era because its been heralded as a masterpiece while Warren G's album is just considered something that was good at the time.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

SO at this point can we agree the thread title has been debunked as in the mid 90's some of the biggest sales came from the east and this was just a desperate thread to Troll and create more regional HipHop dissension amongst Hip Hoppers???

I'm still waiting for somebody to explain how Regulate...G Funk Era is better than Illmatic.



I get that Warren G appealed to the masses at the time, but now, 20 years later you would think that Illmatic would have outsold Regulate...G Funk Era because its been heralded as a masterpiece while Warren G's album is just considered something that was good at the time.

Nigga who said that? 19 pages and no one said that shit.

Slim you too fuckin old to be in your're feelings on an internet forum like this.

Log off go play wit the grandkids, before they go back to school, and clear ur head.

 

[T. Sanford]

Illmatic is overrated & isn't his best effort

 

[Sgt HJ]

I agree there isn't a simple answer to the TS's question. IMO east coast hip-hop was geared more around the east coast lifestyle, specifically New York. Most of the artist from NY in the early 90's - 2000's were very heavily borough related. You had Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Harlem and in terms of hip-hop, Staten Island which we all know were famously put on the map by the Wu-Tang Clan. You can go across the bridge to New Jersey and you have Naughty by Nature, Queen Latifah and several others but they too were deep in "repping" where they were from. Nothing wrong with it because a lot of the music was dope, classics and still considered hits to this very day. I doubt anyone will deny the east coast's status in terms of hip-hop royalty as a solidified representation of the genre. The west coast always had artist. Too Short, Ice-T, NWA and quite a few others who all had decent success in the 80's and early 90's. But even with those groundbreaking artist the east coast scene appeared to still be where hip-hop was controlled and the standard being set. In my opinion things started to shift when NWA and Cube split. Now the eyes were on what is the west going to do now that their premiere group has broken up? NWA dissed Cube (entertainment) Cube came back with No Vaseline (even better entertainment). Pause, Dr. Dre leaves, now there is even more reason to pay attention to what's going to happen next... Now what's left of NWA is at odds with Dre and he just so happen to have this young cat who can flow his ass off or shall I say who has a different set of skills on the mic that for the most part wasn't that widely known outside of Long Beach and the surrounding areas. That individual is of course Snoop Dogg. I can go on and on of where things went because we haven't even begun to get to the actual music they were putting out at the time. It was dope on so many levels and their lifestyle was interesting to see if you weren't from that area. It was somewhat new and everyone wanted to be part of the West Coast Lifestyle. Then here comes the south. OMG!! yea.. oh well. sorry so long. good topic Threadstarter.

 

[5 Grand]

SO at this point can we agree the thread title has been debunked as in the mid 90's some of the biggest sales came from the east and this was just a desperate thread to Troll and create more regional HipHop dissension amongst Hip Hoppers???

I'm still waiting for somebody to explain how Regulate...G Funk Era is better than Illmatic.



I get that Warren G appealed to the masses at the time, but now, 20 years later you would think that Illmatic would have outsold Regulate...G Funk Era because its been heralded as a masterpiece while Warren G's album is just considered something that was good at the time.

Nigga who said that? 19 pages and no one said that shit.

Slim you too fuckin old to be in your're feelings on an internet forum like this.

Log off go play wit the grandkids, before they go back to school, and clear ur head.

Regulate...G Funk era went 3X plat while Illmatic is still at 1X Plat.

Two million people said Warren G's album was better than Nas.

Its been 20 years and Illmatic still hasn't outsold Regulate...G Funk Era

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

SO at this point can we agree the thread title has been debunked as in the mid 90's some of the biggest sales came from the east and this was just a desperate thread to Troll and create more regional HipHop dissension amongst Hip Hoppers???

I'm still waiting for somebody to explain how Regulate...G Funk Era is better than Illmatic.



I get that Warren G appealed to the masses at the time, but now, 20 years later you would think that Illmatic would have outsold Regulate...G Funk Era because its been heralded as a masterpiece while Warren G's album is just considered something that was good at the time.

Nigga who said that? 19 pages and no one said that shit.

Slim you too fuckin old to be in your're feelings on an internet forum like this.

Log off go play wit the grandkids, before they go back to school, and clear ur head.

Regulate...G Funk era went 3X plat while Illmatic is still at 1X Plat.

Two million people said Warren G's album was better than Nas.

Its been 20 years and Illmatic still hasn't outsold Regulate...G Funk Era

Popular/Success =/= Better

Seriously, take a break.