Citations needed for Illmatic edit
One of the lines you checked contain self-referential links, meaning that if you click on them, they will lead to other articles which contain citations and definitive information. For instance, if you click on Das EFX and Fu-Snickens , you will see that they were indeed popular during the early-90s (1992-93 to be exact), and that their fast-paced/diggity/pop-culture style was often imitated by other artists. The same can be said with Snoop Dogg and his signature “lazy drawl” for which he is known for, and happens to be prototypical feature of G-Funk (which was the most popular sound during the early 90s…see Dr. Dre. The Chronic*). If a recall, Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle dominated the charts during 1993 and was multi-platinum sucess. The reason I did not add any external citations is because (1) I did not want the article to appear as completely derivative from other sources, since I provided at least 13 citations already, and (2) If a person clicks on the self-referential links, the viewer will be able to explore Wikipedia and be exposed to even more information.--chub 01:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
okay, that certainly sounds reasonable to me........as for the Eminem issue....there is a song on the "EMinem Show" LP, in which he cites Nas as one of his influences........although he doesn't clearly say that he was influenced by Illmatic....I'll have to check on that
Thanks + welcome to Wikipedia!--chub 01:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Eminem citations edit
however, with Eminem earning unfavourable comparisons to leading rappers such as Nas and AZ
http://www.eminem.net/biography/
In 1997, he released an album, Infinite, through a local company called FBT Productions; it was met with derision from the local hip-hop community. "I was getting a lot of feedback saying I sounded like Nas or Jay-Z," he admitted. Eminem released his debut album, Infinite, in 1996. Desperate to be embraced by the Motor City's hip-hop scene, Eminem rapped in such a manner that he was accused of sounding like Nas and AZ.
"Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself," he recalls. "It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up."
Ironically, the response to his debut stifled his self-expression as he was labelled as a Nas and AZ sound-alike.
http://www.eminemonline.com/bio.shtml
Despite the huge efforts, he had put into his album, people reproached him to sound like Nas.
"I had made an [independent] album called Infinite, and on that you can hear the pain and the woes of just growing up and being poor and having a baby on the way. Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got feedback that I was influenced by Nas and AZ, another rapper who was down with Nas at the time, and I got the feedback that I sounded like them. And to me, this is my life, everything that I stand for, and it was crushing."
direct quote from Eminem
I made me a little list of MCs that I wanted to name off that inspired me to, to bring me where I am today -Eminem
Here you can see that Eminem admitted to being influenced by Nas.....and his style sound so similiar to Nas's that he was disregarded by critics..... --chub 02:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)