I hope Nore and CNN can solidify their legacy with another hit but in reality it probably wonвЂ™t happen.

In my opinion NoreвЂ™s early solo work and as a group with CNN deserves to be mentioned with the greats., whether thatвЂ™s on the Top 20, 50 or 100, thatвЂ™s entirely up to you. Every artist isnвЂ™t going to be on everyoneвЂ™s top 5 or 10 but still deserve our recognition nonetheless for their contributions. Back to Nore, heвЂ™s not in my top 5 dead or alive list, but thatвЂ™s ok because I donвЂ™t just listen to 5 artists. Back in the days if you got stuck with a bad label deal you were finished, theyвЂ™d shelf you forever and youвЂ™d never be heard from again, but thatвЂ™s a whole other post. ThatвЂ™s another thing that younger rap fans donвЂ™t understand that its not like it is now, where rappers jump from label to label. Unfortunately Nore had a hard time dealing with his record labels and wasnвЂ™t able to capitalize during his prime. Those are classics and should be enough to place earn him a spot in hip hopвЂ™s history books. Then listen to CNNвЂ™s classic debut album, War Report. DonвЂ™t just listen to Superthug, you have to listen to Banned from TV, Body in the Trunk, and of course, N.O.R.E. Anyone doubting NoreвЂ™s legacy please listen to N.O.R.E., his first solo album, from beginning to end, skits and all (remember the Animal Thug skit, lol). The singles and videos were usually for the radio and clubs and forced them by the record companies. Find the whole album and listen to the album cuts, the street songs, then you can judge them properly. To really get a feel for hip hop artists you have to hear their whole albums because usually their singles and videos were chosen by the record company and wonвЂ™t represent the rest of their work. You canвЂ™t judge an artist like that, especially in hip hop. The typical young hip hop fan will hear about an older artist and google him/her, check out some youtube videos, etc.

Bottomline is that you had to live and experience certain music, you can read, analyze lyrics, look at the sales numbers, etc but if you werenвЂ™t there to experience it, you will never get a вЂњfeelвЂќ for it and music has to be felt, some more so than others. Personally I canвЂ™t feel 90% of Gucci ManeвЂ™s music but IвЂ™m sure that if I was a regular in ATL clubs IвЂ™d feel different about it.

Nore was never trying to be the best lyricist, he just had fun with it, it was ignorant hip hop music at its best (like a lot of the down south stuff now). I donвЂ™t think that anyone that was at the legendary Tunnel in NYC when one of their records came on can really question it. ThereвЂ™s some music that must be experienced, its sort of that вЂњyou had to be thereвЂќ type of thing. But as someone who was there I can tell you Nore and CNN were crazy. I understand thereвЂ™s a lot of young hip hop fans and they try to look back and probably canвЂ™t get a feel for what was going on then and maybe have to rely on sales to figure out what was hot back then. I donвЂ™t know what NoreвЂ™s legacy in hip hop will be but if the discussion is about NY Hip Hop in the 90вЂ™s we have to bring up CNN & NoreвЂ™s name, we have to. NoreвЂ™s a funny dude, howвЂ™s he going to say he doesnвЂ™t know what gratification means or did he sound smart? lol But thats part of the problem, Nore doesnвЂ™t take himself too seriously and because of this others donвЂ™t either.

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