papertrail08
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T.I. making that illegal U Turn 
Artist who have taken L's so big they could never recover (or almost never recovered from)
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Tribal Outkast
Veteran
KFBF
Superstar
Didint yung berg change his name because all the L'S he was taking back to back?
Hitmakagot beat up so much he became a beatmaker
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
That white rapper stitches who made a name for himself trolling/dissing Game, well Wack 100 whipped his ass on camera and that was the end of his chapter
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Terence Trent D’Arby....
His debut was a massive success in the US and Europe to the point it seemed like he was poised for stardom. He had multiple hits, his music videos were popular, and women loved him. Then a couple years later in the lead up to releasing his second album he started popping off. He said he was going to be as big as Michael Jackson and Madonna, and he compared his first album to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, influence wise. At a time when black artists were still dismissed or separated from music canon as just being "black music" this was a major no no and he got shredded in the press.
The final nail in the coffin was his insistence that his label not release any singles or videos for his second album in 1989. I guess his ego felt that Prince had done that before so he had to match it. In reality, Prince's label caved to his demands for no singles initially on the Around The World In A Day album but they reversed course to release Raspberry Beret. Which became a massive hit. D'Arby's label didn't reverse course and it killed the album commercially. The L was so massive he didn't release an album again until 1993, and later changed his stage to separate himself from the failure lol.
His debut was a massive success in the US and Europe to the point it seemed like he was poised for stardom. He had multiple hits, his music videos were popular, and women loved him. Then a couple years later in the lead up to releasing his second album he started popping off. He said he was going to be as big as Michael Jackson and Madonna, and he compared his first album to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, influence wise. At a time when black artists were still dismissed or separated from music canon as just being "black music" this was a major no no and he got shredded in the press.
The final nail in the coffin was his insistence that his label not release any singles or videos for his second album in 1989. I guess his ego felt that Prince had done that before so he had to match it. In reality, Prince's label caved to his demands for no singles initially on the Around The World In A Day album but they reversed course to release Raspberry Beret. Which became a massive hit. D'Arby's label didn't reverse course and it killed the album commercially. The L was so massive he didn't release an album again until 1993, and later changed his stage to separate himself from the failure lol.
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M4T
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He's been making pop music now that's surprisingly not horrible. But he's also still dropping rap songs using the N wordThat white rapper stitches who made a name for himself trolling/dissing Game, well Wack 100 whipped his ass on camera and that was the end of his chapter
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Destroyed all his momentum and he had to make No Mercy into a weass apology albumT.I. making that illegal U Turn
A lot of these dudes careers was already over when these events happened. Chingy career was done in 2010 when the Sidney Star thing happened. B.o.B. had already fell off, that flat earth stuff is why people started talking about him again lol
Thanks to people like Lil Wayne (Kissing men, crossdressing) and Rick Ross (being law enforcement but rapping like the world's biggest drug lord) and the like...exposures no longer really mean the end of you. It's a great thing because it should just be about the music...but it's also a terrible disgusting thing because it's like yall will accept anything from anyone, no matter how weird and inauthentic it is.
That said, boy from the West who got caught sukkin dikk and all that gay shhit on video, Rashad whatever, I can't imagine yall will accept him again after that. I wouldn't be that shocked tho, tbh..
That said, boy from the West who got caught sukkin dikk and all that gay shhit on video, Rashad whatever, I can't imagine yall will accept him again after that. I wouldn't be that shocked tho, tbh..
Even tho I don't fukk with CB..
He dont belong on this list..
Canibus.. he was supposed to be like one of the greatest.. Til he asked to borrow a mic
He didn't actually "lose" lyrically.
It's happened to me a few times where I was nicer than my opponent but I lost the crowd. Generally due to little stunts.
The one I learned from the most was a dude that said his worst rhyme first and I said my best one. He went on like that for multiple rounds. He would say one a little better and I would have to bring my #2. Then #3. As the bus pulled up to our middle school, he said his best rhyme and I was in the bottom of my top 5.
My best rhyme was better than his best but the only thing the crowd really registered was that last round.
Cool J vs Bis wasnt that scenario, it was moreso that Bis had no hits and no pop attributes. People that really loved him were fans from his features and the technical bars. He never captured a wide audience.
I listen to Poet Laurette II regularly. When I first go ahold of it - years after it's debut - I bumped it back to back to back many times.
LLs reply to 2nd Round KO was not good. I don't know how he "won".
papertrail08
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TBH, he was struggling before that with those weak singles but that 2nd Arrest was the final nail in the coffin
Guvnor
Da Speculative Spectacle®
Adventures of Bobby Ray album?
