If Internet message and Social Media was around in 94,what would be the reception to illmatic Ect.

[H.I.M.]

Good look on the links. After a quick browse of a few message boards...ran across this link..."The Top 10 Rappers of the 90's"...made in '97.

And what do we have here...K-Rino at the very top of someone's GOAT list as far back 1997 @The Ruler 09

Here's the link

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.rap/IVPjKZWtaJ0/discussion

18 posts in that thread btw...and Nas nowhere to be found on anybody's list

I never thought about it before from this angle until the homie @intilectual recipricol brought it up...but it's very possible that Jay line in the Takeover pretty much created mythos of Illmatic being a quality rap album

@The Ruler 09

I believe this is thread-worthy homie

 

[The Ruler 09]

@The Ruler 09

I believe this is thread-worthy homie

Picture saved lol

 

[The Ruler 09]

@The Ruler 09

I believe this is thread-worthy homie

Not to mention was involved in the greatest rapper tournaments then too.

 

[mobbinfms]

18 posts in that thread btw...and Nas nowhere to be found on anybody's list

Back in 97 the overwhelming majority of people on hip hop message boards would be cacs and cornballs...not surprised Nas and Mobb Deep were nowhere to be found.

 

[untaintedbeats]

Illmatic didn't sell because it wasn't promoted or advertised

It was promoted...matter of fact it didn't really need to be promoted..ppl been waiting on it since bar bq..some since they heard Half Time..

 

[Geek Nasty]

"Blew a nikka wit' a ox for the phone piece."??? Get this gay ish outta here. Where's my Little Wayne CD...

 

[spliz]

Good look on the links. After a quick browse of a few message boards...ran across this link..."The Top 10 Rappers of the 90's"...made in '97.

And what do we have here...K-Rino at the very top of someone's GOAT list as far back 1997 @The Ruler 09

Here's the link

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.rap/IVPjKZWtaJ0/discussion

18 posts in that thread btw...and Nas nowhere to be found on anybody's list

I never thought about it before from this angle until the homie @intilectual recipricol brought it up...but it's very possible that Jay line in the Takeover pretty much created mythos of Illmatic being a quality rap album

Some internet nerds from the 97...yup..that was very indicative of what the streets thought...lol..

 

[mobbinfms]

Some internet nerds from the 97...yup..that was very indicative of what the streets thought...lol..

Read the thread he posted. It's actually
The people posting literally had no clue what the fukk they were talking about. Dude's in 97 claiming , DJ Kool and Nate Dogg were the best rappers
Thread starter may have been the prototype come to think of it

 

[Whitty Hutton]

Some internet nerds from the 97...yup..that was very indicative of what the streets thought...lol..

lol @ the same nerds that he claims were the sole fans of Wu-tang now being used as proof to support his agenda...whatever it is

 

[Geek Nasty]

Good look on the links. After a quick browse of a few message boards...ran across this link..."The Top 10 Rappers of the 90's"...made in '97.

And what do we have here...K-Rino at the very top of someone's GOAT list as far back 1997 @The Ruler 09

Here's the link

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.rap/IVPjKZWtaJ0/discussion

Ali Sheidaee had that future vision:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.rap/IVPjKZWtaJ0/-34jzfoF5hkJ

 

[Geek Nasty]

Mid-90s was about selling gangsta rap CDs to all those suburban White kids who thought those he/she 80s hair bands were played out. You want to piss off Daddy, don't play some Death Leopard. Play some breu from the Bronx talking about sticking up daddy for his jewels.

"Ask Russell Simmons"

 

[Barry Sanders]

A lot of rappers were more famous than Nas in 94. Whats your point?

that people were not bumping illmatic like that.

 

[mobbinfms]

that people were not bumping illmatic like that.

could you make that statement any more vague breh?

 

[joeychizzle]

Art is the decoration of space, music is the decoration of time. Illmatic decorated and STILL decorates.

 

[hatechall]

Illmatic had some industry endorsements but it's not comparable to the corporate push that Kendrick Lamar has.
Illmatic was made for hardcore fans of the genre, as was pointed out earlier. It was never supposed to go platinum. Nas didn't even attempt to go mainstream until his second album.

Futhermore, "mainstream" in those days is not comparable to mainstream today. Hip-Hop didn't become a popular genre with white people until circa 2000.