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Whats Going Through Your Mind Right Now... 2.0
@wolverine08: You took the words out of my mouth regarding Dark Sky Paradise. I did like some ofhall of fame though, namely beware.
@laflux: Yeah, I would have probably signed. If you look at it from a business standpoint, Joey's pretty much all but conquered the grassroots rap game. He's got a staunch fanbase that respects and devoutly buys his product, but if he wants to expand the spread of the market of people his music is hitting, signing with a label like Roc Nation would be very good, and I think it's necessary since Joey's particular style isn't something that will get in clubs a lot, so having a label push his stuff would increase the scope of his appeal. From a financial standpoint, getting signed to somewhere like the Roc for around 2 million or so is damn good if you're a new artist. I don't think Joey should hold out looking for 8-9 million deals, because labels aren't really going to be taking risks like that. Sh%t, 50 Cent, one of the most commercially successful rappers of all time, signed with Shady/Aftermath for only 1 million.
@monsterstomp: You're question wasn't dumb at all really. With all the acclaim those two get it is genuinely interesting to wonder what makes them so special to rap culture. But yeah, both tend to get more love for how innovative they were for the culture in comparison to their lyrical skill. Biggie was actually a very damn good lyricist, but people tend to look at more how he was able to start so many trends that still reverberate through hip today ranging from clothing style, to how rappers go about with their albums, etc.
As far as Eminem goes, I don't really see how he's not going to end up being held on the same pedestal with Pac and Big when he's done, if he's not already. He's better than both from a raw lyrical standpoint and his impact on the culture is kind of undeniable at this point. He's been able to use his cross market commerical appeal to things like get rap it's first Oscar win with Lose Yourself back into 2003, he's helped hip hop break in terms of what people felt like it can do from a sales point(The Marshall Mather's LP managed to sell 10 million+ copies through US sales alone, which is almost unheard of for rap albums), and his presence is one of the main factors that has helped push rap more and more into suburban markets and expand it's reach on the public overall, and he's has the feat of signing one of the most commercially successful rappers of all time in 50 Cent under his belt. He's just accomplished too much at this point IMO for people not to put him in that weight class.
If I had to pick three guys currently whom will get that Biggie/Pac respect when they're done, it'd be Jay-Z, Em, and Kanye West. All three have had massive impacts about how the game of hip hops works in general.
@dagmar_merrill: I enjoyed Beware as well. I had the most fun with Control though, and even though I'm probably in a massive minority here, I thought Sean had the best verse.
Honestly makes me want to quit wrestling if that's the kind of sh!t i'd have to deal with if I ever made it
@wolverine08: Thanks for your input :D
@wolverine08: I think a lot of people under rate his verse on control but I wouldn't put it over Kendrick's
@monsterstomp: No problem man :)
@dagmar_merrill: Fair enough :D
@monsterstomp: Screwing up yet again.
That's why my plan is to hustle similar to Nipsey and not to stop until I collect triangles, destroy music from all angles, because I got this lyricism on lock like Angle has niggas in the Ankle Lock.
Black widow and fancy are the only real hits there.
Beg for it' is her newest one .-. check billboard :P
@kingvenus: I'll look into that later. In any case Iggy is a terrible rapper but as a pop star she alright
More snow.....yayyyyyyy! Said no one ever....
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