What Stopped Bone Thugs Being on the Same Level as Wu Tang was..
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Easy. Is big sean more big than j cole? Hes in the public spot light more, like wu tang was more than bone. That means hes bigger than j cole is right? Going off yall requirements of being bigger
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Does he really?
big sean sold like 300k with his last album. J cole did like 900k. Not even closeYall really let media apperances warp your mind of whose poppin or not
Tyga is always in the media and has multiple big hits - would you say J Cole need to get on his level?
Vancouver Grizzly Fan
AKA Vancouver Baller
Only silly ass New Yorkers say that. Bone was bigger and better than Wu-Tang in every and any way.
There was nothing original or creative about Wu-Tang.
There was nothing original or creative about Wu-Tang.
Easy. Is big sean more big than j cole? Hes in the public spot light more, like wu tang was more than bone. That means hes bigger than j cole is right? Going off yall requirements of being bigger
Spin all you want. This thread should have been closed when somebody brought up the fact that Bone opens shows for Wu-tang. Wu >>> than Bone. Once ya'll Wu haters just accept that it'll just make ya lives much easier. Lmao at anytime the conversation comes up the only sh!t ya'll Wu haters can bring up is that Bone sold more records.
ThaRealness
Superstar
Key word 'affiliated'Eazy e is not a member of bone thugs n harmony
This argument has diminishing returns
It was like 1 show right? And in NYC as well I believe?
They didnt just sell more records. They sold A LOT more records, in 3 different decades.
youd have an argument if it was just 1 album that did better than Wu tang albums. But 20 years of out selling them 
this is a ridiculous thread and even thought.
Bone isn't even talked about in media. Even when they're best rapper got sick it seems like no one gave a duck 
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
Bone had a time when they where bigger but their not bigger that Wu right now world wide.
I heatedly hear nikkas mention bone anymore
I heatedly hear nikkas mention bone anymore
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Thread Closed...As Usual
I think many of you are confusing the composite popularity of each individual Wu member with their success as a singular group called The Wu Tang Clan. Bone was just as influential and actually sold way more records in a shorter span.
Now of course in popular culture, Wu is referenced, played, covered and altogether probably more relevant than Bone, but that's on the surface. Part of the reason Bone's shelf life was so short (along with their personal demons and lack of appropriate representation after the death of Eazy) is that people started to mimic what they did. If you think Wu Tang's style has been bit on a Hip-Hop level, its nothing compared to whats happened to Bone on a Pop and R&B level in the late '90s heading into the millenium. Once Mariah mastered the 'Breakdown Flow' (Krayzie) she added that cadence to her arsenal. Same with Beyonce who's basically a rapper with a singing voice who started off mimicking Bizzy's harmonies way back on the first Destiny's Child album(see Wyclef interview about No No No; see Second Nature using same sample as Crossroads) and has gradually developed her own 'flow'. Bone wasn't really able to capitalize off this because there was no RZA to serve as the gatekeeper to the sound, it was something that once the code was cracked could be somewhat replicated. Not that other producers can't make a RZA beat, but that Wu was able to own and brand their sound.
20 year's later you see the influence in ASAP Rocky, Future, Kendrick as well as others. Wu has influenced a great deal of artists as well, and both groups are responsible for a lot of the slang we still use today. I think a better question may be 'What stopped the members of Bone from having as much individual success as the individual members of Wu' but solely as a group, I think Bone is right there if not surpassing Wu as a group.
Now of course in popular culture, Wu is referenced, played, covered and altogether probably more relevant than Bone, but that's on the surface. Part of the reason Bone's shelf life was so short (along with their personal demons and lack of appropriate representation after the death of Eazy) is that people started to mimic what they did. If you think Wu Tang's style has been bit on a Hip-Hop level, its nothing compared to whats happened to Bone on a Pop and R&B level in the late '90s heading into the millenium. Once Mariah mastered the 'Breakdown Flow' (Krayzie) she added that cadence to her arsenal. Same with Beyonce who's basically a rapper with a singing voice who started off mimicking Bizzy's harmonies way back on the first Destiny's Child album(see Wyclef interview about No No No; see Second Nature using same sample as Crossroads) and has gradually developed her own 'flow'. Bone wasn't really able to capitalize off this because there was no RZA to serve as the gatekeeper to the sound, it was something that once the code was cracked could be somewhat replicated. Not that other producers can't make a RZA beat, but that Wu was able to own and brand their sound.
20 year's later you see the influence in ASAP Rocky, Future, Kendrick as well as others. Wu has influenced a great deal of artists as well, and both groups are responsible for a lot of the slang we still use today. I think a better question may be 'What stopped the members of Bone from having as much individual success as the individual members of Wu' but solely as a group, I think Bone is right there if not surpassing Wu as a group.
Blackrogue
Superstar
sonically bone thugs were ahead of their time. I was listening to Kendrick song one day and I could hear the bone thug influence.
I also remember bone thugs performing at some award and Kendrick rapping along in the audience word for word.
I personally listened to bone thugs more than Wu. We would be on 7 hour road trips with my mom and bro and would bump that shyt on loop and my mom never caught a word.. she used to ask about PAC..how come he sounds like he's crying lol.
I listened to Wu more when I was with hipster cacs who thought it was cool and made them more badass to know obscure rap so take that for what its worth
I also remember bone thugs performing at some award and Kendrick rapping along in the audience word for word.
I personally listened to bone thugs more than Wu. We would be on 7 hour road trips with my mom and bro and would bump that shyt on loop and my mom never caught a word.. she used to ask about PAC..how come he sounds like he's crying lol.
I listened to Wu more when I was with hipster cacs who thought it was cool and made them more badass to know obscure rap so take that for what its worth
It was like 1 show right? And in NYC as well I believe?
They didnt just sell more records. They sold A LOT more records, in 3 different decades.
No, it wasn't just 1 show. It was a bunch of shows several years back. And again...that sales sh!t don't mean anything. If it did Bone wouldn't be opening shows that Wu-tang headline.
Bone is bigger than Wu.
Wu has a smaller very dedicated base, but Bone is just as international and arguably larger fanbase worldwide, although maybe not as rabid.
Wu has a smaller very dedicated base, but Bone is just as international and arguably larger fanbase worldwide, although maybe not as rabid.
