NOW
its 2008ish and here we have a Ms. Minaj wearing regular clothing, no face surgery kinda stuff, and she kinda spittin. While you can debate that "Warning" by B.I.G. cant be messed up, I think that shorty did her thing on this Biggy classic.
LATER
its 2012 and Nicki is dressed like a leopard, eating mangoes but referring to them as wood, and just straight up spewin fuckry pon de massive, You know some people like comedy in their rap but this is just.......... I dont know, draw your own opinion. So ya mans 50 is sellin crack to fund his music career. Hes gettin shitted on by onyx and everyone else. ya mans is chubby with Hawaiian shirts. Mr. Jackson is now the 5th richest rapper in the world and he trains with Floyd Mayweather and the "Money Team". While his popularity has dwindled as far as music is concerned, he is still heavily influential. This was shown when he made a certian stock rise just by mentioning them on twitter. Hes making movies, selling energy drinks, selling headphones, has a large amount stock in pepsi. damn he came up
NOW
1998ish and Roc-a-fella is building a name for themselves. Jay-z is clearly the leader of the movement but amongst the team is an unspoken competition. Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek are trying to be the "next up". Here we have a young Memphis Bleek looking like he may be a prime candidate as Jay's vice president.
LATER
I dont want to be rude or anything but..... when you have rap's most successful person as your mentor, and he considers you one of his closest friends, how do you fail? There are rappers who have been homeless and had nothing and were able to garner success. Is he being spoon fed by Jay-z? Does he begin to write a verse but then Shawn Carter buys him a car and he just says fuck this verse? I dont even think this guy has any current videos, however he does have a new mixtape out. 2002, lyrics actually matter within the rap world, street credibility is crucial, and you have to not just be good but you have to represent a movement that is bigger than your music. In 2002 the number 1 song is Camron's "Oh Boy". 10 years have passed and rap is very different. Lyrics are almost completely irrelevant and rappers are blatant liars, however drug dealing is still highly idolized. Rappers seem to come and go, with meaningless songs. Is there a big difference from 10 years ago? let me know in the comment section below. #1 spot in 2012 is "cashin out" by Cash out.
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