October 8th, 2007
Top 5: Hip-Hop Breakups
RealTalkNY takes a look at Hip Hop’s biggest break ups. It seems all good things come to an end, and relationships are put the test when success is achieved. So this trend of course is prominent in the world of Hip Hop. Hopefully some of the people listed can come to a reconciliation and get back to making great music.
*Feel free to weigh-in with some notable breakups.
5.)
Jay-Z and Dame Dash: Death of a dynasty. Even after three years, I’m still in shock over this one.
RealTalkNY: Damn these two built a dynasty and made millions together. Who would of seen this coming, they was like Batman and Robin. But as time goes on egos collide and people change.
4.)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth: One of the first producer/emcee combo groups of its time. Creative differences in the studio ultimately contributed to the breakup.
RealTalkNY: They could of made some classic hits if they could of stayed together.
3.)
Fugees: The group failed to reform after the success of Lauryn’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. And now in 2007, it looks like the critically acclaimed group might never get back together.
RealTalkNY: Success tore this group apart. Lauryn Hill lost it after her debut album and the group never recovered. To this day they still can’t get it together.
2.)
NWA: Group turmoil and money mishandling at Ruthless Records led to the demise of the controversial group.
RealTalkNY: Too many egos in one group, it was just a matter of time until they hated each other.
1.)
A Tribe Called Quest: A Tribe Called Quest = Real Hip-Hop. After performing on this years VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, we’re left to wonder what would’ve been if these creative minds would have stayed together.
Suggestion Box
October 8th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
1ST MUAFUCKAS GEEYAH!!!
October 8th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
oh yeah and as far as the breakups times change
October 8th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
You forgot the FAT BOYS…lol
October 8th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
wat about tha hot boyz
October 8th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Only goes to prove that all things come to an end, in hip hop in particular. I mean, in other genres you see bands and groups sticking together thorugh their whole carriers. What makes it so hard for hip hop groups?
Feel you on this one, might’ve switched place with fugees and nwa, because of their wider audience. Nwa did do a whole lot for hip hop however..
October 8th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
CASH MONEY RECORDS/HOT BOYZ if they were still together there wouldnt be a g unit.
October 8th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
what the fuck does cash money/hot boyz have to do wit g-unit please tell me
October 8th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
new edition,
break-up to make up, thats all they do.
i’m so old-school its pitifull
October 8th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
and what about epmd
hit squad and def squad
another break-up to make up
October 8th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Mase and Diddy break-up… there were making hits until he got saved
October 8th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
B2k…..j/p
October 8th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
eric b & rakim
October 8th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
britney spears and reality
October 8th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
dipset na jk fuck them.but seriously what about death row a whole company went straight down
October 8th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
cosign #12
October 8th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
i think nwa is number one. lol at b2k hahahahaha
October 8th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
forgot about bobby and whitney.hahahaha
October 8th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
BTW.. i feel your pain but Jay-z and Dam shouldn’t count.. exec + artist can’t count as a group….
sidebar.. GURU better not ever make another recording without primo.. period..jazzmatazz vol 55 aitn workin…
October 8th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
BIZZY BONE FROM BONE THUGS&HARMONY!!!!
October 8th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
How about EPMD’s break up (before they reunited)
October 8th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
how about Tpain and his voice box he just song with out it at VH1 hip hop honnors terrible it was pain
October 8th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
sisqo and dru hill…oh my bad is this hip hop only?
utfo…..when educated rapper bounced…yeah niggaz…old school…what
October 8th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
jay-z and dame dash
jay-z and jaz-o
jay-z and sauce mutha fuckin (sauce money for u slow ones)
50 cent and the top of the billboard charts lol
October 8th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
@ JR #21……..cosign!!!!!
Recent breakups……..Jae Hood & D-Block, Cam & Jimmy, Remy (Tha chic that has ghostwritten Fat Joe’s Lyrics) & of course Fat Joe, Bobby & Whitney, Lil Bow Wow & Ciara…LMAO,Game & 50, Olivia & 50, MOP& 50,Mase & 50, Spider Loc & 50,Jimmy Iovine & 50….whos next….Oh and most important of all Me & Megan Good, because I decided that me and Alicia Keys will do our thing!!!!!
October 8th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
game & g-unit
October 8th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
cash money would be takin ova right now no room for g-unot faggots…..
October 8th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
WHAT ABOUT KURUPT AND FOXY BROWN?(THE ILL NANA SNITCHES)
October 8th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
number 6, cleezy you a motherfuckin lie hot boyz are wack. the only reason why you think they were hot was because there wasn’t any other rap group out that was rapping about money hoes and cars but them. but i bet you if they came out now, they wouldnt be shit compared to g-unit. seriously think about it…what was the hottest rapline or punchline any of them ever put out compared to g-unit? u actually think if hot boyz and g-unit drop albums at the same time hot boyz would outsell g-unit? if you do you crazier than i thought. i know g-unit talk about money hoes and cars and shit too but lyrically, g-unit would end the hot boyz career like he did ja rule.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
cash money wasnt stoppin nuthin, record sells trump everything. and i hate g-unit incase u thought i was a fan. and cash money hasnt sold as many units and 50 to this day i bet. i dont really know. but cash money wasnt take over the game at all. sorry homey
October 8th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
bad meets evil
royce and eminem
October 8th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Dang, I guess nobody is reppin the A in here. What about Dungeon Family and Goodie Mobb.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Tribe Called Quest over NWA? ARE YOU SERIOUS. I am a Little bit one sided since I grew up listening to NWA. The Impact of this breakup is incredible. Just to mention a few things that spawned over this breakup.
The Chronic
Snoop Dogg
Dogg Pound
Death Certificate
Death Row
2pac
50 Cent
Eminem
Death of Both Pac and Big
G-unit
Ja Rules destruction
Just to mention a few things. Name me a breakup that has had a bigger impact on the game than this breakup.
October 8th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
yea u got a point
u 4got to mention all the ice cubes albums
October 8th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
egos didnt break NWA up, it was Jerry Heller and Eazy bein greedy wit the fetti…..
October 8th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Cosignin’ #31 PhatBat, Dungeon Family was about the most complete group/click as it gets! Goodie Mob are recordin’ their new album as we speak and LO is back wit them dudes(Hallelujah)!
And 4 dude (#29) who said that Cash Money didn’t take anything over must have been in hyperbaric chamber during 1999-2001. Them niggas made SO MANY HITS in such a short time span, you woulda thought they had their own radio station, WCMR!!
Niggas be killin me wit da outlandish comments. Carry On Bitches
October 9th, 2007 at 12:21 am
key words,
so many hits in such a short time span
to take over is to have a bunch of hits over a long time span.
and honestly i never knew a nigga wit a cash money album back then except for juve
October 9th, 2007 at 12:35 am
number 35, you must be out your mind to say that hot boyz had so many hits…wow 1999-2001 come to think of it…what the hell did they bring out in 2001? maybe they did take over for a good minute but like i said that was because wasnt no other serious rap group out at the time. let them try to come out now with that same shit they was bringing out then, it wouldnt work. even weezy changed up his style from what he was doing when he was with the hot boyz. and if they were to try to come out now there wouldn’t be any fuckin hits that they would bring out that would change the game. cause when i think of the hot boyz they remind me of all these new ATL rappers who put out song with no meaning what so ever.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:27 am
LIL KIM + JUNIOR MAFIA
SHE WAS DOWN FOR THOSE PRICKS, SHE KEPT HER MOUTH SHUT AND DIN’T SNITCH AND THEY TURNED ON HER RESULTING IN HER BEING SENT TO JAIL……SNAKE BITCHES!
October 9th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Black Eyed Peas
October 9th, 2007 at 2:22 am
When game got kicked out of g unit…sad sad sad
October 9th, 2007 at 2:33 am
wen game got kicked out of da unit and him and 50 was still together they would be runnin da game well 50 still is runnin shit but game fell off,and shawnna and dtp that was crazy she should have stayed…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:08 am
Diplomats!
October 9th, 2007 at 4:11 am
Little Brother..!!!
October 9th, 2007 at 5:09 am
th firm. nas n nem need to reunite
October 9th, 2007 at 5:49 am
the firm, jr. mafia, epmd, black moon, pete rock & CL Smooth, gangstar
October 9th, 2007 at 5:56 am
co sign with 44 nail on head man! lol
OH AND MAYBE DIPSET NEXT…SO SAD.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:08 am
Flavor Flav & Crack Cocaine
October 9th, 2007 at 6:20 am
1. CASH MONEY RECORDS!!!
Would not have been a G-Unit at all.
2. The FIRM
New York would have still been on top
3. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Would have made at least one more Doggystyle b/f Master P f’ed it up.
4. Brand Nubian
5. Original Wu-Tang
Too many niggas to count.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:22 am
White boy stay wherever the fuck you are from. You don’t know shit about hip hop. When did the Hot Boys come out? I see your whiteness through the internet.
Hot Boys album came out in 1996, Then Juvenile dropped and they came out with another in 1998.
STOOPID CRACKER!!!
October 9th, 2007 at 6:40 am
mc hammer and the too big mc
October 9th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Geto Boys.. three 6 mafia…
October 9th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Bone Thug N Harmony isnt the same without Bizzy
October 9th, 2007 at 6:47 am
#41 Diplomats!? Shiidd! I remember that Diplomats was good when we had Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freeky Zeeky.
#38 I don’t think that the Black Eyed Peas broke up. They’re doin’ solo albums.
F-Unit is waayyy better off without that lying, no good for nothing The Game. G-Unit was THE Group, the hardest group when we had the general 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck. That’s it. I dunno. SP State Property- Beanie Sigel, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk (now Peedi Peedi), Omillio Sparks, Freeway.
Big Tymers- Baby and Mannie Fresh. They had some hit club songs.
Bone, Thugs and Harmony without Bizzy Bone and Flesh-N-Bone
Now. IOf Real Talk NY do the Top 5: R&B Break Ups: I would put Jodeci and Xscape at top 2
October 9th, 2007 at 6:52 am
CAPON-N-NOREAGA!
October 9th, 2007 at 7:07 am
D.I.T.C!
October 9th, 2007 at 7:10 am
A-Team
October 9th, 2007 at 7:16 am
@#32 you said you couldn’t understand why Tribe would be #1 over NWA. I see the examples you gave and well I’ll just say that the break-up of Tribe hurt the entire industry. With Tribe in the game, you had balance. You had a successful real hip-hop group helping to dictate what sounds good and what can sell(creativity). Just think how wide the window is between Tribe and Kanye or Lupe for that matter. While in the meantime we’ve always had that recycled gansta rap.(look at it this way, a person like Busta dumped the old and switched to the everybody lane). IF IT WASN’T FOR THE TRIBE BREAK-UP, WE WOULDN’T HAVE NEVER HAD TO ASK THE QUESTION IS HIP-HOP DEAD.
October 9th, 2007 at 7:56 am
It would make my day if g-unit broke up. Cash money is much better, without a doubt.
October 9th, 2007 at 8:04 am
i think that cash money should be on there…i mean those guys made good albums and provided a real sound that is help keeping the south relevant…
but yes i am still reeling at the death of a dynasty, roc-a-fella…that is a freakin shame!
and oh yeah when t-pain was tryin to sing last night at the hip hop honors i wanted to tear my ears off my head, it was just that bad…i had to turn it…lol
October 9th, 2007 at 8:15 am
TRU
Master P
C-Murder &
Silkk The Shocker
Hottest group ever
October 9th, 2007 at 8:22 am
cosign 21 & 44.
Inf act Eric B & Rakim and CL Smooth & Pete Rock get honorable mention on my list.
October 9th, 2007 at 8:54 am
The COmmison…. Just think BIG and HOV in the studio for 2 months a year makin classic shit
October 9th, 2007 at 8:54 am
u guys r missing the worst hiphop breakup….Nas and Az…by far the best hiphop duo…hope they get back though
October 9th, 2007 at 9:01 am
JODECI and BOYZ II MEN, and NAPPY ROOTS…..and SAINT LUNITICS LOL
October 9th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Im kinda surprised dat aint nobody said Tupac nd Biggie..if they neva had beef they wud be makin classic hits but i guess ppl like diferent flavas u get me
October 9th, 2007 at 9:53 am
what the hell is going on,
why do people keep comparing the hot boys and g-unit
is there sumthin i’m missing,
they had nothing to do wit each other,
hot boys didnt hurt aftermath and shady records, so g-unit would’ve still been in the game
and i still hate g-unit by the way
and what great albums did cash money have are ya’ll 4real
i liked juve, he gets a pass.
nobody was buying b.g. chopper city,
nobody copped big tymers, yea they had fly ass videos wit cars and money and bitches and club songs, but they didnt have shit on smash. the had new orleans on smash maybe battling wit no limit. but no one cared when turk went to jail, when juve left, and came back, and left again, b.g. still irrelevant, mannie fresh leaving was a big deal, but thats it. if the hot boys break up hurt u then u need to get a grip,get a hold of your life homey
October 9th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Gang Starr….
most underated group!!!!!!
Did quest really break up?? they did a show in chicago last october… i think they just stopped making albums…
October 9th, 2007 at 9:58 am
45. nessnice wrote on October 9th, 2007 at 5:49 am
the firm, jr. mafia, epmd, black moon, pete rock & CL Smooth, gangstar
^^ cosign, except junior mafia…
October 9th, 2007 at 10:34 am
jay-z in jaz-o man oh man. the firm nas az foxxy remember the motherfucking days
October 9th, 2007 at 11:02 am
biggest upsets to me were
MAIN SOURCE
GANG STARR
LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL
3RD BASS
PETE ROCK AND CL SMOOTH
EPMD
October 9th, 2007 at 11:06 am
@#57 Recycled Gangster Rap?. All eyez on me, The Chronic, Predator, Death Certificate, Get Rich or Die Trying, Marshall Mathers LP, Doggystyle, and so on and so on. Are all of these examples really recycled gangster raps. Hip Hop has its different lanes. You are talking about balance, in order for balance to exist there has to be diversity. You cant have balance by only having one type of music. NWA had its core fans and so did the Tribe Called Quest. This helped to widen the diversity in hip hop. You had groups like Public Enemy, De La Soul, Ice T, NWA. That were making huge impacts on the game. What is killing hip hop is not that the Tribe broke up, what is killing hip hop is the fact that todays media is really pushing music down your throat. There are some people that might be able to distinguish between genuienly liking an artis or group but the majority of people like a song. The song is played all day in BET, MTV,Movies, Radio ad so on. These artist are not developed and therefore you have poor album sales. People get accustomed to purchasing the song in itunes and buying the ringtone and that is it. The people do not care or have not gotten the chance to connect and relate with the artist. HIP HOP IS NOT DEAD. Like anything else it needs a revolution that has to start from the top. Peace.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Flava Flav and New York
October 9th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
number 49, ny is stuck in the 80′… first of all shut the fuck up you goofy bitch…if your dumbass was paying attention u would know that I was referring to someone’s comment about the hot boyz taking over from 1999-2001, i dont give a fuck when they actually came out i’m talking bout when they actually was running things. so faggot mind ur own god damn business and i kiss my ass bitch. stop stickin your nose in shit that aint nothing to do with you…and you may think that im a “STOOPID CRACKER” but at least i can spell the damn word you STUPID COCK SUCKER.
October 9th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
cosign 6 and 13. lmao “britney spears and reality”
plz ban numba 1 cuz tht 1st shii gettin really annoyin nowadays.
October 9th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Ja Rule & Murder Inc ? opps …
2 pac & Dr.Dre ? I would go for The Game & G-Unit because the fallout from that was huge, 50 making money off The Game, 50 brought the rights to G-unot, game made disses non-stop in 2005 and appeared on countless Mixtapes just like Lil Wayne is doing this year and The game’s not really done anythink this year.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Murda Inc not the label but the Supergroup DMX, Ja Rule, and Jay-z cuz dat was the shit even though they broke up b4 an album
Game and G-unit not really G-unit jus i want another Game and LLoyd Banks track
Missy,Timbo,Magoo yall know yall luve dat
And of course N.W.A.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
hell yea game and banks would make a good song
October 9th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
britney s’bitch and juice teen timbeurklake
October 9th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Chad Hugo + Pharrell Williams
The Neptunes. They may not be hip-hop to some of you, but I think they have influenced it. Lately, Pharrell has been producing by himself taking production credits and Chad has been doing his own work, but what happend to them working together? They made some crazy ass beats back in the day. Now, Pharrell by himslef…sounds like trash. They better get there act together man and make some of that crack.
October 9th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
CHAMILLIONAIRE N PAUL WALL COLOR CHANGN CLICK
CASH MONEY WAS RUNNIN SHIT N THE 99-2000 ERA AINT NO LIE I REMEMBER RECORD SALES N THEY WAS RUNNIN SHIT HOW THE FUCK U GONNA COMPARE THEM 2 GUNIT IS BEYOND ME THO
October 9th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Let’s be serious cash money was hot for a minute, But there break-up ain’t change shit in hip-hop. The Wu-tang, NWA, Tribe, The Firm, Capone-n-Noreaga, pete rock & CL Smooth, Jay-Z and Dame. These splits were major.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
50 cent and the top of the billboard charts lol
October 10th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
LOL! Hot Boys and G-Unit? Tht’s blasphamey. How about Redman and Method Man? They made some hits since “How High”. Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Stars, Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek-Reflection Eternal. They got some underground songs like “1, 2, 3, “Move Somethin”, Double Barrell (Kweli). Or Def Squad w/ Redman, Keith Murry and Erick Sermon, EPMD-Erick Sermon and Parish Smith-every albums they did before and after break up was about all kinds of business like Business As Usall, Unfinish Business, Last Business
October 11th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Some have already being said but
Jay & Dame
Remy & Fat Joe
NWA
Nas & Mobb Deep (they even made Nastrodamous have a highlight wit that ‘Family’ track that was dope and other tracks they done)
Nas & 50 (’who u rep wit’ ‘too hot’ dope tracks together)
The Game & 50
Bad Boy’s decline since The Notorious B.I.G. died (Mase, Junior Mafia, Lil Kim, 112, Faith Evans etc)
Chingy & Luda (They back together now that says it all doesn’t it)
October 16th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
BIG L & D.I.T.C.
October 16th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
damn dudes did ya’ll forget the entire ruff ryders squad !!! they had shit on lock for a quickeeee.bronx ny stand up!