Bomani Jones

[Walt]

I happened to come across the segment on this (don't usually listen to any podcasts but this clip came into my zone) and that's not really what he said at all. He was saying Cash Money had the bigger, universal hits white people would recognize, but No Limit had non-hits that a very specific region regard as anthems, which is why on paper you would assume a Cash Money win, but those regional songs are raw and hit harder.

 

[thenatural]

I understood what he was saying about Cash Money. I think a lot of that is recency bias and also other factors. Wayne's been a national name in rap for 20 years and BDAU is still a party record. Every old attention seeking broad still stretches before the song like they about to do something and it's

My family is from CenLA so I'm familiar with both of them. It felt like by the time Cash Money was starting to rise musically, P was putting his energy into other ventures. Also, this is an age thing too. A nikka in his late 40s from MD think might think he's wrong, but I'm in my late 30s and I'm

 

[big bun]

Man, I met a rural Canadian (Western Canadian) in like the early 2010’s who one of his top 5 rappers was Mr. Serv-On.

I was blown away. Knew his entire discography. Was talking about album filler like it Nas or Jay. Giving me what-if’s that could have advanced his career.

Dude was drunk as hell but you ain’t just saying that shyt without some type of conviction.

Man…Serve On was garbage, yet had arguably a top-5 No Limit song ever…



If this was played during the Verzuz

 

[Rekkapryde]

I happened to come across the segment on this (don't usually listen to any podcasts but this clip came into my zone) and that's not really what he said at all. He was saying Cash Money had the bigger, universal hits white people would recognize, but No Limit had non-hits that a very specific region regard as anthems, which is why on paper you would assume a Cash Money win, but those regional songs are raw and hit harder.

this. got around to it yesterday and was

Coli had me thinking otherwise.

 

[theflyest]

I happened to come across the segment on this (don't usually listen to any podcasts but this clip came into my zone) and that's not really what he said at all. He was saying Cash Money had the bigger, universal hits white people would recognize, but No Limit had non-hits that a very specific region regard as anthems, which is why on paper you would assume a Cash Money win, but those regional songs are raw and hit harder.

Exactly

Half the songs Nolimit played at the verzuz weren’t even singles, and had no music videos. However, they were songs that were organically hot in the streets.

Let’s take it further than that. I think it’s fair to say that No Limits transitioned into mainstream when Master P released Ghetto D, right?

You had multiple songs performed that were pre Ghetto D.

The funny thing about this is that the people were just wrong. The problem with Cashmoney is their hits are not their best shyt, while a lot of Nolimit street anthems happen to be some of their best shyt and were originally chosen by the streets.

 

[theflyest]

Man…Serve On was garbage, yet had arguably a top-5 No Limit song ever…



If this was played during the Verzuz

His first album was okay. Head & Shoulders is another Nolimit hood classic.


He became garbage when he started rapping fast