Older Brehs, was Jay-Z's "Imaginary Players" considered a "Dreams & Nightmares"-type hit back in the day?

[Neuromancer]

No.

 

[satam55]

I'm young, but from what I vaguely remember I don't think Jay had a nationwide hit until "Can I Get A…", and even that got a major push from being on the Rush Hour soundtrack.

So "Ain't No nikka", "I'll Be", "The City Is Mine" & "Money Ain't a Thang" weren't big national hits?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Op has to be 50 and trolling like he 17.


This dude whole posting history is talmbout "older heads"
But this dude is a maga ass lame talking like he old as fukk in TLR.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

So "Ain't No nikka", "I'll Be", "The City Is Mine" & "Money Ain't a Thang" weren't big national hits?

we saw that shyt on rap city ...and that was that... money aint a thang... played on the radio but not like that ...

and i bought that jd album jus because of da brat n krayzie bone had a song.. saw dj quik name got it...the album was meh at best...

 

[lib123]

So "Ain't No nikka", "I'll Be", "The City Is Mine" & "Money Ain't a Thang" weren't big national hits?

Money Ain’t a Thang was a hit, but it was Jermaine Dupri’s song and wasn’t as big as Can I Get A. I’ll Be wasn’t a Jay Z song either, he was featured.

 

[Lhark]

Imaginary Players isn't even that type of song

 

[Oldschooler]

Nope, it wasnt circulating nationwide. Only nikkas in NY into hip hop were listening. Jay in general is super overrated in my honest opinion. But because the rap game turned into trash a song like Dreams and Nightmares by a trash ass artist like Meek caught nationwide attention. Also the songs are not even similar at all.

 

[JustCKing]

No and tthere's maybe a handful that comes to mind is "Ambitionz Az A Ridah". It wasn't a single, but it felt like one. "Picture Me Rollin'" is another one. "Notorious Thugs" also comes to mind. "Ain't No Fun" also. These are all album cuts that felt like singles.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

No… nobody knew Jay until 1998.. Can I Get A & Money Ain’t a Thing put him on the map

 

[Tribal Outkast]

So "Ain't No nikka", "I'll Be", "The City Is Mine" & "Money Ain't a Thang" weren't big national hits?

They were hits in my household and I was a kid from Augusta Georgia. Again, thank God for Yo mtv raps and rap city.

 

[bad_company]

According to Ray Daniels that was the case:

That is one weird ass comparison

 

[RennisDeynolds]

I never been to a party 1997 through today where the DJ played Imaginary Players

And I'm from Philly, where nikkas loved Jigga & Rocafella since 96

I mean 60% of the people at every single party are literally imaginary players . So why would a DJ play that shyt?

 

[Nahmeanz]

Nope

 

[Big Boss]

No

 

[R=G]

Wasnt a hit. At all.