Man and y'all wonder why y'all get so butthurt when y'all realize that this doesn't mean anything. fukk outta here with this "wake-up call" shyt. Nobody will know or care what hip-hop fans want until y'all... GO OUT AND BUY IT! Music is a business, not a public service. The fact that anyone put French Montana on that kind of pedestal to where what he did could or could not affect the future of rap music is ridiculous. If French did 2 Chainz numbers nothing would really change. French did 50K and other than the fact that he may not get a green light to drop another retail album, that doesn't mean you won't hear another Mac & Cheese or another Coke Boys tape, or another string of collabos.
At the end of the day, there isn't a new rapper out nowadays that will carry the type of influence you crave. Not even Kendrick alone will force a change in how hip-hop music gets made. It's gonna take major shift in how fans and artists think. Believing 1 French Montana flop was gonna get you closer to what you want is foolhardy.

French clearly cares about his numbers or else he wouldn't talk that bullshyt about numbers with 50 Cent
nikka you clearly don't know me so don't mix me up with alot of these bitter ass complainers that you know on this board. I've bought damn near every record that I liked this year and whom dropped along with going to the shows (Going to see Kendrick when he comes out here this month) so I earn that right to talk shyt about these wack ass nikkas yall love to dikkride here.
Whatever you want to admit it or not, They put a MAJOR investment in this dude. He was anointed as the next to blow from NY, He was on magazine covers, he had A list features, Khalid production, Promotion from both MMG, Diddy, and was featured on damn near every hot record out on radio along with having a hit record of his own with Pop Dat. He deserve to flop because of not only his wack ass rapping but it seemed that he didn't even try to put together a memorable cohesive album. He wanted to adapt the quick, rinse and sell formula thinking he can do easy numbers and it blew up in his face
That should be the wakeup to rappers that you can't do that simple "feature every hot rapper of the moment" and don't have nothing to really say formula. Game tried that DJ Khalid compilation style and can't even crack Gold.