LunaticVillage415
All Star
Wayne- For calling himself the "best rapper alive" he doesn't have an undisputed classic album. There is no Wayne album on the level of the Blueprint or Illmatic.
Styles P- I feel like he should of had a certified classic album or two as well.
Jadakiss- ditto
Wale- I feel like he should have dropped a classic album to wow all the haters in a 2004 Kanye West fashion as well given that he is one of the first DMV artists to blow on a national level and his affiliation with one of modern Rap's most powerful imprints.
Ali Vegas- For a split second in 99', he was hailed the Prince of NY. Despite being crazy lyrical, he never completely developed his own style and ended up sounding like a Canal St. knock-off Nas/Hov hybrid sounding like Aliexpress unauthorized bootleg Air Max-Jordan 11's on the mic.
Rampage- Was featured on hella classic Busta Rhymes records and most notably on "Flava in Ya Ear". He had a distinctive style and stood out from some of the other less talented Flipmode flunkies (i.e. Spliff Star). But Rampage and the rest of Flipmode ended up being overshadowed by Busta for whatever reason like they couldn't stand alone without him despite being obviously talented.
Philthy Rich- Despite his massive musical output, which is actually pretty standard for a Bay Area rap artist, his material is just "meh" at best. He lacks the creativity that is so abundant with Bay artists. He doesn't have an amazing flow or the ability to coin phrases and slang like E-40. He doesn't start massive industry trends by trolling like Lil B (i.e. the cooking dance, swag adlibs, naming songs after celebrities etc). He lacks the lyrical dexterity and song making capability of the Jacka. He disrespects Bay legends who have much better catalogs than him (i.e. Messy Marv).
Steady B- He rapped alongside BDP era KRS-One on "Serious". Steady B could have been G Rap before G Rap but instead decided to live out G Rap lyrics in real life.
Styles P- I feel like he should of had a certified classic album or two as well.
Jadakiss- ditto
Wale- I feel like he should have dropped a classic album to wow all the haters in a 2004 Kanye West fashion as well given that he is one of the first DMV artists to blow on a national level and his affiliation with one of modern Rap's most powerful imprints.
Ali Vegas- For a split second in 99', he was hailed the Prince of NY. Despite being crazy lyrical, he never completely developed his own style and ended up sounding like a Canal St. knock-off Nas/Hov hybrid sounding like Aliexpress unauthorized bootleg Air Max-Jordan 11's on the mic.
Rampage- Was featured on hella classic Busta Rhymes records and most notably on "Flava in Ya Ear". He had a distinctive style and stood out from some of the other less talented Flipmode flunkies (i.e. Spliff Star). But Rampage and the rest of Flipmode ended up being overshadowed by Busta for whatever reason like they couldn't stand alone without him despite being obviously talented.
Philthy Rich- Despite his massive musical output, which is actually pretty standard for a Bay Area rap artist, his material is just "meh" at best. He lacks the creativity that is so abundant with Bay artists. He doesn't have an amazing flow or the ability to coin phrases and slang like E-40. He doesn't start massive industry trends by trolling like Lil B (i.e. the cooking dance, swag adlibs, naming songs after celebrities etc). He lacks the lyrical dexterity and song making capability of the Jacka. He disrespects Bay legends who have much better catalogs than him (i.e. Messy Marv).
Steady B- He rapped alongside BDP era KRS-One on "Serious". Steady B could have been G Rap before G Rap but instead decided to live out G Rap lyrics in real life.
. Infact that relates to my point about part of it being Lupes stubborness(being that Atlantic wanted the album for pop , but Lu was reluctant thus feuding and such) leading to what Lasers is what it is now(and whatever other factors I'm forgetting)
