People don't understand,how important and big they were to Cleveland at the time. Sure,we had MC Brains,Brothers 4 the Struggle and etc before Bone but none of them was even close to Bone when it came being sucessful as them. Bone is the reason,why Cleveland have a hip hop scene now.
i think this is how Memphis and Tennessee Kats feel about Tennessee Rappers like 3-6, ball & Mjg and the long list of Tennessee rappers… for us it felt like everyone was taking a style that we grew up on and Tennessee kept getting over looked while Kats in Cleveland, Atl, Miami, Chicago were getting recognition….
watching these groups grind year after year after year..from slanging tapes out of the trunk at Mista Z’s in Memphis… to winning a fucking Oscar.. Kats here view Memphis rap like part of a family.. Even if I can’t stand you… I’m going to defend you.
hell I still remember being a freshman in high school when 8ball & mjg, three 6, Skinny, gangsta blac, Playa Fly (lil fly back then), Lil Gin, La chat, drove down to my po dunk town in Tennessee to have a show in our small municipal auditorium at the westsode. Juicy and Paul came down in their famous purple Chevy… first rap concert in my towns history… first show that I ever saw. That was back when people gave two shits about ID and Age. Fucking memories…. I still remember my stupid ass wore my Chicago bulls winter coat and I didn’t take it off cause I didn’t want it stolen.. so I wore that hot ass coat the entirety of that show…