Worst attempts at ‘crossing over’

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reason it wasnt released or promoted more was because it fukking sucked and they quickly abandoned the idea

Since when did songs that got a poor reception get shelved? That song and several others that were leaked during that time didn't make it onto an album for whatever reason. "Rumors" (Jay Z and Keri Hilson song produced by Timbaland & J-Roc) is another song that got leaked during that time. It didn't make an album and nobody ever mentions that song. Yet, "Ghetto Techno" gets mentioned on here every other day. Song was never pushed or promoted, how is it even an attempt to crossover?

It never made it beyond blogs and message boards, but it has been talked about so much that people actually think it is on BP3. It wasn't even mixed.
 

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Since when did songs that got a poor reception get shelved? That song and several others that were leaked during that time didn't make it onto an album for whatever reason. "Rumors" (Jay Z and Keri Hilson song produced by Timbaland & J-Roc) is another song that got leaked during that time. It didn't make an album and nobody ever mentions that song. Yet, "Ghetto Techno" gets mentioned on here every other day. Song was never pushed or promoted, how is it even an attempt to crossover?

It never made it beyond blogs and message boards, but it has been talked about so much that people actually think it is on BP3. It wasn't even mixed.
Because Rumors isn’t such a blatant attempt of jumping on a wave
 

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However bad "Ghetto Techno" is, how is this song even an attempt at crossover if it NEVER made anybody album let alone was promoted and pushed as a single.

The song below is an attempt at crossover:



^^^ Justin Timberlake & Pharrell hook, Neptunes production, and a video. This song fell flat and nobody even really remembers it, but it was hyped as the second single from the RED Album back when Pharrell was supposed to produce the entire album.

This shyt is fire nikka, better than anything that actually came out on the album
 

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This shyt is fire nikka, better than anything that actually came out on the album

Nothing wrong with the song, it just missed BIG time. A Justin Timberlake AND Pharrell feature with a Neptunes beat is supposed to be lay up. U don't think this particularly fit Game all that well either.
 

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Nothing wrong with the song, it just missed BIG time. A Justin Timberlake AND Pharrell feature with a Neptunes beat is supposed to be lay up. U don't think this particularly fit Game all that well either.
The song was dated by the time it came out. That whole RED era was filled with indecision which led to too many delays & too many random ass “street” singles.
 

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Even though it’s very recent, can Quavo’s solo album be placed in here? Look at this track list:

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How do you have all of these features, and TWENTY FIVE producers, and NOTHING hits??? Drake, Madonna, and Cardi B.....MADONNA...and nothing hits:mjlol::picard::picard:
 

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Why are people posting songs from rappers who were already big names? I thought the premise of this thread was to post someone who made a BLATANT attempt to crossover because their songs were either real gutter or they were underground artists?
 

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For Wale it was a home run swing with Gaga but on his mixtapes he was spittin over and remixin pop and rock tracks and it was good. Just didnt translate to the single



Yeah, Wale was really effective with that. DC Gorillaz was my shyt way back then.

How’d this thread go this long without this dog shyt?



This is legit the first time I've ever seen or heard this. Slaughterhouse can stay dead just for putting this out. :hhh:
 

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I came in to post Slaughterhouse - My Life, awful and the beginning of the end, I remember every SH fan being worried when they signed to Shady, but then they dropped that first Hammerdamce single and everybody was :ehh:....then came My Life


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This shyt is fire nikka, better than anything that actually came out on the album

The City
Drug Test
Ricky
The Good, Bad & Ugly
Heavy Artiliry
Paramedics
Speakers on Blast
Pot of Gold
All I Know
Born in the Trap
Mama Knows
California Dream

:dwillhuh: How sway, Album was fire, and even if you meant just the singles, The City & Pot of Gold are way better
 
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I came in to post Slaughterhouse - My Life, awful and the beginning of the end



The City
Drug Test
Ricky
The Good, Bad & Ugly
Heavy Artiliry
Paramedics
Speakers on Blast
Pot of Gold
All I Know
Born in the Trap
Mama Knows
California Dream

:dwillhuh: How sway, Album was fire, and even if you meant just the singles, The City & Pot of Gold are way better
I like most of those songs you listed but I'm a big neptunes fan and that song just takes the cake for me
 

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Im never gonna click on that bone thugs song and I'm sad that you would ever show that to me. Thinking of neggin you fam
 
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