What happened to Hopsin?

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I remember when dude first came out, he had a big buzz and was going on tours heavy. What do you guys think happened to him?



 
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Dude can rap and has a lot of talent. I used to listen to him in high school. Dizzy Wright too.

But I think he came up in the wrong era. This generation of kids don’t care about lyricism and wordplay. He never changed his style to appeal to mainstream consumers and I don’t think he ever signed with a mainstream label. Collabing with mainstream artist might have helped him crossover but he struck me as someone who didn’t want to crossover so he lived with the results.
 

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Dude can rap and has a lot of talent. I used to listen to him in high school.

But I think he came up in the wrong era. This generation of kids don’t care about lyricism and wordplay. He never changed his style to appeal to mainstream consumers and I don’t think he ever signed with a mainstream label.

Dude would have been good in the 2000s era. Like I'm talking Rhymesavers, Def Jux, and Rawkus era of music.

Don't get me wrong, dude can spit but the choices between more established rappers at the time like Lupe and em, I would easily pick Lupe and em:francis:
 

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Dude would have been good in the 2000s era. Like I'm talking Rhymesavers, Def Jux, and Rawkus era of music.

Don't get me wrong, dude can spit but the choices between more established rappers at the time like Lupe and em, I would easily pick Lupe and em:francis:
Dude was a solid producer too. I think he made his own beats but I hear you.

Not much space in his lane. Ab-Soul is another one who would have been bigger in another area but after 2012 didn't happen it's like his career lost interest and he loss focus.
 

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I was never a huge fan because I viewed him as a dollar store G Mo Skee but he has a few good songs and collabs


Also the Horseshoe Gang absolutely destroyed him and Funk Volume when they were beefing.
 

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Tough crowd! Damn y'all nikkas hating on Hop? He could actually rap and don't act like he didn't have die hard fans.
Everyone on earth can have a few die hard fans doin something ….
 

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I use to fukk with Hopsin back in college but a couple of missteps happened with the biggest one which was beefing with Swizz and his brother.

You can’t have beef with Oddfuture, Horseshoe gang and your own man swizz at the same time.

Add in the fact Jarren Benton ditched them to be friends with Justin Bieber and Hopsin and funk volume lost all momentum
 
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