Aisosa

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You think parents were sitting around watching MTV with they kids like it was fuxkig Cosby Show?

Broscodolo

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Yes so that we could enjoy the Rev Run show. Ya know the guy from niche underground group RUN DMC?

Or we might tune in to NBC to see the up and coming underground rapper LL Cool J’s sitcom.

Very similar to how families today enjoy amorath together right? 🤣🤣🤣

Broscodolo

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Yes so that we could enjoy the Rev Run show. Ya know the guy from niche underground group RUN DMC?

Or we might tune in to NBC to see the up and coming underground rapper LL Cool J’s sitcom.

Very similar to how families today enjoy amorath together right? 🤣🤣🤣

Aisosa

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Do you think In The House was a very popular show that every household knew?

A household name, in other words?

Aisosa

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Do you think In The House was a very popular show that every household knew?

A household name, in other words?

2words

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Yes, if it’s on NBC it’s household. It was advertised in every household

Broscodolo

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Do you think LL Cool J would have a sitcom on NBC without being a household name?

Do you think 50 year old Rev Run would have a show about his family on MTV without being from a group that’s a household name?

2words

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Yeah, mos def’s level of stardom really shows how they made sure to get that positive s*** out of here after that era

Even more conscious artists that are allowed in the mainstream make really negative music

2words

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Armand hammer not a good comparison lol. I feel like that just further shows how far we’ve come from that time

It really wasn’t an anomaly back then. That was just what hip hop was. Artists with messages weren’t relegated to making obscure weirdo music

YoungNastyShawty

2d

“A tall Israeli is running this rap s***!” I assume is about Lyor

Aisosa

1d

There has to be a psychological term for thinking your anecdotal experiences are global phenomena...

insertcoolnamehere

2d

Lmfao bey had to “dance” too at one point.

insertcoolnamehere

2d

Niggas bringing up sales exposing their age there was a time where you could become a household name without having to go platinum plat.

Black on both sides is seen as a hip hop landmark album especially following black star (where mos regularly was outshining) f*** sales. That s*** has a legacy.

The deterrent started when the label didnt let Bey do his Black Jack Johnson rock project like he originally wanted to do after BOBS

The New Danger was the compromise (and to this day I’m a truther but I get it)

True Magic got some gems but you can tell bruh was halfassing it lyrically on that album. U R The 1 and Katrina Clap are still classics but by then you can tell bro was fed up wit it all.

Aisosa

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There has to be a psychological term for thinking your anecdotal experiences are global phenomena...

insertcoolnamehere

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feel like if you wasn't aware of Mos Def having his own freestyle fridays section on 106 and Park, or (for the umpteenth time) him being mainstream IN SPITE of the content he was putting out you don't have a say in this conversation lol.

what me and @2words are saying is that a rapper like Mos Def today doesn't even get past niche, let alone movie soundtrack placements

Like wtf is we talking bout here, yall bringing up these people without the context or relation to the times we was in. No these niggas was not Em or Pimp Juice or Hov but the rapper that made The Rape Over and not being immediately excommunicated from the radio is an accomplishment in itself.

Broscodolo

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Dude really put run dmc and ll on the same level as DDG and Duke Dennis 🤣 I’m sick

fancy lacriminal

1d

always shocks me when I see him featured in that one episode of House

Broscodolo

1d

You like asking LLMs questions so much how about you ask if LL Cool J or RUN DMC were household names lol