I honestly believe that if Mase never retired he would be bigger than Nas and Hov

[Black Haven]

And I say that as a nas fan. He was on fire in the late 90's dropping hits everywhere, the guy was on his way to GOAT status.




A feature with mase almost always seemed like a guaranteed hit too.
Dude just had the magic touch at the time.

 

[mson]

I don't think so. He was hot at the time. When you are hot, you have the golden touch. 50, Wayne, X Snoop,etc

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Double up exist. shyt was trash and DMs changed the sound in 98

 

[letti cook]

i swear there was a thread on this recently

i had to go revisit Double Up cause i thought i was trippn

i wasnt

 

[Cladyclad]

People turned on Mase big time. Jay made him irrelevant in 98’

 

[MikeStamina]

Are you sure you lived the era? The man was super talented but....
By his second album his momentum was already slowing down. Mase was hot cause BadBoy was hot. You can't just extrapolate using the high points

You can't get bigger than nas n jay. So how can mase get bigger? Even if you said their equal you'd still be wrong
Those two are once in a lifetime kinda talents.

And no zion is not the next lebron. Gotta respect the Greats

 

[ThirdAct]

Double up exist. shyt was trash and DMs changed the sound in 98

Pretty much. After X and Pun hit, Mase coulda balanced the Murda Mase "nikkaz Done Started Something" style with the more commercial "What You Want" style but instead just went corny as fukk with that Rugrats shyt.

Make Me Cry off his second album is a great song, though. I lowkey kinda fukk with Get Ready too lol.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Double up exist. shyt was trash and DMs changed the sound in 98

You just didn't understand it

Mase still got it TBH, he just writes for other people now.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

And I say that as a nas fan

 

[surv2syn]

musical talent was great, but when talking about magnitude of Jay, it goes beyond music. business wise Jay associated/disassociated himself with very select people.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

 

[boskey]

He would be closer to Ja Rule

 

[Zero]

He and Jay definitely would've battled

 

[FeloniousMonk]

He was hot but didnt have that "it" factor...

 

[head shots101]

People turned on Mase big time. Jay made him irrelevant in 98’

Lol lies

Mase was bigger than Jay in 98....Jay made two subliminal records against Mase....mase brushed him off on a R&b record bro