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>Yes...it changed the way (for better and for worse) on how
>rappers recorded singles....It was hardcore at times....But it
>was also blatantly commercial to the point where production
>values became very obvious...
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>The thing is Biggie was so great that you looked the other way
>most of the time when Puff was straight jacking hits....

...but I think Death Row had most of the above cornered before Bad Boy started doing that. Bad Boy just took it to another level. But that was the whole storyline about Dre's production from The Chronic and onward. He took hardcore music and made it accessible to the masses. But I guess Bad Boy just took it a little further.