RICKY 2320

4y

for real

Big Poppa and Juicy are the least lyricial tracks on RTD and they still have better bars and rap flows than any song of the Death Row projects released during the 90-94 period.

Biggie was a master lyricist and also a master hitmaker and songwriter, No Wu member comes close to Biggie in that department

RICKY 2320

4y

im not disrespecting anyone, Im just stating facts, Tha Chronic and Doggystyle verses were all group efforts and Snoop never said s*** with substance, he had a dope flow, catchy bars and one of the best voices of all time but Biggie did all this s*** alone, flows, bars, hooks, song structures, rhymes schemes. Biggie is the GOAT

Saint Aquinas

4y

Bruh it took 20 years for liquid swords to go platinum. Only built not even platinum yet. FOH

bloom

4y

Idk man i think it takes a Cali nigga to really relate to their way of rhyming. But i see you he’s a more talented writer than all of them

Classique

4y

Snoop Dogg is probably the most famous rapper of all time. Only people contending with him is 50, Kanye, Pac

G Roy

4y

great thread

El Nigga

4y

Hadn't heard much about Nas's feelings toward Big that night. Crazy that Ready To Die won all those awards just a year after Illmatic. Big just took over East Coast rap right after Nas had dropped arguably the best rap album ever. Thats f***ing impressive.

slutforkendrick

4y

that andre acceptance speech is legendary

RICKY 2320

4y

Ready To Die was and is better than Illmatic tbh

BMZ

4y

has quik performing his diss track to mc eiht while he sat in the audience been mentioned itt yet? that was crazy

El Nigga

4y

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BMZ

4y

also during that deathrow performance they had a pac cardboard cutout in a cell. letting people know pac was down with them.

El Nigga

4y

Award shows these days are trash. But back in 95? S*** was iconic. Its the night that changed rap as we know it. This show was right at the peak of "East vs West" and took place at the iconic Madison Square Garden. Source awards were the only award show that celebrated hip hop at the time. BET awards were still 6 years away. This show has been viewed as either the end of the golden era, the day "real" hip hop died, or the beginning of a new, more open minded generation. The big moments that happened during this show included:

Suge throwing shots at Puff/Bad Boy with his now legendary speech:

Snoop got heated when Dr. Dre and him got booed after winning an award and going up to the stage. He took the mic and had some words for the East Coast crowd.

Another historic moment was when a certain Southern rap group won "Best New Artist" and got booed, simply for being from the South...some dude named Andre took the mic and gave the crowd a piece of his mind...

Outkast said everything changed after that^^. A not so talked about sub-plot of this show was that Biggie won all of the major awards over Nas. Nas was heartbroken Illmatic didnt win anything and Ready To Die basically swept the awards. Questlove, sitting with Wu Tang, Mobb Deep, Busta and more; a few seats behind Nas..said:

"Nas’ body language that day told the whole story of where we were about to go. The more he got ignored for Illmatic, I literally saw his body melt in his seat. Almost like he was ashamed. He just looked so defeated. I was like, ‘Yo, he’s not gonna be the same after this s***.’ None of us were the same after that day. I feel like the true underground lost its oxygen that night."

If you google the 95 Source Awards, you'll get all types of articles. From glorifying the night to saying it was the night that killed hip hop. One thing is consistent: they all say it was the night that changed rap forever.
https://www.complex.com/music/2015/08/how-the-1995-source-awards-changed-rap-forever
https://medium.com/@​pierzy/the-day-the-music-died-5a975edb9ab1

The Award winners of that night:
Artist of the Year, Solo: Snoop Doggy Dogg
Artist of the Year, Group: Wu-Tang Clan
New Artist of the Year, Solo: The Notorious B.I.G.
New Artist of the Year, Group: Outkast
Single of the Year: “Flava in Ya Ear” — Craig Mack
Album of the Year: Ready to Die — The Notorious B.I.G.
Lyricist of the Year: The Notorious B.I.G.
Producer of the Year: Dr. Dre
R&B Artist of the Year: Mary J. Blige
Reggae/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Mad Lion
Video of the Year: “Murder Was The Case” — Snoop Doggy Dogg
Live Performer of the Year: The Notorious B.I.G.
Soundtrack of the Year: Above the Rim
Best Acting Performance: Ice Cube — Higher Learning
Lifetime Achievement Award: Eazy-E
Pioneer Award: Run-DMC

Performances included: Bone Thugz n Harmony, Craig Mack, Faith Evens, Biggie and The Bad Boy Family, Snoop Dogg, Method Man.

Those names What an era

Bobby_96

4y

ahem

This came out in 1992 and Biggie himself said that Puff stopped him from making Machine Gun Funk which is classic boom bap from being the lead single in favor of Juicy and Big Poppa.

Puffy made the singles of RTD and especially LAD similar to the type of singles coming out of the West and Death Row to help Bad Boy grow in popularity nationwide.

Wu and Nas stuck with the classic East Coast sound so their movements felt more organic.

Hell, there's even rumors that Pac scrapped his album in 94 because Biggie stole his concept for RTD.

notesfromphilo

4y

all this s*** is canon in my head

i love studying hip hop like history

that's what it is nahmean

i really believe there is so much to learn when looking at life through the lense of hip hop