Is "Aint No Ni**a" the WORST quality sounding song on a retail album?
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Rapmastermind
Superstar
taking nothing away from this song, but are you forgetting that case's "touch me, tease me" was out at the same exact time and on the same soundtrack? that was clearly foxy's biggest feature.
Yes "Touch Me, Tease Me" was a huge hit but it was a combination of that song and "Ain't No nikka" that put Foxy in the spotlight. It's funny cause when this video dropped Foxy was the Bigger star and artist than Jay. Even in the "Ill Be" video, Jay was just a feature and lower teir artist than Foxy at that time. Foxy and Lil Kim were both Bigger than Jay in 96. As for the mix of the song. Hey that's was a raw style mix. All Hip Hop didn't sound "Polished" all the time. The Transition to the more polished sound was taking place but it hadn't fully taken over in 96'. A lot of the mixes were raw as hell back then. This is why though this was a mainstream song, it still had that raw Hip Hop vibe with how Jaz did the song.
Rapmastermind
Superstar
Same with the mixes on "ILLmatic" and "Ready To Die". It was just the sound at the time. You have to be there to understand.
songs not wack but i've been skipping it since 96
I love that gritty raw 90s sound...shyt sounding way too clean nowadays...not saying anything wrong wit that
Rapmastermind
Superstar
I agree, It's funny, even when they remastered "RTD, ILL and RD" it was more crisp but you could still hear that gritty mix, you just can't take it out.
The reason the song gets hate cause it's by far the most mainstream song on a pretty gritty LP. But the song was hot in 96 and it's still Hot today, that's why I said it was a Classic song. I don't think people understand that this was basically the song that launched Jay's career to the mainstream. For Hip Hop Heads, it was "Dead Presidents" but Jay being on the Platinum selling "Nutty Professor" soundtrack went a long way for him.
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
Seemed like Jaz O used a poor quality sample. I like that murky type of production though.
I agree wit everything said in your post......Nutty pro was a good soundtrack...remember when soundtracks were dope?
mortuus est
Veteran
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
of course when youre on multiple hits at once, its a combination. the point was, you were giving all the credit to "aint no ni**a" when "touch me tease me" was clearly the bigger song and you didnt even mention it.
just say you typed your post up real fast without thinking it thru. no need to backtrack. if "aint no niqqa" never dropped, foxy wouldve still been in the same standing. jay benefited from the song way more than she did. foxy was already on pace to stardom, as you just said.
Tuc2DaBoot
Pro
Why do young dudes always want to comment on the sound quality of 90s music when they know today's music sounds way cleaner than back then? 
Plus, the song ended up being a big hit anyways regardless of sound quality... so that should tell you something about the people who enjoyed it back then.
Also in the 90s, some songs were meant to have that dirty/grimy effect. Some engineers and producers preferred that vibe back then... the stuff people are speaking about with Kingdom Come & Blueprint 3 was just subpar mixing and mastering, period.
Plus, the song ended up being a big hit anyways regardless of sound quality... so that should tell you something about the people who enjoyed it back then.
Also in the 90s, some songs were meant to have that dirty/grimy effect. Some engineers and producers preferred that vibe back then... the stuff people are speaking about with Kingdom Come & Blueprint 3 was just subpar mixing and mastering, period.
Patrick Kane
Veteran
I always thought I had a "bad" copy of the album or some shyt. I never understood why the quality was so poor
Terrible quality for that album song let alone a single. Engineers drop the ball on that one.
@ some ya not staying on-topic just to say it was a hot song. 
@ some ya not staying on-topic just to say it was a hot song. 