How did AMIL flop? Why wasn't HOV able to make another Foxy?

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Shoulda had her baby daddy, Killah Priest, ghost some her tracks. :skip:
 

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Shoulda had her baby daddy, Killah Priest, ghost some her tracks. :skip:
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Jay couldn't make Bleek a megastar like he wanted, no reason to think he could have done more than Amil.
 

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Lack of sex appeal and the female rapper lane was kinda full at the time. It wasn't like now, where you can have multiple big female rappers. Amil is kinda ugly, no disrespect.
 

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1.) she wasnt on def jam like the rest of them.
and her distributor(i think sony) didnt push her well at all.

2.) she didnt really care about rap like that anyway.
same problem she had in that female super-group in recent years.

3.) she wasnt cut out to be a solo artist. remember she was in a group when she first appeared.


Albums sell because of radio hits, and she didn't have any


she had the video with beyonce before jay got with beyonce.
 

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The only things Amil had going for her was that

- She had a unique voice
- Being light skinned
- Being signed to Roc-a-fella

While she didn’t sound like any other female, technically she was poor rapper, below average flow, delivery and charisma.

She wasn’t ugly but she didn’t look as good as Kim, Foxy, Eve, Boo and Charli…during that era, sexy appeal was becoming more of a thing. It’s a reason why Charli kept getting opportunities and it wasn’t because of her skills lol

If the Roc didn’t sign her, I doubt that she was going to get a record deal anywhere else.
 
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