Who here knew Kurupt featured on major release pre-Death Row?

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Not sure how “major” this is but seems like a major label release anyway—and Kurupt actually sounds great on it—yet it’s more in a Rakim style than the gangsta style he adopted with Death Row

[HighEyeCue]

yeah I found out about this sometime in the 2000's...he has about 3 or 4 tracks on that SOS album

[Okka]

I think most of us did. There's more than one song too.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

yeah I found out about this sometime in the 2000's...he has about 3 or 4 tracks on that SOS album

I just found out in that recent VLadTV interview—Kurupt had enough skill then that he could’ve even made it on the East Coast and been like nearly Nas level had he never moved to the West judging from his performance on here he still would’ve made noise

[Dee Tha AK]

yeah I found out about this sometime in the 2000's...he has about 3 or 4 tracks on that SOS album

Same

[Okka]

I just found out in that recent VLadTV interview—Kurupt had enough skill then that he could’ve even made it on the East Coast and been like nearly Nas level had he never moved to the West judging from his performance on here he still would’ve made noise

The S.O.S. Band is from Atlanta.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

The S.O.S. Band is from Atlanta.

I’m just speaking in hypotheticals—but my point was his sound got more gangsta with Death Row—but that even before that he could’ve ran with that Rakim style all the way to stardom just being an East Coast artist from Philly

[Sccit]

I’m just speaking in hypotheticals—but my point was his sound got more gangsta with Death Row—but that even before that he could’ve ran with that Rakim style all the way to stardom just being an East Coast artist from Philly

even spittin gangsta rhymes, kurupt always had an east coast style and was more of an emcee than a rapper

[Dee Tha AK]

even spittin gangsta rhymes, kurupt always had an east coast style and was more of an emcee than a rapper

Word

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

even spittin gangsta rhymes, kurupt always had an east coast style and was more of an emcee than a rapper

That was always the beautiful thing about “New York, New York”—if Rolling Stones was a real magazine and not Illuminati they would not be dickriding their stooge Puffy and ranking Biggie number 1

But tracks like “New York, New York” should be top 10 in any serious magazine or media ranking.  When you consider the East and West War and Kurupt making a statement that Death Row and the West Coast could beat the East at their own game—Kurupt says it perfectly in the Show Documentary he says the East Coast wanted to call out Death Row and west coast and say “oh they can’t really rap” well he served all of them when they dropped the video for “New York, New York”

[HighEyeCue]

the tracks Kurupt did when he was back in Philly around '96-97 is some of my favorite material from him

[Dee Tha AK]

That was always the beautiful thing about “New York, New York”—if Rolling Stones was a real magazine and not Illuminati they would not be dickriding their stooge Puffy and ranking Biggie number 1

But tracks like “New York, New York” should be top 10 in any serious magazine or media ranking.  When you consider the East and West War and Kurupt making a statement that Death Row and the West Coast could beat the East at their own game—Kurupt says it perfectly in the Show Documentary he says the East Coast wanted to call out Death Row and west coast and say “oh they can’t really rap” well he served all of them when they dropped the video for “New York, New York”

Exactly, NY NY came to my mind too, top notch lyrics, as said he beat them at their own game..



Crazy verses.

[DJSpin]

I think most of us did. There's more than one song too.

[teecee]

How about this one?

Prodigy of Mobb Deep with an uncredited appearance on the Boyz n the Hood sdtrk…



He was only 16 when he recorded this

[Dee Tha AK]

How about this one?

Prodigy of Mobb Deep with an uncredited appearance on the Boyz n the Hood sdtrk…



He was only 16 when he recorded this

Timestamp?