What exactly happened to AZ?

[Threnody]

All I know is from a female friend of mine his money is long

The limelight ain't all its cracked up to be

The real question should be what exactly happened to the music industry?

A lot of cats had 'it' but what if it ain't about that....Is a rapper like Jay-Z really THAT much better than a AZ or Mic Geronimo?

rather than having 'it' its who's ass you kiss and what dikk you sucking

 

[infamousred]

the same thing that would've happened to nas, if not for lauryn hill(and partly trackmasters)
picture the possibilties

 

[Why-Fi]

the guy i point to when cats try to tell me lupe is complex...

 

[Ziggiy]

the same thing that would've happened to nas, if not for lauryn hill(and partly trackmasters)
picture the possibilties

Nah Steve Stoute

 

[King P]

AZ actually did well with "Sugar Hill". The single went Gold, and although I think the album (Doe or Die) fell short of going Gold, it still moved enough units for him to be relevant. He could have become a moderately popular star if everything went his way.

But it didn't.

I think the problems were:

1. The Firm album was not very well received and, for whatever reason, it seems like Nas distanced himself from AZ after that project. It's always harder to blow up when you don't benefit from affiliations.

2. His second album, Pieces of a Man, went through lots of delays and was very poorly promoted. The first single was supposed to be "Hey AZ". But in between the time that it was recorded and Pieces of a Man finally came out, Mariah Carey released a song using the same sample. In the end, "Hey AZ" wasn't even included on the album.

3. You only get so many chances in the game, and I think after his second album flopped, everything had to go perfectly for him to make a comeback. He released S.O.S.A. independently in 2000 to get attention from major labels. But he made a poor choice in signing with Motown. His 2001 album 9 Lives was ok, but the best material had already been released on S.O.S.A. He came back the next year with Aziatic, perhaps his most acclaimed album, but he was on the wrong label and had been out of the spotlight for too long by then.

Word. I still think AZ could have been a hit if it wasn't for Mariah dropping Honey with the same sample and basically stole his thunder.

Mariah the Queen, but fukk her for that

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

you can disagree to agree ..rather unique is his best track IMO, that track defines AZ the MC.