What successful rapper would flop in this era?

Started by Oldboy, Jan 6, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

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    And if Em dropped rn he'd be considered a Tyler clone with worse beats
     
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    CODEiNE DEMON One foot stuck in the tarpit of my ways

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    No, how much you like aspects of music are subjective, but there are objective flaws as well. Like the writing that's about as subtle as a sledgehammer "d'evils of lucy were all around me... ok time to make a song about selling your soul and actually put jesus in it right after spending an hour calling fame and my new life literally satan"
     
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    lol at people saying jay-z


    Definitely 50 cent.
     
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    this is like the best part on the entire album, to me. the way he did it, it was pure genius to me.
     
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    Melodic flows with nyce street lyrics over hot beats by the games hottest producer

    50 would drop 56 Nights 2 in the modern era
     
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    but 50 isn't hot anymore, he been trying to drop the same album for years.
     
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    Jay Z did the concept better in one song, Kendrick stretched an already played-out and short-lived concept over an entire album that already reeked of being up its own a--- too much

    Its ok to like bad writing, I'm a travis scott stan ffs
     
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    OP says if they came out rn, as in their career started today
     
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    highly disagree. The writing is A1 to me.. and thats not even the concept of the album.
     
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    If Em only dropped now there wouldn't be any edgy rappers and Em would shock the world rt
     
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    50 been making the same music for more than 13 years. His fans will tell you thats exactly what they're looking for but his sales are getting worse.
     
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    Its objectively not "A1" its both played-out and lacks subtlety which is a needed trait in situations like these
     
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    Even so, who else you know that can drop same type of music and still be considered a superstar? 50 has experimented with different music and the fans didn't like it. They want him to make Gangsta s---, that's what he is best at.
     
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    Ok but this thread is saying what if a younger them came out rn with their IRL counterpart never existing, and them being influenced by modern music
     
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    To you. To me it's very subtle and its A1.
     
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    50s a superstar off his social media and television don't get it twisted no one really bumping his new s--- other than his fanbase
     
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    That's right, everyones sales have dropped. If AA wasn't released soo d--- early it would have done over 100k fw. BISD done 168k fw and it leaked a month early.
     
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    jay-z can still sell, eminem can still sell, wayne would still move more numbers than 50 too.
     
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