I like his music but I never really respected him. He was never a trailblazer. He was always a camelmeleon, from being Jaz' weed carrier, to Big Daddy Kane's hypeman, to a Fu-Schnickens/UMCs/Leaders of the New School knockoff, to a baller coke rapper, to a vapid shallow pop rapper, to a middle-aged cac-dikkriding male Madonna in tight jeans.