Why is Big Pun so overlooked within Hip Hop?

[Child_Of_God]

Im not talking about in terms of being in someone’s top 5 or even top 10 list but more so in terms of being mentioned and cited as an influence within Hip Hop altogether.

Admittedly he did had a bad rep as a person but he was still a very great lyricist and he was quite mainstream (his first album reached platinum) before he died.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Who did he influence?

He had a hot 2 years nationally but was not an A lister, and died on an album that didn’t do numbers like his first - just how much are people supposed to discuss him when 97-00 was loaded?

 

[VBM]

Spoiler

 

[Collateral]

Pronto llegaráaaaaa, el día deee mi suuuerteeee, te lo juro por mi gente, te juro que un día llegaráaaa

 

[Cladyclad]

If that 2nd album was anywhere close to his debut He would be seen as a god

 

[En Sabah Nur]

How much is an artist from any genre supposed to be mentioned as an influence off 1 good album?

Al B Sure is alive and not asking that question about himself

 

[Chris Cool]

Spoiler

I did a report on him in Spanish class back in high school. Internet was saying he was over 800lbs.

 

[H. Selassie]

Lack of cultural touch points. The casual music listener probably can’t name 2 Pun songs.

 

[Heavy_Handz]

Who did he influence?

He had a hot 2 years nationally but was not an A lister, and died on an album that didn’t do numbers like his first - just how much are people supposed to discuss him when 97-00 was loaded?

Terrible take. He was the first Latin rapper to ever go Platinum & you’re asking who he influenced? Of course he was an A lister after he dropped Capital Punishment & rolling with Terror Squad

 

[Awesome Wells]

Second album wasn't nearly as dope as the first, and the run was only a year and a half long.

Lyrically, very few MC's can f*ck with Pun. Problem is, he was active during Hip Hop's last real flooded golden era-like time, where classics were dropping out of the sky, it seemed. So he kinda goes overlooked because he was gone before he could really build on what he started with CP.

 

[Reptile]

Im not talking about in terms of being in someone’s top 5 or even top 10 list but more so in terms of being mentioned and cited as an influence within Hip Hop altogether.

Admittedly he did had a bad rep as a person but he was still a very great lyricist and he was quite mainstream (his first album reached platinum) before he died.

These things are acknowledged by the hip hop community as whole.

 

[Reptile]

Pronto llegaráaaaaa, el día deee mi suuuerteeee, te lo juro por mi gente, te juro que un día llegaráaaa

I knew you wasnt black. Negged you posing fakkit.


EDIT : The dots connect themselves

 

[Awesome Wells]

I knew you wasnt black. Negged you posing fakkit.


EDIT : The dots connect themselves

 

[maxamusa]

capital punishment is a damn near perfect LP. he just didn't have enough time.

his follow up projects were weak tho

 

[I love Latina women]

Second album wasn't nearly as dope as the first, and the run was only a year and a half long.

Lyrically, very few MC's can f*ck with Pun. Problem is, he was active during Hip Hop's last real flooded golden era-like time, where classics were dropping out of the sky, it seemed. So he kinda goes overlooked because he was gone before he could really build on what he started with CP.

Facts, even though I still think Yeeeah Baby wasn't a bad album. It wasn't until I saw people on here say it was bad, that I ever heard people say otherwise.

It's obviously not Captial Punishment but it's still a good album to me.

But man, I been randomly going back and listening to Capital Punishment every few months since last year for the first time in a minute and that album is obviously a classic. especially to those of us who grew up in the 90's, but it doesn't get mentioned enough these days along with many other classics of the 90's

But you're right.