Nore:"In 1998 I was The Hottest Rapper In The World"

[spliz]

Busta still had "Fire It Up" in 1998. Then Flipmode's album dropped in 1998 and had "Everybody On The Line" and "Cha Cha". Then he capped off 1998 with a new album.

Mase was still hot in 1998. There was "Lookin At Me", which was the biggest single The Neptunes had produced at that point. There was "24 Hrs. To Live". He was on Cam's single. He was on Brandy's first single. He was on key songs on several major albums from that year.

24 Hours To Live was hot in 97. Lookin At Me became a single but it was already played to death by that time. Also it wasn’t a break out Neptunes defining smash. That was SuperThug and it’s no contest. Regardless boy still had mainstream presence but he wasn’t THAT nikka like he was on 97. No way. Especially not over how hot NORE was in the summer. Busta wasn’t goin as crazy as he was in 97 either man I was around Busta in this time frame. No one is saying the people u named wasnt hot we speaking on if they had the NORE buzz. I mean if u gonna start mentioning people might as well mention Onyx, Cam’Ron and Jermaine Dupri.

 

[En Sabah Nur]

any record from nore was/is immediate Dana Owens.

art barr

 

[JustCKing]

24 Hours To Live was hot in 97. Lookin At Me became a single but it was already played to death by that time. Also it wasn’t a break out Neptunes defining smash. That was SuperThug and it’s no contest. Regardless boy still had mainstream presence but he wasn’t THAT nikka like he was on 97. No way. Especially not over how hot NORE was in the summer. Busta wasn’t goin as crazy as he was in 97 either man I was around Busta in this time frame. No one is saying the peo
ple u named wasnt hot we speaking on if they had the NORE buzz. I mean if u gonna start mentioning people might as well mention Onyx, Cam’Ron and Jermaine Dupri.

Mase was still one of the hottest rappers in 1998 as was Busta. There was still "Been Around the World" remix with Carl Thomas. There was the joint with 112. Cam'ron's breakout single featured Mase. JD had "Get Dealt With", which wasn't an official single that was being played here heavily and that featured Mase.

"Superthug" was a defining song for The Neptunes, but "Lookin At Me" was the intro.

Busta was definitely huge in 1998.

Both of them dropped albums late 1997 and a lot of that carried over into 1998 and both of them managed to keep the momentum going through the whole year. They were definitely hotter than N.O.R.E.

 

[spliz]

Mase was still one of the hottest rappers in 1998 as was Busta. There was still "Been Around the World" remix with Carl Thomas. There was the joint with 112. Cam'ron's breakout single featured Mase. JD had "Get Dealt With", which wasn't an official single that was being played here heavily and that featured Mase.

"Superthug" was a defining song for The Neptunes, but "Lookin At Me" was the intro.

Busta was definitely huge in 1998.

Both of them dropped albums late 1997 and a lot of that carried over into 1998 and both of them managed to keep the momentum going through the whole year. They were definitely hotter than N.O.R.E.

Busta album dropped in the Summer of 97 and Put Your Hands was out before the album. Bro one thing u not gonna tell me bout is 98. That shyt was MY year I got my hand in everything. DJing n all that. Like I said. The amount of tapes I had to dub for NORE was crazy. That nikka shyt was bumping out every whip that summer. Anyone in the East Coast will tell u. It was a bunch of nikkas that was hot that year but it’s certain nikkas that just stood out and NORE was one of them nikkas. Busta. While still hot. Like I said. Was still eating off of WDS. Fire It Up n all that wasn’t competing with the likes of DMX n shyt like that. He was one of the main nikkas and Mase was still cool but the sound was DRASTICALLY changing from 97 to 98. So Mase while still very popular wasn’t THAT nikka like he was in 97. He just wasn’t fam. This is something I’m not even gonna argue about cause I remember this shyt like it happened last week. Alotta shyt happened to me in 98 positive and negative. I remember that year CLEAR.

 

[JustCKing]

Busta album dropped in the Summer of 97 and Put Your Hands was out before the album. Bro one thing u not gonna tell me bout is 98. That shyt was MY year I got my hand in everything. DJing n all that. Like I said. The amount of tapes I had to dub for NORE was crazy. That nikka shyt was bumping out every whip that summer. Anyone in the East Coast will tell u. It was a bunch of nikkas that was hot that year but it’s certain nikkas that just stood out and NORE was one of them nikkas. Busta. While still hot. Like I said. Was still eating off of WDS. Fire It Up n all that wasn’t competing with the likes of DMX n shyt like that. He was one of the main nikkas and Mase was still cool but the sound was DRASTICALLY changing from 97 to 98. So Mase while still very popular wasn’t THAT nikka like he was in 97. He just wasn’t fam. This is something I’m not even gonna argue about cause I remember this shyt like it happened last week. Alotta shyt happened to me in 98 positive and negative. I remember that year CLEAR.

When Disaster Strikes dropped in September of 1997. So yeah, a song like "Fire It Up" carried over into 1998. DJ's had a lot of fun mixing that joint with Timbaland & Magoo's "Clock Strikes" remix, which was also 1998. Again, Flipmode was 1998 as well. As was Extinction Level Event.

N.O.R.E wasn't hotter than Mase or Busta in 1998.

 

[spliz]

When Disaster Strikes dropped in September of 1997. So yeah, a song like "Fire It Up" carried over into 1998. DJ's had a lot of fun mixing that joint with Timbaland & Magoo's "Clock Strikes" remix, which was also 1998. Again, Flipmode was 1998 as well. As was Extinction Level Event.

N.O.R.E wasn't hotter than Mase or Busta in 1998.

Fire It Up wasn’t on When Disaster Strikes. It was a separate single which was considered a remix. Turn It Up was on When Disaster Strikes. Like I said Busta was Busta in 98 but he ain’t have the streets hot in 98 like DMX, NORE, Jay Z etc etc. He just didn’t fam. Lol. His shyt was getting play but u have to know the difference between a nikka on his 3rd single and a nikka with his breakout album. Lol.

 

[Newark88]

Mase was still popular in 98 but he had cooled off a bit if we keeping it a buck. The landscape had changed from the shiny suit visuals and 70’s pop samples to back to the streets thanks to X. After Harlem World, Mase kinda stayed in that commercial pocket. He didn’t take it back to the streets and flood the Clue tapes again like Jay did that year leading up to Vol 2. Busta was big but as @spliz said, 97 he was more dominant. For him, I would say more so going into 99 with ELE when the singles off that album were in full swing.

 

[spliz]

Mase was still popular in 98 but he had cooled off a bit if we keeping it a buck. The landscape had changed from the shiny suit visuals and 70’s pop samples to back to the streets thanks to X. After Harlem World, Mase kinda stayed in that commercial pocket. He didn’t take it back to the streets and flood the Clue tapes again like Jay did that year leading up to Vol 2. Busta was big but as @spliz said, 97 he was more dominant. For him, I would say more so going into 99 with ELE when the singles off that album were in full swing.

EXACTLY. 100%

 

[u mad son?]

Nore rap like a drunk jailbird uncle

thats fire though

he should have stuck with that style

 

[u mad son?]

Nore was really on fire during 99/00 .... westwood was spinning him regular on his show. But yeah, he was never the hottest, he was on fire tho thats all.

 

[DoubleClutch]

thats fire though

he should have stuck with that style

Yea even NAS copied that style on a few songs

 

[Heavy_Handz]

NORE was feeling himself too much. Album went platinum & Superthug was huge but he was never the hottest rapper in the game. Lyrically he wasn’t thorough.

 

[Sir Brehsington]

NORE was spittin bars about the illumanti and being in love with Mary Jane. Breh had more joints than Super Thug. He was mos defi one of the hottest in 98. He had a lot of features and content out retail and mixtape. He had a lane.

 

[JustCKing]

Mase was still popular in 98 but he had cooled off a bit if we keeping it a buck. The landscape had changed from the shiny suit visuals and 70’s pop samples to back to the streets thanks to X. After Harlem World, Mase kinda stayed in that commercial pocket. He didn’t take it back to the streets and flood the Clue tapes again like Jay did that year leading up to Vol 2. Busta was big but as @spliz said, 97 he was more dominant. For him, I would say more so going into 99 with ELE when the singles off that album were in full swing.

You're looking at this from a purely East Coast perspective. I am not from the East. Mase was still hot. And if we're talking about keeping it street, Mase was featured on "nikkas Done Started Something". Classic posse cut. And yes, Hip Hop had changed, but it didn't really affect Mase in 1998 as he still had "24 Hrs To Live" and "Lookin At Me". Both singles in 1998 that were departures from the jiggy, shiny suit sound from 1997.

Clue Tapes were huge up top, but weren't that big of a deal here.

In regard to Busta, again, are we still acting like Busta ain't introduce Flipmode in 1998 and didn't also have "Tear Da Roof Off" and "Gimme Some More".

 

[R=G]

Mase was still popular in 98 but he had cooled off a bit if we keeping it a buck. The landscape had changed from the shiny suit visuals and 70’s pop samples to back to the streets thanks to X. After Harlem World, Mase kinda stayed in that commercial pocket. He didn’t take it back to the streets and flood the Clue tapes again like Jay did that year leading up to Vol 2. Busta was big but as @spliz said, 97 he was more dominant. For him, I would say more so going into 99 with ELE when the singles off that album were in full swing.

Jay Z didn't do nothing till Hard Knock Life blew up...DMX blew up after Ruff Ryder's anthem. Mase was on remixes..Brandi singles, Mariah Carey shyt, 112, helping the huge Puffy album...the end of 98, DMX was definitely red hot though. Then you can say Mase was cooling off.