Will the NOI ever regain a presence in mainstream rap?
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Considering who owns these labels I don't see that happening
When were they most present?
And the people of the Coli would like to see evidence of this, as well.
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No. Those day are long gone.
When were they most present?
And the people of the Coli would like to see evidence of this, as well.
are you dumb?
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No. Black pride in rap is a thing of the past. Too many c00ns and white folks
The People of The Coli were not all born in the early 80s
Some of us weren't even born before that Onyx album that made MJ go bald dropped
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They owned the labels back then, too
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Yea but their stranglehold over rappers is much stronger now
U don't really have any radical pro-black rappers anymore. Like do you think their will be another song like Cube's "Cave bytch" or "Enemy" in this era???
The People of The Coli were not all born in the early 80s
Some of us weren't even born before that Onyx album that made MJ go bald dropped
Neither was I.
But the NOI's influence was undeniable from most east coast classics.
you never listened to 90s rap? or late 80s rap?
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Jay Electronica is pretty much the Pusha T of NOI lore raps and he put out a joint album with Jay Z a few years ago…if Kendrick can get vaguely Hebrew Israelite bars off, someone similar could do NOI too
Jay electronica comes across as a straight up agent. and he never had mainstream presence.
that Hebrew Israelite shyt is way different in my book. We gonna be IIGHT is my jam but nah kendrick aint in the class IMO
You from New York. I'm from the Bay.
I didn't listen to a Nas album until I was in my mid 20s
We was not listening to no What's Today's Mathematics rap in 2000s when I was in high school. 106 and Park, KMEL and Wild 94.9 dictated my hip-hop taste back then.
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You from New York. I'm from the Bay.
I didn't listen to a Nas album until I was in my late 20s
We was not listening to no What's Today's Mathematics rap in 2000s when I was in high school. 106 and Park, KMEL and Wild 94.9 dictated my hip-hop taste back then.
I actually had to turn off Doggystyle today.
I was bumping it cause we got summer weather on my side and the skits were so fukking stoopid I couldn't even take it no more.
But artists like Cube and Paris had heavy NOI influence.
Despite what you were or weren't listening to; at one point there influence was in fact relevant.