I don't like to put much stock in the Grammys but that the highest form of critical praise you can receive
very contradictory statement.
if you dont put much stock into the grammys, then how is it the highest form of critical praise?
You gotta remember in the mid 2000s ATL was on top by a mile. TI, Jeezy, Lil Jon and all those snap dudes ran rap at the time. Than you had Houston which was hot and Miami was coming up. NY was an afterthought those years.
As far as Meth goes dude might give you 3-4 different flows in one verse. As nice as Jada is he cant do that
you mean the same way that most of the bigger acts of the mid-late '90s were from california, ohio & lousianna?

and im talking real movements. not that snap & crunk novelty radio stuff.
mid-00s east coast rappers were more popular across the board than mid-90s east coast rappers breh. the offer is still on the table. we can still go artist-for-artist and compare.
The Mobb was the exact opposite of that backpack rap back then. They took thugging to a new level. Its sad tho cuz I think Jada could been top 10 all time if he had better solo albums
i think what
@keon is trying to say is that wutang & mobb had the backpack appeal & following - which translates into hype & critical acclaim from journalists & such.
as opposed to acts like dblock & dipset who are geared soley towards the streets & urban crowds and dont reasonate with the backpacks & hippity-hoppity cats.
cause meth still had a good career and always was the top dog of wu. meths career went much smoother than jadas.
I never not once in the past 15 years said, ya know what... im checking for jada more than anyone right now... that time in 97 waiting for T2 was torture. Jada never got me like that period. And for all the praise dude gets his whole career, he and the lox in particular dont have the really memorable shyt like wu did. Always had solid to great mixtapes but I saw meth/rae/ghost/rza on another level to guys like the lox and can honestly say Method Man is still nice and dropping great verses. Meth with ASAP song > Jada with whomever hes with in 2015, lil white kids or whatever
meth wasnt top dog of the wu. he was more like the top mascot, with ol d b at #2.
that song with ASAP is boring, just like the majority of method man's catalog.
you waited 4 years for the follow-up of a dissappointing album?

you must really love the wu.