Why didn’t CL Smooth have a career like Rakim?

[old boy]

my nikka said why royal flush ain't have a career like nas

 

[Rozay Oro]

my nikka said why royal flush ain't have a career like nas

Lol who tf is that

 

[MurderToCassette]

my nikka said why royal flush ain't have a career like nas

I think it was Spotify or one of those streaming services that was comparing them in Flush's bio and my boy (who's a fan of Ghetto Millionaire) was like
"yo, I ain't know Flush was supposed to be the next Nas"
I'm like, "that's cause he wasn't "


I mess with his music tho

 

[pete clemenza]

CL was dope but not on Rakim's level. Plus Rakim was around way before Pete Rock & CL came on the scene

 

[Doctor Wily]

Without Pete Rock, C.L smooth is basically Positive K with a dark fade.

I wouldn't even rank him higher than Greg Nice.

 

[Threnody]

One of the most underrated MC of the 90s Nas spoke on that a while back I feel like if you not an emcee yoself you wont understand how nice this cat is so much of his...well everything went over nikkas heads comparing him to Rakim ain't crazy at all





CL over the right beat is always classic

 

[Rell84shots]

 

[ThisWorldAintRight]

Miss when music sounded like this

 

[I Really Mean It]

Without Pete Rock, C.L smooth is basically Positive K with a dark fade.

I wouldn't even rank him higher than Greg Nice.

CL is in an entirely different universe than Positive K.

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

nikkas said cl smooth not nice as rakim
Breh not many outrapping cl smooth

fukk all that.

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

I understand rakim position in hip hop

but he’s not nicer then a lot of people to me.especially 90s east coast hip hop.


I’d take DOOM or CL over breh anyday if I had to listen to one artist

 

[Taadow]

Niccas is saying some real disrespectful chit about the Mecca in here like he wasn’t That Nicca in ‘92...
matter fact - the only ones seeing him was Das Efx, Prime Cube, and the spark that became Death Row.

Y’all wasn’t bumpin’ Don’t Sweat The Technique more than Mecca &The Soul Brother.
And that’s the last time Ra was elite.