Timmy84 said:

Yeah, P started No Limit around 1989. Sometime around 94, he started recruiting New Orleans rappers but was still locate in the Bay until sometime in 95. The first real straight up South No Limit album was Ice Cream Man in Feb of 96 (even though he dropped Down South Husters, Mia-X and Tre-8 debut in late 95 all those still had West Coast connect weather in be King George or K-Lou on the tracks.)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Ah I see.

Timmy84 said:

TRU's True was released in like July of 95 and he was still in the Bay. Down South Hustlers and Tre-8 were released in October of 95 and Mia X (featured 3 Bay Area artist on the record) November of the same year.

P released Ice Cream Man in April of 96, so I guess sometime between late 95 and Spring of 96 is when he officially set up shop in New Orleans.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah I see. I do remember "Ice Cream Man" a little lol

Timmy84 said:

Bay rapper Yukmouth had beef with him over the Ice Cream Man usage.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh shit I remembered this.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yukmouth got beat down in the Oakland Arena at a concert a couple of years back

bboy87 said:

Always talkin bout P. I heard he got ran out of the Bay and not P?

Check this out, on some real ish, E-40 almost had Biggie killed. Show you how much pull Forty Water had.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh, P got ran out the Bay. Yukmouth is seen as an OG, but he's gotten his head knocked a couple of times over the years


I was talking to my brother about P and No Limit's connection to the Bay. Although he still is cool with SOME people, he's not cool with a lot of ppl anymore

bboy87 said:

Who is he not cool wit anymore? I know C-Bo, but who else?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I gotta ask my brother, I'm out of the loop with it all

One thing's for sure. You won't hear any of P's songs played out here

bboy87 said:

The thing I heard is that cats were mad at his success more than anything when he went back home, not at him the person.

Most dudes were probably like "I remember that lil nicca sellin CD and Tapes out his car back in 91 and he left the Bay and blew up." That's what I get from dudes like Yukmouth.

Some in No Limit were upset that he left for New Orleans (his best friend King George and others like Calli G and Lil Ric.) Big Ed is the only one from Richmond that moved down south. He still tight with oo Short, Spice 1, 40, B-Legit, JT, Rappin 4-Tay, EA-Ski, Dre Dog ect.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

That's the sentiment but many felt he forgot about the Bay

It's not jealousy though...or I don't think it is. These dudes are really smart businessmen. Some push units without doing tours

bboy87 said:

I wouldn't say he forgot abut the Bay. He was still shoutin' ut the Bay, doin' tracks with and on Bay artist records and even put out two more West Coast Bad Boyz compilations while still located in the NO. He signed a few Bay artist like Steady Mobb'n and Lil Italy (G-Note from the Funk Mob.)


The thing is, while in the Bay, P never blew up, but was on the verge of blowin' up. In the Bay, he wasn't a Pac, E-40, Spice 1, Celly, Rap-4-Tay hell even a Dru Down, Mac Mall or Dre Dog. He was on the scene since 90, but really didn't make a name for himself until Ghetto's Tryin' to Kill Me in early 94. What really got him off was the West Coast Bad Boyz comp later that year.


No Limit's highest chartin' album located in the Bay was TRU's True with I'm Bout It and Mobbin' Through the Hood.

What NO Heiro crew, No Pharcyde? This thread is "disqualified" without them. i know their stylings were more "east coast" but when I think Bay Area hip hop, they come to mind.

bboy87 said:

I'm from Philly(West Philly like the Fresh Prince to be exact, lol) and in the summer of 95 that Luniz cut was an anthem of sorts out here. It was played to death on the radio and at parties all summer that year.

One of my favorites from here

I didn't know that about Master P starting out in the Bay Area. There's a good documentary about Mac Dre & the Bay area hip hop scene called 'Ghostride the Whip: The Hyphy Movement' which was shown over here a while ago on the UK's version of B.E.T. One of my favorite tracks from the bay is Spice-1 with Roger Troutman, Too $hort & Yukmouth called 'Suckaz Do What They Can'

bboy87 said:

Fall of 93/Winter of 94 got alot of airplay here in Philly.

Hey bboy, I just found this recent C-Murder track wit some new dudes from Richmond.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

C-Murder has already stayed cool with ppl in Richmond

bboy87 said:

He's a legend in Richmond (at least that's what he states in a song.)

Did he kill some cats in Rich-Town (his tracks from back when they was located in the Bay make it seem like it?)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I gotta be honest, when I hear about Bay Area hip hop legends, I never C Murder's names, but then again, I'm not big on bay hip hop like my brother and people I know are. But I do know he gets alot of love, but when it comes to being a bay area hip hop legend, I don't think he's on the same level as E40, Too $hort, or Mac Dre

I haven't heard a no limit track played out here in a looooong time

bboy87 said:

I mean in the street not the rap game, lol. He never released a solo record when in the Bay (was supposed to drop one in like 94 or 95 but went to jail.) He was on two TRU albums 93 and 95 (was barley on the first one from 92.)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah he was always a street hero.

Timmy84 said:

RICHEST RAPPERS OF ALL-TIME (FORBES 2009)

1. Master P - $661 Million

damn

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Damn! LOL And you know most of the money came from outside the rap game