Rappers That Single-Handedly Put Their City/State/Country On The Map?

[bck145]

Can't believe I'm saying this

But the whole clipse crew from VA.....unless I'm over looking someone who came before them

Timbo and Missy

Nigga Clipse is a top 3 duo so whats this "cant believe im saying this" shit

Because their area isn't exactly represented very intelligently on this board....nothing against the group

 

[Shizlansky]

When I think of Philly I think of The Roots and State Property

 

[Busta Carmichael]

5 grand u wrong.

I agree with @trendsetta1030

State prop put Philly on. Everybody and they mama knew will was from Philly but he didn't open the doors for record labels starting to check for Philly.

State prop came with 7 dope spitters that took over the roc. With opened the doors for acts like cassidy, meek and whoever.

So when Jazzy Jeff won the DMC contest in 1986, Cash Money won the DMC contest in 1987 and DJ Miz won in 1988 people weren't checking for Philly?

Tell me how many platinum or gold acts that were repping Philly hard in the 80's or 90's.

 

[Turfaholic]

Kansas City is on the map though? Cmon man. Other then Tech Nine name 1 rapper from Kansas City. Haha

Rich The Factor...

The whale

 

[5 Grand]

5 grand u wrong.

I agree with @trendsetta1030

State prop put Philly on. Everybody and they mama knew will was from Philly but he didn't open the doors for record labels starting to check for Philly.

State prop came with 7 dope spitters that took over the roc. With opened the doors for acts like cassidy, meek and whoever.

So when Jazzy Jeff won the DMC contest in 1986, Cash Money won the DMC contest in 1987 and DJ Miz won in 1988 people weren't checking for Philly?

Tell me how many platinum or gold acts that were repping Philly hard in the 80's or 90's.

Well Will Smith sold 9X Platinum in 1997

The Roots blew up in the mid 90s.

And you seem to be ignoring the fact that Philly had the best DJs

 

[trendsetta1030]

5 grand u wrong.

I agree with @trendsetta1030

State prop put Philly on. Everybody and they mama knew will was from Philly but he didn't open the doors for record labels starting to check for Philly.

State prop came with 7 dope spitters that took over the roc. With opened the doors for acts like cassidy, meek and whoever.

State prop made tha roc hot n tha streets





Facts!

 

[Busta Carmichael]

5 grand u wrong.

I agree with @trendsetta1030

State prop put Philly on. Everybody and they mama knew will was from Philly but he didn't open the doors for record labels starting to check for Philly.

State prop came with 7 dope spitters that took over the roc. With opened the doors for acts like cassidy, meek and whoever.

So when Jazzy Jeff won the DMC contest in 1986, Cash Money won the DMC contest in 1987 and DJ Miz won in 1988 people weren't checking for Philly?

Tell me how many platinum or gold acts that were repping Philly hard in the 80's or 90's.

Well Will Smith sold 9X Platinum in 1997

The Roots blew up in the mid 90s.

And you seem to be ignoring the fact that Philly had the best DJs

So white corporate label heads and A&R were walking around Philly looking for DJ's?

Cmon man

 

[MECCA1000]

5 grand u wrong.

I agree with @trendsetta1030

State prop put Philly on. Everybody and they mama knew will was from Philly but he didn't open the doors for record labels starting to check for Philly.

State prop came with 7 dope spitters that took over the roc. With opened the doors for acts like cassidy, meek and whoever.

State prop made tha roc hot n tha streets





Facts!

Black Thought is more well known plus respected ...... not to mention he will earth all them bums .........

Cassidy was known and rep'n Philly before State Property

Rocafella gave all them a chance and they all fucked it up except Freeway ..... who just so happens to be with ..... who ...... RocNation ...... foh

 

[5 Grand]

5 grand u wrong.

I agree with @trendsetta1030

State prop put Philly on. Everybody and they mama knew will was from Philly but he didn't open the doors for record labels starting to check for Philly.

State prop came with 7 dope spitters that took over the roc. With opened the doors for acts like cassidy, meek and whoever.

State prop made tha roc hot n tha streets





Facts!

Black Thought is more well known plus respected ...... not to mention he will earth all them bums .........

Cassidy was known and rep'n Philly before State Property

Rocafella gave all them a chance and they all fucked it up except Freeway ..... who just so happens to be with ..... who ...... RocNation ...... foh

Furthermore, The Roots are still around and State Property is defunct.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

Wtf y'all smoking on?? Imma say this as a person who's lived across different countries in the world.

No one thinks of black thought when u mention Philly. Some might think of will smith.

This isn't who repped it first. This is about who opened the door for other Philly acts.

Nelly opened the door for St Louis and everybody in the world knew what it was. NWA for Compton. Snoop for LBC. Wu for Shaolin.

Of course there has been others before. But they didn't have worldwide appeal and opened up doors for people to start checking for the city.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

Twist, common, do or die and Kanye from Chicago but they didn't open up doors for the rest of the scene.

There weren't A&Rs and kids checking for Chicago rappers until Cheif Keef blew up.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

How TF was Cassidy more well known than State prop when his first album dropped in 2004? Roc was already over then.

 

[5 Grand]

Wtf y'all smoking on?? Imma say this as a person who's lived across different countries in the world.

No one thinks of black thought when u mention Philly. Some might think of will smith.

This isn't who repped it first. This is about who opened the door for other Philly acts.

Nelly opened the door for St Louis and everybody in the world knew what it was. NWA for Compton. Snoop for LBC. Wu for Shaolin.

Of course there has been others before. But they didn't have worldwide appeal and opened up doors for people to start checking for the city.

Nobody thinks of State Property when you mention Philly. They think of Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince. If you were from my generation you'd remember The Hilltop Hustlers.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

Wtf y'all smoking on?? Imma say this as a person who's lived across different countries in the world.

No one thinks of black thought when u mention Philly. Some might think of will smith.

This isn't who repped it first. This is about who opened the door for other Philly acts.

Nelly opened the door for St Louis and everybody in the world knew what it was. NWA for Compton. Snoop for LBC. Wu for Shaolin.

Of course there has been others before. But they didn't have worldwide appeal and opened up doors for people to start checking for the city.

Nobody thinks of State Property when you mention Philly. They think of Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince. If you were from my generation you'd remember The Hilltop Hustlers.

You obviously missed the point of the thread.

Yes everybody thinks of State prop when u mention Philly. They also think of Fresh Prince.

But nooone thinks about any of those DJ's u mentioned it the hilltop.

 

[5 Grand]

Wtf y'all smoking on?? Imma say this as a person who's lived across different countries in the world.

No one thinks of black thought when u mention Philly. Some might think of will smith.

This isn't who repped it first. This is about who opened the door for other Philly acts.

Nelly opened the door for St Louis and everybody in the world knew what it was. NWA for Compton. Snoop for LBC. Wu for Shaolin.

Of course there has been others before. But they didn't have worldwide appeal and opened up doors for people to start checking for the city.

Nobody thinks of State Property when you mention Philly. They think of Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince. If you were from my generation you'd remember The Hilltop Hustlers.

You obviously missed the point of the thread.

Yes everybody thinks of State prop when u mention Philly. They also think of Fresh Prince.

But nooone thinks about any of those DJ's u mentioned it the hilltop.

Thats because you're a teenager. If you were a teenager in the 80s you'd think of the Hilltop Hustlers the same way teenagers in the 00s think of State Property. And don't tell me there's more teenagers now than there were in the 80s.

And anybody who's really into Hip Hop acknowledges that the Philly DJs raised the bar from what the New York DJs were doing.

 

[trendsetta1030]

Wtf y'all smoking on?? Imma say this as a person who's lived across different countries in the world.

No one thinks of black thought when u mention Philly. Some might think of will smith.

This isn't who repped it first. This is about who opened the door for other Philly acts.

Nelly opened the door for St Louis and everybody in the world knew what it was. NWA for Compton. Snoop for LBC. Wu for Shaolin.

Of course there has been others before. But they didn't have worldwide appeal and opened up doors for people to start checking for the city.

Ctfu bra you can't tell these mfs nun they kno errthin… if you ask sum 1 frm tha age of 15-19 rn who the roots are or 2 name em individually they can't but I guarantee you they can name errybody in sp… cosign on the twista kanye chief keef situation… facts!

 

[Busta Carmichael]

Wtf y'all smoking on?? Imma say this as a person who's lived across different countries in the world.

No one thinks of black thought when u mention Philly. Some might think of will smith.

This isn't who repped it first. This is about who opened the door for other Philly acts.

Nelly opened the door for St Louis and everybody in the world knew what it was. NWA for Compton. Snoop for LBC. Wu for Shaolin.

Of course there has been others before. But they didn't have worldwide appeal and opened up doors for people to start checking for the city.

Nobody thinks of State Property when you mention Philly. They think of Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince. If you were from my generation you'd remember The Hilltop Hustlers.

You obviously missed the point of the thread.

Yes everybody thinks of State prop when u mention Philly. They also think of Fresh Prince.

But nooone thinks about any of those DJ's u mentioned it the hilltop.

Thats because you're a teenager. If you were a teenager in the 80s you'd think of the Hilltop Hustlers the same way teenagers in the 00s think of State Property. And don't tell me there's more teenagers now than there were in the 80s.

And anybody who's really into Hip Hop acknowledges that the Philly DJs raised the bar from what the New York DJs were doing.

I'm 25. I'm a hip hop head, grew up on fresh Prince and the roots. When piracy came around when I was about 12 I studied all the classics as did everyone I know. U don't have to be born in that era to know the music.

As you don't have to be 60 years old to know about dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. Ive studied it.

And I'm telling u what I know 5 grand. U might like those artists because u grew up with them and they mean something to you.

But in reality, no one knows who they are and A&Rs weren't checking for Philly.

Will was making more money off TV and movies than music. And roots weren't worldwide known representers of Philly as say a NWA for Compton.

Again I've been around the world and I'm saying what I know.

 

[5 Grand]

To say The Roots aren't known to represent Philly is just ridiculous

 

[Busta Carmichael]

To say The Roots aren't known to represent Philly is just ridiculous

That's clearly not what I said.

Did they put Philly on? Opened doors?

 

[trendsetta1030]

To say The Roots aren't known to represent Philly is just ridiculous

Youngins in philly dnt evn kno they frm philly the roots ain't show luv… will smith anthem is "welcome 2 Miami " …

It's koo @5grand you got get wit it in 2017 ppl top 5 don't have

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