Quote Originally Posted by MacWQ33
I don't understand people here and their "mainstream this, mainstream that"...when you say that, you're being so ridiculously unspecific. Most hip hop music doesn't fall into the category of mainstream.

And if you think BIG was mainstream, you're fucking nuts. He was/is well known, because he brought a new style to music, so of course he was popular and liked by the public. Go listen to "Gimme The Loot" and "10 Crack Commandments" and tell me if that's mainstream LOL..

"Juicy" I guess you could say is more on the "mainstream" side of things, but it's one of the greatest songs in music history, so who gives a fuck what it is. They still play it today...13 years later...amazing. And "Hypnotize" as well...but again...good song, so who cares. Besides these two songs, there is nothing mainstream about the Notorious one...those are really the only two songs that actually COULD be played on the radio due to his lyrical content and use of 'bad words'.

I don't even know what people mean by "mainstream". Wtf are you referring to? Justin Timberlake? 50 Cent? Neyo? Are you mainstream if you have a music video? If you have an album? I don't know what the classification is...but if they music is good...it doesn't matter to me. You're being naive to say you don't like music just because you think it's "mainstream"...

Edit: CC, you're entitled to your opinion, but his first album is deemed one of the greatest in music history (not just hip hop).
very well said!
i cant define mainstream rap because its really just a matter of how i percieve someones music. but as a general rule of thumb i consider mainstream all the lil's, young/yung's, stuff like that. in other words, the shit of musc.