Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996

[maxamusa]

In 1996?!

Outkast (south) and BONE (midwest) were going plat and multi-plat. You're talking as if it was 1989 or some shyt.

Fred.

This brings up a good point. I hate comparisons like Lebron to MJ cause they weren't in the league at the same time.

It's a fair comparison when you were in the same league at the same time.

That's what defines who you really were.

 

[NO-BadAzz]

So jay z could be on the biggest rap video platform at the the time but not nowhere else lol

jay z was all over rap city with dead presidents, I’ll be, ain’t no, & feelin it

this is like someone saying yeah Bron u in the nba but did u go to college


Yo was the biggest rap show going and jay z hosted it

OK breh.

Breh you wasn't in black spaces in 1996 to even know if Jay Z album or singles were being played

You do know you could buy the radio version single and uncut single for 99 cents.

No teenager or person 18-25 in any of the regions I named was going to the store and buying some new nikka's album that they never heard of.

Nobody was waisting 19.99 dollars on a nikka that they weren't familiar with lol

Stop it. At least act like you were moving around in 1996

Nobody in those regions that I named were going to middle school, high school, college (unless you were from the tri-state area in DMV) blasting Jay Z in 1996 on campus

Stop it. 2pac and other folks music from their own region was being played or album/single being copped

Anybody music that was played heavy from the tri-state area in these other regions they had big singles that were played on the radio.
Jay Z shyt was not that in 1996

 

[NO-BadAzz]

Only two markets that even mattered at the time were only NY and LA, and the facts of the matter are that he was the hottest newcomer in one of them

He was a constant feature on all of them Clue tapes of the time and in the Tunnel

Breh dudes were pushing heavy in the state of Texas alone.
Act like you were outside in 1996 breh.

 

[Cladyclad]

OK breh.

Breh you wasn't in black spaces in 1996 to even know if Jay Z album or singles were being played

You do know you could buy the radio version single and uncut single for 99 cents.

No teenager or person 18-25 in any of the regions I named was going to the store and buying some new nikka's album that they never heard of.

Nobody was waisting 19.99 dollars on a nikka that they weren't familiar with lol

Stop it. At least at like you were moving around in 1996

Nobody in those regions were going to middle school, high school, college (unless you were from the tri-state area in DMV) blasting Jay Z in 1996 on campus

Stop it. 2pac and other folks music from their own region was being played or album/single being copped

Anybody music that was played heavy from the tri-state area in these other regions they had big singles that were played on the radio.
Jay Z shyt was not that in 1996

this Dude got cable in 2001 and act like he know what he talking about lol

 

[NO-BadAzz]

this Dude got cable in 2001 and act like he know what he talking about lol

I was outside. It was only 2 nation wide shows that played rap music on TV breh, on Cable should I say that ran across the nation.
JayZ in 1996 didn't crack the TOP 10

Jayz didn't hit in nobody's top 5 in these region

Rap City and Yo MTV raps

You do know in 1996, the only time you would hear music was either on the radio, at a club or house party, at a football game let out, high school games or hanging around at a hood barbershop.

There wasn't no Internet breh.

Let's act like we actually lived in 1996

Jay Z had no club song in 1996, nikkas in those regions as I said wasn't bumping no Jay Z in their barbershop, it was 2pac or the nikkas in their region or the rappers who singles they heard heavy on the radio.

Jay Z wasn't a household name on ANY HBCU campus in 1996, maybe the ones in the DMV area

Ladies in 1996 didn't bump no JayZ.

Yea, tell me you wasn't around without telling me.

Let's not try and rewrite this shyt. I lived in it.

Like I said to the other breh, Too Short, E-40, Crucial Conflict all had bigger single than Jay Z in 1996 and I can go on. And in 1996 singles pushed your albums and cracked you into other regions

I can list more artists

 

[maxamusa]

I was outside. It was only 2 nation wide shows that played rap music on TV breh, on Cable should I say that ran across the nation.
JayZ in 1996 didn't crack the TOP 10

Jayz didn't hit in nobody's top 5 in these region

Rap City and Yo MTV raps

You do know in 1996, the only time you would hear music was either on the radio, at a club or house party, at a football game let out, high school games or hanging around at a hood barbershop.

There wasn't no Internet breh.

Let's act like we actually lived in 1996

Jay Z had no club song in 1996, nikkas in those regions as I said wasn't bumping no Jay Z in their barbershop, it was 2pac or the nikkas in their region or the rappers who singles they heard heavy on the radio.

Jay Z wasn't a household name on ANY HBCU campus in 1996, maybe the ones in the DMV area

Ladies in 1996 didn't bump no JayZ.

Yea, tell me you wasn't around without telling me.

Let's not try and rewrite this shyt. I lived in it.

Like I said to the other breh, Too Short, E-40, Crucial Conflict all had bigger single than Jay Z in 1996 and I can go on. And in 1996 singles pushed your albums and cracked you into other regions

I can list more artists

ask him about Detroit rap where he say he from...I don't see him EVER in any of those threads.

I be in them id rather be from Detroit than NY from a hip-hop stance in 2k24

 

[DillaTUDE]

Breh dudes were pushing heavy in through state of Texas alone.
Act like you were outside in 1996 breh.

No one in NY gave a single fukk about what was going on down there unless they were hustling down there. And it stopped and started with Master P’s “Bout It, Bout It” record—that was it.

Go read them old RZA interviews that guys like Jay Electronica still cry about to see how seriously NY viewed you guys.

You weren’t a serious market until ‘99-‘00, that’s why a dude from New Orleans’ opinion is irrelevant compared to someone who actually experienced the club scene in NY in ‘96.

nikkas like BG and Juvenile were superstars to you guys even back then, why the hell should anyone take someone from a city like yours opinion serious on as to what was actually hitting in the streets back then?

 

[Cladyclad]

I was outside. It was only 2 nation wide shows that played rap music breh

Rap City and Yo MTV raps

You do know in 1996, the only time you would hear music was either on the radio, at a club or house party, at a football game let out, high school games or hanging around at a hood barbershop.

There wasn't no Internet breh.

Let's act like we actually lived in 1996

Jay Z had no club song in 1996, nikkas in those regions as I said wasn't bumping no Jay Z in their barbershop, it was 2pac or the nikkas in their region or the rappers who singles they heard heavy on the radio.

Jay Z wasn't a household name on ANY HBCU campus in 1996, maybe the ones in the DMV area

Ladies in 1996 didn't bump no JayZ.

Yea, tell me you wasn't around without telling me.

Let's not try and rewrite this shyt. I lived in it.

Like I said to the other breh, Too Short, E-40, Crucial Conflict all had bigger single than Jay Z in 1996 and I can go on

I can list more artists

Idiot im from Detroit ain’t no was on the radio all the time
cant knock the hustle got played too

it peaked At number 4 on billboard rap charts

u can’t get that with just one region

 

[Mike Ock]

I just remember brooklyns finest & ain’t no nikka getting mad tick on the radio summer ‘96. Jay was an up n coming rapper back then nothin more nothin less

Pretty much sums it up. '96 had a lot going on.
- 2pac
- Fugees
- Bonethugs
- Nas
- Outkast
- Badboy

Jay's album just didn't make much noise in '96.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

1996 might have been the most epic year in hip-hop history looking bak at it

It probably was.

I like some of the 1995 releases more OB4CL & The Infamous are in my top 3-5, Liquid Swords in my top 10

Butttt the sheer # of classics in 96, and the amount of different sounds make it more epic

 

[maxamusa]

Pretty much sums it up. '96 had a lot going on.
- 2pac
- Fugees
- Bonethugs
- Nas
- Outkast
- Badboy

Jay's album just didn't make much noise in '96.

its like mentioning "but wilt Chamberlin scored 100 points a game playing against plumbers and electricians 20 years prior"

 

[Mike Ock]

The REAL story here is how that show was only $40.

Jay was prolly the opener for that show.

 

[Cladyclad]

ask him about Detroit rap where he say he from...I don't see him EVER in any of those threads.

I be in them id rather be from Detroit than NY from a hip-hop stance in 2k24

Y’all dudes be on my dikk so much y’all follow my moves lol

 

[maxamusa]

Jay was prolly the opener for that show.

what was the tour with DMX, reman and method man? I can't remember what they called it....

man I WISH that footage of the battle with jay n DMX would come out.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Pretty much sums it up. '96 had a lot going on.
- 2pac
- Fugees
- Bonethugs
- Nas
- Outkast
- Badboy

Jay's album just didn't make much noise in '96.

Summer 96, you couldn't go 30 mins w/o hearing Killin Me Softly, or Tha Crossroads...