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I would think Juvenile before BG.
And aren't all of those BG albums you listed as classic before 400 Degrees? If so, most rap fans out of the South didn't even know about them.
BG held it down before juvie signed with cmr and you're definitely wrong about most southern hip hop fans not having a clue about his discography lol. Unless you're talking about 90's 00's babies and most of them went back to the old catalog after hearing guerrila warfare, i got that work, checkmate etc.