BOW'S TOP FIVE DEAD OR ALIVE.

You know i always give you your favourite rappers favourite rapper list. Below is bow wow's list courtesy of allhiphop.com. Tell me what you feel about his list.


Bow Wow has been doing this rap stuff since he was a mere babe of 5 years old under “Uncle” Snoop Dogg. Since then, he’s grown up into a major megastar that has endured for several “rap generations.”

But who were his influences to help his make it to his current position as an artist on Cash Money Records? His choices may shock fans and haters alike.

Look no farther than Bow Wow’s Top 5 Dead or Alive.

The Notorious B.I. G




“When you mention Hip-Hop you think of Big. For a guy to have only two albums and be put at the place he is should only be looked at as amazing. He is undeniable, especially as a lyricist.”

Big L



“He’s just a dope lyricist. He is someone that I have just always respected as an MC. He’s someone I feel gets looked over or overshadowed. He is one of New York’s finest.”

LL Cool J



“He is my idol. Just period. I see a lot of similarities between his career and my career. We both have a strong female fan base. He’s still here. I’m still here. He does movies. I do movies. He got ridiculed a lot for doing girl records but then he came hard when he dropped “I’m Bad.” I feel like “Fresh Azimiz” is my “I’m Bad.”

Tupac


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What a lot of people don’t understand is I grew up in HipHop. I feel like I’m the son or the baby brother of HipHop. I feel like that because I got into the game so early. I was young and around Death Row. People talk about Tupac…I was around Pac back in the day. When he was doing the Me Against the World album I actually witnessed him in the booth. I like him for his realness. You can feel his passion in the music. He was motivated and he truly cared about the world.”

Special Ed



“He’s always been one of my favorites because of his lyrical ability and the way he put words together. I redid his “I Got It Made” for a mixtape. I have always had a female fan base so I like him because he had that but was still respected as a lyricist. He gained respect but was also a dope lyricist.”

BOW WOW SIGNS WITH CASH-MONEY RECORDS.

BOW WOW just confirmed via his twitter page that he has signed a deal with cashmoney records. Home to two of the most celebrated hiphop acts in the game right now, drake and lil wayne.
Bow wow got into the music industry at a tender age of 13, under j.d's so-so def record label. He has released 6 albums since his 'beware of dog' debut in 2000, that sold over 3million copies worldwide.
His most recent effort, 'new jack city2' dropped earlier this year and is still yet to cross the 20Θ,000 mark sales. The must dissapointing record sales of any of his solo albums since his debut. This most likely prompted his decisiom to inc a deal with cashmoney.
With the right mechanics, i feel he can be relevant again.

BILLOBARD TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS (08/04/09)

10. PLIES- DAREALIST.

9. LIL WAYNE- CARTER 3.(9, 964)

8. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTELLEM.

7. GORILLA ZOE- DON'T FEED DA ANIMALS. (10, 862)

6. JIM JONES- PRAY IV REIGN. (13, 700)

5. SLIM THUG- BOSS OF ALL BOSSES. (16, 900)

4. T.I- PAPER TRAIL (21, 300)

3. BOW WOW- NEW JACK CITY PART 2.(30, 944)

2. FLO RIDA- R.O.O.T.S(ROUTE OF OVERCOMING THE STRUGGLE.) (55, 356)

1. UGK- UGK 4 LIFE. (76, 600)



The dynamic duo of pim c and bun b(ugk) sit at the top this week, although, sadly, pim c passed on a couple of years ago, but this album had already been recorded before then, so there is one half posthumous in the group.


Flo rida is at second place. Dissapointing if you would ask me. With all the air play his single, "right round" has been getting, and also breaking records of selling over 600,000 digital copies in its first single, you would think he would sell more than he did. He is an example of a ring tone rapper.


Another dissapointing artist debuting on the charts this week is BOW WOW. Releasing his 6th studio album since he debuted in 2000 with his first album, "beware of dog", which sold almost 250k in its first week in stores. Bow wow doing 30k, recession or not, is a flop.


Albums to watch out for next week, are albums from mims and jadakiss(the last kiss). I would put jada at between 60k-100k. As for mims, i am a fan, but i think he does not have enough promotion right now. I put his first week sales close to what bow wow did.