What is the reason Jean Grae never blew up?

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Well, her style is obviously underground Hip Hop, so of course she didn't "blow up".
 

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She is too busy being a chef in the kitchen. No joke...look at her IG...she is a problem in the kitchen. Seriously though, I doubt Jean wants to go mainstream, she is content with what she has.
 

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True....

But here is Jeans problem

Before:

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After:
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You see what I'm saying ?

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Signing to the wrong labels. I don't think she'd sell out but she could have easily had a presence on the radio to some degree. But she made the wrong moves, and now is pretty irrelevant.
 

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Jean is a beast on some tracks but her production is too inconsistent. Cookies and Comas and This Week were :rudy: but Attack of the Attacking Things and Jeanius were :mindblown:.
 

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love jean grae. didnt she go on a tirade a few years back and like...leave the indusrty or something?
 
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this is a gr8 question. If I was to be totally honest answering this question I'd say this - her image & music is too left field, too sexually ambiguous, too wordy, too Set It Off, too waaaay back when.
True stories
 

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good question
 
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some yall put it on her not selling but look at lauryn hill back in the day...not much has changed seeing as sex has sold since this industry began. That being said she just doesnt have it and is way too bland without any break out songs. I guarantee you if she put out some quality people wouldnt even care that much if the song was undeniably dope that was crossover material
 

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some yall put it on her not selling but look at lauryn hill back in the day...not much has changed seeing as sex has sold since this industry began. That being said she just doesnt have it and is way too bland without any break out songs. I guarantee you if she put out some quality people wouldnt even care that much if the song was undeniably dope that was crossover material
:stopitslime: that's some bullshyt and you know it, if bytches like iggy and nicki can get big jean should have been able to she's a way better rapper than most of these trifling bytches out here
 

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I remember tweeting her about how about phase she went though when she all of a sudden got extensions and was wearing around 50 tons of make up....and asked her what happened to her substance over style approach.....

this chick copied Kweli in what I said and was like "why do I have to be in a box" type response....

I responded.... to her and Kweli too like :rudy:

BECAUSE YOU RAPPED AGAINST IT FOR YEARS......:camby:

KWELI AINT SAY shyt......

she looked like a meerkat when she same out and after that she just looked like a meerkat with extensions and make up on....zero improvement.... just stick to rapping and the "against the grain underground" rivers that you used to


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