@TonyDaDome Bought the tape on the Tuesday it was released at Tower Records, South Street Philly…. Was my favorite album at the time and still gets regular play to this day.
@ThatEricAlper Saw 50 cent play with the house lights still on and 2/3rds of the arena empty, when he opened for Cash Money / Ruff Ryders tour in Philly
@DaysMentality I was there in 96… this was absolutely how a lot of people felt… I wasn’t one of them, but it did take a while for this album to grow on me for some reason, I was stuck on Illmatic for a while
@CrookedIntriago Crook, you make a GREAT point… We got people claiming a “pop star” is better than some of the best lyricists… Once “sales and streams” came into hip hop debates, I bailed out on even discussing hip hop with some people