Wow. The Source did Eazy E dirty

[bigbadbossup2012]

They were on Dre and Death Row dikk heavy at the time

Naw they were haters in general.

 

[mobbinfms]

exactly they had to re-rate these albums
and they ended getting 5 mics

WSC and Quik weren't re rated to 5.

 

[mobbinfms]

them shyts should've been 5 mics off tops

You do realize that the Source had a "no 5 mics" policy from 92-96?

The only exception was Illmatic.

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

Tthey weren't biased against coasts/regions they seemed more biased towards those that weren't following popular trends. Someone in the same era ike Ras Kass got 3 mics for Soul on Ice whereas as someone like Diddy got 4 for No Way Out...

Rappers like Mack 10, WC, Too Short, Kurupt, Daz were all getting solid reviews even when west coast rap was at it's end in the late 90s...

 

[mobbinfms]

Lets keep it a buck.


Nyc still repped the lyrical standard. The Chronic came out around the same time as G Raps 'Live and let die'

Even tho Dre's production edged Sir Jinx not one rapper on that Chronic album was touchin G Rap. Not one!

compared to G Rap snoop and dre were mediocre yet Chronic was rated higher.



ALso, there were a bunch of nyc lps that shoulda been 5 mics from jump. It wasn't just a westcoast thing.


They gave smiff n wessons Da sHinin 3 1/2
And Heltah skeltahs ' nocturnal ' 3 freakin mics

I think you got those mixed up. Nocturnal got 3.5 and Dah Shinin got 3.

To your larger point, 36 Chambers, Infamous, OBFCL, RTD and Liquid Swords all got 4.5. Liquid Swords actually got 4.

 

[mobbinfms]

The Source is a New York Hip Hop magazine

You remember how a lot of them felt about nikkas from the West and they felt about nikkas needed to be lyrical to make good music

This isn't true at all.
Check this thread out.
EDIT: SOURCE MAGAZINE BIAS PROVEN TO BE MYTH - Source Top 100 Albums list

 

[mobbinfms]

West Coast were the only ones who made classic EPs ... Kill At Will, 187um Killa, 100 miles and runnin, creepin on ah come up (west coast beats)

Big Noyd's EP >>>>>

 

[mobbinfms]

No it didnt. you made that up


it originally got 4 1/2 along with Hell On Earth in 96.....I remember that issue clear as day....they gave WSC the first half of the page of the record report while Mobb Deep got the 2nd half page



*edit*


the original rating in 96.

Hell On Earth should have got 5 mics, but the Source was biased against the East Coast

 

[mobbinfms]

fixed

Not true.

 

[mobbinfms]

giving The Chronic or Doggystyle anything less than 5 mics is just laughable. The production, mixing and lyrics all on all-time status. You gotta be some kind of hater to give them less than 5

They had a policy of not giving 5 mics at the time

 

[Skooby]

They had a policy of not giving 5 mics at the time

Why did they have this policy?

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

It was a cool album, but it wasn't fukking with the chronic.

It's a west coast classic though imo.

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

First, fukk everyone of y'all talking shyt on Eazy.

Second, you can see interscopes influence on The Source even back then...

I bought that EP when it dropped and it is a classic, all the way down to the boyz in the hood remix.

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

sorry breh E was garbage

coming from an LA n*gga

I'd say his music suffered after dre left.

 

[mobbinfms]

Why did they have this policy?

Read this interview with the music editor who put the policy in place
http://rapresearcharchive.blogspot.com/2010/04/reginald-c-dennis-interview-source.html?m=1