what rap legend could make it today?

[big bun]

Legends and legendary material transcend any era.

 

[ManBearPig]

not necessarily.
if you were to remove the legends from the past there would be nothing to compare todays albums to. So you wouldn't hear people saying shyt like GKMC isn't a classic compared to Doggystyle, Chronic, Documentary etc

everything nowadays is said and done.

you have to put out mad number of mixtapes to be known in todays world where as back then u just need to kick a hot ass verse.



I can see GKMC getting classic reviews and a album for the future if it was release in 1991 or some shyt.

 

[blackslash]

I swear threads like these just expose the revisionist history ppl have on this board sheesh.

Like one said prolly none of them nikkaz seeing as how they'd have to constantly evolve to
stay relevant.

And to speculate on that is dumb. They dead, they are fckin dead, let em be dead sheesh.

And im not only talkin bout those literally dead im also talkin bout those who's careers are sht now...

But we all know one thing tho

Hov never dies

Spoiler

until he actually dies

 

[bangedher_wholesquad]

Big Pun or Big L.

They are just so much more technically advanced and got way more swag than any of these dudes out today. i've seen anyway.

Dudes out now only got money.

These dudes had some real a$$ talent and i Think woulda been bigger than Jay-Z.

Kids would flock to these type of rappers today. I mean look at Eminem, he's not even good no more and they are flocking to him like sheep.

If a real rapper with real credentials and technically perfect with tons of swag? damn.

Game over for the new school.

 

[blackslash]

Big Pun or Big L.

They are just so much more technically advanced and got way more swag than any of these dudes out today. i've seen anyway.

Dudes out now only got money.

These dudes had some real a$$ talent and i Think woulda been bigger than Jay-Z.

Kids would flock to these type of rappers today. I mean look at Eminem, he's not even good no more and they are flocking to him like sheep.

If a real rapper with real credentials and technically perfect with tons of swag? damn.

Game over for the new school.

Big L rlly???

Rlly??


Out of all the people Big L???

U rlly think that dude would be relevant for such a long time? Big L could spit but that nikka couldnt make songs.

That nikka wouldnt have even made it to 2001.

Big Pun...meeeh, maybe

 

[bangedher_wholesquad]

You are seriously underestimating their ability. Big L made jay look amateur. U think he won't do that to the rappers of today? He woulda blew the f*ck up if he wasn't such a low-life.

U really think rappers of today are THAT talented?

Nah.

 

[Mac Casper]

You are seriously underestimating their ability. Big L made jay look amateur. U think he won't do that to the rappers of today? He woulda blew the f*ck up if he wasn't such a low-life.

U really think rappers of today are THAT talented?

Nah.

I appreciate the fact that you seem to speak honestly without holding a bias, by why you gotta disrespect a dead man to call him a low-life? Dude probably put everything he had into his craft just like every other artist, it's about recognizing opportunities. After that you gotta put yourself in positions for better opportunities, he didn't do that - was probably more passive about it. I don't know too much about Big L, I use to run a fan site of his many moons ago (circa 05) .. thing is some of these rappers are surrounded by people who aren't going to help them benefit. Instead these people are a detriment.

 

[blackslash]

I appreciate the fact that you seem to speak honestly without holding a bias, by why you gotta disrespect a dead man to call him a low-life? Dude probably put everything he had into his craft just like every other artist, it's about recognizing opportunities. After that you gotta put yourself in positions for better opportunities, he didn't do that.

So a nikka cant call hitler a low-life

 

[Canada Goose]

Defiantly Pac, Pac would have put the West Coast back on top and would be a platinum artist

 

[NvrCMyNut]

Pac would have to be a different artist to blow today aka not pac. He'd probably be more comfortable showing himself in his natural feminine state.

 

[blackslash]

Delusional Pac stans say pac would have made it today? You guys are out of your damn minds

nikka would be DMX status today if he was alive

Pac's angry fake thug ass would prolly be doin some activist sht, complaining about everything till nikkaz would inevitably get tired of it

 

[Mac Casper]

Pac would have to be a different artist to blow today aka not pac. He'd probably be more comfortable showing himself in his natural feminine state.

You have the mind of a feeble child

So a nikka cant call hitler a low-life

He accomplished a lot **

** in terms of setting goals and accomplishing them

 

[Mac Casper]

In other cases, like Mac Dre for example - the people around him DEFINITELY held him back. But that didn't stop him from building a business enterprise from the ground up off of independent music, someday his music will reach a wider-audience and a large part of the appeal around the music will be the independent background. With Mac Dre he was too busy working with people who would only hold him back, people who nobody in the industry would care to have arriving at one of their parties - people that you wouldn't want to associate yourself with. They were never going to leave the criminal lifestyle in behind them. By extension, he was working with well over 60 artists that he put out during his lifetime that put out projects on his label - his business model would eventually go onto releasing over 120 artists projects. Some of these people weren't good for anything more than a verse that had a presence reminiscent of The Outlawz on Tupac song, The albums of the people around him were better when he was involved behind the scenes.

All of that sounds great on paper, you hear about that and you think "BOSS" - representative of what success in independent music can look like if you think big. As nice as that may be, imagine if all of that effort was concentrated on his own career. I'm sure what he was doing would've helped him in the long run and had it's benefits, a movement like that could build to the level of nationwide releases that we today see with Strange Music/Tech N9ne and E-40. This is also completely threatening and contrary to the business model of the music industry, if he was taken out in Kansas City and the case is still unsolved it's likely that things happened behind the scenes that are bigger than they appear. If you're Jimmy Iovine and an artist is refusing to sign with you, not answering phone calls and showing little to no interest - and that artist is also promoting the idea of a business structure that is completely contrary to what Interscope represents - what do you do? The thing about Jewish organized crime is it's hidden within entertainment - liquid, most of these people either are lawyers and related to lawyers. I'm not saying all Jews can be described this way, not by no means - but there's organized crime within every culture - how many times do you hear about Jewish Mafia?

How quick did that article about the Tupac murder plot that pointed the finger at the JDL get swept under the rug?

I rest my case

 

[bangedher_wholesquad]

So you need to be able to simp to girls, sing in autotune, and have terrible stage performances to be a successful rapper today.



Any legend from back then can assimilate today. Wanna know how i know? Cuz they are much better RAPPERS.

U know RAP. That SKILL set that made the type of music so popular.

Ya. THey got it.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

You have the mind of a feeble child



He accomplished a lot **

** in terms of setting goals and accomplishing them

explain