@@Ntokozomasogana Nelly had four number one hits on Billboard in the 2000s and all of them stayed on the charts for almost 30 weeks. Plus he had other chart hits that did the same thing that didn’t even go number one. Don’t sound like he was having any trouble to me.
The 90s had nothing but heat!! Spice 1, Tupac. E40, Scarface, Geto Boys, Too Short, Notorious B.I.G, Busta Rhymes, WuTang Clan, Ice Cube, 3/6 Mafia, OutKast, Nas, Master P(93), DeathRow, there was just a huge variety.
Also don't forget MC Breed(RIP),ATCQ, Naughty By Nature, GangStar, CMW, DJ Quick, The Convicts(Big Mike & 3-2(RIP)),8Ball& MJG/SuaveHouse , Twista, Common, Do Or Die, Crucial Conflict,Top Authority and Dayton Family.
90s are timeless. Style, flow, slang, and fashion were different, sounds were different, and features were unusual when no one sound were the same but have two things in common , the sound of music and storytelling 💯💯💯
True! 90s era you really had to have talent. Ever rapper had their own style and flow. No one sound alike. Biting someone's style was shuned upon during that era.
Even down to the Album covers and tracklisting was so much more artistic. These guys were 19-25 rapping with the wisdom of a 50 year old. Pac died at 25, Big died at 24 but you listen to their music you think they in they 40s. Kids today can't relate to Illmatic but Nas was 19-20 years old when he recorded it but alot of his rhymes were wrote when he was 16-17
What Nelly meant the competition was more stiffer in the 2000s because of the popularity of certain artists, it was harder to get best album, best song, Grammy, go platinum and stay relevant with artists like Jay-Z, Eminem, 50 cent, Busta Rymes, Out Cast and any other juganauts at that time and era.
All them you said was in the 90’s along with Naz, DMX, Jarule, Pac, Big, Wutang, LL, Big Pun, Mob Deep, Snoop, Dre, Ice Cube, Scareface, Naughty By Nature, Mace, Redman, Q-tip & F Dawg, Tribe Call Quest, Jungle Brother, Brand Nubian, Cash Money, Death Row, Bad Boy. I'm going with the 90’s
I was just thinking the same thing. If we’re talking about just the rap game period. For me from 89 to 05 was the greatest stretch rap music hands down.
I said the same thing like DAFUQ Cornell even talmbout. In the 90s, if you wasn't from NY, you was hard pressed to get air play. The west and the south kicked those doors down for Nelly. By the time he came thru, people were open to different styles like his.
No disrespect to him But the fact that he got his shot prove it was easier because there's no way Nelly's music would have been excepted between 90-98... those giants were out here causing problems...Pac,big,bone, Snoop,Dre, ect....
The 80s set it off,then the 90s took it another level.Remember in the 80's it was hard for rap to be accepted in radio and mainstream.Until Kurtis Blow,Run DMC,Sugarhill Gang got mainstrea.Def Jam 1st artist was TLA Rock.Eric B and Rakim,PE,BDP,LL Cool J,Slick Rick,De La Soul,Ultramagnetic MCS,NWA,Ice T got the ball rollong into the 1990s.Salt And Pepa,Funky 4 Plus 1,MC Lyte,Roxanne Shante,Sequence for the femal MCS
Nelly wasn’t lying. No one was selling records like Nelly era. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice was the only artist the went diamond. Nelly had to go against Luda, 50, Em, Ja, DMX, the tail end of No Limit, Cash Money first Prime, Juvenile, Trick Daddy… in the 90’s when Pac died 5 million was a big deal. 98 up they were doing 5 Mil. Jay Z couldn’t even compete.
90's hardest era started the independent game,2000's became very competitive. Now you gotta find what you like from old to new the game not the same no more!!!
90's was the best hands down! Everything was original plus everybody had they own style. You have to realize as well there was no internet until the late 90's.
Man the 90s smashing the 2000s and the 2000s was lit its just to many rappers in the 90s was hard as fuck East , West, and the South was doing they thang and didn't nobody sound the same the 9Os is where all the legends come from
@@TRILLTALKTV It’s great to be the beginning of it, but Nelly’s era was monster chart-topping competition w/ classic albums. Not saying anything wrong with the 90s crew but yeah from like ‘98-‘05 rappers were doing crazy 1st week numbers & going platinum plus in a month’s time. Lil Flip’s 1st album went platinum off one single that’s how crazy it was.
To be honest Nelly I think is talking about album sells. And if you’re directly talking about album sales, Nelly is 100% correct. Because when you think about Em, Wayne, 50 cent, Jay Z, and even Kanye. These guys brought a different dimension to the game when it comes to album sales. These guys was trying to sell 1 million copies first week. Now if you’re talking strictly lyricism I’m going with the 90’s Hip Hop🤷🏾♂️
504 calsr2 do your research on Southern artists in 1990s,2 live crew 1990s from Florida.95 South 1990s.Eightball and MJ 1990S from Memphis Tennesee with Three 6 Mafia,Common from Chicago with(Can I B orrow A Dollar)Outkast,Goodie Mob,Kriss Kross,D Brat,Bow Wow from Atlanta,Georgia so what you talking about dude?Bones Thug and Harmony did song with Notorious Big.Same With DA Brat.UGK with Jay Z(Big Pimpin)cmon now
90's was the best Era it had a variety of different kinds of music and nobody sounded the same in the 90's vs how everyone is sounding the same in the 2000 Era
man what nelly was saying was at that time it was the hardest time to be number 1 with all the stars being at their peak. not when they first came out, but when they were most successful. yes the 90s was poppin but it was only 2 main artist, tupac and biggie. you said it yoself galaxy, couldnt nobody get they shit off like that while those 2 were doin they thang. but in nellys era, you have six, seven artists all dominating and putting out their best products. DMX, jayz nelly eminem, ludacris. it was more top tier competirion that nelly had to go against. in the 90s it was the top 2 and everybody else so it was not the same.
80s& 90s was the hardest Era ever & the best music ever, b high a young pup 1st off, all he know is outkast, 2000s was when rappers really started get some money ,
wicked right. 90s was the hardest they didnt hv internet or streaming and alot of culture vultures tried to make a mockery of the art because they realized it wasnt a fad......and going gold regionally was hard because they didnt get support from other coasts.
Idk man the 2000’s was fire. AND you STILL had all the artists discographies from the 90’s to jam to while there was new styles and fresh shit comin out.
Back in the 90s it was a little difficult because rappers had to be gangster rappers to sell records but Outcast changed the game where a artist can be creative in different genres
Wicked Right B-High that PAC & Big had it crazy on both coast and was harder to get to that Platinum or Diamond status and don’t forget the Dmx, Ja Rule, Eminem, Jay-Z we’re all 90’s and they impacted the final year of the century then Nelly, Lil Wayne and 50 Cent came after. Don’t forget X had two albums in the same year
Pastor Troy set it off in 1999 brought atlanta to the for front of hip hop while master p was drowning the south and atlanta with his music but Pastor said ain't no mo play In GA! And the rest is history then the Nelly came and other!. But wicked be tripping tho!😂😂😂😂
90's was the golden era for music, movies, damn near everything was better then
It was the golden era for life
2000s was just better for black owned business at least the first 10 years
Hell yeah
The 90s was better than Nelly times
MJ is still a 80s player
It had to be harder to be successful in the 90s than the 2000s. By the time Nelly and them came along the door had already been kicked down.
Facts!!!
The 90s was the best era in music. Period.!!!!!!
He was saying harder to hold the number 1 spot and sell more
@@Ntokozomasogana Nelly had four number one hits on Billboard in the 2000s and all of them stayed on the charts for almost 30 weeks. Plus he had other chart hits that did the same thing that didn’t even go number one. Don’t sound like he was having any trouble to me.
You outta context that’s not what Nelly was talking about
The 90s had nothing but heat!! Spice 1, Tupac. E40, Scarface, Geto Boys, Too Short, Notorious B.I.G, Busta Rhymes, WuTang Clan, Ice Cube, 3/6 Mafia, OutKast, Nas, Master P(93), DeathRow, there was just a huge variety.
💯. Can't Forget B.O.N.E.
Now put up today's list🤮
Also don't forget MC Breed(RIP),ATCQ, Naughty By Nature, GangStar, CMW, DJ Quick, The Convicts(Big Mike & 3-2(RIP)),8Ball& MJG/SuaveHouse , Twista, Common, Do Or Die, Crucial Conflict,Top Authority and Dayton Family.
@demetriusrousseau7919 u got to be from the Mitten!!
@@OgBlakPeople ALWAYS forget about Bone Thugs-N-Harmony!
@@slomotionproductions8005 Never
90s hip hop and r&b era was crazy
90s are timeless. Style, flow, slang, and fashion were different, sounds were different, and features were unusual when no one sound were the same but have two things in common , the sound of music and storytelling 💯💯💯
True! 90s era you really had to have talent. Ever rapper had their own style and flow. No one sound alike. Biting someone's style was shuned upon during that era.
Even down to the Album covers and tracklisting was so much more artistic. These guys were 19-25 rapping with the wisdom of a 50 year old. Pac died at 25, Big died at 24 but you listen to their music you think they in they 40s. Kids today can't relate to Illmatic but Nas was 19-20 years old when he recorded it but alot of his rhymes were wrote when he was 16-17
90'S HANDS DOWN!!! 💯
1990'S GANGSTA 👑😎💯
2000'S BALLIN 💰🤑🔥
2000's fuq Boi era
💯 This comment is the best way to explain this 😂
2010'S FLEXIN👖⌚🏎️
2020S CRASHOUT 🔫🩸🪦
The 90's & early 00's were 1 of the best times for Rap 🎙️🎤
90s hands down‼️That was the last era (too me) rap was taken seriously 💯🤷🏾♂️
True!
What Nelly meant the competition was more stiffer in the 2000s because of the popularity of certain artists, it was harder to get best album, best song, Grammy, go platinum and stay relevant with artists like Jay-Z, Eminem,
50 cent, Busta Rymes, Out Cast and any other juganauts at that time and era.
I. Agree. dmx alone
All them you said was in the 90’s along with Naz, DMX, Jarule, Pac, Big, Wutang, LL, Big Pun, Mob Deep, Snoop, Dre, Ice Cube, Scareface, Naughty By Nature, Mace, Redman, Q-tip & F Dawg, Tribe Call Quest, Jungle Brother, Brand Nubian, Cash Money, Death Row, Bad Boy. I'm going with the 90’s
🎯They overlooking this and im 50 years old
That’s when Atl took ova…. Texas was goin crazy…. It was hard for someone out the Mid-West to get a foot in…..
They changed up what Nelly said and made it what they wanted to hear. 2000’s was different.
90s til 2004 was crazy
I was just thinking the same thing. If we’re talking about just the rap game period. For me from 89 to 05 was the greatest stretch rap music hands down.
90's - The Golden Era !
90s era was 🔥 lit
90s hands down and im a 70s baby
1990s was the last decade of true and creative Hip-Hop/Rap.
Until we got 50 cent in 2001.
@@Ktown4500 50 Cent is a gimmick rapper that fed off other rappers careers.
Not true
@@Mr.Majestic77wrong
Actually he didnt blow up until 03'
In Da Club...
Well wangsta was 02 but it didn't get hot until 03
90s era was the realest and hardest hands down. I miss the 90s and 80s to be real. Memories for decades 😢😊
The 90's and I'm from up north; Outkast said it at the source awards.... look how hard you guys been working! Salute!
Nothing better than 90's era of Music 💯
Nelly talking about the early to mud 2000s because that era of hip hop was amazing
Right it left a little bit from the 90s residue to the 2000s to mid then after that it went down hill
I said the same thing like DAFUQ Cornell even talmbout. In the 90s, if you wasn't from NY, you was hard pressed to get air play. The west and the south kicked those doors down for Nelly. By the time he came thru, people were open to different styles like his.
No disrespect to him But the fact that he got his shot prove it was easier because there's no way Nelly's music would have been excepted between 90-98... those giants were out here causing problems...Pac,big,bone, Snoop,Dre, ect....
FACTS
Nelly was talking bout getting to the number one spot and keeping it the talent he was up against was tough
@@luggerphilippe8409Nellys comp was Wayne, Eminem , Kanye, Prime 50 Cent etc
@@BrotherIsraelTopics Bro trust me it was a different time... that's a nice list but it was different..
Nelly came out late 90s I remember his style was mad original. No one sounded like them boys.
MS Ly401 do your research,Nelly didn't come out until 2000,1st album was Country Grammar hello/
Wick gotcha on this one BHigh... ✊🏾
The 80s set it off,then the 90s took it another level.Remember in the 80's it was hard for rap to be accepted in radio and mainstream.Until Kurtis Blow,Run DMC,Sugarhill Gang got mainstrea.Def Jam 1st artist was TLA Rock.Eric B and Rakim,PE,BDP,LL Cool J,Slick Rick,De La Soul,Ultramagnetic MCS,NWA,Ice T got the ball rollong into the 1990s.Salt And Pepa,Funky 4 Plus 1,MC Lyte,Roxanne Shante,Sequence for the femal MCS
Nelly wasn’t lying. No one was selling records like Nelly era. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice was the only artist the went diamond. Nelly had to go against Luda, 50, Em, Ja, DMX, the tail end of No Limit, Cash Money first Prime, Juvenile, Trick Daddy… in the 90’s when Pac died 5 million was a big deal. 98 up they were doing 5 Mil. Jay Z couldn’t even compete.
FROM 1988-1998 .. THE BEST ERA OF HIP-HOP .. THERE IS NO DISCUSSION .. AND R&B DURING THAT ERA WAS SUPERB ..
Check the years you typed 🤔
90s hands down no comparison all across the board....💯....2Pac immortal..
No Limit changed the game for me
Damn I thought wicked was way older than me lol born the same year
💯
@killswitch229..Yeah man he is a year older than me bit I thought he was in his late 40s
He was born in the 70's , he bullshittin
Wick was born in the 70s. I think he was just giving an example.
For real bro! I’m born in 81 and I swear on my Daddy drawers I thought Wicked was older than me sheesh !!!🙄
Wic be fussing just to be fussing😂😂
exactly 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
The 90's hands down!
90's hardest era started the independent game,2000's became very competitive. Now you gotta find what you like from old to new the game not the same no more!!!
The 90’s is the best era to grow up in it was real gansta rap and country rap tuns 💯💯💯
Da 90’s wuz da greatest era of everything. Humanity reached itz peak on all levels in da 90’s
Bingo the last of the 1900s -1999
Some joints from the 2000s was great but it went down hill after 09
Naw the 80s were the pinnacle
90's was the best hands down! Everything was original plus everybody had they own style. You have to realize as well there was no internet until the late 90's.
NELLY WAS SAYING IT HARD TO GET TO THE NUMBER ONE SPOT
Man the 90s smashing the 2000s and the 2000s was lit its just to many rappers in the 90s was hard as fuck East , West, and the South was doing they thang and didn't nobody sound the same the 9Os is where all the legends come from
It’s crazy how Wicked stayed down with the podcast shit I love it I never stopped listening to ghetto mafia
Nelly’s talking bout battling on the charts…beyond hip hop. He’s right if you ask me.
Fax they acting like Nelly is saying the 2000s is better than the 90s 😂
@@Dre.2397 “Ya feel meh?” Turk voice
somewhat, but the good music and sales in the 90s open that up for hip-hop to really top the charts
@@TRILLTALKTV It’s great to be the beginning of it, but Nelly’s era was monster chart-topping competition w/ classic albums. Not saying anything wrong with the 90s crew but yeah from like ‘98-‘05 rappers were doing crazy 1st week numbers & going platinum plus in a month’s time. Lil Flip’s 1st album went platinum off one single that’s how crazy it was.
Boy what a time to be alive!!!
90's all day💪🏾💯
Thanks 90$. Pimpin
90s hand down
90s was more competitive, authentic , you had to come with it 💪🏽
To be honest Nelly I think is talking about album sells. And if you’re directly talking about album sales, Nelly is 100% correct. Because when you think about Em, Wayne, 50 cent, Jay Z, and even Kanye. These guys brought a different dimension to the game when it comes to album sales. These guys was trying to sell 1 million copies first week.
Now if you’re talking strictly lyricism I’m going with the 90’s Hip Hop🤷🏾♂️
70’s Break Dancing Era
80’s Story Telling Era
90’s Real Era.
The 90’s is the hardest era period
The 90's was the hardest and toughest real talk.
90's was the it and don't forget save house
We had Twista and Crucial Conflict reping that MW
Bone too
Em too
KELLY BORN N THE 90's
90s, hands down. If u were wack, u weren't getting in.
Got damn me. Wick made me change my mind. Very cogent argument. 92' - 99' was hectic. I was there.
I agree with him, the game changed by that time. Nobody was really checking for mid west and southern artist. By 99-2000 every coast was popping
504 calsr2 do your research on Southern artists in 1990s,2 live crew 1990s from Florida.95 South 1990s.Eightball and MJ 1990S from Memphis Tennesee with Three 6 Mafia,Common from Chicago with(Can I B orrow A Dollar)Outkast,Goodie Mob,Kriss Kross,D Brat,Bow Wow from Atlanta,Georgia so what you talking about dude?Bones Thug and Harmony did song with Notorious Big.Same With DA Brat.UGK with Jay Z(Big Pimpin)cmon now
90s was harder especially for female artist . It was hard to get ya shit played in the 90s the grind was real
Because radio wasn't radio as it is today
90's hands down Memphis underground mursik is getting sampled heavy right now iykyk
Nelly’s perspective is from the top though.. I wonder what perspective “Wick” has.
90's was the best Era it had a variety of different kinds of music and nobody sounded the same in the 90's vs how everyone is sounding the same in the 2000
Era
I knew wicked was gon be the first one to speak on dat BS Nelly said lol
The 90's was the best era for hip hop. PERIOD. Not up for debate!!!!
man what nelly was saying was at that time it was the hardest time to be number 1 with all the stars being at their peak. not when they first came out, but when they were most successful. yes the 90s was poppin but it was only 2 main artist, tupac and biggie. you said it yoself galaxy, couldnt nobody get they shit off like that while those 2 were doin they thang. but in nellys era, you have six, seven artists all dominating and putting out their best products. DMX, jayz nelly eminem, ludacris. it was more top tier competirion that nelly had to go against. in the 90s it was the top 2 and everybody else so it was not the same.
I think in Nelly's era it was more competitive chart-wise whereas during the 90s, it was more competitive quality-wise.
They weren't the 2 main artists. Coolio, Wu Tang, Fugees, Bone Thugs etc stood out.
This ain't even a debate 🤷🏿♂️
Early 2000s was the dance era of hip hop the 90s era was the start of Gangster rap. The 80s era was the party era of hip hop "go go/house music".
The 90' is when you really had to have skills to make a mark in the game!!
I’m with you Wicked… 50 was huge but shit so was Spice 1 …
50 only had 2 albums. his popularity is bigger than his music career
90s era was hardest
88 to 98 REAL RAW
Wick right 💯 homie it went over your head i 🙈 😂😂
I agree with wicked
The 90's hands down...
‘90’s is best and hardest era in hip-hop/rap history ❤❤❤❤
80s& 90s was the hardest Era ever & the best music ever, b high a young pup 1st off, all he know is outkast, 2000s was when rappers really started get some money ,
wicked right. 90s was the hardest they didnt hv internet or streaming and alot of culture vultures tried to make a mockery of the art because they realized it wasnt a fad......and going gold regionally was hard because they didnt get support from other coasts.
90's was the best era! Flat out!
Nelly survived a era when everyone Wick mentioned was fire hot and still selling millions of records in a no streaming time.
In Tennessee In the early 90s we didn't listen to Alot of New York artist.Period
Country grammar is a classic hands down
Wick right on this 1
Idk man the 2000’s was fire. AND you STILL had all the artists discographies from the 90’s to jam to while there was new styles and fresh shit comin out.
There are some many albums from the 90's that Nelly can't f**k with
It was the 90's , no further discussions are necessary!!
Its like this, Nelly started his career in the 90s and didn't pop till the 2000s
90s!!
Absolutely 💯
B and Wick can turn any conversation into a OutKast debate 😂
90s 4 sho
Wicked is right on this one
Wicked keep wiling our
90's All Day!
Back in the 90s it was a little difficult because rappers had to be gangster rappers to sell records but Outcast changed the game where a artist can be creative in different genres
2000s hip hop became number one genre
Wicked Right B-High that PAC & Big had it crazy on both coast and was harder to get to that Platinum or Diamond status and don’t forget the Dmx, Ja Rule, Eminem, Jay-Z we’re all 90’s and they impacted the final year of the century then Nelly, Lil Wayne and 50 Cent came after. Don’t forget X had two albums in the same year
Pastor Troy set it off in 1999 brought atlanta to the for front of hip hop while master p was drowning the south and atlanta with his music but Pastor said ain't no mo play In GA! And the rest is history then the Nelly came and other!. But wicked be tripping tho!😂😂😂😂
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90’s will always be the golden era but the early 00’s is when the money came into the game
90s 🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿
I agree with the homie...Midwest was opened and south was hot...Nelly slid in right on time with the lunatics
LL90,Cube 91,92 Snoop 93,Face94 Big95,PAC 96,DMX & etc…
90's ALL DAY.
I can see the 2000s being tough because it was the peak times for bootlegging
Can’t sell much when everyone downloading for free
Every generation should think their generation is the hardest and the most difficult.
90's Era was greatest Era hands down...period!!!
Nelly meant going against Ludacris Jay-Z and Eminem to sell records 😂