Better artist: E-40 or Missy Elliott?

[The Ruler 09]

I don't get how people can say artists who have charted in other countries even are local or irrelevant, even though they weren't like number 1's that means their reach has not only gone beyond their region but into whole other countries.

 

[The Ruler 09]

People think cause they don't like something no-else does, in most cases this is because of their ignorance or the fact they aren't in touch with the streets or don't interact with people outside their area. There's a bunch of artists I don't necessarily care for but I wouldn't deny their reach like that. Seems like people get mad that other people like something they don't know about or don't like so try their best to downplay it, even if it's in ludicrous ways, it seems a bit childish, particularly if it's the fact they haven't even heard the music. A lot of people on here need to work on their maturity and also find something a bit more productive to do. The OP seems to get a weird kick out of attention seeking and trolling, people who do that normally have far too much time on their hands and also not much of a productive useful life. There's better things to be doing than trying to rile people up on the internet lol. Some people like 40, some people like Missy, so? Who cares really? In reality they were both pretty big artists, albeit in different lanes, Missy was more of a pop artist (not saying that in a negative way) and 40 was more the streets.

 

[Not The Ruler O9]

mean streets of scottland


talk about the streets brehs.

 

[Pseudo]

Voted for Missy. E-40 is a better rapper but Missy has a stronger body of work.

 

[Deltron]

such an odd comparison

 

[Playa With Tha Passport]

i can dig the 70% theory. Half the albums you named proved my point tho. How all those albums (from the east and west) get the cross over pass, but an album with comparable sells, singles, and impact out the south is regional

you really think nikkas riding around the south bumpin 36 Chambers and Ready to Die like that?

whatever tho

Depends on who you are and ur taste

It aint regional tho


You think 400 degrees got as much cross appeal as a album like grodt???

And u said who bumping r2d and 36 chambers

There's a reason both those albums went multi platinum

 

[letti cook]

Depends on who you are and ur taste

It aint regional tho


You think 400 degrees got as much cross appeal as a album like grodt???

And u said who bumping r2d and 36 chambers

There's a reason both those albums went multi platinum

and theres are reason Juve went 4x plat which is more than what WU and Big did on those albums or Nas has done on any album, so what you saying? You talkin bout they clowned him in the east...meanwhile Jigga, Foxy, Nore,Ruff Ryders, DJ Clue, Puff, 50 grabbing him for features and tours..this what im talking bout. if it aint from up top, nikkas simply cant give it credit. It is what it is.

 

[mobbinfms]

and theres are reason Juve went 4x plat which is more than what WU and Big did on those albums or Nas has done on any album, so what you saying? You talkin bout they clowned him in the east...meanwhile Jigga, Foxy, Ruff Ryders, DJ Clue, Puff, 50 grabbing him for features and tours..this what im talking bout. if it aint from up top, nikkas simply cant give it credit. It is what it is.

By the time Juve's album came out in 98, regionalism was more so dead in hip hop.
His album was in no way regional. It probably did best in the South, but that doesn't make it regional.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Im from st louis

And no region or city is in control

Internet killed all that


And last i checked nas sold more then juvi

Nas had a better career. But none of his albums matched 400 degreez

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

There are very few artist/songs/albums that were truly nationwide during that "regional" period from like 92-98. By truly nationwide I mean that they got played on daytime "urban" radio everywhere.

As far as the west coast goes, Snoop and Dre, Ice Cube, Pac, and Pharcyde got play everywhere. And some had one or two hit singles that got play everywhere like Luniz with I Got 5 On It, Ahmad with Back in the Days and Warren G with Regulators.

E-40, fukk no. I never heard an E-40 song on the radio from 92-98.

 

[Taadow]

The OP seems to get a weird kick out of attention seeking and trolling,

Yeah. Most of @Mephistopheles' threads are like this. And people take the bait every time.
Every time.
It's a shame, really.

such an odd comparison

It's easy if you think about it...same threadstarter made a thread last week about how
he has a disdain for Bay rap that stretches over a long period. It was a success (for lack of a better word).

He also in the past has expressed that he doesn't particularly like Missy much either -
but he's from VA, so I guess he has more of a tolerance of her. So this is another
"let me troll the Bay region" thread. And it worked again. They take the bait every time.

Every time.

 

[mobbinfms]

As far as the west coast goes, Snoop and Dre, Ice Cube, Pac, and Pharcyde got play everywhere. And some had one or two hit singles that got play everywhere like Luniz with I Got 5 On It, Ahmad with Back in the Days and Warren G with Regulators.

E-40, fukk no. I never heard an E-40 song on the radio from 92-98.

Ahmad huh?
Didn't expect that.
Did the 5 on it remix get play out your way?

 

[mobbinfms]

Yeah. Most of @Mephistopheles' threads are like this. And people take the bait every time.
Every time.
It's a shame, really.



It's easy if you think about it...same threadstarter made a thread last week about how
he has a disdain for Bay rap that stretches over a long period. It was a success (for lack of a better word).

He also in the past has expressed that he doesn't particularly like Missy much either -
but he's from VA, so I guess he has more of a tolerance of her. So this is another
"let me troll the Bay region" thread. And it worked again. They take the bait every time.

Every time.

You not talking about me are you? I've only got 65 posts in this thread

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Ahmad huh?
Didn't expect that.
Did the 5 on it remix get play out your way?

I don't recall it.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Yeah. Most of @Mephistopheles' threads are like this. And people take the bait every time.
Every time.
It's a shame, really.



It's easy if you think about it...same threadstarter made a thread last week about how
he has a disdain for Bay rap that stretches over a long period. It was a success (for lack of a better word).

He also in the past has expressed that he doesn't particularly like Missy much either -
but he's from VA, so I guess he has more of a tolerance of her. So this is another
"let me troll the Bay region" thread. And it worked again. They take the bait every time.

Every time.

Disdain? Nah. Something has to be impactful for it to draw disdain.