>there are/were lots of acts who were a label's answer to
>____'s popularity through similar sound/image/packing &
>presentation.
>
>for example, MYRON, was an oft, if not totally forgotten act
>(by anyone under 35) that was island records answer to
>d'angelo/maxwell/raphael saadiq.

Shit, I remember the name and that's it.

>and remember all those kid rap groups from 91/92?
>da youngstaz, illegal, mobb deep, etc.
>they were various labels cash-in on the success of
>kris-kross.
>who, was jermaine durpi's cash-in on the success of michael
>bivens' group another bad creation.

I don't even remember those rip off groups LOL...was this Mobb Deep different from Prodigy and Havoc?? I assume so

>da brat was jermaine dupri's answer to snoop dogg.
>"funkdafied" was their answer to "nothin but a g thang"
>and lil romeo was master p's answer to the success of lil bow
>wow.

Yep Romeo was a direct response, even though I feel he would have come out anyway. Master P did have a group "Lil soldiers" the year before Bow Wow dropped. And Brat was a female Snoop, dope as hell tho

>choppa (not to be confused with the guy who works jos. a bank)
>was master p's very thinly-veiled answer to nelly.

Hmm you think so? Thing that's interesting is that people say Nelly stole that New Orleans bounce singing style, and Choppa was actually from New Orleans, so a lot of folks felt he was more authentic.

>j. cole was imo jay-z's answer to drake/charles hamilton (who
>still had priority with jimmy in those days).

Hmm possibly so

>foxy brown was def jam's answer to lil kim, who they luckily
>launched at exactly the same time kim herself was preparing
>her debut album, confusing the "who came first?" question to
>anyone not paying attention.

Crazy to think, and I didn't realize sales were SO close til an article a few months ago that talked about their rivalry and Nicki. They were basically even.

>L was def jam's early answer to mc shan

WTF, never knew that

>chubb rock, dare i say was somebody at a label's answer to
>heavy d, despite being talented in his own right.

Wow, aside from the name, I can definitely see the similarity.

>the beastie boys were a white cash-in on run-dmc's sound a la
>new edition -> new kids on the block.

Hmm, possibly so yeah.

>ditto for public enemy -> 3rd base.

Never thought about that

>nwa had enough differences to avoid comparisons but they were
>obviously inspired by the beastie boys & public enemy.
>this is especially apparent if you've ever heard any old dr.
>dre mixtapes or ice cube's group C.I.A.

NWA was together right when PE became big, right? I know the CIA music sounded a LOOOT like NWA, especially how Cube was rapping, talkin about "the girlies" n that

>i mean i could keep going ("oh my god keep going!!" © just
>blaze) but the bigger issue is simple cause & effect in
>music/the music industry.
>and the attempt to calculate and minimize risk on... art.
>lol.
>but usually when something makes an impact and succeeds to
>some degree there will be cash-ins, other label's "answer" to
>the popularity.
>in the 00's mainstream rap music was almost exclusively made
>up of that sonically because of how lucrative it had become
>after the late 90's.
>

I'd also add Miracle who I felt was a DIRECT response to Mystikal and Drama.