Old heads, was '98 DMX as big as '05 Jeezy, '15 Future, or '03 50 Cent?

[WeezyFB]

in order:

1) DMX
2) 50 cent



3) Jeezy





Future (not even ranked) lmao

 

[I love Latina women]

I didn't have cable till '02. So obviously I didn't have access to MTV, BET, & VH1 in '98. Plus, I was only 9-10 years old in '98.

you didn’t listen to radio at all?

 

[UpNext]

It's crazy but looking back all these dudes seem like flash in the pans compared to Future.

 

[Reptile]

I tried to tell booth posters in another thread that at one point Jeezy was on T.I and Lil Wayne level in terms of popularity....

nikka no the fukk he wasnt stop saying this dumb ass shyt. Especially not no fukking T.I. Buzzing in the streets aint no fukking popularity. Tip was damn near an A list celebrity in 05. Jeezy was far from that. nikka said "05 run" its a run if it just run year you dumb goose. Cant believe youre evolved from me SMH.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Not bigger than 50

But more than Jeezy

DMX was in movies and was dropping left right and center

Future not even close, sorry y'all

 

[lib123]

in order:

1) DMX
2) 50 cent



3) Jeezy





Future (not even ranked) lmao

DMX was not bigger than 50 at his peak. My white classmates stay at home moms were talking about 50 at his peak.

 

[dh86]

Hollywood and mainstream didn’t come calling for Jeezy or future like that

 

[satam55]

nikka, ain’t you in your late 30’s?

How was you not listening to radio or even watching music videos on BET and MTV at that time?

I didn't have cable till '02. So obviously I didn't have access to MTV, BET, & VH1 in '98. Plus, I was only 9-10 years old in '98.

I probably only casually listened to just Pop radio back in '98. It wasn't till 2000, I had my own radio & tuned into the local Hip-Hip/R&B stations.

 

[Mastamimd]

bigger than everyone other than 50

This

 

[Mastamimd]

Double

 

[Monoblock]

Future?

 

[Stick Up Kid]

DMX was organically big
50 was big due to Eminem/Aftermath machine + getting shot, beefing with Ja Rule etc

I never knew 2005 Jeezy & 2015 Future was a thing

They weren’t even the hottest rappers in the game on those years… 2005 was The Game & 50
2015 was Kendrick and Drake

 

[Awesome Wells]

To answer your question, He had TWO #1 albums in the same year, a movie, and about 10 guest appearances in an era that you weren't emailing your verses. This was the 2 inch tape era. That dude was everywhere in 1998. Can't compare the new eras to the 2 inch tape era. I'm still confused to how he was able to record all of those songs, star in a movie, shoot videos, and still be on crack.

He was offered a million dollar bonus to get that second album done before the year ended. That's motivation like a MF.

But X was clean during that run. He wasn't smoking or doing anything during the time in '98-'99.

 

[Reptile]

TheColi stay overblowing Jeezy prominence

 

[Dad]

Jeezy was my club era and that shyt was CRAZY!

He was on every remix in every MAJOR club up & down 95