Bone was definitely more mainstream than Biggie at the time. Bone was huge. They went like 7x platinum
Pac was a real one for not gettin' mad at Bone for workin' wit Biggie
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The most mainstream/biggest rap acts at the beginning of 97 (not counting Pac since he passed)
Was Bone, The Fugees, Biggie and Busta was creeping up there. Wu came back huge but that was a little later in the year. Outkast and a couple others were on the periphery.
Was Bone, The Fugees, Biggie and Busta was creeping up there. Wu came back huge but that was a little later in the year. Outkast and a couple others were on the periphery.
Wasn't Pac giving Snoop the silent treatment because he was on friendly terms with Big?If that was 50 Cent, he'd have a diss track for Bone
I see I started some chit with that comment I made yesterday.
I said they were arguably bigger than biggie. and that's true. they were arguably bigger than pac as well.
people have a tendency to confuse profile with popularity. there were b-list acts that had a higher profile & had more tv time than bone thugs. ruthless was more indie-based in comparison, plus bone wasn't wrapped up in wanting to be famous. but when it came to doing shows, numbers, getting radio & video requests and most importantly, overall genuine popularity, bone was arguably the biggest thing thru that era.
I'm noticing its mostly east coast dudes losing their lunch over this. I understand cuz I'm from philly. but I frequented other parts of the country and props to the internet too, so I don't get caught up in just east coast chit. that's why I laugh at when east coast biggie & wutang fans get their feelings hurt in threads involving 2pac & bone thugs.
lol @ method man. I could at least see if you said snoop doggy dogg.
ALOT of people weren't really f*ckin with 2pac or biggie. there was so much going on. there were lots of people that weren't crazy about either of those guys when they were alive. the same goes for bone thugs, wutang, EVERYBODY. there really were no 2 main guys.
what I will say is that by '96, pac & big were the 2 main figureheads in the rap game. and a lot of that had to do with the beefs. death row/bad boy and the "east/west" stuff was already red hot. then pac got out of prison. so yea, suge & pac/puff & big are of course gonna go down as the faces of that era. but that's PROFILE.
I said they were arguably bigger than biggie. and that's true. they were arguably bigger than pac as well.
people have a tendency to confuse profile with popularity. there were b-list acts that had a higher profile & had more tv time than bone thugs. ruthless was more indie-based in comparison, plus bone wasn't wrapped up in wanting to be famous. but when it came to doing shows, numbers, getting radio & video requests and most importantly, overall genuine popularity, bone was arguably the biggest thing thru that era.
I'm noticing its mostly east coast dudes losing their lunch over this. I understand cuz I'm from philly. but I frequented other parts of the country and props to the internet too, so I don't get caught up in just east coast chit. that's why I laugh at when east coast biggie & wutang fans get their feelings hurt in threads involving 2pac & bone thugs.
lol @ method man. I could at least see if you said snoop doggy dogg.
ALOT of people weren't really f*ckin with 2pac or biggie. there was so much going on. there were lots of people that weren't crazy about either of those guys when they were alive. the same goes for bone thugs, wutang, EVERYBODY. there really were no 2 main guys.
what I will say is that by '96, pac & big were the 2 main figureheads in the rap game. and a lot of that had to do with the beefs. death row/bad boy and the "east/west" stuff was already red hot. then pac got out of prison. so yea, suge & pac/puff & big are of course gonna go down as the faces of that era. but that's PROFILE.
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If that was 50 Cent, he'd have a diss track for Bone
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Was Crossroads not a smash international hit?Now they're saying Bone Thugs was bigger than Biggie
When the art of war album dropped, each bone member had their own cover of the source
ehh. people naming names. chit is going all over the place. ima set it off like this:
1995-1996 IN NO ORDER
THE BIG FOUR:
death row
bone thugs w/ mo thugs
bad boy/junior mafia
wutang clan
biggest commercially-charged acts:
the fugees
post-prime ll cool j
coolio
other big names:
nas
foxy brown
westside connection
semi-mainstream rappers with big street movements
mobb deep
no limit records
boot camp click
jay-z & o.g. rocafella
mainstream B-List:
busta rhymes
AZ
dungeon family
lost boyz
redman/keith murray
the roots
former A-List vets now on the B-List:
Onyx
naughty by nature
native tongues
other legends still making noise:
scarface/geto boys
cypress hill
heavy d & the boyz
kool g. rap
and a ton of C-List hall of famers. man I miss hip-hop. its a shame what hip-hop has become. the dagone d-list from 20 years ago, chits on todays so-called kings.
you cant even make a list for today's scene. they just keep pushing the same 10 or 12 names. and theyre mostly either washed-up rappers or industry plants. and the guys making noise organically, don't get deals. and the ones that do, get on after they already peaked musically.
1995-1996 IN NO ORDER
THE BIG FOUR:
death row
bone thugs w/ mo thugs
bad boy/junior mafia
wutang clan
biggest commercially-charged acts:
the fugees
post-prime ll cool j
coolio
other big names:
nas
foxy brown
westside connection
semi-mainstream rappers with big street movements
mobb deep
no limit records
boot camp click
jay-z & o.g. rocafella
mainstream B-List:
busta rhymes
AZ
dungeon family
lost boyz
redman/keith murray
the roots
former A-List vets now on the B-List:
Onyx
naughty by nature
native tongues
other legends still making noise:
scarface/geto boys
cypress hill
heavy d & the boyz
kool g. rap
and a ton of C-List hall of famers. man I miss hip-hop. its a shame what hip-hop has become. the dagone d-list from 20 years ago, chits on todays so-called kings.
you cant even make a list for today's scene. they just keep pushing the same 10 or 12 names. and theyre mostly either washed-up rappers or industry plants. and the guys making noise organically, don't get deals. and the ones that do, get on after they already peaked musically.
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ucanthandlethetruth
Failure is not a option
The biggie revision history stories on the coli is
honestly, biggie was kinda at the right place at the right time.
he was the figurehead star that the east coast was desperately looking for. so when he stepped up and got the spot, the media did everything in their power to make him into the greatest thing since sliced bread.
no knock on the guy. hes a legend regardless, but once you bypass the hype & propaganda, I'm not sure about him being an all-time top 10 guy. I never saw him as a true equal to pac either. he was more like 2pac's arch-enemy than anything. I always thought nas & jay were better than biggie. hell, AZ & Raekwon too.
EDIT: puff & them laced biggie with the HITS tho.
he was the figurehead star that the east coast was desperately looking for. so when he stepped up and got the spot, the media did everything in their power to make him into the greatest thing since sliced bread.
no knock on the guy. hes a legend regardless, but once you bypass the hype & propaganda, I'm not sure about him being an all-time top 10 guy. I never saw him as a true equal to pac either. he was more like 2pac's arch-enemy than anything. I always thought nas & jay were better than biggie. hell, AZ & Raekwon too.
EDIT: puff & them laced biggie with the HITS tho.
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they got bone battling ghosts.
talembout biggie was bigger from '97 on.
what about '94-96 when he was alive?
Just think if Pac had signed to Ruthless like originally planned...
I think that was just for thug life.
correct me if I'm wrong tho.
Nomad1
Tupac KONY and GOAT
a lot of people forget that they sold a shyt load of records.
What he say?