Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996
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. Other people's goat had to wait their turn when the lights weren't too bright We read well enough to know and understand that the sun doesn't revolve around the earth. We also know that a camel is a mammal. Jay Z's influence is so powerful on you that you can't even spell "can't". We all make mistakes, but if you're going to attempt to clown, make sure you're correct first.
Nobody has an issue with this, it's the nikkas that's trying to push this narrative that Jay Z was this dude who was played heavy.
I can name many rappers who singles AND albums were rolling from front to back in 1996 over a fukking reasonable doubt.
Nobody outside of the tristate and DMV area gave a fukk about Jayz.
He was a superstar to you east coast guys.
That nikka could sell out a 1k - 2k in any other region in 1996 by himself
Breh sit this one out. You getting emotional like two females.
You talking about a single being on your city's radio.
First of all rap didn't play all day, so miss me with that. In 1996 radio stations were not blasting rap music all day and all night like that. AM stations in majority of the cities around the world had special hrs to play RAP SONGS.
You had special hrs that rap came on and it was more at night for a certain time frame. Maybe an hr or 2 hr cap.
And before you say that I'm lying, who was listening to the shyt on the radio all day? Everybody was in fukkin school until 3-4 pm and nikkas wasn't listening to the shyt at school. No Cell Phones or shyt we have today nikka.
Radio wasn't waisting money on playing rap music ALL Day.
You had a handful of artist who shyt would be played all day in the day which was a rare instinct, such as your 2pac but you had to wait for a mix in the evening or a countdown at night to hear rap songs
Nobody was playing fukking Jay Z all the time on their radio station across the country.
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En Sabah Nur
The First
Ain't no might have about it. That's why Jay-Z was a mid-tier rapper in 96. He was not a nobody some claim, but there was so much great music from that year that Reasonable Doubt was not a standout. And it's a great album, but 96 was just flooded with dopeness.1996 might have been the most epic year in hip-hop history looking bak at it
Even if you break it down to the rookies of 96 Lil Kim was bigger than Jay
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I'm from Alabama and Ain't No Nikka got played all the time on the radioTbh I never knew Jay existed until “Money Ain’t a Thing”. I’m from the South tho
Playaz Eyez
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I’m from the South as well and was constantly hearing “Ain’t No nikka” with Foxy soooooooo muchTbh I never knew Jay existed until “Money Ain’t a Thing”. I’m from the South tho
Solo rappers, yes. If we’re talking rap acts, Bone Thugs were top 3 from 1994-1997The top 3 rappers in 96 were Pac, Nas & BIG
Next case
Cloud McFly
All Star
I’m from the South as well and was constantly hearing “Ain’t No nikka” with Foxy soooooooo much
Same here in Detroit, which says a lot about a supposed nobody at the time. It seems like cats either weren’t old enough at the time, wasn’t really into rap, or just don’t like dude to say otherwise.
He was nowhere near a superstar, but a nobody isn’t accomplishing the things he was at the time.
Sauce and Footwork
Superstar
East coast nikkas really be mad and sensitive cuz other regions weren’t tuned in to all the NY music on the level they were on lol. We all grew up listening to NY music. Nas BIG Jay and back to the origins. Why nikkas gotta lie to y’all to make you feel better when y’all already get props lol. Jay Z coulda been a big artist in 96 or whatever. Cool. But it’s a fact nikkas in other regions didn’t fukk with him on the level y’all thought to where we looked at him as this big artist. That’s like a nikka from Houston being mad y’all wasn’t up on Scarface as much as him. Or Atlanta dudes calling y’all haters cuz you wasn’t checking for Outlast or TI as soon as us. When we thought they were the biggest things out. They kept making music and became that universal artist. Jay Z grew and did same thing. It’s not a diss. Especially when it was an era where PAC and BIG had been dominating. But in the south we wasn’t checking for Jay Z in 96
Think about this too. Most people from other regions would name big pimpin as the first big song they heard from him. That’s because UGK was on it to where we cared lol. After that Jay Z got love in the south. PAC also lived in Atlanta for a while so you naturally heard a lot of PAC music around. Even still
Think about this too. Most people from other regions would name big pimpin as the first big song they heard from him. That’s because UGK was on it to where we cared lol. After that Jay Z got love in the south. PAC also lived in Atlanta for a while so you naturally heard a lot of PAC music around. Even still
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Cloud McFly
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I'm legit confused by posts like this.
To put it into perspective LL (who was on his 6th album) and Too Short (who was on his 10th album) both outsold "RD".
Jay went gold, same as Crucial Conflict. The popularity/sales/whatever on that Source list is all over the place.
Fred.
I was going to leave this thread alone, but I'm seeing too much bullshyt being spewed
By December 28, 1996, as @Cloud McFly posted, Jay was a somebody. Reasonable Doubt was not as popular yet
I wasn't even in grade school yet at the time but Ain't No was definitely getting play in Philly. The girls in my class loved rapping Foxy Brown's verse and it was my first time ever hearing Jay but I didn't listen to a full Jay Z album until Vol. 1
I also remember going to Myrtle Beach that summer and it was also getting played down there as well
By December 28, 1996, as @Cloud McFly posted, Jay was a somebody. Reasonable Doubt was not as popular yet
I wasn't even in grade school yet at the time but Ain't No was definitely getting play in Philly. The girls in my class loved rapping Foxy Brown's verse and it was my first time ever hearing Jay but I didn't listen to a full Jay Z album until Vol. 1
I also remember going to Myrtle Beach that summer and it was also getting played down there as well
The OP got you cats in a head lock.
The thread was actually praising Jay-Z. There is pockets of people that legit had no idea who he was in '96, but I don't think anyone is seriously arguing he was a nobody in '96. Some of us knew who he was and were completely indifferent to him, though. I'm not gonna sit here and lie like "RD" was received like Pac, Outkast, The Fugees, Ghost, Mobb Deep, Nas, Busta Rhymes, WSC, etc.
There was just way too much shyt out in 1996.
Fred.