Man, the view counts on some of these CLASSIC songs gets me depressed. Meanwhile, Tekashi hops on IG Live today and gets 2 million viewers like it's nothing as he drops his new track where he brags about being a rat.
Not hating on the new generation, as I realize I'm not the target audience and...
This is still my ish. They did a needle drop with this on the American Crime Story OJ mini series. They played it after Johnny Cochran becomes the lead attorney for The Juice. I went crazy in the house. Perfect song placement.
My thing with NWA, is their cultural impact was greater than their overall catalog. One album with Cube, N4L was solid as our most Dre productions, but what a drop off. They only put out two albums. Can't deny their status tho. Won't argue with Bone or 2 Live Crew, the latter especially. I think...
I think my top 10 groups would be --
1. Outkast
2. Wu Tang
3. Tribe
4. EPMD
5. Mobb Deep
6. Beastie Boys (I'm a fan, sue me. Not one wack album in their catalog.)
7. Public Enemy
8. M.O.P.
9. Three Six Mafia
10. Run DMC
I wouldn't put guys like Gang Starr or Eric B. and Rakim in the group...
Wait, who was talking about sales? I know I certainly wasn't (not that Wu Tang's first three albums and first wave of solo albums didn't sell well). Sales as you say, are irrelevant to the conversation.
I'm a Wu fanatic. First show I ever went to was Meth. My favorite rapper is Inspectah Deck...
https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/06/snoop-says-dr-dre-hated-deep-cover-and-was-not-going-to-release-it-video/
Dre is a perfectionist. Probably something none of us would even notice that makes him not like it.
I interned for Ted Lucas at SNS for about a year. Good times. Scotty is a legend no doubt, but theyre different producers. Like Storch was playing cry me a river and beyonce classic cuts. Mannie ain't got nothing for that bc that's not his lane. And 3 of those Storch tracks were co productions w...
Scotty obviously has the pop hits, but Mannie got the streets. It was a bad pairing to begin with tbh. You right tho, Mannie did leave some hits on the table (set it off, I got that fire, cash money is an army, number one stunna, big ballin).
Was having a debate after the Rza battle that Meth might be one of the most underrated MC's. The only solo artist to ever appear on a Biggie and Pac album as a feature guest while they were still alive. Don't get me wrong, I know he gets his props, but I don't think he's in enough discussions...
Crazy that this NY af movie has a soundtrack that was released and executive produced by Death Row records. Almost all West Coast artists. Suge and Dre pulled a fast one on NY.
It's a series of IG Live battles organized by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. So far they've had --
Swizz vs Timbaland (which really ain't a competition)
Scott Storch vs Mannie Fresh
T-Pain vs Lil Jon
Rza vs Preemo (Here's a link to that one
They've had some RnB ones. The Teddy Riley vs Babyface...
Never gets old. Even Mariah Carey sampled this ****. Hard to believe they were still jits when they dropped something this hard.
This one is murder music.
Who tf samples Scarface? Havoc is a genius.
But this bih right here is my personal favorite from their catalog.
Are y'all watching some of these Versusz IG battles?
I thought Rza washed Preemo myself, and he didn't even play some of his heavy hitters. The one that got me hot was the Mannie Fresh Scott Storch battle. Dudes saying Storch dominated that one, but maybe it's my Southern bias showing, but if...
The Wu Tang collective is the best ever assembled. Ghostface, Meth, Gza, and ODB debut albums among the best ever pressed. Purple Tape arguably a Top 10 rap album of all time. But if we talking group albums, you gotta give it to Outkast just in terms of consistency. 4 Straight All Timers...