"In the south TI, Gucci, Juvenile n Master P were all bigger to us than Jay-Z"
- Thread starter Finesse
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Yea I didn’t get into Jay (outside of the singles) until high school.
Southern culture was strong af back then.
Southern culture was strong af back then.
BK The Great
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But didn’t Jay make music with Juvie , Master P & UGK in the mid to late 90’s? That was southern fans introduction to his music.
Thats more so Jay being strategic than the other way around. Its been reported Bird aint even kno who Jay was during the Ha remix era.
They had to break the idea to him like "He is this dope rapper from Up north"
T-K-G
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Regionalism existed, breaking news 
Hard knock life
Izzo
That type of shyt, Big Pimpin was the only Collab out of the 3 you mentioned that fit the bill
@ the Ha remix, that shyt is a joke,
Jay, just like every other rapper, wasn't on the radar outside of his region until those mainstream hits start dropping
Hard knock life
Izzo
That type of shyt, Big Pimpin was the only Collab out of the 3 you mentioned that fit the bill
@ the Ha remix, that shyt is a joke,
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Gucci was the streets at one point. Only Keef and Lil Wayne was as big in the streets as him.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
Atlanta and they obsession with Jay is hilarious
My Girl is Bow Legged
JUST DO IT LIKE
I’m from east atlanta 6 where the boys dump bricks but we don’t bump the blueprint 3 
Metal Face
Superstar
this might shock yall but in the east coast Jay was bigger 
Iceson Beckford
Rich In Spirit.
How many times are they going to tell us this? 
According to nikkas the following groups did not listen to Jay Z
1.)Women
2.)The south
3.)The west coast
4.)The midwest
5.))White people(until Beyonce and him because official in 2003).
6.)Young people
It was basically just the Marcy housing projects
1.)Women
2.)The south
3.)The west coast
4.)The midwest
5.))White people(until Beyonce and him because official in 2003).
6.)Young people
It was basically just the Marcy housing projects
Gucci? Trick Daddy? These dudes could barely open a Jay-z show except in their own cities.
As far as Juve and P goes, I mean they nearly did the same units as Jay in the US. So that’s not a hot take.
One thing I’ll never get is why a someone from Atlanta thinks his friends in his hood defines more than half of the black population in the US and about half of the country
The south is not one hood, people in TX, Virginia, Mobile, Oklahoma and Jacksonville are not the same. But anytime it’s some take about about what the south does, people talk like it’s some project with 3k people.
As far as Juve and P goes, I mean they nearly did the same units as Jay in the US. So that’s not a hot take.
One thing I’ll never get is why a someone from Atlanta thinks his friends in his hood defines more than half of the black population in the US and about half of the country
The south is not one hood, people in TX, Virginia, Mobile, Oklahoma and Jacksonville are not the same. But anytime it’s some take about about what the south does, people talk like it’s some project with 3k people.
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steadyrighteous
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People wonder why the state of (rap) music discourse, media and journalism is in the toilet when 80% of hip-hop conversations are about sales, beef, if people in Tuscaloosa ever heard Illmatic or who was "hotter" in 99.
Then wonder why its mostly white people writing about and reviewing albums on a musical level and running media circles
Then wonder why its mostly white people writing about and reviewing albums on a musical level and running media circles
Who gives a fukk? Why does the south always sound like it has a musical inferiority complex? The West Coast never does this. The south always trying to compare itself to the East when we don't give a fukk about southern music.