You sucked Jay-Z's dikk with your post better than Bey ever has. Don't try to move the goalposts now lmao. Hov is a legend, not my #1 DOA but the argument can be made. Let's just stop pretending he was immediately a star with Reasonable Doubt because that shyt is a lie.
Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996
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You sucked Jay-Z's dikk with your post better than Bey ever has. Don't try to move the goalposts now lmao. Hov is a legend, not my #1 DOA but the argument can be made. Let's just stop pretending he was immediately a star with Reasonable Doubt because that shyt is a lie.
Mac Ten
Class of 97 !!!
Jay grinded to get where he was at...
When Biggie died, he took the torch and ran with it.
People didn't go back and check Reasonable Doubt until Vol 2 just like East Coast cats didn't go back and buy UGK's albums until they heard Big Pimpin.
If anything, timing helped Jay because Pac was going to give Jay the Chino treatment and he would have had to go against Big for the throne if they didn't die
When Biggie died, he took the torch and ran with it.
People didn't go back and check Reasonable Doubt until Vol 2 just like East Coast cats didn't go back and buy UGK's albums until they heard Big Pimpin.
If anything, timing helped Jay because Pac was going to give Jay the Chino treatment and he would have had to go against Big for the throne if they didn't die
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
This nikka is making threads about 1996
Some of y'all nikkas are stuck 30 years in the past trying to relive your glory days
It's always 1996 on thecoli
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Cmon breh...at the latest, you would've heard of him from Hard Knock Life, otherwise you were living under a rock
He was still just another rapper at that point. He wasn't A or B-List. There was a small margin of folks that were actual fans, which is fine. It was the same for most rappers that weren't superstars.
It’s a fascinating case study into the ‘underdog’ brain. They feel threatened
Literally the exact same dynamic as Katt Williams and Kevin hart
When Jay z rises up slowly, it means he was a lame
When another artist does it, it’s a badge of honor that he’s one of us and it’s trendy to be underground. Like no one would ever disparage a Sean Peice bc he didn’t sell.
But then when he DO sell they use that against him too
I was serving at the time
Nggas proudly admitting they was dweebs
You saw cats clowning his mainstream success and thought that made it safe for you. Nah ngga, jay z wasn’t MAINSTREAM but he was thoroughly known by Vol 1 and especially Vol 2
Hard knock life was a top 10 billboard track and #1 rap song
Jay headlined the Hard Knock life tour, over DMX.
Also everyone always mentions Vol 2. But they forget Streets is watching dropped before Vol 2. It was on the streets. It’s Alright and Love for Free was bangers. And not crossover, he was respected in the hood. He was ringing out in whips.
Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
Tbh I never knew Jay existed until “Money Ain’t a Thing”. I’m from the South tho
I Never heard of him until the rush hour soundtrack
Mic Geronimo was bigger than Jay-Z in 1996
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2pac was a nobody in 1991 50 cent was a nobody in 1999 
master p was a nobody in 1995
master p was a nobody in 1995
Heavy_Handz
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I was being 100% honest. You sound feminine as hell with your gossip girl schtick. I didn’t say he was a star. Stop putting words in my mouth, clown.
