How come Big Krit ain't pop?

[O.Red]

he shouldve popped off when he dropped Pay Attention single for Cadillactica. that song is/was a hit. & he had the hype from Mt. Olympus.

everything looked like it was lining up for him to really take off and be “mainstream”. idk if it was the label or what but it just didnt happen

as a rapper he is rapping circles around all of these rappers tho.
probably the best rapper not named kendrick and 4EIAMLT is one of the best albums to drop last decade





What romance album?

I think Krit and somebody at Def Jam really fukked up not throwing a bag behind Just Last Week



This shyt ride

 

[Da King]

What romance album?

That digital roses weed plate he dropped

 

[tremonthustler1]

Kendrick had a Dre co-sign, Cole had a Jay co-sign, Drake had a Wayne co-sign. Who co-signed Krit, David Banner?

Who was Krit collating with? Old rappers like Ludacris, Bun B and T.I.

What Krit singles or features charted on the top 100 billboard hits? Not a single one afaik

KRIT was rockin with some of his peers. I mean damn he was the closer on 1 Train, He held his own with Kendrick and Cole

the album with DZA/Girl Talk/Wiz aside, some of his best collabos even now were 8-13 years ago.

 

[Max Power]

All I know is when he was with that weird artsy mullato bytch his music cratered.

 

[AAKing23]

Amongst other shyt said in the thread he also doesn't care about chasing trends and hits. Although I see alot of his songs on the video games soundtracks now. He also collabs with the Hawks and other teams too I believe here in Atlanta.

He seems like he's content with the lane he's in and still has the respect of his peers and core fans without selling out.
He's still in my top 5 mc's of the Cole Kendrick, Drake generation

 

[315]

Another rapper I've always wanted to like more than I do. I've never heard anything from him I thought was wack, I just never really want to go back to any of his albums after the first listen

 

[Max Power]

Voice and themes of his music.

I think another way to look at it is by asking the question in reverse. Why should he have blown up? The beats are cool but nothing really stands out. He didn't really bring in a new sound/style production wise. What are the main themes of music? One minute he's a pimp, the next he's a loverboy, the next he's a political commentator, the next he's an advocate for everything southern. Then, every album is more or less the same formula. At some point we were pretty much getting the same album over and over except the previous version was slightly better.

He doesn't have a clear story or movement that people can champion. He's a talented rapper who knows how to make cool beats.

Also another thing, his lyrics are kind of a downer. His message is always "im underrated, people don't respect the south, etc." that's the whole attitude of his music (at least for a casual fan). Wale is kinda like that too. If you look at Wiz, Spitta, Kendrick, ASAP, Drake, Cole, Dom, YG, Tyler, etc, you don't really get that vibe. It's not "i should be more popular than i am, I'm too slept on" vibes.

You're 100% right.

Even when I was bumping his shyt heavy in college there were times where I'd think "shut the fukk up and just spit bars on this cool beat you made yourself, you whiny country motherfukker"

 

[O.Red]

You're 100% right.

Even when I was bumping his shyt heavy in college there were times where I'd think "shut the fukk up and just spit bars on this cool beat you made yourself, you whiny country motherfukker"

 

[Easy-E]

*Seems like everyone from that era ate at some point in time. Even cats like Dom Kennedy n Tyga had waves.

*Yet it seems like Krit never really had a moment

*Then he just faded. He ain't doing nothing that Cole n Kendrick ain't doing. Also had the machine with Def Jam.


*fukk happened?


£

Lable bullshyt.

 

[Jaguar93]

I like Krit but bro definitely has that “the south has something to say/the south is underrated” energy.

 

[Cᵣₐₛₕ&ₜₕₑCₒᵤₚ]

It's the voice

/end

Srsly though, Krit is a good artist but if the voice doesn't captivate your ceiling is limited unless you're abstract with it, ie: Curren$y. Krit Wuz Here and The Return of 4eva will definitely always get play from me, but the voice keeps me from listening more avidly tbh amongst other things a guy like Wale suffered from that too from his overall trajectory​

 

[Zero]

You're 100% right.

Even when I was bumping his shyt heavy in college there were times where I'd think "shut the fukk up and just spit bars on this cool beat you made yourself, you whiny country motherfukker"

Breh

 

[Rekkapryde]

Not being able to sample IMO. Krit Wuz Here and Return Of 4Eva were fukkin incredible. If he coulda released dem joints as official albums with the samples cleared....jesus.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

because at his worst he's a UGK tribute act

I’m surprised it took a ny nikka to answer this

The same way boom bap was never going to make waves on a mainstream level than neither would that southern playa organ shyt

It’s not Def Jam

Not enough bass and not the right BPS

What playlist would that work on within a club?

On top of that rap has never been a genre with every man booming with platinum every man rappers. Never undersell what J Cole was able to accomplish and who knows how that would’ve went if he didn’t have the Roc Nation springboard

Just because you can put words together doesn’t mean you should be out here rapping

 

[Turbulent]

You're 100% right.

Even when I was bumping his shyt heavy in college there were times where I'd think "shut the fukk up and just spit bars on this cool beat you made yourself, you whiny country motherfukker"

Weird thing is, every interview I've seen of him, he always seemed like a happy go lucky type dude. Always positive and in a good mood.