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

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JMD said:
'98 was an underrated year...but DMX was definitely the best of this bunch along with Pun
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Damn, I remember having this Source mag, I use to collect them from 97-01 while I was in the Marines.
 
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R=G said:
People didn't even know of DMX until the Mase album..no one heard of Cam'ron until the Horse and Carriage record. Harlem World went damn near 5x platinum...superthug doesn't compare to that.
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nikka Mase album dropped in 97. What yo point? I CLEARLY said Mase was that nikka in 97 but cooled off in 98.
 
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JustCKing said:
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".
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They weren't on fire like Nore for that summer '98. Mase's shine was damn near gone in '98...if anything, Cam was keeping him afloat. This was also after the Wu incident, so he was being looked at funny. Flipmode was nowhere near Nore in '98. And I have the album...and no one cared whenever I bumped it. Flipmode wasn't near Canibus earlier in the year.

'98 was Pun, Lauryn, X, Nore, Ja, Jay, Outkast, X again as far as truly on fire. And Kast didn't really feel the impact until after the effects of Jay/X cooled down. No Limit didn't really ride one person enough to be on fire like that. You had P, Silkk, Mia X, C, Mystikal all splitting the spotlight...But Nore was holding down that summer. No one was really touching him at that point, because X had already had the peaked earlier...Ja & Jay had yet to rise...Pun had cooled down, Lauryn was starting her disappearing acts...and the Tank had too many.
 
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nieman said:
They weren't on fire like Nore for that summer '98. Mase's shine was damn near gone in '98...if anything, Cam was keeping him afloat. This was also after the Wu incident, so he was being looked at funny. Flipmode was nowhere near Nore in '98. And I have the album...and no one cared whenever I bumped it. Flipmode wasn't near Canibus earlier in the year.

'98 was Pun, Lauryn, X, Nore, Ja, Jay, Outkast, X again as far as truly on fire. And Kast didn't really feel the impact until after the effects of Jay/X cooled down. No Limit didn't really ride one person enough to be on fire like that. You had P, Silkk, Mia X, C, Mystikal all splitting the spotlight...But Nore was holding down that summer. No one was really touching him at that point, because X had already had the peaked earlier...Ja & Jay had yet to rise...Pun had cooled down, Lauryn was starting her disappearing acts...and the Tank had too many.
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This isn't 100% accurate. Nobody was splitting the spotlight like that on No Limit. Silkk and P were clearly at the forefront of that No Limit wave. Mia X was not in the spotlight in '98. She dropped like late November that year. Before that, her appearance on "Make Em Say Uhhh" and album cuts from No Limit is all we heard from her. Silkk and P were on singles from artists that weren't even on No Limit.

Mase was definitely a bigger deal than N.O.R.E in 1998:

Lookin At Me
24 Hrs. To Live
Been Around The World Remix

Three songs on Cam's album including the single. He was featured on "nikkas Done Started Somethin". Mase was still on fire. There is no logic in what you're saying.You don't have a 1997 as big as Mase's and then be dead a whole a month later. Mase didn't hit a wall until that Rug Rats joint. That killed his momentum. Before that dropped, Mase was definitely one of the hottest rappers in 1998. Anybody arguing that he wasn't is a liar.

X was hotter than N.O.R.E. Summer 1998. That was possibly X's peak. "How's It Goin Down" and "Ruff Ryders Anthem" were killing everything. There was even that joint with Jayo Felony. Lauryn was also bigger than N.O.R.E. "Lost Ones" and "Doo Wop" were killing that summer. Where were you at?
 
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Sir Brehsington said:
Top 5 in terms of what? If we talking bars I can agree. But his popularity in 98 cant be disputed, especially from cats that were actually there.
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In NY? Maybe but he damn sure wasn't top 5 in rap in 98. Cash money was going hot. DMX was unstoppable. Jay Z blew up 2nd half of the year. Lauren Hill took over.
 
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R=G said:
Yeah that's how DMX blew up...Mase clearly went into 98 hot and on multiple hot records.
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Bruh. Ma$e slowed up by 98. This is FACT. DMX was that nikka from the beginning. The soundscape changed in 98 and starting end of 97. Mase was popular but he wasn't THAT nikka no more like he was in 97.
 
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