Oldheads who ran 1995: biggie or tupac

[DANJ!]

95 was definitely BIG's year...

The winter, spring, and summer was packed with BIG songs hittin' across the board.

Big Poppa, Cant You See, One More Chance (with two different remixes of the same song gettin rotation), Who Shot Ya, Player's Anthem, Get Money... couldn't NOT hear him somewhere... and that Best of Biggie mixtape was the most popular mixtape out there that year, so it wasn't just a radio thing...

Pac could've had a bigger year had he been out and about. Not to say the album wasn't a hit regardless, but his lack of presence prevented him from being bigger. He lost movie roles, TV roles, and a gang of money behind that jail time. But it was a given that once he got out and signed with DR that he was sure to be huge the following year.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

That radio not the streets. I never heard anyone play his songs in the streets

ahh, yes, "the streets" defense

So you were at no party ever? You never heard players anthem or juicy coming out a car riding down e 14th, Bancroft, MacArthur, telegraph, San Pablo? Y'all wasn't at school playing big songs? they didn't come on at the dance?

You trolling, I heard plenty of biggie from 94-97 out here in all settings (well not the club cuz i clearly wasn't clubbing age). I can get with him not being this region's #1, but in no variation of the bay was he not in rotation (his singles at least).

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Wu-Tang ran 1995

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

no contest

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

It was clearly Biggies year, 2pac was locked up..and Biggie was knocking out hit after hit...my shyt was that so so def big poppa remix..shyt knock til this very day...watch a movvvvie in the jacuzzi BABAY!!

Alot of people don't know bout that one,that's the shyt

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

da fukk type of question is this



one nikka was in prison with his record label saying he aint even worth bailing out

da other was the 1st ever mc to be crown'd the king of new york

your brain on drugs............any questions ????

pac's expression got me weak as fukk

 

[ManBearPig]

coolio's album outsold me against the world


He just not that good so his impact was forgotten. At least not in a level as a 2pac or Biggie

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

ahh, yes, "the streets" defense

So you were at no party ever? You never heard players anthem or juicy coming out a car riding down e 14th, Bancroft, MacArthur, telegraph, San Pablo? Y'all wasn't at school playing big songs? they didn't come on at the dance?

You trolling, I heard plenty of biggie from 94-97 out here in all settings (well not the club cuz i clearly wasn't clubbing age). I can get with him not being this region's #1, but in no variation of the bay was he not in rotation (his singles at least).

I don't no one nikka in the bay who said big was one of his favorite rappers.we typically listen to the local nikka. He was on radio but I never really heard anyone talk about him here..not he not in most people top ten here. We knew him but he wasn't really big

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

greatest or best rapper by year list

.......
1993: Snoop Dogg
1994: Nas
1995: The Notorious B.I.G.
1996: 2Pac
1997: The Notorious B.I.G.
1998: DMX
1999: Jay Z
..........​

nas was nothing in 94',snoop came out sept 93' and was clearly still running shyt till biggie arrived
Nas was never the don of any year in hiphop

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I don't no one nikka in the bay who said big was one of his favorite rappers.we typically listen to the local nikka. He was on radio but I never really heard anyone talk about him here..not he not in most people top ten here. We knew him but he wasn't really big

I get that, but that's not the point, a whole bunch of rappers get play who ain't nobody's favorite. I know big ain't #1 on most peoples' lists who grew up out here, that doesn't mean his music didn't get burn.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Wu-Tang ran 1995

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

no contest

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

 

[ManBearPig]

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

I heard Gangsta's Paradise everywhere

 

[tuckgod]

No one ran anything back then, there was a wealth of good music being supported on both coasts.

Dap + Rep

 

[Still Benefited]

players anthem, one more chance, juicy, get money...those were all over KMEL, the box, CMC, and soul beat

Payola

Besides @mobbinfms used the word "huge" which made me a little uncomfortable too...all the classic shyt comin out the bay in 95,nawl i gotta reject the word "huge" brehs....if you mean he was gettin played on radio and tv and nikkas didnt turn the channel?huge implies he was one of the towns favorites...its at least 5-10 bay nikkas alone who was "huger" than biggie.

The pure amount of nikkas who bay nikkas would rather listen to over Biggie tht year disqalify it from being "his year"....Now can u say the same about Bone?no....when it was Pacs year,can u say the same about Pac?no....matter of fact it was still Snoops year over Biggies as far as nikkas bein fans,fukin wit singles is a different thing.

Biggie couldnt crack a top 5 in oakland in 95,sorry but this just cant be the case when its "your year"...if u wanna say he had a bigger year thanPac thats arguable,but it defintley wasnt his year either.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

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

good for you

 

[tuckgod]

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

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