He gets an eternal pass because he's a successful rap artist turned A list Celebrity/Actor who is the embodiment of hard work and determination getting you somewhere in life. The guy is an inspiration to Black males and he should be rightfully seen as a role model. He never cusses, he's always portrayed himself in a good way by talking well. Thread Starter you need to check yourself.
rofl, who does? I don't think I've ever heard anyone ever call Will Smith a GOAT-quality rapper. He was basically average (if a bit below that) Echoing every poster in the thread, he had his lane. Wasn't lighting the world on fire or a lyrical emcee, and definitely had an air of corniness to him, but I don't see you making threads like "Biz Markie is corny as fukk making tracks like Pickin' Boogers". Evidently "no one with any music taste" can like great Jazzy Jeff beats because they sound like "I dream of genie loops" either.
his rap career which wasn't bad at all put him onto his hollywood career...ain't nothing wrong with that but your right if he was just a rapper he'd be remembered like salt and pepa...cool memorable hits but nobody has them in their top rappers lists
lol @ street cred being the determining factor when analyzing one's contributions to hip hop Fresh Prince of Bel-Air helped bring the hip hop culture (was not the sole reason before some of you start ) to mainstream media. Don't get me wrong, Will Smith also had a lot to do with the shiney suit era, but thats a different topic.
this is the man behind Summertime,the man behind the chilvary jawn...behind Babdoys....the man who turned down the grammys cuz they they tried frontin on hiphop.....the man who married Tupacs friend.....most importantly this nikka wrote Summertime....dudes reaching acting like his music is all time greatness when I've seen y'all downplay much greater artist....Soulja Boys rap career is just as impressive as Wills...they wuz both kids got a few classic records...but Will is a great ambassador for hiphop as a former artist,and his show wuz hiphop that's why he gets a pass...his music is a afterthought
i've never heard ayone trying to claim that Will Smith is some GOAT candidate for anything except maybe being the best rapper/actor.
on top, of being in cahoots with jive and stealing the original jazzy jeff's name and draw. the same original jazzy jeff who was the dj and pioneer of the funky four plus one. the samr funky four plus one,..that featured rap's first best female original emcee. plus whose members soon disbanded and lead to making double trouble. that gave way to the second tragic loss in rap from double trouble. plus, rap first victory in the court of law. where the original jazzy jeff proved he was the original and sued jive. trying to transpose his name on to the draw of the dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince. who benefitted and got on and their original pass. from stealing the real jazzy jeff's name as well. so from jump jive/will/jeff were on some main culture stealer shyt. art barr
you gotta be young as fukk. anybody who was around and a real bboy in this culture. knows will was a sellout who pandered to try and gain approval by the underground. he wrote the beginning manual of how to be successful as a sellout in the newschool way of thought. art barr
