Simon Reynolds - C or D

1. Biggie-juicy.

2. Biggie-hypnotize.

3. Mase-feel so good.

4. Craig Mack, Biggie etc-flava in ya ear remix.

5. Puffy, The Lox, Lil' Kim, Biggie-all about the benjamins.

6. Biggie-warning.

7. Black Rob-whoa

8. Puffy, Black Rob, Mark Curry-bad boy 4 life.

9. Biggie-who shot ya?

10. Puffy-diddy.

He was also the first rapper to give the Neptunes a shot with "lookin' at me" on "harlem world" before they blew up a little later with "superthug" by Noreaga.

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You HAVE to include "flava in ya ear" remix in a Bad Boy singles top ten.

I agree with what you're saying but the thing that made Bad Boy truely great was that they made great street records as well as club records and even managed to turn hardcore tracks like "flava in ya ear", "warning", "it's all about the benjamins", "victory" and "whoa" into songs which were huge club records and pop hits.

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This thread is funny and interesting, in 2002!

anyway, back to reynolds, i find it funny how people on dissensus and dubstep's forum seem to have trouble formulating an opinion until he gives his hifalutin theory on something and then they either parrot it or alter it slightly and adopt it as their own. reynolds truly must be god. anyway, im done with this post now. its gone off the rails. funny how people still dont believe SR said 'that thing'!

I like some Wu-Tang, "only built 4 cuban linx" in particular.

Well you always need somebody to take out the trash don't you?

I had n*ggas making bets like, did he fuck her yet?
Ask her did he touch her bra, when I say nah they say 'AWWWW'

HOWEVER

The Lox were better on Bad Boy than they have been since.

No way is their first album better than We are the Streets.

Also I realized the lyrics I copypasted are wrong, it's "they ass be real fat when they goin through that phase."

1. Do any of you really think rappers can become superstars without a massive white audience?

2. Raise your hand if you listen to your favorite hip-hop acts in seclusion (be it in your bedroom in your mom's basement, or on your iPod she bought you for your birthday).

3. Raise your hand (don't worry, nobody can actually see you raising it!) if you touch your naughty places when looking at the oiled up shirtless poster of Tupac hanging on your wall next to your bed.

I FEEL LIKE EMINEM WHEN HE GOT ATTACKED AND DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD FOR SAYING THE N WORD. YES I SAID SIMON FRITH WAS MY NIGGA FOR LIFE BUT THATS COS HE IS - WHEN WE GET TOGETHER WE GIVE EACH OTHER A POUND, GIVE EACH OTHER MAN HUGS, SLAP EACH OTHER FIVES, TALK A BIT OF JIVE, EXCHANGE THE LATEST STREET SLANG AND THEN WE PUT ON OUR BANDANAS, GET IN OUR LEX AND DRIVE OFF INTO THE SUNSET LISTENING TO THE LATEST DIPLOMATS MIXTAPE! AND ANYWAY AS THE RESPONSES MAKE OBVIOUS, IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT RACIAL EPITHETS I USE, I RUN TINGS ON ILM, I RUN TINGS ON DISSENSUS, WOEBOT LATCHES ON TO EVERY SINGLE THING I SAY, HAS MEMORISED MY ENTIRE BLOG WORD FOR WORD AND MENTALLY CATALOGUED ALL MY ENTRIES, AND MAN LIKE MARTIN CLARK STAY TRYING TO IMPRESS ME. I AM TOO BIG! SO CALM DOWN BLUDS AND BLUDESSES, RUDEBOYS AND RUDEGALS (YES I AM ALLOWED TO USE THOSE WORDS WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED AS A WIGGA, AS I SAID A LITTLE EARLIER, I AM TOO BIG! MY GHETTO PASS IS FOR LIFE RUDEBOY!). ANYWAY EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A FETISH FOR THE STREET SHIT (WHICH I KNOW ALL ABOUT BECAUSE AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, I AM PART COCKNEY, AND I AM NOT TOTALY WHITE EITHER, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ASIAN CULTURE BUT I AM PART INDIAN SO THERE! MY ETHNIC PASS IS INTACT YALL!) BUT I GOT NO BEEF WIV ANY OF YOUS PLAYA HATAZ LOL WE SHOULD ALL GO SEE A SCREENING OF PRACTICE HOURS 2 SOON, AND WE CAN DRINK AND SMOKE TOGETHER AS BREDRENS, EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE ALL COOL FOR THIS COS THAT WOULD BE MASSIVE. BIG UP TO MARCUS NASTY AND ALL MY MANS IN LOCKDOWN, BIG UP TO ALL BLOGGERS DRIVEN OUT OF CYBERSPACE, STAY STRONG IN THE BLOGOSTRUGGLE, SHOUT OUT TO ALL CADBURYS CREME EGG MASSIVE, EAT YOUR YOLK AND LICK FROM INSIDE, BIGGLE!

YOURS, GRIMEY 'ENDZ 4 LIFE' SIMEY

2. i dont understand the implication that only 'street teamers' would like bad boy records. it seems to be a recurring theme on the internet, that posters dont really like popular music, that it is somehow a stance, somehow faux, as though ordinary people somehow don't use the internet. this is not limited to just this board. it is also interesting how bad boy records somehow came to stand for 'commercial nonsense' (whatever that is), in the eyes of 'purists' (whoever they are), and, perhaps more predictably, non hip-hop fans

3. i am impressed by the depth of knowledge grimeysimey displays about reynolds. but i think we are missing something crucial here, his (on the down low) love for mid80s butthole surfers

Roffle. Well done.