How come onyx don't get the props they deserve
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I am so vain I thought this thread was about me..........
I did too at first
biggupps baby!
Jah gonna chase dem crazy baldheads outta da yard
I didn't say I didn't listen to them (briefly), I'm saying I caome from a generation where once you didn't rep what you were saying in terms of thuggery you lost major fanbase. That equates into record sales because people were still buying records even when Onyx was out, probably beginning of decline in sales for urban buyers during that time.
MOP's "Ante up" has to be one of the hardest Rah rah tracks ever made including remix with Busta, that put them on the map here pretty much in NYC. It also put them in the cross hairs of real thirsty niggas and when they didn't rep that image at Tunnel, that pretty much ended there career within same year span.
When I say rep, I mean fistacuff situations, even when outnumbered they should have a look in their eye that says, "I'm about to take this L but it ain't going to be as easy as you think."
I remember being premiere of House Party, they had police barricades on both sides of 45th St theater, LL got out of car and crowd shouted "Ya Jingling Baby". He approached crowd like Yeaaah, hands snatched all the dookey rope chains he had on his neck.
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You have a police barricade and cops feet from you, he didn't react by instantly swinging at whoever was closet, just spazzing knowing he got minute or so before help arrive, even if it was a female he hit it would have got him some respect back (His was on a steady decline back then) he just dropped head, turned around and got right back in the car. It was dudes like this that created the frenzy of scurvy niggas now on the hunt for wherever the rap celeberties would be, it was to them low risk crime IMHO with big bragging rights.
Not condoning any of above but never understood how you enter the "HARD ROCK" aspect of rap culture and ain't take Tae BO, self-defense classes or something. Seems it should be part of the routine especially if one wants a long career.
MOP's "Ante up" has to be one of the hardest Rah rah tracks ever made including remix with Busta, that put them on the map here pretty much in NYC. It also put them in the cross hairs of real thirsty niggas and when they didn't rep that image at Tunnel, that pretty much ended there career within same year span.
When I say rep, I mean fistacuff situations, even when outnumbered they should have a look in their eye that says, "I'm about to take this L but it ain't going to be as easy as you think."
I remember being premiere of House Party, they had police barricades on both sides of 45th St theater, LL got out of car and crowd shouted "Ya Jingling Baby". He approached crowd like Yeaaah, hands snatched all the dookey rope chains he had on his neck.
Pause
You have a police barricade and cops feet from you, he didn't react by instantly swinging at whoever was closet, just spazzing knowing he got minute or so before help arrive, even if it was a female he hit it would have got him some respect back (His was on a steady decline back then) he just dropped head, turned around and got right back in the car. It was dudes like this that created the frenzy of scurvy niggas now on the hunt for wherever the rap celeberties would be, it was to them low risk crime IMHO with big bragging rights.
Not condoning any of above but never understood how you enter the "HARD ROCK" aspect of rap culture and ain't take Tae BO, self-defense classes or something. Seems it should be part of the routine especially if one wants a long career.
What hurt them was the gimmicky style, that shit played out after 93. However I do agree they put out some highly underrated albums.
Big fan of theirs. Got in trouble as a 13yo buying their TAPE in 1993. My friends ratted me out at the mall to my mom. And I got in trouble years earlier for buying 2Live's BANNED IN THE USA too. Fuckin' friends ratted me out then too - got in big trouble, fam'!!! I was 9 or 10, or younger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ThxWzkELk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ThxWzkELk
The rhymes sounded like he wrote a majority of the movie.
The two scenes with him and Mekhi Phifer were straight fire.
The movie itself it crazy low budget rap video shit, but those two scene (at least for me) make it all worth it.
Man their shit was so gimmicky..... listen to it now and see if holds up.....It Won't.
He also did an actual movie where there was no written dialouge,
everything was spoken through rapp music,
the actual movie was whack but it was dope as hell to have the entire cast of characters spitting throughout the entire movie.
The rhymes sounded like he wrote a majority of the movie.
man that shit was wack as fuck
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