Who Was The MVP of 1997

[Preach2Teach]

Fuck puff, Biggie made Bad Boy what it was, all the people who voted for puff need to be banned for a whole week, that way they have time to think about what they have done.

 

[a_list]

These dudes in here are lowkey hating. When Dre, Snoop, and Pac got credit for their respective years it wasn't "biased" then; but giving Bad Boy their props for their year is now a problem.

Shouldve expected that shyt...Them niggas are crybabies....

 

[lazypakman]

This isn't even a contest.

Bad Boy was responsible for 40% of Billboard #1's in that year.That's staggering and this is coming from a Puffy Hater.

How you think he relocated to the Hamptons eh?

 

[dalyricalbandit]

Bad Boy Period

 

[dalyricalbandit]

Victory

Been Around the World

It's All About the Benjamins

I'll Be Missing You

Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

Hypnotize

Kick In the Door

What's Beef?

Mo Money Mo Problems

Notorious Thugs

Going Back to Cali

Sky's the Limit

Long Kiss Goodnight

You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)

Ten Crack Commandments

Notorious B.I.G feat. R. Kelly - Fuck You Tonight

Lookin' at Me

Feel So Good

What You Want

24 Hrs. to Live

Honey (Bad Boy Remix)

 

[5 Grand]

According to the RIAA, in 1997, Bad Boy sold over 30 million records in the U.S. alone;

• Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down (single) – Puff Daddy & Ma$e 4X Platinum

• Hypnotize (single) – Notorious B.I.G. – Platinum

• I’ll Be Missing You (single) – Puff Daddy & The Family – 3X Platinum

• Its All About The Benjamins (single) – Puff Daddy & The Family - Platinum

• Been Around The World (single) – Puff Daddy & The Family– 2X Platinum

• Life After Death (album) – Notorious B.I.G. 10X Platinum

• No Way Out (album) – Puff Daddy & The Family – 7X Platinum

• Harlem World (album) – Ma$e – 4X Platinum

 

[Soloman_The_Wise]

These dudes in here are lowkey hating. When Dre, Snoop, and Pac got credit for their respective years it wasn't "biased" then; but giving Bad Boy their props for their year is now a problem.

Or the poll is just overtly Biased and discounting the fact that the nation is bigger than the eastern seaboard. Many other acts were smashing across the country that have a just as good if not better arguments than most of those you listed...Allhiphop not just some hiphop fam I thought we estaablished this shit...

 

[5th Letter]

These dudes in here are lowkey hating. When Dre, Snoop, and Pac got credit for their respective years it wasn't "biased" then; but giving Bad Boy their props for their year is now a problem.

Or the poll is just overtly Biased and discounting the fact that the nation is bigger than the eastern seaboard. Many other acts were smashing across the country that have a just as good if not better arguments than most of those you listed...Allhiphop not just some hiphop fam I thought we estaablished this shit...

Where was this in the other threads though? Now you got a problem because you hate Bad Boy?

 

[TheGOAT]

The best album to drop in 97 was this

But growing up i listened to these the most from 97

 

[its....JOHN B]

Puff either capitalized off Bigs death or was spitting rhymes Big wrote for him, Big dropped one of the goat albums and had the bigger hits, it's Big

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

It has to go to Puffy, he was running the game. I have to give it to him over Biggie for the simple fact that Big died before LAD was even released. 'No Way Out' was an actual classic. Anyone who says otherwise is a hater. Dont forget he also produced a #1 hit for Mariah Carey that year too.



It's crazy to think, but in 1997 Puffy either performed or produced on the #1 song in America 25 outta 28 weeks straight.

But honorable mention goes to Master P. The South already had Scarface/Geto Boys, Outkast, 2 Live Crew, etc, but had never had a real run. Master P and No Limit gave the South their first true run. Before Cash Money, before ATL, before Houston or Miami, it was the No Limit tank crushing shit. They were coming out with a new album with what felt like every damn week and almost everyone of them shits was going Gold or Platinum. It all started with 'Ghetto D'

How gonna have Busta and Missy as an option, but no P? lol

According to the RIAA, in 1997, Bad Boy sold over 30 million records in the U.S. alone;

• Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down (single) – Puff Daddy & Ma$e 4X Platinum

• Hypnotize (single) – Notorious B.I.G. – Platinum

• I’ll Be Missing You (single) – Puff Daddy & The Family – 3X Platinum

• Its All About The Benjamins (single) – Puff Daddy & The Family - Platinum

• Been Around The World (single) – Puff Daddy & The Family– 2X Platinum

• Life After Death (album) – Notorious B.I.G. 10X Platinum

• No Way Out (album) – Puff Daddy & The Family – 7X Platinum

• Harlem World (album) – Ma$e – 4X Platinum

This isnt accurate. They didnt sell 30 million records in 1997 alone. "Cant Nobody Hold Me Down" went 2x Plat, "Been Around the World" went Plat and "It's All About the Benjamins" was never officially released as a single. It DID make it to #2 on the Hot 100 Airplay charts tho.

Harlem World was certified 4x Plat in October 99. 'Life After Death' (A double album) and 'No Way Out' would go on to be certified 10x Plat and 7x Plat in 2000 respectively. But in reality, both albums sold a little over 5 mil. Still an amazing run regardless.

 

[Preach2Teach]

Biggie made Bad Boy not puff, without Big there would not have been a Mase album with that kind of budget, Big made the money puff was just a leach, does he even make music? I have never seen any evidence that he has any kind of musical talents, without Big puff would have still done good in the industry because he is a natural snake and the industry is designed for the snakes, but he was 10x more successful because of Biggie, who else was gonna help diddy blow up like that Craig mac?

 

[lazypakman]

Puffy pretty much invented the art of street promotion, and that's before he set Badboy up.

 

[Cutler 26 INT's LOL!]

Definitely Bad Boy but shame on this nigga for not including Master P

 

[TheGOAT]

Definitely Bad Boy but shame on this nigga for not including Master P

I dont even like Master P but he was killing shit after pac & big died.

Dude left off P but included Busta & says this thread dont look bias LOL

 

[_God_]

so..we gonna act like master p/no limit wasn't poppin in 97? ...ok

Yes

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Definitely Bad Boy but shame on this nigga for not including Master P

I dont even like Master P but he was killing shit after pac & big died.

Dude left off P but included Busta & says this thread dont look bias LOL

Ghetto D came out in late 97, but Make 'Em Say Uhh didn't hit til 98 which he rode into Tha Last Don and I Got The Hookup soundtrack.

P/No Limit definitely had 98 on lock along with DMX and Jay.

 

[5th Letter]

Definitely Bad Boy but shame on this nigga for not including Master P

I dont even like Master P but he was killing shit after pac & big died.

Dude left off P but included Busta & says this thread dont look bias LOL

Ghetto D came out in late 97, but Make 'Em Say Uhh didn't hit til 98 which he rode into Tha Last Don and I Got The Hookup soundtrack.

P/No Limit definitely had 98 on lock along with DMX and Jay.

Shhh let them keep talking. I know what the fuck I'm doing.

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

Definitely Bad Boy but shame on this nigga for not including Master P

I dont even like Master P but he was killing shit after pac & big died.

Dude left off P but included Busta & says this thread dont look bias LOL

Ghetto D came out in late 97, but Make 'Em Say Uhh didn't hit til 98 which he rode into Tha Last Don and I Got The Hookup soundtrack.

P/No Limit definitely had 98 on lock along with DMX and Jay.

Shhh let them keep talking. I know what the fuck I'm doing.

"I Miss My Homies" dropped in August of 97 and helped 'Ghetto D' top the Pop charts a month later. The album was certified double plat at the beginning of 98 before "Make Em Say Uhh" officially dropped.

But I'll let you tell it.....

 

[5th Letter]

Definitely Bad Boy but shame on this nigga for not including Master P

I dont even like Master P but he was killing shit after pac & big died.

Dude left off P but included Busta & says this thread dont look bias LOL

Ghetto D came out in late 97, but Make 'Em Say Uhh didn't hit til 98 which he rode into Tha Last Don and I Got The Hookup soundtrack.

P/No Limit definitely had 98 on lock along with DMX and Jay.

Shhh let them keep talking. I know what the fuck I'm doing.

"I Miss My Homies" dropped in August of 97 and helped 'Ghetto D' top the Pop charts a month later.

But I'll let you tell it.....

And the people in the poll had a better year than Master P.