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Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread
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Remy LeBeau
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Da Baby needed more records like these
sneakaprince
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Nah fam Roddy was on track to be nearing the Uzi level of stardom.
Roddy had the likes of Justin Bieber begging his fans to stream his music so that he could Roddy out of the #1 spot which he held for months.
YG has certainly been successful but I don't the Biebers of the world are worried when he drops.
Roddy lost alot of his momentum with his last couple projects but his debut album alone has an 8x platinum single. YG is successful and has obviously had a much longer career than Roddy (thus he makes sense to book for a festival as he has more material to work with) but Roddy would have almost certainly surpassed him (YG) by now if his second and 3rd albums were better received.
Also I believe Roddy headlined a couple festivals. I don't know if YG can say the same.
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Only thing Meek influenced is rappers hugging them folks from the back at their white parties
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And ninjas bunny hopping
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Also, what are y’all basing the “potential rap superstar” conversation on? Because Roddy Rich didn’t make me a believer off “The Box”
Are y’all crowning these cats off ig snippets or something?
Are y’all crowning these cats off ig snippets or something?
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Only thing Meek influenced is rappers going on Twitter rants
Young rappers constantly praise Meek
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COVID killed Roddy's career.
I can't exactly put my finger on it but him peaking right when COVID hit was terrible luck.
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No his following projects killed his career
And he’s a piece of
person from what I’ve been told Typical Crip
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Amazing production is what really propped up a lot of these artists. Spun a couple Roddy tracks just to make sure I wasn’t talking out the side of my neck, and Mustard was doing the real heavy lifting.
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Wasn't he a lot like Da Baby and had one style
No his following projects killed his career
And he’s a piece of
Typical Crip
Wasn't it questioned how much of a crip he was and he became a rapper turned crip?
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I actually figured it helped him since it fit with his antisocial personality.
I could see him having a wider reach had he been able to perform at more festivals though.
Roddy sold 2.5M in the streaming era while people were locked down.
YG's best album by comparison sold 2.5M albums (My Krazy life) pre Apple music and streaming even being a real thing. Those numbers would almost certainly be lower in today's world.
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People be saying J. Cole boring but that's how I feel about Larry June. A couple of my homeboys love him though.
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It kept him from growing a fanbase. 2020 he should've been touring and performing, without a fanbase you're just an artist with a hot song that will be replaced once the new one comes out.
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There was a short span in hip hop where meek was one of the most successful 'Gangsta' rappers. I remember Nicki alluding to it while they were dating so it wasn't that long ago.
Baby and Durk are still big names in rap currently and they both appear to look up to Meek (when he isn't on some crazy Twitter ****).
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June fan checking in
Wouldn’t say boring, but he def be rapping about some regular day type ish
But I’d rather that than the 110 lb guy screaming he’s the toughest in the hood. One resonates way more than the other.
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He finna beat this micky mouse *** trial
He's coming back soon, bigger than ever too (II)
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I feel that way about both.
Boldy James
Roc Marciano also, but I liked his last project
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What festivals was Roddy headlining? I'm genuinely curious.
The Box was a smash hit, but plenty of artists have smash hits that we know aren't gonna amount to rap super stardom, for many reasons. He didn't have the persona of a rap superstar. You could tell that when The Box had its run.
Hell, Old Town Road sold more records, and charted at number 1 longer to my knowledge. I don't think anyone was looking at Lil Nas X as the next big rap superstar. Of course that was for other reasons, but it holds the point that you can tell when some is destined for stardom beyond what how well they're selling.
