I never watched the source awards at the time because I lived in Nigeria and didn’t even have basic cable. Added to the fact my mum would have freaked and sent me a christian boarding school if she saw me watching this. Regardless events from that night back in 1995 at the Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City have since become etched in folklore of Rap music. The night Rap got fractured across America and he world lead to the demise of 2 of the greatest rapper in modern the last 20 odd years.
There was no middle ground, no middle Earth, no shire. It was Bad Boy or Death Row. They dont make award shows like this anymore. It’s so good to revisit these videos, knowing how far everything has come. Paying hommage then to the ones they lost; and us in this present day to the ones who were snatched from us before we even got to third base.
This night should have been one of Method Mans’ greatest exploits as a solo artist. Watching his performance back gave me goosebumps. Matter of fact there isn’t a lot about watching this back that doesn’t give me goosebumps.
