Spin-Off: Dope Albums where the First Single had you Worried…

[feelosofer]

Obie Trice Cheers

This is not a bad song per se but it made a lot of people think he was a D-12 member.



It's a very good album though.

The Set Up remix with Jadakiss and Redman *chefs kiss* amazing

 

[Zero]

I liked this song

I admired the flip bit I thought the album would be some bullshyt.

Was actually pretty great and highly underrated. shyt ain't even on streaming

 

[feelosofer]

I admired the flip bit I thought the album would be some bullshyt.

Was actually pretty great and highly underrated. shyt ain't even on streaming

I think I have their album somewhere in my collection. I miss hip-hop like this.

 

[Ziggiy]

I admired the flip bit I thought the album would be some bullshyt.

Was actually pretty great and highly underrated. shyt ain't even on streaming

Brought the album when it dropped. Proud to say I still have the OG CD.

Really underrated album. The intro is straight heat rocks and the You Gonna Love Me remix with Nas and Slim Thug is FIRE

 

[VegetasHairline]

Obie Trice Cheers

This is not a bad song per se but it made a lot of people think he was a D-12 member.



It's a very good album though.

The Set Up remix with Jadakiss and Redman *chefs kiss* amazing

Cheers will always be a personal classic for me.

 

[Taadow]

Nah “Bring em out” was perfect to kick off the rollout. Locally that shyt was played everywhere and had everybody looking forward to the rest of the album. . We loved “Change Clothes” too

Nope! Fucc BOFFUDEM chits

 

[Deltron]

Perfect example. Em’s best album IMO.

Can’t say I was super worried though. The gimmicky first single was his signature.

same thoughts...em show was his peak.

and it being gimmicky was my worry...cause while MM/SSLP were solid albums, it had it fair share of eh... tracks

but he hit it out the park with Em Show...only questionable track for me is drips

 

[feelosofer]

same thoughts...em show was his peak.

and it being gimmicky was my worry...cause while MM/SSLP were solid albums, it had it fair share of eh... tracks

but he hit it out the park with Em Show...only questionable track for me is drips

Drips was ok but I thought Obie Trice outshined Em on that one.

 

[semicko82]

Busta Rhymes' Anarchy album was dope, but this single was



I know sampling Broadway songs was a little trend back then but yikes

 

[H. Selassie]

 

[semicko82]

Lots of posts/threads about the opposite (Fab-Breathe, Jada-Why). What about the opposite?

You heard the first single and either were skeptical or it didn’t quite signal how much you’d end up enjoying the album:

All of these were the perfect singles for those particular albums. You can argue Change Clothes was corny, but it fit the theme of the Black Album

 

[OJ Simpsom]

Jeezy's first single


Album ended up being a certified classic

 

[BlackDiBiase]

Nas is notorious for dropping extra weak singles on dope projects. He always skips the smash hits ever since that Aaliyah joint. He shots airballs.

Stillmatic - 'Got yourself' was trash and 'One Mic' is not a good record we can be honest.

Gods Son - He did well with the two singles on this project.

Hiphop is Dead - He should have released 'Hold down the block' and the Snoop joint.

Streets Disciple - Was the penultimate weak singles I think He might or Kelis might have sabotaged that joint.

He only ever releases 2 joints per LP and yeah since 'I am' He has been bugging with the singles!!

 

[OJ Simpsom]

'One Mic' is not a good record we can be honest.

I should neg you

 

[BlackDiBiase]

I should neg you

Stillmatic went 2xplatinum it was not because of 'Get yourself' or 'One Mic'

I still remember Nas's MTV VMA 'One Mic' performance. It was not jiggy all that yelling and theatrics it wasn't the organic natural Nas who is a laid back and smooth Rapper/person.

I skip 'One Mic' I'm sorry