Flops and Hits You Didn't Expect

[Big Blue]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpLthO07LBY"]Ryan Leslie - Diamond Girl - YouTube[/ame]

Real talk R. Les might the most overlooked R&B artist of the generation.

 

[Zach Lowe]

If I Can't... last single off Get Rich or Die Tryin

In Da Club went #1
21 Questions went #1
P.I.M.P. went #3
If I Can't went #76

might've been the best song on the album too
and it didn't get a video

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgepJgMq-M"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgepJgMq-M[/ame]

idk why this nikka didn't make this a single...

 

[Never Broke Again]

shyt shoulda been huge with that wayne hype

 

[Deetee]

Diced Pineapples was far from a flop

It was a commercial success?

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXsy0vzzLnM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXsy0vzzLnM[/ame]

shoulda been a smash

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

40-80 like the new 20-40 tho ... with rap singles that is

Naw, there is no spinning Billboard... Rappers are still hitting Top 40...

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I thought that beat was hard for Ryan Leslie (pause)
but that hook has a million words and no one can remember the song title

there's a studio video where Keri freestyles the hook... that's what happens when you don't write brehs

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEeHH0P7ytk&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/ame]

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwVx3cEXGY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwVx3cEXGY[/ame]

i was a little young but i don't remember this being as popular on the radio....i had to tape the shyt off radio...

shoulda been a smash

 

[Never Broke Again]

Naw, there is no spinning Billboard... Rappers are still hitting Top 40...

I don't think you can really be saying its a flop cus its not in the top 40 tho. Rap ain't really crossing over to that extent. Diced pineapples peaked at like 60 something (I think) with p good airplay. That's not really a flop for a rap song

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I dont give a fukk, this shyt was HUGE in my own little world:


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QON6RqcRYI0&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/ame]

 

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[Ninjaz In Paris]

I don't think you can really be saying its a flop cus its not in the top 40 tho. Rap ain't really crossing over to that extent. Diced pineapples peaked at like 60 something (I think) with p good airplay. That's not really a flop for a rap song

It peaked at #71 & didn't even hit Top 10 in URBAN...

It's a flop fam it's that simple... It wasn't a problem when Rap & R&B was killing the charts & Pop & Rock & Country were struggling & now it's the opposite... Can't bend the rules cuz the balls not in our court anymore... business is business & a song outside the Top 40 generates no money & sometimes even costs people more money then it was worth pushing...

Just because a few hood nikkas like Ross doesn't mean dude makes Hits anymore. His earlier work spawned a few Top 10 HH/RB Hits & had a few Platinum songs but dude just hasn't had any lately...

 

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