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Why does Rick Ross get disrespected for his ducktales when...
- Thread starter BmoreGorilla
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Rap didn't like the everyday man image for a great period of time and worshipped nikkas that do dirt as a way for him to be a credible MC. The only reason why Ross even did that shyt is that people could listen to him, and I ain't even a fan of his. Blame the people's preferences on what they WANT to hear, not what they need to hear. That goes for thousands of fraud rappers out there too.
Because he stays in character 24/7. He's actually delusional.
Biggie wasn't giving no interviews pretending to be Frank White.
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This is why he's ridiculous.
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Exactly how i feel about it.
Dude lives in some parallel world. I think he's actually convinced himself he is not William Roberts and is in fact Rick Ross, living out these
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You can post lines from a bunch of rappers as a counterpoint. That's easy. They paved the way. But all those rappers you listed have songs on a lot of subjects.
Now a real challenge is post lines from Ross that aren't
Now a real challenge is post lines from Ross that aren't
BmoreGorilla
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You really think Big who was an MC, street corner hustler, and stick up kid coulda been fukking with Peruvians? It was just a slick line to build up that Frank White persona. Same for all these nikkas. They weren't shooting there way outta Bennigans with some Dominicans, or fukking with Colombians. These nikkas sold crack and rapped
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Most of what rappers talk about is 90% bullshyt. They rap about what their fan base can relate to. In the boom bap era it was the streets. In this era, its clubs, women, and a little drugs sprinkled in. Everybody is about the hustle. Hustling in whatever you do.
I think if Ross would've openly talked about being a CO from jump it wouldn't have been a big deal. He could've flipped it into a positive. But at the end of the day, if you making good music, people don't give a shyt.
I think if Ross would've openly talked about being a CO from jump it wouldn't have been a big deal. He could've flipped it into a positive. But at the end of the day, if you making good music, people don't give a shyt.
Because none of them acted like mafiaso kingpins outside the booth, they all say it's rap/embellishment for entertainment
Ross acts like he's really a major drug trafficker and a kingpin lol
Ross acts like he's really a major drug trafficker and a kingpin lol
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Fukk your corny debates
Exactly. He is the top entertainer in hip-hop and has been for a while. I fukk with him in the same way I fukk with Razor Ramon or Stone Cold Steve Austin. I don't get people that have real animus toward him. He makes pretty good music. Just enjoy the show.This is why I fukk with Ross. Nikka is entertaining as fukk.
Not really. Everyone who came in contact with him said Biggie was always humble and if you watch his last few interviews ever he comes off mad normal and regular.
BmoreGorilla
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Not all Ross songs are about his kingpin tales lol. Dude does stay in character tho. shyt is too funnyYou can post lines from a bunch of rappers as a counterpoint. That's easy. They paved the way. But all those rappers you listed have songs on a lot of subjects.
Now a real challenge is post lines from Ross that aren't
i think it was mostly the co thing, more the way people tried to present it. then him making it worse
as far as the rap lines he just came out at a time where everybody is trying to latch onto something and have an opinion
there have been a lot of rap lines that people cry about now, nobody would blink an eye at it when biggie was alive. its just the sign of the times
as far as the rap lines he just came out at a time where everybody is trying to latch onto something and have an opinion
there have been a lot of rap lines that people cry about now, nobody would blink an eye at it when biggie was alive. its just the sign of the times
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That's my whole point. The Wu all had mob aliases and tales about being front row at the MGM. Even Special Ed was talking about how good he had it I Got It Made when he was prolly broke as fukk at the time. I admit Ross is over the top with it but over the past decade he's prolly been the most consistently entertaining rapper. If woulda just said yea so what I was a co and left it at that our whole perception on him would change. But really im too old to be worried about how a rapper really lives. With all the bullshyt coming out these days just give me good music
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Oh yea you could tell Big was a regular cool dude. That whole Big Poppa Frank White image was all Puff influence
Yes, Wu had Mob aliases. They weren't in those characters/mode 24/7, on wax, off wax. Ross is. That is the whole point. Ross doesn't know when to turn it off. Like when he was claiming he could have 1000 shooters in any hood anywhere in America when the GDs were fukking with him. That's not on wax, that was in an interview on the radio. And that's why people like to pull his card. The weird thing is, everyone knows Ross is lying except Ross.