Oldheads who ran 1995: biggie or tupac

[mobbinfms]

Wrong as shyt, it's a whole half of my generation who didn't know wtf a wu tang was until 1997...

You forgetting about the Method record with Mary

 

[mobbinfms]

Coolio might be the answer. He had a 08 lil Wayne type year

I heard Gangsta's Paradise everywhere

Nobody gave a fukk about Coolio.

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

i was born in 91. Was coolio really popping like that????

 

[mobbinfms]

How old are you?

Where are you from?

I'm asking to get a better understanding of your post, no disrespect intended

IMO, If a case could be made for anybody that ran 1995,

even though we didn't even talk about shyt like that back then,

it would be Wu-Tang

But I also know that Wu-Tang did not vibe at all with a lot of folks outside of the East/Southeast in the 90's

Wu had hits and classic albums all through 95, but @dora_da_destroyer is right, they weren't getting daytime radio play in the Bay the way Method did the year prior with the joint with Mary and the way Big did.

 

[mobbinfms]

i was born in 91. Was coolio really popping like that????

That record was....nah I'm not gonna say it

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Wu-Tang ran 1995

Return to the 36 Chambers
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Liquid Swords

no contest

2 certified gold albums and one that took 20 yrs to go plat. No.
You'd have to take all 3 of those and double them to match bone's e1999 eternal alone

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

i was born in 91. Was coolio really popping like that????

Yes he had commercial hits but I don't know no one who was truly a coolio fan, spent time reading interviews, discussed his music, and/or actually cared about the well being of his career the way we did with the other artists named in here. People putting too much on what gangstas paradise meant

I don't think I knew anyone with that album either

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Coolio was never looked at as a great mc. Prior to gangster's paradise he had another classic on his previous album FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
After gangsta's paradise he had songs like too hot which were dope. His first two albums were good and very underrated as well as him in general. But he was never thee man

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

Coolio was never looked at as a great mc. Prior to gangster's paradise he had another classic on his previous album FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
After gangsta's paradise he had songs like too hot which were dope. His first two albums were good and very underrated as well as him in general. But he was never thee man

fantastic voyage>>>>>>>>> gangster paradise.

 

[mobbinfms]

Lastly, you definitely can't compare the love bay nikkas have for their own to how we judge national acts, the bay and Houston are probably the only regions where local talent could and still will get top billing over national acts.

This is a great point. I would add that Bay brehs were always a little diverse with their taste. I knew brehs in 93 who had the De La album, the Souls of Mischief album, I remember being on the bus for basketball games and the Goodie Mob album getting played. But we all loved Bay Area shyt.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

fantastic voyage>>>>>>>>> gangster paradise.

They're equal to me. Both remakes with coolio providing unforgettable rap vocals on both songs. He did a great job

 

[ManBearPig]

Nobody gave a fukk about Coolio.

He still was big as hell. He owned the charts and his album sold 3 milli

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

This is a great point. I would add that Bay brehs were always a little diverse with their taste. I knew brehs in 93 who had the De La album, the Souls of Mischief album, I remember being on the bus for basketball games and the Goodie Mob album getting played. But we all loved Bay Area shyt.

A lot of texas and bay rappers collab as well.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

"Gangsters paradise" is the second rap song corny white kids memorized after they finished learning the lyrics to baby got back

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

"Gangsters paradise" is the second rap song corny white kids memorized after they finished learning the lyrics to baby got back

Yeah fantastic voyage was much better. I always thought gangster paradise was cheesy, and couldn't even take it seriously because of weird AL parody.