I’m having a hard time thinking of anything other than Big Pun’s flow on “Still Not a Player”.

Dude had some of the nastiest internal rhymes, and his breath control was wild considering his size. I also love how he switches between English and Spanish without breaking the pocket.

And that whole section:

“It’s hard to creep since I found Joe
Every pretty, round, brown ho wanna go down low
But this Boogie Down professional, I’ma let you know
Once I put the blows, get your clothes, ’cause you got to go
I could go downstairs”

That shit is crazy.

I bull up with my glock, go ‘head and take a picture.

im gorgin’ on a flock of these purgin'-ass niggas.

It's sad to see all the fan fair and hoopla for Carter 6 and Iceman when Juvies Boiling Point is wayyy better than both. Juv and Bg started Cash Money so it's really sad to see no one talking about this album bro had 2 really good singles too.

I grew up in the North and moved to the South in my teens, so my Hip‑Hop foundation is split. Half of me is rooted in East Coast rap and the other half is mid‑2000s Southern rap. Ludacris, Jeezy, T.I., Wayne, all that.

But here’s the thing: when my older Southern homies talk 90s Hip‑Hop, they hype up No Limit, Cash Money, Three 6, UGK, 8Ball & MJG etc... And while I respect what all those camps did for the culture, I just cannot get into that No Limit or Cash Money sound. The other acts? Cool. But those two specifically? I just don’t get it.

I literally spent 30+ minutes yesterday with two of my boys who tried to convince me that Mannie Fresh has some of the illest beats ever.

Now granted, I’ll say Mannie Fresh is one of the greatest producers ever just off the strength of how many Cash Money albums he produced by himself. Plus the fact that he made a cultural classic with Juvenile’s Back That Azz Up. But even with all that, I just don’t care for his sound.

There are plenty of great songs built on mid or even flat out bad beats, and to me a lot of Mannie’s catalog falls into that mid/bad zone. He’s got standouts. And Then What for Jeezy is a perfect example, but overall his style just never grabbed me.

Am I missing something? Because outside of the insane volume of albums he produced, I genuinely don’t understand what makes Mannie Fresh “great”.

I've always been conflicted about this topic. I like consistency but variety is cool too!

Who is the best rap duo of all time?

Assuming you are or were a fan

To be clear, I don’t just mean sad or emotional lyrics. I’m talking about a vocal performance where you can almost literally feel the artist’s pain in their voice.

To be backed by not one but two of the biggest names in the industry, Eminem and Dr. Dre and this was during the height of their career too is insane. Was anyone else this lucky?

I’m of the belief that he would’ve washed out in like 2004 anyway but what do you guys think?

album cover was blue and yellow and looked like clouds

rapper had this very weird name and was of white decent iirc?

this album was his debut, too

it had like 1-2 features as well.

At home my TVs default channel is set on vevo 90s music videos. They play a handful of Notorious BIG videos and Diddy is obviously in them. Seeing him and hearing his unnecessary adlibs almost makes the song unlistenable. It’s a shame cuz BIG is one of the goats and now has this stain on his short but classic catalogue. I understand it’s hip hop history but damn..

Who is You Favorite Hip Hop Producer?

Iceman may 15

People try to down play the effect of Drake but if people were honest they know that after this goes away their numbers are over. It just happened with Cole a few months ago. The interest among the culture is too high.

So which is it going to be the odds that hate on him or the ones that overly slurp him that see the biggest spike in numbers?

Ones that had no business being a “Part II.”

For me, it’s J.O.S.E. 2 by Fat Joe.

It’s not a terrible album, it’s just a pointless one.
Actually… the more I think about it, it is pretty bad.

Out of 12 songs, only two are really worth anything.
The rest is just nothing special. Nothing that justifies it being part of the J.O.E., J.O.S.E. series.

Me and my buddy went back and forth on this today on which one is Twista's best album . Which one do you guys think is better and his best album?

Prime Lil Romeo or Prime Will Smith?

I remember seeing this on Spotify and I can't remember the name or artist.

The cover is the wall of like a grindhoise cinema with various posters of exploitation films on.

I think it's an underground rap album. It's not Ill Bill or Necro

Might have been a concept album based on various b movies