Author Topic: Who made the "W" what it was? (Read 2009 times)

Black Excellence · « **Reply #45 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:31:17 PM »

kam brought it to the game and when pac got out he made it almost like a household name.

acgrundy · « **Reply #46 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:47:33 PM »

The topic is who made the W what it was, not who was the first to ever throw it up. Saying kam made the w what it was is just ridiculous. Pac was wayyy bigger than wsc, got way more video play, and radio play. Pac was the biggest thing in rap music in 95/96. Plus having him throwing it up on his album cover gets a shitload more attention than a WSC video. Seriously, how much did WSC even get video play? I barely ever saw their vids on tv.

Black Excellence · « **Reply #47 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:50:32 PM »

Quote from: acgrundy on November 20, 2008, 07:47:33 PM

The topic is who made the W what it was, not who was the first to ever throw it up. Saying kam made the w what it was is just ridiculous. Pac was wayyy bigger than wsc, got way more video play, and radio play. Pac was the biggest thing in rap music in 95/96. Plus having him throwing it up on his album cover gets a shitload more attention than a WSC video. Seriously, how much did WSC even get video play? I barely ever saw their vids on tv.

they sold almost triple platinum.

acgrundy · « **Reply #48 on:** November 20, 2008, 08:00:39 PM »

Pac's album went like 10x platinum or more...AEOM was a way bigger album than WSC. AEOM is one of the biggest albums in the history of all music. Not to mention that AEOM came out months before WSC...people everywhere were throwing up the dub before the WSC album dropped, and its not because they saw a WSC music video.

h2k4 · « **Reply #49 on:** November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM »

Quote from: acgrundy on November 20, 2008, 07:47:33 PM

The topic is who made the W what it was, not who was the first to ever throw it up. Saying kam made the w what it was is just ridiculous. Pac was wayyy bigger than wsc, got way more video play, and radio play. Pac was the biggest thing in rap music in 95/96. Plus having him throwing it up on his album cover gets a shitload more attention than a WSC video. Seriously, how much did WSC even get video play? I barely ever saw their vids on tv.

I would agree. Pac made that shit acceptable for everyone to throw it up and not worry about catching a beat down (in my area it was used as a gang sign).

Chad Vader · « **Reply #50 on:** November 29, 2008, 12:05:56 AM »

Kokane - Nickel Slick Nigga (video) produced by Cold187um (note that he´s throwing up the "W" already in 91, around 3.04)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nziSeX_9PI&hl=en&fs=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/3nziSeX_9PI&hl=en&fs=1</a>

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