THE OFFICIAL Bad Boy 1997 Appreciation Thread

[Wacky D]

15 year anniversary. been meaning to make this thread for a while. i got a feeling that somebody else is about to cash in, so let me do it now.

jams for days. just endless. whether it was an official bad boy single, or a bad boy remix or a song that featured a bad boy artist, or the extended family(junior mafia). i know that im forgetting alot, so feel free to add on. too much to remember.

from the top of the year:
puff f/ mase - cant nobody hold me down
puff f/ jadakiss & sheek louch - benjamins(original)
112 - (i cant think of the name. the forgotten single)
mc lyte f/ missy - cold rock a party

spring
lil kim f/ lil cease - crush on you(kind of a winter/spring joint)
mary j blige f/ lil kim - i can love you
112 - cupid
biggie f/ bone thugs - notorious thugs
biggie - hypnotize
biggie f/ r.kelly - f**kin you tonight

summer
biggie f/ puff & mase - mo money mo problems(spring/summer)
puff f/ faith & 112 - i'll be missing you
puff f/ jada, sheek, kim & biggie - benjamins remix
lox - we'll always love big poppa
mariah carey - honey
mariah carey f/ mase & the lox - honey remix

fall
mase - feels so good
puff f/ mase - been around the world
biggie - skys the limit
jay-z f/ puff?? & lil kim - i know what girls like
sting, pras & them - roxanne '97
mic geronimo - nothin moves but the money(or was this '98?)

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

great run, altho it always has that tainted feel due to the payola.

 

[ManBearPig]

nice year for them


RIP Biggie

 

[Carr]

great run, altho it always has that tainted feel due to the payola.

payola? source?

those sound like legit hits to me

also I believe Victory belongs on that list.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

payola? source?

those sound like legit hits to me

also I believe Victory belongs on that list.

im not saying that payola was the only reason that these were hits.

im citing the fact that just about all of these songs got endless radio/video rotation, and alot of them were out at the same time. theres obvioius foul play there.

and its common knowledge that puff was heavy with that payola and is one of the reasons why rap is where its at today.

 

[Carr]

im not saying that payola was the only reason that these were hits.

im citing the fact that just about all of these songs got endless radio/video rotation, and alot of them were out at the same time. theres obvioius foul play there.

and its common knowledge that puff was heavy with that payola and is one of the reasons why rap is where its at today.

as long as its good music on the radio I dont care who was paid or what negative means got it there.

I could make a 97 playlist with all those songs and never get tired of it.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

as long as its good music on the radio I dont care who was paid or what negative means got it there.

I could make a 97 playlist with all those songs and never get tired of it.

it set the groundwork for all of the bad songs to get 202020 spins a day.

and radio was better before bad boy actually.

not saying that radio wasnt already corrupt and that puff is the first and sole culprit, but that bad boy run changed radio for the worst.

i just feel obligated to say this. if im gonna celebrate, i gotta acknowledge the bad side as well.