Raekwon and Ghostface Verzuz currently has less than 100k viewers

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E-40 and Too $hort older than Ghost and Rae. And ironically, everybody was saying 40 Water and Short Dog was wack in the 90's outside of the West and the South. All of those Bay Area tributes by Drake, Yo Gotti and the whole industry ten years ago made people finally respect Bay OGs like Short and 40. But 40 and Short collaborate on songs with the hottest young rappers in the game getting millions of views quick. 40 still dressing, dancing and rapping like he in his 20's and no one bats an eye. What is really trying to be said is that Rae and Ghost ain't been popping since the 90's. :hubie:They look, dress and move like fossils. Ghost dropped tons of classic material in the 2000's (i.e. Supreme Clientele, Fishscale etc.) but nobody seemed to care except 30 something whiteboys in the suburbs and old head NY nikkas. Rap ain't lIke rock music which reveres it's legends. Rap euthanizes it's old unless they can manage stay relevant which is rare outside of the cases of 40 and $hort. :mjtf:

cut it out, wasn't no youngins checking for the e40 and too short verzus. They simply were always more popular and brought in their older fanbase.
 
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what's up with all this numbers shyt? people bring it up with albums, now verzuz? if somethings dope, it's dope. if you don't like something why even check for it?

shyt is weird.
Tbh numbers always matter. Imagine you being an artist spending money on sample clearance, studio time, engineers, etc and putting so much into to it just to not even crack a semi decent number to at least recoup and pay back for everything and god forbid being signed to a big label. That shyt will hurt you.


Thats why hip hop fans are so fickle man. There could be tons of comments in Ghost comments talking about “ we need an album “ and when he do drop an album only 7K being sold. Meanwhile the Ol heads who was saying “ dropped the album “ coming up excuses on why they didn’t buy the album. Meanwhile a old ass cac rock group could drop an album and their fans will go buy no question.
 

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VERZUZ might be done for hip hop in terms of getting 1M viewers

unless it’s Nas vs Hov.. which has no chance in hell of happening
 

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I said rap didn't get radio play unless it was a cross over song, a pop hit, or a mainstream single.

And what did you do....


Named R&B, Puff Daddy, and collabos with R&B acts. :mjlol:

Thanks for proving my point.

And I don't even know where you're going with the BET/MTV shyt. Nobody said anything about them. Obviously Rap City, YO! MTV Raps and The Box were hot. And again....most of the songs played on those places....did not get radio play.

Like I said, make a thread asking what songs were big among rap fans of every region vs what actually got played on the radio....and there will be very little over lap. We can clear this up real quick.

Fred.
I was responding to "rap fans didn't listen to the radio." Which is totally cap. I also said that although it wasn't the only factor,radio /video were still very viable factors in the mid nineties, which is very true. Insinuating or outright saying rap fans weren't listening to or caring about the RADIO in the the mid 90's, is false PERIOD.
 

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I was responding to "rap fans didn't listen to the radio." Which is totally cap. I also said that although it wasn't the only factor,radio /video were still very viable factors in the mid nineties, which is very true. Insinuating or outright saying rap fans weren't listening to or caring about the RADIO in the the mid 90's, is false PERIOD.

I never said rap fans didn't listen to the radio, what are you even talking about? :what:

Dude I quoted was talking about he never heard Rae or "Illmatic" on the radio. I said in the 90's most rap wasn't played on the radio so that's a moot point.

Radio wasn't dictating what was hot among rap fans back then. It only played mainstream singles and/or cross over hits. Like the songs you mentioned.

Like I said, cut the bullshyt out and make the thread if you're so sure of yourself. :manny:
And if you're old enough to remember what was going on back then, why the fukk are you talking about "cap"? :mjlol:

Let these kids have their slang man.

Fred.
 

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I never said rap fans didn't listen to the radio, what are you even talking about? :what:

Dude I quoted was talking about he never heard Rae or "Illmatic" on the radio. I said in the 90's most rap wasn't played on the radio so that's a moot point.

Radio wasn't dictating what was hot among rap fans back then. It only played mainstream singles and/or cross over hits. Like the songs you mentioned.

Like I said, cut the bullshyt out and make the thread if you're so sure of yourself. :manny:
And if you're old enough to remember what was going on back then, why the fukk are you talking about "cap"? :mjlol:

Let these kids have their slang man.

Fred.


:gucci:

Rap fans didn't give a fukk what the radio was playing in the mid 90's and 99.99% of rap back then had zero radio play unless it was a cross over single or on a show specifically tailored to rap.

Fred.

And you were wrong about the lack of power of radio back then. You were wrong saying RAP FANS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT RADIO, that's cap.
 

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So who are the top 3 female rappers then?:comeon:

I don’t even think people consider her to be a rapper. I ain’t up on her music like that but I know her and I thought she was a singer. And even if her numbers great, I think what she saying is her demographic ain’t really urban black people. She a crossover artist more than someone a lot of black people fukk with. I could be wrong though. I don’t know anyone that really listen to her, but I don’t be interviewing people about they musical taste.
 
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