lol. youre the nutcase.
and stop grouping everybody together. i didn't say all of this.
i just said reasonable doubt was getting more luv in the streets.
then when the radio was brought up, i said that over here, nas had the biggest mainstream record but i heard jay more in primetime. plus, jay was getting a lot of daytime spins too, thanks to foxy.
i didn't even speak on NY. that's yall thing. im talking about power 99 and eventually when 103.9 started up in early '97.
and now youre moving goal-posts, looking for a W.

nas was SUPPOSED to get more play thru the rest of the country. he was getting a huge mainstream push, while jay was a new artist with an independent street album.
the argument was initially about who got the most play on the home turf. then it turned into radio play on the turf.
heres the thing. youre comparing the fugees to mary. i thought the fugees were supposed to be a rap group tho??
"killing me softly" wasn't just some dope lil r&b remake. its the song that sold the album. the same album that went on to sell darn near 20 million copies worldwide. and they made sure they dropped that video before the album, despite the fact that theres absolutely no rapping in the entire song.
if that's not crossover, then i don't know what is.
and that has nothing to do with nas. im talking about the fugees. they were the epitome of crossover hip-hop at the time. them & Coolio.
then the following year, they were definitely pop. i would say that lauryn kinda separated her brand from it but i wouldn't be shocked if she was on some poppy album cuts.
again, i domt have any problem concerning Nas doing a song with them. i just don't like how people are playing dumb in here, acting like Nas & steve stoute didn't construct that entire IWW run with the hopes of going mainstream. and i certainly don't like how people are trying to act like the fugees were heltah skeltah or some chit all of a sudden.