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Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread
- Thread in 'Music' Thread starter Started by brivera716,
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Man shut up
like you literally could not be any more wrong
Old, brilliant and a ******* genius instead of young and ******* stupid
I'd take the old and billiant instead of being young and stupid, because when you're old, you'll still be ******* stupid
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It’s sad that now days what feature is on the track determines if I’m going to like a Ye song or not smh
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IMO Royce had the best verse . Crooked right after
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Because it's a Kanye compilation album
I wanted to hear the features and what they're going to say. Kanye was secondary.
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You the stupid one *****, you’ve proven that a number of times. Only a stupid MFer think they know everything. How you old af and lack wisdom?
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in addition to the production it’s the verses and hooks for me
“****** got beef but it can’t be much , still walking through the crowds like I can’t be touch “
simple but affective
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Fivio got the call that Ye wanted him on the track and gave the feature of his career
airthompson
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Influence period is using nuances from things you like. There’s a likelihood Em was influenced by someone resulting in that style. Homage is a form of influence is it not?
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I think Fabolous really represented
airthompson
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truth. But doesn’t negate the fact, or help the argument someone being better. We’d never know. But we do know Big is the more decorated artist.
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I think Joell made a few mistakes early on in his career. One, was feeding into the Pun comparisons. He needed to establish himsef as a different artist as much as possible. Then signing with Dre. Aftermath has a bad track record with artists who don't already have strong enough fanbases. Then, the Slaughterhouse deal with Shady. Same problems as Aftermath. It's almost like he made the same mistake twice. Now, he's a critically acclaimed rapper and he makes a living but he needed someone to point him in the right directions. To make a Pun comparison (no pun intended), he needed a Fat Joe. Someone who could mold that raw talent into a commercially viable artist.
HOU$TON
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Kanye trash. Fivio had the hardest verse on there.
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I think Joell had no story. He was just another rapper.
the ex basketball player, drug dealer, we heard that before, more was needed
a lot of rappers can rap, but you still don't know them from them rapping or the product needs to be good. That's what separates them. You need some wit, some introspection, personality
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he ain’t lying though. Wiz Khalifa more versatileMan shut up
like you literally could not be any more wrong
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until ray j lol
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that aftermath move was weird
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weekly listen for almost ten yrs 
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It's not so much the story as much as it's about artist development. Even Pun's story was old- overweight rapper (Fat Joe, Biggie, Chubb Rock, Heavy D, Fat Boys), rapping about hood **** (Fat Joe, Biggie), chicks (Heavy D, Biggie), Puerto Rican (Fat Joe, Prince Markie Dee). But Fat Joe knew that Pun had to tone down the Horrorcore stuff and make more radio friendly music. And Joe had the connections to get him top notch production and features. Joell needed someone like that in his corner. That Slaughterhouse album with Shady sounded like an Eminem album. Which is something Joe Budden mentioned in his Eminem rant. He was right. Joell needed better guidance.
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