Lot of rappers in the game had the right product but the wrong timing.... here are some I can think of
Saigon- he had a little wave with his GSNT unreleased album, but he is a classic mid 90s NYC jail nikka who came out during the ATL ringtone era. Back in the 90s when being in and out of prison was cool he probably would have been a legend on the level of Capone N Noreaga or whatever. Plus he wouldn't have been exposed as a confused simp like he was on that reality show he did
Max B- another NYC prison product with more range. I think he could have been the Harlem equivalent to Big Pun, making big hits that a wide range of people could appreciate, along with being able to hold his own with pretty much anybody of those times. "Dey be thinkin Im a Fabio... but Im the type a nikka let the Tommy go :biggapls:"
Camp Lo- I think these brehs were way ahead of their time. I fukks with Camp Lo HEAVY. Uptown Saturday Night is a top 3 rap disc for me. Still sounds relatively fresh today. These brehs had a sharply cultivated image and sound that I think would really have worked in today's 'everything has to be prepackaged and image based' times, but with the added bonus of the brehs actually having the ability to spit and evolve their sound. I could see them keeping NYC more alive than NYC's current crop of young cats
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Saigon- he had a little wave with his GSNT unreleased album, but he is a classic mid 90s NYC jail nikka who came out during the ATL ringtone era. Back in the 90s when being in and out of prison was cool he probably would have been a legend on the level of Capone N Noreaga or whatever. Plus he wouldn't have been exposed as a confused simp like he was on that reality show he did
Max B- another NYC prison product with more range. I think he could have been the Harlem equivalent to Big Pun, making big hits that a wide range of people could appreciate, along with being able to hold his own with pretty much anybody of those times. "Dey be thinkin Im a Fabio... but Im the type a nikka let the Tommy go :biggapls:"
Camp Lo- I think these brehs were way ahead of their time. I fukks with Camp Lo HEAVY. Uptown Saturday Night is a top 3 rap disc for me. Still sounds relatively fresh today. These brehs had a sharply cultivated image and sound that I think would really have worked in today's 'everything has to be prepackaged and image based' times, but with the added bonus of the brehs actually having the ability to spit and evolve their sound. I could see them keeping NYC more alive than NYC's current crop of young cats
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at the bolded. I really don't see what you dudes see in Max B, and comparing this half retarded, non-rapping ass nikka to Big Pun is blasphemy in my opinion.
Not to take away from what they did or their talent. But there are definitely windows of opportunity that coincide with certain sounds and artists.