Things in hip hop that are so forgotten they feel retconned

[Memorial Stadium Piru]

No cap this thread needs to be up in the Rafters

-DJ Khaled original gimmick/slogan was "IT'S AN ARABIAN ATTACK, WE DROPPING BOMBS ON YO ASS!!!"
-Gucci Mane pushing a woman out of a moving car on the highway for refusing to give him top
-Ja Rule actually getting some props/good attention after he dropped Clap Back
-Puff Daddy's car speeding off & running the red light when they saw the Impala pulling up
-3 people survived the Aaliyah plane crash (bodyguard, hairdresser & unknown person) they died due to negligence by the medics
-Snoop Dogg being in ACTUAL PAPERWORK SNITCHING ON PEOPLE & ACCUSING SUGE KNIGHT OF KILLING TUPAC, the fact that hip hop just brushes past this is crazy as hell
-Jay-Z being roommates with NFL RB Larry Johnson as a grown ass man
-Lupe Fiasco fukking Justin Timberlake's wife
-Xxxtentacion getting knocked out on stage
-ASAP Mob stealing their entire sound/aesthetic from Spaceghostpurrp, then blackballing him
-Jazze Pha was the hottest producer in hip hop from 2002-2004, then disappeared
-Polow da Don was the hottest producer in the rap game around 07-08, then disappeared
-Meek Mill being the laughingstock of hip hop after Back to Back until he dropped Championships
-Tyga being a laughingstock/punching bag for a minute until he dropped Taste
-Lil Mosey getting robbed with no weapon
-6ix9ine paying his best friend to shoot at Chief Keef, then snitched on him. He claimed the Treyway nikkas stole money & fukked his BM, but he's known Kooda since he was 11 and Kooda didn't do anything to him
-Gunna getting arrested with personal amounts of meth
-Nelly getting arrested with personal amounts of meth
-Jay-Z lowkey claiming Crip around the time Volume 3 dropped

My bad if these were covered already, I haven't read the whole thread

 

[diggy]

 

[Memorial Stadium Piru]

-Maino was the first rapper to sign a 360 deal
-French Montana & Drake getting tummy tucks
-Drake leaving the urologist holding a herpes medication pamphlet
-Trippie Redd was supposed to be the massive superstar, not Tekashi
-Rich the Kid being signed to QC for 5 years & rapping like an offbrand Quavo
-Offset being arrested with drugs & guns, but being let go because the Feds were building a bigger case against him

 

[White City Black]

This shyt had me fukking like damn wasn't you clowned enough the first time around??

No wonder he left the rap game. At least he's found his lane doing something else.

Hella wave ryda. My main Ice even did a “Nu-Metal” trying to get the Korn/Limp Bizkit audience.

 

[EBK String]

Busta Rhymes on Cash Money

Dr. Dre album about the sounds of the planets

Mos Def album produced by Mannie Fresh

Kanye, Lupe and Pharrell super group

rick Ross and Birdman movie and collab album

when the hell did that happen?

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[Vinny Lupton]

Jay Z's signing a wack white rapper named Pittsburgh Slim to Def Jam

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Iggy azalea on grand hustle
Petey pablo and left eye on death row (Tha Row)

Noreaga on rocafella

Victoria Beckham did a song on Diplomats vol 4

Raekwon did a song with Justin Bieber in like 09

Cuban Link rumored to play Tony Montana's son in the Scarface sequel that never came out

LL Cool J's vanity label "Rock The Bells" that never put out anything

All sorts of real credible rappers doing songs with Made Men and Benzino then years later he got revealed to be co owner of The Source

Timbaland Beat Club

Jay.Z's blog site Life + Times

LeBron's label "Dreamlife" that signed Young Chris and Al Fatz

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Bone Thugs N Harmony signing to Full Surface (Swizz's label) and releasing Strength & Loyalty. That era of their career is rarely if ever mentioned.

Is this the one they had a song with Phil Collins on? Phil was even in the video

 

[Deltron]

when the hell did that happen?

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Busta Rhymes Signs with Cash Money Records

vaguely remember on some threads on it and they were clowin bus for signing

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Uncle Murda changing his name to Uncle M

"Uncle M" being on Def Jam

Noreaga changing his name to P.A.P.I.

50 had a bunch of songs out before "I Get Money" finally hit, if not for that he was cold outchea and probably wouldn't have dropped that year. I Get Money was some 11th hour shyt and the producer had to recreate the beat cuz he lost the files or something, and another dude was going around taking credit for the beat at first

the DMX song "Do You" for a Funkmaster Flex album. Song is deaded from streaming and the video isn't online anywhere

DMX label "Bloodline"

 

[WHolla09]

International collaborations over linguistic borders. There were some in the mid 90s (obviously I know more of the ones in France) and Rza even made that whole album, then it looks like it kind of disappeared.







(Given the examples I know of it might've been of a Wu thing though lol)

My favorite Nas- Affirmative Action remix

 

[Deltron]

the DMX song "Do You" for a Funkmaster Flex album. Song is deaded from streaming and the video isn't online anywhere

DMX label "Bloodline"

the birth of yung berg on there

 

[mbewane]

My favorite Nas- Affirmative Action remix

Yeah I always kind of had a lukewarm feeling towards that one. I like the track but it's just recycling Affirmative Action while replacing some verses by NTM's. They didn't even work on the track together, just met for the video. And the story is that NTM flew out to NY for that video and Nas basically was kind of not really respecting them, I think they didn't even shoot the vid and in the end it's Nas who came to France and apparently all kinds of bs happened. People were quite critical of it back then. The other tracks are more authentic collabs, this one was the labels' trying to ride a wave.

 

[Threnody]

Game being woke about police shootings WAY before it was trendy and everybody in Hip-Hop being like
and then him putting out a video literality crying his eyes out about how Hip-Hop ain't the same and he wish he could have been around in the golden era

 

[Vinny Lupton]

I was just listening to the Speedin' Remix by Rick Ross today and it had like 15 people on it like Wayne, Joe, Birdman, Busta, Plies, and even Flo Rida I ain't gonna lie, I miss those tracks.

Damn what happened to Flo Rida he was the shyt for a min