True or False: New York started Hip-Hop but the West Coast Popularized it

[Budda]

But Run DMC was just one group. This post here pretty much explains it


Man coming from the South from what I saw, it was the West that made Hip Hop a mega popular Genre

The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, LL Cool J, were all mega popular.

 

[hex]

Maybe I need to make myself more clear. Of course since New York made hip hop, of course they made it known nationwide but when the West Coast got a hold of it and around the turn of the decade (80s/90s) they really made the genre MEGA popular

You're confusing the terms "popular" and "infamous". Like I said rap was going multi-plat before the West even existed as a hip-hop entity....gangsta rap made hip-hop a nationwide topic of conversation solely off the negativity surrounding it. It's not as if Souls of Mischief and Freestyle Fellowship were going plat. And even when Death Row blew up, it's not as if the whole West was doing those numbers, outside of a few acts (Quik, etc.) it was only them and their affiliates like Warren G selling over there.

That's why I never understand these threads. People want to claim the West was running shyt....but then turn around and demonize the East during that era for never letting anyone get on. The East was running shyt for the most part back then. To put it into perspective LL went 3x plat in '95, 10+ years after his debut. If you were from the East it was damn near guaranteed you'd sell back in the day. Even C tier groups like DAS EFX were going gold with zero cross over appeal.

Fred.

 

[BlackMajik]

The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, LL Cool J, were all mega popular.

Out of those honestly in the South were im from only LL was really mega popular. We didn't care about Run DMC and especially not the Beastie boys

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

keep citing run DMC (a clear outlier, especially with the aerosmith collab) as rap was going multi plat in the 80's brehs

the vast majority of rappers pushed 1-2 mil per project in the mid 90's to early 00's, that was not happening in the 80's

 

[Ashtrey]

keep citing run DMC (a clear outlier, especially with the aerosmith collab) as rap was going multi plat in the 80's brehs

the vast majority of rappers pushed 1-2 mil per project in the mid 90's to early 00's, that was not happening in the 80's

LL Cool J Bigger and Deffer took only a year to reach 2xplatinum in 1987

 

[BlackMajik]

You're confusing the terms "popular" and "infamous". Like I said rap was going multi-plat before the West even existed as a hip-hop entity....gangsta rap made hip-hop a nationwide topic of conversation solely off the negativity surrounding it. It's not as if Souls of Mischief and Freestyle Fellowship were going plat. And even when Death Row blew up, it's not as if the whole West was doing those numbers, outside of a few acts (Quik, etc.) it was only them and their affiliates like Warren G selling over there.

That's why I never understand these threads. People want to claim the West was running shyt....but then turn around and demonize the East during that era for never letting anyone get on. The East was running shyt for the most part back then. To put it into perspective LL went 3x plat in '95, 10+ years after his debut. If you were from the East it was damn near guaranteed you'd sell back in the day. Even C tier groups like DAS EFX were going gold with zero cross over appeal.

Fred.

Can u list the years ur talking about here

 

[BlackMajik]

The West Coast didnt make HipHop more popular.They just brought in a fresh new sound like the South did.

This is just......wrong lol

 

[Ashtrey]

The only west coast rapper that made it mega popular was MC Hammer who went diamond.

Dre, Snoop, Pac, Cube, Death Row, etc. were selling as much as their East Coast contemporaries.

 

[ManBearPig]

The Midwest got the best selling rapper ever tho

 

[BlackMajik]

The Midwest got the best selling rapper ever tho

Nope

That cac don't count. He even admits if he was black he woulda sold half

 

[BlackMajik]

The only west coast rapper that made it mega popular was MC Hammer who went diamond.

Dre, Snoop, Pac, Cube, Death Row, etc. were selling as much as their East Coast contemporaries.

I have no problem with ur opinion bruh

 

[ManBearPig]

Nope

That cac don't count. He even admits if he was black he woulda sold half

Men lie, numbers lie, numbers don't

Explain Kanye West selling records like its still 2002

THe Midwest never get the respect that we deserve

 

[hex]

Out of those honestly in the South were im from only LL was really mega popular. We didn't care about Run DMC and especially not the Beastie boys

That has nothing to do with anything. RUN DMC went 3x plat regardless of whether or not anyone you knew fukked with it.

keep citing run DMC (a clear outlier, especially with the aerosmith collab) as rap was going multi plat in the 80's brehs

the vast majority of rappers pushed 1-2 mil per project in the mid 90's to early 00's, that was not happening in the 80's

If a single NY rap group went multi-plat in the 80's even once it means the thread title is inaccurate. You ain't selling 3x million unless you're popular. That's not even taking into account LL, or the Beasties.

Can u list the years ur talking about here

The 80's and most of the 90's. Like I said, 90% of the West's record sales during the 90's were one label, Death Row, or spun off from 1 group, NWA.

Meanwhile over on the East virtually everyone was going gold or plat.

Fred.

 

[ManBearPig]

West coast nikkaz are so cocky... So are new yorkers

fukk all of yall

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

My point is Rap was already popularized and selling millions of records before the West Coast had a real movement that sold millions of records.. isn't that what this thread is about.. who popularized Rap?

you shut down this thread lowkey