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It WAS a huge hit, but today itīs just not as well known about as Cali Love or Killing Me Softly. Plus, it (I dunno why) never got that much attention overseas. You can pull the what-do-you-fuckin-europeans-know-about-hiphop card, but to me, the biggest rap song ever has to be a worldwide hit that is still played everywhere years later. Now, Iīm European, so I donīt know what itīs like in the US, but you wonīt hear the song at an average hiphop party round here, whereas "Whatīs My Name" or "Cali Love" are always put on. And I know people who listen to Big L, JMT and Little Brother, but in whose case Iīm 98% sure that if I told them about "Crossroads", theyīd be like "whatīs that?". Strange to you maybe, but true.
I never really saw Knuckles list as some personal stuff tbh. It was like some official, mathematical generated list if you know what I mean Like if done by an independent, quality magazine (that doesnt get paid for ranking something or applying to its fanbase, etc)
I've never heard them played at a party, never heard any other their songs at a club
I was going to address the Bone Thugs issue after I was done butI don't think it'll be a suprise that they aren't in the top two.To put it bluntly, they are a one-hit wonder. This board is the only place I've ever seen BTNH get love. In the mid-90s when they were at the height of their popularity, not once did I even hear their names when my friends and I discussed hip-hop in high school. I've never heard them played at a party, never heard any other their songs at a club. They might get an article on them in some of the hip-hop mags when they have albums coming out but I've never noticed them get an real love. They are pretty much nobodies in the history of hip-hop as far as I'm concerned.They have made just about no impact on the rap game, they are original, I'll give them that but no one seemed to bite thier style or copy them, they aren't influencial at all. The other big artists from the mid-west, Common, Eminem, Kayne, etc. took nothing from them. I don't see how they put the mid-west on the map. They are just a group from that area that happened to sell a lot of records.You'll never hear anyone of them mentioned as one of the greatest MCs ever or even good MCs for that matter. They aren't top notch producers. Bone Thugs haven't made an album anywhere in the same league as the albums mentioned and frankly, wouldn't even make the top 100.
Quote from: Knuckles on August 21, 2005, 07:33:14 PMI was going to address the Bone Thugs issue after I was done butI don't think it'll be a suprise that they aren't in the top two.To put it bluntly, they are a one-hit wonder. This board is the only place I've ever seen BTNH get love. In the mid-90s when they were at the height of their popularity, not once did I even hear their names when my friends and I discussed hip-hop in high school. I've never heard them played at a party, never heard any other their songs at a club. They might get an article on them in some of the hip-hop mags when they have albums coming out but I've never noticed them get an real love. They are pretty much nobodies in the history of hip-hop as far as I'm concerned.They have made just about no impact on the rap game, they are original, I'll give them that but no one seemed to bite thier style or copy them, they aren't influencial at all. The other big artists from the mid-west, Common, Eminem, Kayne, etc. took nothing from them. I don't see how they put the mid-west on the map. They are just a group from that area that happened to sell a lot of records.You'll never hear anyone of them mentioned as one of the greatest MCs ever or even good MCs for that matter. They aren't top notch producers. Bone Thugs haven't made an album anywhere in the same league as the albums mentioned and frankly, wouldn't even make the top 100.Man, if this aint the defintion of a hater, I dont know what is......E.1999 Eternal not in the top 100?? Wow, I dont even know what to say to that.....sad thing is, its pretty far from the truth. Especially the part of them being one-hit wonders.
It WAS a huge hit, but today itīs just not as well known about as Cali Love or Killing Me Softly. Plus, it (I dunno why) never got that much attention overseas.
if u sayin e1999 aint top 100 u on sum serious hater shit
Not all music is made 2 dance 2 and Bone Thugs don't make club music. How tha hell do you dance 2 Mo Murda, Buddah Luvaz, or Die Die Die?
Yeah they had alot of hits plus other classic tracks like No Surrender, Foe Tha Love of Money,Thug Luv,Notorius Thugs, and no one can touch them when in comes 2 tracks about weed.