West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Pinokit21 on June 17, 2004, 10:11:46 PM
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In my opinion these have got to be 2 of the biggest Hip Hop singles EVER!! Now I can't speak for the east coast or down south, but when 2Pac dropped California Love....that was the BIGGEST record in California. You coudn't turn on the radio and not hear that song. You couldn't talk to any Hip Hopper that didn't LOVE that song. I got that same feeling when In Da Club came out. Same thing, ALL OVER THE RADIO. KIDS SINGIN IT, it was just everywhere? California Love was Pac's first bug record since he dropped out of prison, and In Da Club was the first big record by a new artist droppin. I'm not asking which record u LIKE better, I'm asking which record do you think was bigger at the time it dropped?
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Cali Love has proven the test of time. That's a certified classic joint no doubt. Time will tell when it comes to In Da Club.
Cali Love can't be touched by In Da Club IMO.
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i'd say it all depends where you're living. in maybe the last say, 10 years i wouldn't of heard cali love 50 times on the radio here, but when in da club came out i heard that damn near 100 in the first month
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The single of In Da Club was a bigger succes. Many many artists used that beat for a song or a freestyle. Way more than with Cali Love I think ::) So I think In Da Club was bigger :)
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True many artist did use IND A CLUB for a song or freestyle, but u gotta remember, Mixtapes and all that shit wasn't how it was today back in 1996.
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True many artist did use IND A CLUB for a song or freestyle, but u gotta remember, Mixtapes and all that shit wasn't how it was today back in 1996.
it broke records in the charts also
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bein from new york.... cali love by far. one thing you gotta remember, when cali love came out the east/west beef was in its prime. an that song still was gettin mad played like crazy.
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That's dope. I always wondered how New York took the whole 2Pac/Biggie situation out there. Did they still play a lot of Pac on the radio?
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yep....and it's funny, you heard more westcoast music on the east coast during the rivalry than you do now
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That's dope. I always wondered how New York took the whole 2Pac/Biggie situation out there. Did they still play a lot of Pac on the radio?
be honest i really dont remember cuz i was still young like 11. but cali love sticks out b/c it was everywhere. even if the radio wasnt playin it u heard people listenin to it out there cars n shit
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yep....and it's funny, you heard more westcoast music on the east coast during the rivalry than you do now
from what i remember it was pretty even. not like it is now tho
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yep....and it's funny, you heard more westcoast music on the east coast during the rivalry than you do now
Yeah, kinda unlike now where The East just plays East music and the West plays, well, EAST & SOUTH music....haha.
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Cali Love gets my vote
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Cali Love gets my vote
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Both of them were mega hits but Dre didnt do a remix to 'In The Club' unlike Cali Love. a Dre remix would of been interesting.
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California Love for sure
In Da Club is probably one of the biggest 'club hits' since, however i know these days when i go out i still hear Cali Love being played, like sikotic said it's proven to last over the years.
Plus too the combination of rappers that appear on California Love is something that we can never hear again, its a classic.
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I was only like 12 or 13 when Cali Love came out, so I don't really know how big it was. There's a lot more to consider now tho, like in 96 we didn't have mp3's, or mixtapes. I remember on Rapcity (muchmusic) "Fugee-La" was always ahead of "California Love" on the countdown. But everyone I knew liked Cali Love more.
When "In Da Club" just came out, I was in clubs where they'd play it 3 times in a row, and then just play the beat with different acapellas on it for like 10-15 minutes. Cali Love still gets a good reaction in the clubs tho.
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I think that some people are responding thinking the question is which do you like better cause it's not even close when you're asking what song was bigger. "In The Club" was way bigger. Wasn't it number one on Billboard's Hot 100 for like 8 weeks in a row? I don't even think "California Love" hit number one.
I think that "In The Club" is the biggest hip-hop song ever.
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I think In Da Club is too played out for clubs already, California Love isn't.
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Well....In da club was bigger but heres why.
white people listening to rap is at an all time high. Thats my point.
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Cali Love was way bigger they played it 24/7 on the radio and mtv was playing it every hour on the hour. And can you really compare pac and dre collabo to a average track as far as im concerned. In Da Club sold because the contraversey around 50 cali love sold because it was a bomb ass song and a once in a lifetime collabo
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lets get one thing straight. even tho cali love was a dope track one of the reasons it was so popular was b/c of the the controversy surrounding pac an the whole east west beef
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Close call but In Da Club gets my vote.
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what a stupid thread
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lets get one thing straight. even tho cali love was a dope track one of the reasons it was so popular was b/c of the the controversy surrounding pac an the whole east west beef
lets get one thing straight. even tho INA DA CLUB was a dope track one of the reasons it was so popular was b/c of the the controversy surrounding 50 CENT
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the beat and 50's flow made In Da Club what it was nuthing else only ppl know is that he got shot lmao
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Is this a friggin joke?!!? ???
Cali Love by far. That was a tripple platinum single, and the shit is STILL gettin mad radio play today.
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I think u can't tell yet. If "In Da Club" is gonna be played as much in 8 years as "Cali Love" is now u'll be able to say it's bigger maybe cause at the time it came out it got even more airplay and sold even better...but yet u just can't tell
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i dont know, i dont hear in da club at all anymore.. so i think thats pretty good indication.
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i dont know, i dont hear in da club at all anymore.. so i think thats pretty good indication.
heh, i do
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you can't compare the two songs. they're from different times with different expectations with different reactions. rap wasn't all that big when cali love dropped. rap is the biggest seller today. you gotta remember pac played a huge part in making what rap is today. he helped bring rap to the masses. there would be no 'in da club' if it wasn't for pac.
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A lot of you are not answering the real question or looking to deep into it. If you want to know what the "bigger" song is, it's "In Da Club", no question.
If someone knows where to find the Billboard archives check the Top 100 and see cause I know "In Da Club" was more popular.
I wasn't old enough to be in the clubs in '96 when "California Love" was popular but I doubt it had the longevity "In Da Club" had, I still hear that song atleast every other time I go to the bar/club and I can't say that for "California Love".
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A lot of you are not answering the real question or looking to deep into it. If you want to know what the "bigger" song is, it's "In Da Club", no question.
If someone knows where to find the Billboard archives check the Top 100 and see cause I know "In Da Club" was more popular.
I wasn't old enough to be in the clubs in '96 when "California Love" was popular but I doubt it had the longevity "In Da Club" had, I still hear that song atleast every other time I go to the bar/club and I can't say that for "California Love".
I can. :-\
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Someone said that one of the reasons In Da Club was so popular was because of the controversy surrounding 50? Man, only 12-16 year olds give a fuck if someone has been shot, to others it doesnt make an artist better or worse. Fact is, IN DA CLUB's beat, while very simple, was incredible. Combined with the extremely elementary yet amazingly catchy hook, and you have got one of the biggest rap hits ever. Still, i dont think it touches California Love, people will NEVER tire of that song, it HAS stood the test of time. Put that on ANYWHERE, people go crazy.
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Someone said that one of the reasons In Da Club was so popular was because of the controversy surrounding 50? Man, only 12-16 year olds give a fuck if someone has been shot, to others it doesnt make an artist better or worse. Fact is, IN DA CLUB's beat, while very simple, was incredible. Combined with the extremely elementary yet amazingly catchy hook, and you have got one of the biggest rap hits ever. Still, i dont think it touches California Love, people will NEVER tire of that song, it HAS stood the test of time. Put that on ANYWHERE, people go crazy. And i dont remember ever getting sick of Cali Love, which cant be said for In Da Club.
Sure, In Da Club sold a lot of records for 50 cent, but the game IS different. Whats My Name sold just as many first week records for Snoop(a couple thousand less) , and i would go as far as to say Whats My Name> In Da Club
And as someone else said, people are sick of 50's joint and dont really hear In Da Club anymore.....great song though, even if i do hate 50, it is one of the best singles and club songs ever