Poll: Has any rap label had a bigger/more successful year than Bad Boy in 1997?

[MegaTronBomb!]

rolling with No Limit in 98.

they put out like 25 albums that year.

and they did it without having to milk a cockeyed rappers death

 

[smokeurobinson]

Cash Money= Most Dominant Label Ever

Yea, because Def Jam never existed.

 

[Rapmastermind]

rolling with No Limit in 98.

they put out like 25 albums that year.

and they did it without having to milk a cockeyed rappers death

I would mos Def say "No Limit" for #2 most successful year for a Label for the year they had in 98. Then you have to give Death Row and Def Jam some years too. But Your right they dropped 23 albums. Let's check the certs:

1. Young Bleed - My Balls & My Word (GOLD)
2. Silkk the Shocker - Charge It 2 da Game (Platinum)
3. C-Murder - Life or Death (Platinum)
4. Various Artists - I Got the Hook Up (Platinum)
5. Sons of Funk - The Game of Funk (No Cert)
6. Fiend - There's One in Every Family (No Cert)
7. Soulja Slim - Give It 2 'Em Raw (No Cert)
8. Master P - MP Da Last Don (4x Platinum)
9. Kane & Abel - Am I My Brother's Keeper (Gold)
10. Mac - Shell Shocked (No Cert)
11. Snoop Dogg - Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (2x Platinum)
12. Big Ed - The Assassin (No Cert)
13. Skull Duggery - These Wicked Streets (No Cert)
14. Magic - Sky's the Limit (No Cert)
15. Various Artists - Mean Green (Gold)
16. Prime Suspects - Guilty 'til Proven Innocent (No Cert)
17. Gambino Family - Ghetto Organized (No Cert)
18. Mia X - Mama Drama (No Cert)
19. Ghetto Commission - Wise Guys (No Cert)
20. Steady Mobb'n - Black Mafia (No Cert)
21. Full Blooded - Memorial Day (No Cert)
22. Various Artists - We Can't Be Stopped (No Cert)
23. Mystikal - Ghetto Fabulous (Platinum)

No Limit had a fantastic year in 98 just of sheer volume alone. Several of these albums did debut inside the Top 10. Like Bad Boy the year before, Master P hit everyone over the head with constant albums and songs hitting the streets and airwaves. A lot of the albums were filler though and more often then not didn't lead to certification. But I think there can be an argument made about Master P's Year this year rivaling Bad Boy but Puffy, Biggie and Ma$e outsold and out charted this entire roster in 97. Those 3 albums beat out those 23 albums.

 

['Lando]

I would mos Def say "No Limit" for #2 most successful year for a Label for the year they had in 98. Then you have to give Death Row and Def Jam some years too. But Your right they dropped 23 albums. Let's check the certs:

1. Young Bleed - My Balls & My Word (GOLD)
2. Silkk the Shocker - Charge It 2 da Game (Platinum)
3. C-Murder - Life or Death (Platinum)
4. Various Artists - I Got the Hook Up (Platinum)
5. Sons of Funk - The Game of Funk (No Cert)
6. Fiend - There's One in Every Family (No Cert)
7. Soulja Slim - Give It 2 'Em Raw (No Cert)
8. Master P - MP Da Last Don (4x Platinum)
9. Kane & Abel - Am I My Brother's Keeper (Gold)
10. Mac - Shell Shocked (No Cert)
11. Snoop Dogg - Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (2x Platinum)
12. Big Ed - The Assassin (No Cert)
13. Skull Duggery - These Wicked Streets (No Cert)
14. Magic - Sky's the Limit (No Cert)
15. Various Artists - Mean Green (Gold)
16. Prime Suspects - Guilty 'til Proven Innocent (No Cert)
17. Gambino Family - Ghetto Organized (No Cert)
18. Mia X - Mama Drama (No Cert)
19. Ghetto Commission - Wise Guys (No Cert)
20. Steady Mobb'n - Black Mafia (No Cert)
21. Full Blooded - Memorial Day (No Cert)
22. Various Artists - We Can't Be Stopped (No Cert)
23. Mystikal - Ghetto Fabulous (Platinum)

No Limit had a fantastic year in 98 just of sheer volume alone. Several of these albums did debut inside the Top 10. Like Bad Boy the year before, Master P hit everyone over the head with constant albums and songs hitting the streets and airwaves. A lot of the albums were filler though and more often then not didn't lead to certification. But I think there can be an argument made about Master P's Year this year rivaling Bad Boy but Puffy, Biggie and Ma$e outsold and out charted this entire roster in 97. Those 3 albums beat out those 23 albums.

holy shyt, this is so weird. right as you posted this i was researching the same thing. i looked up the sales and certs for bad boy/no limit using the riaa.com database and also found the same thing basically. i counted up the certified sales for bad boy in '97 and no limit in '98. no limit sold approximately 20 million in '98 and bad boy sold approximately 23 million in '97. (including single sales from both labels)

 

[Asicz]

Yea, because Def Jam never existed.

Why Cash Money Records Is The Best Company In The History of Hip-Hop by Russell Simmons
http://globalgrind.com/2014/07/03/w...-the-history-of-hip-hop-russell-simmons-blog/

 

[Asicz]

Are Yall nikkas under valuing Baby's and Slim's business acumen because of his blinged out teeth and image or something?

Birdman Celebrates 500 Million Songs Sold for Cash Money Records

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2012/...-500-million-sold-for-cash-money-records.html

 

[smokeurobinson]

Why Cash Money Records Is The Best Company In The History of Hip-Hop by Russell Simmons
http://globalgrind.com/2014/07/03/w...-the-history-of-hip-hop-russell-simmons-blog/

Yeah, you trolling now.

U didnt even read what u posted.

U didnt post any stats, u posted a blog about Russel Simmmons admiration for Cash Money

 

[JustCKing]

Are Yall nikkas under valuing Baby's and Slim's business acumen because of his blinged out teeth and image or something?

Birdman Celebrates 500 Million Songs Sold for Cash Money Records

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2012/...-500-million-sold-for-cash-money-records.html

Nobody's undervaluing Baby and Slim. Does CMR have a year that's more successful than Bad Boy in '97?

Now a lot can be said for CMR in terms of longevity and how they dominated the latter part of last decade and much of this one. Out of their years of dominance, there's not a year in which they were bigger than Bad Boy in '97.

 

[Asicz]

Which Cash Money run do you wanna pick from?
here's just a couple off top
1998 Juvenile 400 Degreez LP Quadruple Platinum

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/400_Degreez


Nicki Minaj
During that time, Minaj became the first female solo artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

 

[Asicz]

Lil wayne 1999 Platinum Solo Debut

 

[Asicz]

Cash Money Between 2001 and 2003, the label sold 7 million albums.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Money_Records

 

[Asicz]

No Limit Records1998 released 23 Albums

1. 1998 Master P 4 Million albums sold "MP Da Last Don"
2. 1998 C Murder Platinum
3. 1998 Mystikal Ghetto Fabolous LP 386,000 copies in its first weekwent Platinum 299,000 copies in its first week.[2]
4. Silk tha Shocker 299,000 copies in its first week.[2] PlatinumUma

 

['Lando]

No Limit Records1998 released 23 Albums

1. 1998 Master P 4 Million albums sold "MP Da Last Don"
2. 1998 C Murder Platinum
3. 1998 Mystikal Ghetto Fabolous LP 386,000 copies in its first weekwent Platinum 299,000 copies in its first week.[2]
4. Silk tha Shocker 299,000 copies in its first week.[2] PlatinumUma

breh we already counted it up. its over. bad boy has certified sales of 23 million in '97. no limit comes in at a close second with approx. 20 million for '98

 

[Nomad1]

It's sad to see biggie dead knowing that he made bad boy and puffy famous smh

 

[YourMumsRoom]

Its no question....

This man ran that shyt.