Best Rapper Alive - 1999 (IF YOUR MVP CHOICE ISN'T ON POLL, MAKE A REQUEST IN THREAD)

[Black_Panther_JS]

Mos

He didn't have the mainstream shyt
But BOBS is too GOAT for him not to win

at Prodigy

 

[MidnightMercenary]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

 

[mobbinfms]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

1. Ms. Fat Booty
2. Mathematics
3. Mr. BREH
4. Know That
5. Umi Says

 

[Ziggiy]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

Fear Not Of Man

 

[mobbinfms]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

Let's talk about how potent that 12 inch was
Ms. Fat Booty b/w Mathematics

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

Speed law
Brooklyn
New world water

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

Love
Ms Fat Booty
Speed Law
Umi Says
Mathematics
Mr nikka

Mos Def doesn't get enough credit for this album imo. There was a clear division between underground and mainstream. That was erased in 99 when his album and Things Fall Apart dropped

 

[KravenMorehead™]

I was torn between Mos & DOOM, And Jay and X. I chose X but I might change it.

As far as projects I love most? Mos Def of course.

But if we're asking who was MVP? in general? X.

 

[grandpianos]

Favorite songs on Black on Both Sides anybody?

ones every else mention + Got

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Love
Ms Fat Booty
Speed Law
Umi Says
Mathematics
Mr nikka

Mos Def doesn't get enough credit for this album imo. There was a clear division between underground and mainstream. That was erased in 99 when his album and Things Fall Apart dropped

Very very true

 

[MidnightMercenary]

1. Ms. Fat Booty
2. Mathematics
3. Mr. BREH
4. Know That
5. Umi Says

Why do I find Mr. Breh funny

Speed law
Brooklyn
New world water

Always loved Speed Law, underrated track imo

 

[mobbinfms]

Love
Ms Fat Booty
Speed Law
Umi Says
Mathematics
Mr nikka

Mos Def doesn't get enough credit for this album imo. There was a clear division between underground and mainstream. That was erased in 99 when his album and Things Fall Apart dropped

I don't know if I'm buying this argument about the division between mainstream and underground being erased.
The underground just changed. It became J-Live and MF Doom and a whole host of others.

 

[MidnightMercenary]

Love
Ms Fat Booty
Speed Law
Umi Says
Mathematics
Mr nikka

Mos Def doesn't get enough credit for this album imo. There was a clear division between underground and mainstream. That was erased in 99 when his album and Things Fall Apart dropped

I agree. Black on Both Sides is an underrated album in terms of impact.

 

[shopant]

Voted P.

Mike Tyson style
animal dunns, we live wild



@mobbinfms what did he get a "quotable of the year" for ? verse or the line/rhyme? (which one)

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I don't know if I'm buying this argument about the division between mainstream and underground being erased.
The underground just changed. It became J-Live and MF Doom and a whole host of others.

Mos Def came from the same circles as them especially J-Live. You rarely hear the word backpacker these days but it was real prevalent in 99. The Roots and Mos Def were the first from that scene I remember to get regular radio play. I remember seeing the Roots right around this time and Common was performing as a member of the Roots and he already had 3 albums out. But he became a star off the strength of them