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First of all big l was a great rapper…
A top 30 rapper…probably (somewhere in the late 20s)
But a top 10 or 5 or greatest of all time (which that kid meb likes to say) is just laughable to me…
He was a battle rap punch line rapper whose stock rise when he died…
To me he's know better than a jadakiss…
he's never made classic all time music…
Lifestyle of da poor and dangerous is good…damn sure not great or classic especially in that era…
That album was released in 95 and sounds like some !*%! that came out in 92…
He really doesn't have any unforgettable songs …Only songs that people bring up as classic (considering the era he was in) was the enemy and Ebonics…
He was a 2nd tier rapper in his era and It shows…his rhymes really didn't have any type of depth considering that he was in the era of a complex jay, Nasand posdinous.
He didn't have the attention to detail that a biggie or prodigy had and he really couldn't touch you in the heart like a tupac or a scarface could.
He also had a really basic rhyme scheme…he would rhyme blocks socks, rocks etc…or "I got a cutie wit a smooth bootie" or say !*%! like "BattlesI lose none I make crews run
I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one"
!*%! that would work in rap battles…but sound really elemntray in songs
Hell even his punch lines aged horribly to me …
"Ask beavies I get nothing but head"…
N please..
So why do I think he was so overhyped?
It's a mixture of him being the only dude from harlem, actually be pretty nice and witty, having a nice underground base wit him, and him dying.
I remember being a kid (95 or 96) and a old head putting me on to his !*%! and me being amazed…but now that I'm older his lyrics don't do nothing forme …(this happens wit a lot rappers who base their career off of punchlines)
Hell if u think I'm wrong put some song or verses up…lord knows I got a ton backing my claim up…
A top 30 rapper…probably (somewhere in the late 20s)
But a top 10 or 5 or greatest of all time (which that kid meb likes to say) is just laughable to me…
He was a battle rap punch line rapper whose stock rise when he died…
To me he's know better than a jadakiss…
he's never made classic all time music…
Lifestyle of da poor and dangerous is good…damn sure not great or classic especially in that era…
That album was released in 95 and sounds like some !*%! that came out in 92…
He really doesn't have any unforgettable songs …Only songs that people bring up as classic (considering the era he was in) was the enemy and Ebonics…
He was a 2nd tier rapper in his era and It shows…his rhymes really didn't have any type of depth considering that he was in the era of a complex jay, Nasand posdinous.
He didn't have the attention to detail that a biggie or prodigy had and he really couldn't touch you in the heart like a tupac or a scarface could.
He also had a really basic rhyme scheme…he would rhyme blocks socks, rocks etc…or "I got a cutie wit a smooth bootie" or say !*%! like "BattlesI lose none I make crews run
I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one"
!*%! that would work in rap battles…but sound really elemntray in songs
Hell even his punch lines aged horribly to me …
"Ask beavies I get nothing but head"…
So why do I think he was so overhyped?
It's a mixture of him being the only dude from harlem, actually be pretty nice and witty, having a nice underground base wit him, and him dying.
I remember being a kid (95 or 96) and a old head putting me on to his !*%! and me being amazed…but now that I'm older his lyrics don't do nothing forme …(this happens wit a lot rappers who base their career off of punchlines)
Hell if u think I'm wrong put some song or verses up…lord knows I got a ton backing my claim up…