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Ok but real or fake has nothing to do with buzz
what rappers had the biggest buzz at any one time , top 10 .... vol. eminem , 50 cent , lil wayne ,
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Ok but real or fake has nothing to do with buzz
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50's buzz was REAL HEAVY...He had grinded the mixtapes and had some bubble, signed with Em & Dre which kicked it up with the mainstream, then the narrative of "OMGZ shot 9timezzz" started spreadin like wildfire, and this was in the download era so in between the hype and release, people went and downloaded his mixtape stuff and got on point. They was makin mixtapes of his mixtapes. Then the singles smashed. The album smashed. High profile beef smashed. It was a pretty unique setup and a perfect storm for an artist to explode.
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It really is Snoop.....and without the internet!
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Snoop. Actually outshined dre on the chronic and that nothing but a g thang video.
50 as well. Everybody and their moms had that bootleg grodt before the actual release.
50 as well. Everybody and their moms had that bootleg grodt before the actual release.
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Doesn't come close? That's an exaggeration, my man.
I was here. Those were huge but "Country Grammer" wasn't as crazy huge as y'all making it out to be
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SNOOP in 93' Before & After DOGGYSTYLE I remember me & my big brother went to SAM GOODY at midnight to go get DOGGYSTYLE..There was a line almost around the block for that album SNOOP was the man...
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Clearly you hate 50. He didn't do it the real way? He got one of the most lyrical rappers of all time and greatest producers of all time to sign him. He must have done something right. It's hard to argue with 50 being number one. His album was leaked like a month in advance and still sold 860K his first week and sold it again his second week. They said he would have broke a million the first week if almost every store hadn't sold out. Wayne, X, Jay, Canibus, Meth and Jadakiss? Their buzz was nowhere near 50, Em or Nelly.
Em's buzz for MMLP
it was stupid. Personally, it's between his MMLP release and 50's debut. We'll never see anything like that again. Country Grammar had a crazy buzz when that joint came out. Nellyville too. Nelly had a lot of buzz.
Drake had a nice buzz but it's not even close to 50 and Em's buzz. NOT EVEN CLOSE. The buzz around The Massacre album was even bigger than Drake's buzz and most of this guy's list I quoted.
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Lil'Wayne's buzz probably felt bigger to me than it was to me, because I was in High School when Carter 3 dropped but the lead up to C3, with killing all the features and then "A Milli" dropped
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50 cent between GRODT and Massacre was huge too.
50 cent between GRODT and Massacre was huge too.
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dude said Jadakiss though...
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Wayne's run really convinced me and everyone around that he was top 5 dead or alive. C3 had crazy hype man, he has to be close to top 5.
Lil'Wayne's buzz probably felt bigger to me than it was to me, because I was in High School when Carter 3 dropped but the lead up to C3, with killing all the features and then "A Milli" dropped.
50 cent between GRODT and Massacre was huge too.
*waiting for old heads to walk in with public enemy and nwa like we had any idea*
Now that I think about it, where does Bow Wow rank on the buzz list? His debut run might actually be up there, and then he had a second run around that Fresh Azimiz/Let Me Hold You era when he made that album wit omarion. j/s
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Bow wow was def the black bieber back then lol every chick in my school class loved that dude. Hated his guts
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Yup can't front on Bow wow buzz around the Like Mike era
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Ive never heard a buzz for anybody as much as it was for 50 when Get Rich came out.
in dudes defense, Kiss had dudes waiting for 2 years for his album.Snoop and 50 take the cake in this discussion tho... GRODT was EVERYWHERE.
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Snoop and 50 had the biggest buzz for any debuting artist ever
But if we're talking buzz for post debut albums there are a lot of contenders
But if we're talking buzz for post debut albums there are a lot of contenders
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I agree
I did hate on 50 a lot but I was low key bumpin his music. I will give it to him on the buzz though he had the shoes, the deals.
Clearly you hate 50. He didn't do it the real way? He got one of the most lyrical rappers of all time and greatest producers of all time to sign him. He must have done something right. It's hard to argue with 50 being number one. His album was leaked like a month in advance and still sold 860K his first week and sold it again his second week. They said he would have broke a million the first week if almost every store hadn't sold out. Wayne, X, Jay, Canibus, Meth and Jadakiss? Their buzz was nowhere near 50, Em or Nelly.
Em's buzz for MMLPit was stupid. Personally, it's between his MMLP release and 50's debut. We'll never see anything like that again.
Country Grammar had a crazy buzz when that joint came out. Nellyville too. Nelly had a lot of buzz.
Drake had a nice buzz but it's not even close to 50 and Em's buzz. NOT EVEN CLOSE. The buzz around The Massacre album was even bigger than Drake's buzz and most of this guy's list I quoted.
Jada didn't have one of the most anticipated albums of all time though? He wasn't killin it on the features before his album dropped after?
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lobcity
no... Jadakiss did not have one of the most anticipated albums of all time
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Where does Gucci buzz rank? During the '09 run or whatever year it was
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Just make a top 20 man because dudes like Kiss and Gucci are not touching 50, Pac fresh out of jail, Snoop after Chronic, Nelly, etc.
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LOL.Wayne's run really convinced me and everyone around that he was top 5 dead or alive. C3 had crazy hype man, he has to be close to top 5.
Lil'Wayne's buzz probably felt bigger to me than it was to me, because I was in High School when Carter 3 dropped but the lead up to C3, with killing all the features and then "A Milli" dropped.
50 cent between GRODT and Massacre was huge too.
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Don't try to act all high and mighty, he was killin it back then. It's easy for us to laugh about it now but the hype consumed us
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Snoop -Chronic/Doggystyle era
50- GRODT
Em- 1st 2 albums/Up In Smoke tour days
Nelly - Country Grammer/Nellyville
Wayne- Carter 2/ million features and mixtapes days
Pac - after his death
50- GRODT
Em- 1st 2 albums/Up In Smoke tour days
Nelly - Country Grammer/Nellyville
Wayne- Carter 2/ million features and mixtapes days
Pac - after his death
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I wasn't, but thanks for your assumption champ. I never did care for Wayne. As the saying goes, if you know better you would do better. Which is why I was never a Wayne fan.
Either way Wayne simply isn't top 5 dead or alive as our young colleague above alluded to. We appreciate his and your zeal on the matter however.