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13431586, so Biggie and his death had nothing to do with this timeline?
Posted by ThaTruth, Sat May-01-21 05:26 PM
>1994 is Illmatic, all the illustrative street shit we loved
>Nas for
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>1995 is Raekwon & Mobb Deep, hardcore violent rap
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>1996 is Reasonable Doubt, Jay Z instantly upped the ante
>having a slick wit and a sharp tongue. he would go on to
>outwork Nas dropping an album every year for 8 years straight
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>1996 is also It Was Written where Nas becomes a star with
>cheesy radio hits
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>The War Report (Capone & Noreaga) ran 1997, jiggy rap has no
>place if you arent signed to Bad Boy
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>then DMX happened in 1998, the biggest name in rap until
>Eminem in 2000, he represented the streets globally
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>meanwhile Nas dropped two albums of trash in 1999 and he was
>irrelevant until damn near 2002
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>in the end he's dropped far more trash than high quality
>material
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