Why isn't Ruff Ryders more revered now a days .. they deadass had the streets on lock at one point

[malbaker86]

They fizzled quickly. First compilation was a borderline classic, volume 2 was a STEEP decline overall, and volume 3 was

 

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[Juven]

Swizz production sounds dated & amateurish.

still sounds good to me

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

They fizzled quickly. First compilation was a borderline classic, volume 2 was a STEEP decline overall, and volume 3 was

Vol 3 was a travesty though , my uncle literally disposed of that shyt out the window the first couple weeks he had it

 

[Foxmulder]

Nicca who cares .. I swear I only hear this narrative on the coli ... was Swizz some musically inclined nicca on some Babyface/R.kelly shyt of course not ... but he possessed that raw hood talent that obviously resonated with the streets since they were fukking with it hardbody ... I can guaranteed nobody beside some excessive hip hop purist nicca was spewing that bullshyt when Jigga My nikka , Ruff Ryders Anthem , All For The Love , Banned From TV , Money Cash Hoes etc was poppin

The coli hates Swizz breh. Dude has a lot of classic records. 98-99 he was on fire. And he was like 19.

 

[DrX]

I remember when I left Jamaica and came to the BX when I was four and my first memories of Hip Hop was mostly Ruff Ryders (X , The Lox , Eve , Drag On etc) ... I remember almost everyone on my block either bumping We Are The Streets or Ryde or Die vol 1 & 2 , especially my uncle that nicca used to bump those compilations faithfully taking me to school lol , but after like 01 their momentum vanished for some strange reason , till this day it's weird to me , their run was short but made a potent impact on the streets

honestly i think because their content wasnt about nothing....street shyt dont really stand the test of time, most of the rappers still standing was dropping gems...i think X is the only one with real classics from that crew....

they all could spit tho

 

[malbaker86]

Pun and Mysonne had the best verses on Volume 1 if we being honest

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

the music wasnt good enough and the sound is dated. its not just on the coli. you can ask anybody who was bumping that shyt...they only really revisit X's first couple albums...Lox' album...maybe that first Eve or something but thats really it.

i WAS bumping Ruff Ryders 2 & 3 last night tho

 

[mson]

Plus they got for rap. By the time the mid 00s came, most people moved on to TI and Jeezy.

Plus the east coast thug shyt is to the kids.

What wre the kids feeling?

 

[Wild self]

What wre the kids feeling?

Back in 05, TI, Jeezy, Boosie and so on. That was when the east coast was DONE commercially.

Now the southern influence been around so long, kids think that TI made rap.

Ruff Ryders never made a legit superstar outside of X. That hurt their movement 03 onwards.

 

[360dagod]

I think swizz beatz was the double edged sword along with never properly developing their supporting cast

they had

Dame Grease
DJ Shok
Pk Killa
Irv Gotti was givin them beats

They went into swizz beatz overload

Also if they would have gotten infa red and cross into the picture a lil earlier, shyt might have been better..

Imo, i believe they wanted to put the label on jada's back, but he's just not capable of that...

 

[Born2BKing]

Nah them shyts still go

All his beats started sounded the same

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

I would say lack of stars, all they really had was X

The Lox and Eve were respected in Hip Hop but they didn't have that crossover appeal like X did, and once he started falling off so did the movement

 

[tremonthustler1]

I would say lack of stars, all they really had was X

The Lox and Eve were respected in Hip Hop but they didn't have that crossover appeal like X did, and once he started falling off so did the movement

Eve DEFINITELY crossed over.

Eve just couldn't sustain a musical grip long enough. She went and did other shyt

 

[FlyRy]

That whole sound didn't really age to well

Imagine how this future/migos sound the kids like will sound in 5 years