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

[Killalex]

¨Charles D. Boozer
2/9/95

Yo, I've been away from da group for a while, but I can't believe there's
no talk about TuPac and his cryin' a.ss beggin' for forgiveness after
gettin' that 4 year term. Drug store rappin', fake muthafu*ka. Yo, you
gonna be a thug, then go down like a thug.
Charles¨
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shyt is exactly like the Coli
There were small BBS boards back then, you can google them. People talking bout Illmatic being overhyped and how the state of current rap (94-95) is wack

Same old same old.

 

[mobbinfms]

She got love from the casual listeners...she didn't come into her own style yet so she was basically the female Snoop at that time...bit everything about him...style..flow..catch phrases...and he was huge at the time so the casual listener gravitated towards her...Nas was known nationwide by the hip hop heads...but for casual listeners he was mostly Tri State....

I agree 100%

 

[untaintedbeats]

Illmatic didn't sell because everybody had it before it dropped officially..the reason so many had the bootleg and the reason the album is short is because it was so anticipated and so many ppl wanted it that they was dubbing from friends...same reason brand nubians didn't go gold...make no mistake nas was that dude...

 

[Taadow]

At that age I wouldn't expect you to know who he was.

Age didn't restrict me from being up, doe. At that point in time I knew my chit...but I didn't know about Nas
and neither did my patnas.

 

[mobbinfms]

Age didn't restrict me from being up, doe. At that point in time I knew my chit...but I didn't know about Nas
and neither did my patnas.

I can't speak to you personally breh. But in general an 11 year olds opinion about hip hop (or really anything) means nothing to me.

 

[spliz]

Illmatic didn't sell because everybody had it before it dropped officially..the reason so many had the bootleg and the reason the album is short is because it was so anticipated and so many ppl wanted it that they was dubbing from friends...same reason brand nubians didn't go gold...make no mistake nas was that dude...

This added to it as well..shyt..Nas himself was giving the album out before it released....nikkas had the album in 93 and it released in 94..

 

[Taadow]

I can't speak to you personally breh. But in general an 11 year olds opinion about hip hop (or really anything) means nothing to me.

How old were you in 1994?

 

[mobbinfms]

How old were you in 1994?

13-14

 

[Barry Sanders]

So 87% of 1994 albums did NOT go gold or platinum. Getting a plaque in 1994 was extremely rare.
Albums that are considered classics or even just held in high regard didn't get a plaque.
Jeru
Common
Pete & CL
O.C.
Organized Konfusion
The Beatnuts
Gangstarr
Gravediggaz
Artifacts
The Fugees (not a classic or held in high regard...but even the Fugees struck out the first go round)

Also - the albums that did go gold or platinum - are not representative of the best albums or even the albums that got the most play.

their considered classics by whom?

let's be serious here nas had promo. he got 5 mics from the source when the source was credible. had 3 videos in rotation.



no one was listening to nas like that in 94 facts. illmatic get props from "hip heads".

 

[BlackMajik]

 

[Barry Sanders]

He ain't seeing Coolio's Gangsta Paradise numbers...


He ain't topping the charts like Skee-Lo and "I Wish I Was Taller"




Don't ever compare this n1gga to the gawds!!!




"They ain't bumping this in no clubs like 69 Boyz"

Coolio Stans we winning!!!!

cut on gangsta paradise or i wish or cut on any song from illmatic. im willing t bet people gonna vibe more to gp and i wish.

 

[Nomad1]

thread is about illmatic and you fakkits talk about tha gawd pac cacs and their fixations on nikkas

 

[Foxmulder]

I can't speak to you personally breh. But in general an 11 year olds opinion about hip hop (or really anything) means nothing to me.

11 years old and listening to the fukking brat. But he and his partners knew they shyt. Nikkas watching He-Man discussing that real hiphop.

 

[mobbinfms]

their considered classics by whom?

Not all of them are classics. But serious hip hop fans.

no one was listening to nas like that in 94 facts. illmatic get props from "hip heads".

You just completely contradicted yourself right there.

 

[Taadow]

11 years old and listening to the fukking brat. But he and his partners knew they shyt. Nikkas watching He-Man discussing that real hiphop.

How old were you in 1994?