Punching in they verses.
Reasonable Doubt was def written...Callin bullshyt on RD not being written...
People looked up to Hov like their surrogate daddy, and starting to rap like Bleek.
That shyt fukked up the lyrical game of the mainstream.

Jay-Z got it from Biggie anyway.![]()
Jay-Z in his prime was surrogate daddy and GOD to these rappers. His followers made the rap game wack.
It had more to do with record companies no longer caring about talent and mainstream rappers being further diluted.
They don't write shyt down yet none of them can freestyle.
shyt Wayne Brady can freestyle better than half these rappers.

These fcuk boy rappers are acting like if they are spitting "Poet Laureate" type material on the spot with no pre-thought...I never got how that's supposed to be a plus, especially these dudes are outchea making mediocre music that get saved by a their beats, and slaughtered on their own records by features. Seriously, almost every time an interviewer asks, "So what's your thought process going into the studio to make records
", somewhere in the answer is about them not writing down their songs like
yeah, we can tell.
I mean, there have been rappers who could just go off the dome (like really) and can get away with it, but it's too many trying to follow that blueprint that don't have the skill. Like, really, what's wrong with sitting down and putting pen to pad and doing shyt that requires thought? Most of the dudes that claim to not write cannot freestyle above a 4th grade level, yet they don't write their shyt as if they're some kinds of literary savants. Don't get mad at people when they don't buy your shyt when you go half assed in making it, come on

Hip Hop came real close to getting the
from me. Glad I didnt abandon her tho 