Old heads: What was Big Puns run like?

[Pool_Shark]

I grew up on mostly West Coast music and it took me a long ass time to get used to Big Puns raps but he's one of those rappers I always hear getting shouted out and referenced in music.

Just looking for some info on what it was like when he came on was Fat Joe like a fat Diddy for him?

 

[Tony D'Amato]

He really didn't have a run. He was resoected, but nobody really talked about Pun as a GOAT till he died. He went Plat, but Nore and a lot of n1ggaz back then went Plat.

 

[brianwuzhere]

Pun couldn't run that far, he was always out of breath.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

I started rapping around that era. I prob was 13 or 14 or something like that. Dude made me toss my notebook and pen on several occasions. Him and Bis had a nikka on some man fukk this shyt.

 

[Scientific Playa]

Compact but he was making some noise.

Big Pun - Still Not a Player (Official Video) ft. Joe​

I always like seeing his cameo appearing in this joint.

Lord Tariq, Peter Gunz - Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby) (Album Version)​

 

[edzyy]

His run was short.

For an obese slob, he was a lyrical monster with impeccable breath control. 1st Latino rapper to go platinum I believe.

 

[REdefinition]

Ahh Big Pun. 1 of my favorites. As people said, his run was short being that he was only in the public eye maybe 2 or 3 years and only had 1 album while alive.

That being said, he was a platinum artist. Had respect as a top tier lyricist but also able to make songs that translated to radio, clubs etc. This is really impressive since most rappers that rap in that way (super lyrical, multi syllables, etc) don't go far and can't make songs. Also, low key he propelled Fat Joe's career. Joe was damn near underground and Pun kinda brought him into more mainstream notoriety. Joe is probably a good bar if you wanna know how big Pun was. Whatever popularity Joe had at his peak as an artist, Pun was bigger than that.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

honestly there really wasnt one
he was just there making quality

 

[Cladyclad]

Tbh he didn’t have one

 

[Jean Jacket]

Didn't fukk with Pun like that. He was decent for a rican rapper. Nice pen game.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Short like leprechauns. He had some joints and him and Joe was starting to heat up mainstream; after he died they played it’s so hard for a lil min and then that was it

 

[BulletProof]

As previously said, he didn't have a run unfortunately.

One of the best albums in a year of major releases and then we know the rest.

In 1998, DMX dwarfed everything.

And Jay Z went from a gold artist to the commercial crossover sucess he'd been working hard ten years to get.

 

[BulletProof]

Didn't fukk with Pun like that. He was decent for a rican rapper. Nice pen game.

 

[CHICAGO]

His run was short.

For an obese slob, he was a lyrical monster with impeccable breath control. 1st Latino rapper to go platinum I believe.

HE WAS PUNCHING IN
EVERYTHING.



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[Pool_Shark]

Crazy what I'm reading here cause I've always heard Pun being in people's top 10.