You missed the whole point of that, DONT JUDGE RAP WHEN YOU HAVN'T HEARD EVEN HALF OF IT.
Apparently you missed the point of my post. Which was that there are so many fucking rappers out there, both mainstream and underground that the average person simply DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME to check an artists entire album or catalog of albums before "deciding" to support that artist or not.
Why do you think so many mother fuckers laugh when Rolling Stone Magazine calls Eminem the greatest rapper ever, cus they dont know shit about RAP.
Actually, because he's the best selling rapper out right now, so anyone that came before him (Rakim, Pac, Kane, DOC, Flash etc...) are going to be overlooked.
Is Eminem ONE OF the best rappers ever? Yes, without a doubt. Despite some of the shit he's putting out now (Ass Like That, Rain Man), he has still proven his lyrical genius. However, to call him the greatest rapper ever is to be a myopic Em fan and is completely wrong.
And all that shit just proved that my original comment "Pop fans get no respect" is true. Cus your a pop fan who gets no respect from no one on this board cus, as we can see, you dont know shit.
LMAO @ this guy. OK, dude, whatever. The one thing that I've noticed on this board is EVERY INDIVIDUAL thinks they know more than everyone else on this board. All you fucking people do is come here and sit here and tell others how "you don't know what you're talking about".
And yes any rapper wants fame and glory, but most wont sell out, and yes, their are the few who get the fame off of their real music, like Tupac for example.......
Depends on what your "idea" of selling out it. And I got news for you, when you've lived in the ghetto all your life, you get enough money, you'll sell out. Snoop eventually did.
Maybe, lets say, 80% of the rappers we see on MTV or in the limelight "dumb down" their music to sell. So would you consider yourself and avid rap lover, a knowledgable fan of rap if all you have listened to in 20 years of listening is the "stupid" rap, NO. Sorry to take it all out on you, but your like at the forefront of it. We got all these kids on this board who dont know shit. "Eminem is the best behind Tupac, Cus tupac is the greatest, and fuck mobb deep and fuck biggie. Tupac is the best in everything about rap." And then you ask them who Kool G Rap or Rakim is and they're like who?
Yeah, Jackass, that's NOT me. I have shit by them. I've known who Rakim was since like 87 or 88.
I didn't even bother reading the rest of this. But do yourself a favor. Don't come on here telling people you don't fucking know about what they like or have heard.