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Tommy Gibbs said:
are you serious? That was a perfect album even without "live at the bbq".
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I didn’t say the album wasn’t dope. I said Nas on BBQ was the most MEMORABLE thing about it. The debut of Nas is what everyone talks about when it comes to it. Without Nas verse that album is just another good in an era of great albums
 
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Ziggiy said:
I didn’t say the album wasn’t dope. I said Nas on BBQ was the most MEMORABLE thing about it. The debut of Nas is what everyone talks about when it comes to it. Without Nas verse that album is just another good in an era of great albums
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Nas verse is memorable, but people at the time who didn't have the album were still rocking out to the singles. There were 3or 4 singles from the album (notably "looking at the front door") and the hip hop fans loved these songs. "looking at the front door" was getting play on the mainstream station in my area 2 or 3 times a week during the day which was rare for rap back then. The hardcore hip hop heads, like me and you, had the album and were talking about Nas' verse because BBQ wasn't a single. Then 92, Serch put Nas on a single with Chubb Rock(who was hot at the time due to Treat em right) and that gave him a bit of mainstream exposure to the casuals.
 
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Tommy Gibbs said:
Nas verse is memorable, but people at the time who didn't have the album were still rocking out to the singles. There were 3or 4 singles from the album (notably "looking at the front door") and the hip hop fans loved these songs. "looking at the front door" was getting play on the mainstream station in my area 2 or 3 times a week during the day which was rare for rap back then. The hardcore hip hop heads, like me and you, had the album and were talking about Nas' verse because BBQ wasn't a single. Then 92, Serch put Nas on a single with Chubb Rock(who was hot at the time due to Treat em right) and that gave him a bit of mainstream exposure to the casuals.
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Ziggiy said:
I didn’t say the album wasn’t dope. I said Nas on BBQ was the most MEMORABLE thing about it. The debut of Nas is what everyone talks about when it comes to it. Without Nas verse that album is just another good in an era of great albums
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Na, most of the album was fire and really the most talked about track was "Looking at the Front Door".
And Live at the Barbeque got Akineleye a deal before it got Nas one.
 
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Ziggiy said:
I didn’t say the album wasn’t dope. I said Nas on BBQ was the most MEMORABLE thing about it. The debut of Nas is what everyone talks about when it comes to it. Without Nas verse that album is just another good in an era of great albums
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...Looking At The Front Door was the #1 rap song in the country when the album dropped and is one of the greatest rap songs ever. Obviously Live At The BBQ was an important record but it wasn't #1 big.
 
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Piff Perkins said:
...Looking At The Front Door was the #1 rap song in the country when the album dropped and is one of the greatest rap songs ever. Obviously Live At The BBQ was an important record but it wasn't #1 big.
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You’re both right but I think it’s fair to say in 2023 the legacy of that album hinges almost entirely on Nas’s verse. Just for perspective I went to a Large Pro show before the pandemic and he didn’t even perform Looking At The Front Door but he did perform BBQ with Joe Fatal and it got the biggest response of the night by far.
 
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