Is it safe to say Eminem had a bigger impact on hip hop than Biggie but not Pac?

[Trajan]

thread?

There's HOURS worth of audio on youtube consisting of rappers spitting Biggie bars. And that's just the half of his warpath....he's the reason why Jesus Pieces became a part of hip hop uniforms.


You can quote most biggie lines and alot of people would tell you what song and album it came from.

 

[Brown Ant]

Shady is a better rapper than both and more influential.

 

[WEKetchum]

Good point. Biggie deserves credit for opening up the self deprecation lane too though..

Biggie opened the door. Eminem walked inside that door and had a house party, lol

 

[blackslash]

No one is influenced by Eminem, cut it out.

actually kdot said he's very much influenced by em

 

[LordFendiMane]

actually kdot said he's very much influenced by em

That's cool but I'm no Kendrick fan boy that automatically calls everything he does classic or groundbreaking. One rapper saying he's influenced by Em doesn't constitute him being a huge influence in hiphop. People don't mimic Em, his catalog is garbage, he hasn't influenced urban fashion ( IT MATTERS!) and he hasn't released a good album in years. Em just sold a sh1t load of records and the people that bought his bullsh1t also bought alot of N'SYNC and B. Spears albums.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

Impact....by that definition its Em and its not even close.

Before the fangs come out, im not a huge Em fan, and I think biggie is the illest. Biggie is by far the better of the two, talent and catalog wise...but impact?

Hip hop popularity exploded concurrently with Em's rise in popularity. No coincidence. White America ( the overwhelming majority), finally had a rap hero they could call their own. Em brought in the "rap is crap, it aint music" honk demo, and it opened the genre up to millions of fans that other artists capitalized on....fans that I dont think would have been there if not for Em.

And say what you want about the value of such, but white rappers were still very much taboo in the late 90s. After Em, labels couldnt sign them fast enough, and within a year or two of Em's ascension the white rapper stigma was all but gone. Thats impact.

Em helped pull Dre off the career scrap heap, which fueled the aftermath comeback, and his co-sign established 50's dominance.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

He brang the honest emo self depreciating junkie lane more associated with white artists in other genre's into hiphop during a time(bling bling era) when it couldn't be further from the norm. Now it is THE NORM. I think Em's impact on not just hiphop but american culture is greatly underestimated because he's looked back upon as basically a washed up troll.

 

[TrifeGod]

*sees random cac nerd cartoon in your avi*

See's bubble gum rapper in your avy

So what the fukk is up?

And that's a Zero from Megaman a old classic game I liked when I was a kid

You can see Biggie's crew playing Street Fighter in his video..

So what the fukk is the problem

You got a problem with the Megaman series now?

You too thugged out for videogames?

Zero holds more clout in the streets then you do

"poppin pain pillzzzzzzzz"

Like you cool our somethin go die somewhere

 

[The 2020 New Member]

well i believe in the first amendment so i'd say that it's safe to say. if not, we seriously need to take a look at what is going on in america.

 

[Bud Bundy]

no

were you serious with this question?

I guess he gave white dudes the confidence to rap?

 

[PHamm]

By impact, I'm mean the direction hip hop went and his influence.

that statement is completely fair.

 

[PHamm]

Biggie has a way bigger impact on hip hop than em and pac

 

[PHamm]

true.. Tupac & Eminem had a much larger impact on society in general, but if were just talking about the music its definitely Biggie.