Rappers who came out during the wrong time periods

[WSFGDan]

Tony Yayo, some of these new rappers make him sound like Nas

 

[Truth200]

Her issue is that after her debut she's never aligned herself with the right producers/writers who have her as a priority. If she rocked with the right people - she could've been Aaliyah.

She came out the gate with the correct sound for the time. But could never do that again.

I don't think she could have been Aaliyah but i like Ciara.

 

[Truth200]

I think that Chris & Neef would do well if they would have debut now

Chris from young guns is cool, he use to come around y way and smoke weed with me.

 

[Wacky D]

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:"

prison & politics stopped max b's career. not the time period.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Her issue is that after her debut she's never aligned herself with the right producers/writers who have her as a priority. If she rocked with the right people - she could've been Aaliyah.

She came out the gate with the correct sound for the time. But could never do that again.

She's had all types of producers who have their names all over big songs... Jazze Pha,Polow Da Don,Pharrell,Dallas Austin,Rodney Jerkins,Dr. Luke,Tricky Stewart etc.... yet she fails to produce big songs.

 

[JetLife]

If Q-Tip release Renaissance in 1998 and Amplified in 2008, his career would have a much different trajectory.

Hip-Hop "Fans" selfishness didn't allow him to try a future sound and go big with Amplified, even though it was a pre-cursor to the Neptunes era. When Q-Tip gave those same "fans" what they wanted in the Renaissance, they all no showed.

 

[Kendrick Llama]

Elzhi would be in the mix with Nas and AZ

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Her issue is that after her debut she's never aligned herself with the right producers/writers who have her as a priority. If she rocked with the right people - she could've been Aaliyah.

She came out the gate with the correct sound for the time. But could never do that again.

She worked with all the right names, timbo, JT, the dream, neyo. She's just not special, simple as that. She's lucky she came out when she did cuz if she would have come out in 09, she would have never gotten two plat albums. Some people ain't meant to blow, she's been given more chances than almost all these r&b chicks and flopped 3 albums in a row

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I been saying this. Them and Lupe were ahead of their times.

EDIT: But I doubt they would've lasted long. The Cool Kidz were basically novelty act. Even though I though they were gonna be the next big thing back in High School

Nobody these days lasts long. Most nikkas who blow today are novelty acts, FWIW.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Kanye came at the perfect time, built a name producing, had the last of the roc momentum behind him, the skateboard/backpack trend was picking up, and there was an openness to non-gangsta music and it was before trap music really caught on. Dude had perfect timing IMO

 

[How Sway?]

Troy ave, dude woulda thrived in the beef DVD Kay slay/clue/envy mixtape era 2001-2005

Nipsey hussle, he would've caught on to a wider audience if he dropped in ~2011, there wasn't momentum in LA back in 09

IDK bout this one...

b/c i remember back in 09-early 2010 a lot of underground heads were talking about how the West Coast was gonna make a Big comeback in the next few years (which has happened) And Nipsey, Jay Rock, Dom Kennedy, and Kendrick were some of the main artists who propelled the "New West Coast".

You also had guys like Lil B, The New Boyz, those "teach me how to dougie" nikkas and YG but I don't think most people took them seriously back then. They were part of the Soulja Boy/Hurricane chris crowd...

Nipsey dropped at the right time IMO, but For some reason he just hasn't been able to get over the hump.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

IDK bout this one...

b/c i remember back in 09-early 2010 a lot of underground heads were talking about how the West Coast was gonna make a Big comeback in the next few years (which has happened) And Nipsey, Jay Rock, Dom Kennedy, and Kendrick were some of the main artists who propelled the "New West Coast".

You also had guys like Lil B, The New Boyz, those "teach me how to dougie" nikkas and YG but I don't think most people took them seriously back then. They were part of the Soulja Boy/Hurricane chris crowd...

Nipsey dropped at the right time IMO, but For some reason he just hasn't been able to get over the hump.

I don't know, seems like he and jay made noise then went silent, it took a few more years for those artists to really push that new west, I think him being a pioneer hurt him, especially since he came out with that old school hard core sound. Give it a few years, he would've had amore diverse sound and possibly could've kept himself from being incorrectly labeled.

 

[Vilified not verified]

Would 'Brenda's Got A Baby' get spins and airplay if it came out today?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Would 'Brenda's Got A Baby' get spins and airplay if it came out today?

We mite need to make a thread about how many GOATs would not get a shot today, and ask what that says about the game now.

U already have kids born in the 90s disrespecting DA GAWDS.

 

[Kingshango]

Max B.