Where Does Grand Puba Rank In Your Pantheon of Rap?

[bobbiewishbone]

On the hook.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Man his fashion sense was crazy! I tried to flip his shyt when I was in middle school.. Tommy Hill(couldn’t afford Polo lol) stripedcollared joint with a sun visor and shorts. You couldn’t tell me nothing lol. I still remember when this moment happened and it’s still one of my favorite ever

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Is this available somewhere?? I listen to the retail version religiously and I’d love to hear the demo.

I still have the tape.
But no tape player.

 

[wizworld]

On the hook.

He also did the beat. Sounds like a leftover from the "Reel to Reel" days. Those kids were biting his style pretty crazily on this song.

 

[wizworld]

Puba's flow/rhyme scheme was influential in the early 90's but his solo albums were disappointing.

Yeah. I would argue that he NEVER reached the potential he showed on his "solo" joints on "All for One".

"Wake Up"
"Who Can Get Busy Like This Man"
"Step to the Rear"
"Grand Puba/Positive & LG"
"Dedication"

His official solo work just doesn't match up to those five songs. "Reel to Reel" was enjoyable, but lazy and formulaic. And like I said earlier in this post, they didn't even put out the good version of "2000". I can see how it would have sounded too dated though.

 

[Newark88]

Outside of Skinz and Don't Curse these are my 2 favorite guest features from him.

 

[Danie84]

I'm enerGetic poEtic athLetic with good Credit

 

[mobbinfms]

I still have the tape.
But no tape player.

Where do you live? I know a place in Silver Spring MD that would be able to covert that to MP3. Or CD at least.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Where do you live? I know a place in Silver Spring MD that would be able to covert that to MP3. Or CD at least.

I'm in Harlem/NYC.
Yeah, I should make this happen my damn self.
I got a decent Stretch and Bobbito, CM Famalam collection as well I should convert to digital files.

 

[daze23]

 

[hustlemania]

Wrong homie. Watch or read any study on the history of fashion labels like Tommy Hilfiger & hip-hop such as "Fresh Dressed." Puba, Snoop and others have said it themselves that if they knew better, they would have demanded to be paid endorsers instead of just getting free clothes.

Puba always talks about it.




Tommy aint pay none of them even tho rappers did the biggest advertising for him. He truly owes Puba millions no exaggeration. Luckily rappers learned.

you should actually take the time to READ things you post..

Grand Puba: Tommy was very supportive [of me]. Whenever I had a show or video to shoot, they made sure I was good. They gave me whatever I needed. I could go to the warehouse in Jersey and get whatever I wanted. One time, Tommy even wrote me a check—a nice sum of money, six figures or something like that, to say thank you. He actually just called me out of the blue and was like, “Hey, here you go, man. Thanks a lot.” I guess it was for doing everything that I did to help his brand.

 

[smokeurobinson]

@Art Barr

Your opinion on Puba.

 

[coose]

One of the greats my father put me on to him back then

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

@ 24:10 Puba talks about how Tommy actually did give him money and clothes and henwas about to give him his own clothing line & label. But then Tommy listened to his music and turned his back on him and said Puba didn't make Hilfiger hot. Puba says he hasn't worn it since.

 

[Art Barr]

@Art Barr

Your opinion on Puba.

I learned how to dress in high cost denim from the man.
Think the world of his time in the hiphop cultural sun before he just took the rap and rnb thing just to far. Where he pretty much became the precursor to what jiggy would be. Yet he was the only guy originally outside of finesse who was trying to make rap mature and grow older as well. As the whole club vibe imo, is what 2000 prophetically said it would be.
Past that, visually puba is the template as far as getting fresh in any era.
after break'n was killed as a draw.

Art Barr