What is the reason Jean Grae never blew up?

[Mr. Negative]

I wanna give Jean Grae a baby and no one can stop me Her box is prob

hey, pleiighboi how many times I done tole y'all to stay the

from round hear.

 

[yo moms]

I gotchu








she recorded that joint in her bedroom

We really going to ignore these classics?

 

[USSInsiders]

We really going to ignore these classics?

that Taj Mahal hook ruined How Do You Want It for me.

Every time I hear it that's all I hear now

 

[Threnody]

She's generic.....nothing stands out about her....and I'm speaking mostly about her mic skills/songs more than her looks....she's an average female emcee from the late 90s never ever understood the hype

 

[Suicide King]

She's generic.....nothing stands out about her....and I'm speaking mostly about her mic skills/songs more than her looks....she's an average female emcee from the late 90s never ever understood the hype

Her music was nice, but we already had Bahamadia and Rah Digga who couldn't get over the hump. I mess with both these emcees, but there are very few female emcees that can sale to either demographic. Women wants female emcees or r&b singers who are pretty, and males want a emcee who is as nice as Nas or as entertaining as MC Lyte/Foxy Brown.

 

[Allah]

 

[Colilluminati]

she signed to talib / thread

 

[thekidfromqueens]

Wasn't she signed to Kweli's shytty label? I bet if she was signed to GOOD music it would have been different.

 

[Mastamimd]

Why is this a question...shyt Kreayshawn bricked heavy and she had a single that was kinda all over the place...Iggy Azaelia will struggle to sell, why you think some dusty backpacker femme would blow up? And I'm kinda a fan of hers.

 

[yo moms]

that Taj Mahal hook ruined How Do You Want It for me.

Every time I hear it that's all I hear now

 

[wutang512]

I dont expect any female rappers today to blow up unless they have some extreme sex appeal aka Nikki Minaj

I'd rather her stay in her lane and make the music she wants to make and be satisfied with that.

 

[Shammago]

LoL, that's the problem. We should be expecting more from the so called "quality backpack female artists". I understand that Jean is underground and all but she has potential. If she doesn't want to go to the next level that's on her. She may not have the drive and probably should stay in her lane. But any MC who is worth something should always want to aim higher, otherwise, why are you in the game?

If she had the right label, production and management and the right attitude, she could blow up. It all starts with her.

 

[Deltron]

But any MC who is worth something should always want to aim higher, otherwise, why are you in the game?

Maybe she just loves doing music.


how's it any different from asking emcees why they aren't "bosses" of their own labels/clothing/etc. etc.

Some of'em just want to do the music shyt.

 

[blackzeus]

Lacking in the looks department... Its a shallow business.

 

[blackzeus]

She never got on because she never sold out.