that music isnt even country - maybe big krit and UGK....master p and cash money was country ? lol NYC bias is so werid
I remember when nothing felt better than seeing your fav artist go mainstream
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Knucklehead
HMFIC
Huge Goodie Mob fan was wild to see Cee-Lo become world famous and many people didn’t even know he rapped.
Was happy for him though and he’s also a great singer.
Was happy for him though and he’s also a great singer.
Art Barr
INVADING SOHH CHAMPION
Westbama Heartthrob
Irregular Zero
How it feels to be a kendrick fan 
Actually grew up on his music. Seeing his work become classic and him become a household name in real time is amazing
Actually grew up on his music. Seeing his work become classic and him become a household name in real time is amazing
letti cook
Superstar
another one i was on early was Doja Cat....back around 2012 she was rapping over MNDSGN beats and had some dope shyt....i remember her making beats and making songs live on periscope for years.... one day she got on there talking about quitting because she kept getting shelved by her label....about a year later she made Moo on some joke shyt and blew the fukk up...i was so proud of her....and then...yall know the rest 
still dope to see her come up...i got lot of songs from her soundcloud days that have been wiped off the net
still dope to see her come up...i got lot of songs from her soundcloud days that have been wiped off the net
back then content was limited your favorite artist could be in their "underground stage" simply from guest appearances. Nowadays there is a trail of album after album before blowing up.
Another example of this is Black Rob. "I Love You Baby" got HEAVY burn on No Way Out. When Whoa hit I was ready.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
Seeing Ariana Grande become the biggest pop star in the world and an Oscar-nominated actress is crazy to me when I think about it. Along with seeing Leon Thomas blow up and get nominated for multiple Grammys. Watching Victorious, I couldn't have predicted them becoming superstars.
Same thing with Sabrina Carpenter. Watching her on Girl Meets World and knowing she made music is one thing, but seeing her become a superstar out of nowhere is another thing.
Same thing with Sabrina Carpenter. Watching her on Girl Meets World and knowing she made music is one thing, but seeing her become a superstar out of nowhere is another thing.
i feel that way about wiz khalifa..the mixtape grind, the deal or no deal album, and those daytoday vlogs are legendary
i remember vividly when that kush and oj dropped for the first time - - i was like "yeah he's outta here" lol
i remember vividly when that kush and oj dropped for the first time - - i was like "yeah he's outta here" lol
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Times are very different now.
In the 90's, the last thing you wanted, was for your favorite Hip Hop artist to go from underground to "mainstream".
Wild thing is, even the rappers would rap about how they'd never go mainstream. And didn't want to.
Back then, you had to make certain kinds of records to go mainstream. Today, you could kill 392,595 dudes on the album and push a ridiculous amount of kilos and be a mainstream artist. So it's kinda dope that you don’t have to fit in certain boxes today. And even though they're all mostly trash, the new artists have a lot more freedom today to pretty much do and say whatever on records.
In the 90's, the last thing you wanted, was for your favorite Hip Hop artist to go from underground to "mainstream".
Wild thing is, even the rappers would rap about how they'd never go mainstream. And didn't want to.
Back then, you had to make certain kinds of records to go mainstream. Today, you could kill 392,595 dudes on the album and push a ridiculous amount of kilos and be a mainstream artist. So it's kinda dope that you don’t have to fit in certain boxes today. And even though they're all mostly trash, the new artists have a lot more freedom today to pretty much do and say whatever on records.
so tribe sold out? so de la soul sold out? like there is endless examples....becuase somehting is popular doesnt make it selling out. popular
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Tribe was different from day one. Too powerful of a group.
My favorite group of all-time. They never had to sell out because they were popular from the gate. Dudes ran the radio countdowns in NYC, on the first album. De La tried to sell out in '04, in my opinion. With that "Shopping Bags' bullsh*t. It didn't work, lol. But they honestly stopped being "popular" in '91.
Once they started sounding bitter on the records and started taking shots at other rappers '93, they went underground. Their whole audience shifted.
