Rappers Who Never Lived Up To Their Full Potential

by **Mr Change** » Jun 26th, '13, 04:26

SliK wrote:I've only ever heard one battle rapper make grea music and he wasn't a great battle rapper.

It's Eminem, obviously.

Eminem is/was a great battle rapper. :whistle:

by **Francesco** » Jun 26th, '13, 09:32

Jada, Banks & Deck had their moments but they could have done way more indeed.

Cool G, AZ, Kurupt, Styles, Sticky, Pharoahe, Elzhi, etc. etc... Damn I could make such big list with rappers that never hit as hard as they deserve.

by **Devil'sAdvocate** » Jun 26th, '13, 10:39

GoinThruChanges wrote:
SliK wrote:I've only ever heard one battle rapper make grea music and he wasn't a great battle rapper.

It's Eminem, obviously.

Eminem is/was a great battle rapper.

Kid Twist will own current Eminem in a battle, even young Eminem....

by **SliK** » Jun 26th, '13, 11:07

Devil'sAdvocate wrote:
GoinThruChanges wrote:
SliK wrote:I've only ever heard one battle rapper make grea music and he wasn't a great battle rapper.

It's Eminem, obviously.

Eminem is/was a great battle rapper.

Kid Twist will own current Eminem in a battle, even young Eminem....

I don't know about Kid Twist, but someone like diz who can freestyle for an unlimited amount of time certainly would.

Battle rapping has evolved so much, it's not even done to a beat anymore. Eminem struggled to think of rhymes off the top of his head... People like Justice, Thesaurus, Illmaculate would most likely beat Eminem. Eminem used pre-written punchlines, but these guys made relevant insults up off the top of their heads and it takes much more skill to do that (and it's why Eminem lost to juice)

This is great battle rapping:

by **Tornado** » Jun 26th, '13, 13:14

Cube23 wrote:Everyone's list needs to start, begin, and end with Papoose.

Also Bishop Lamont.

Oh, and I really like some B.o.B. But "classics"? lol.

This. Plus i feel some emcees mentioned by people did live to potential as a artist, just didn't get the recognition, although Inspectah Deck is probably the best example.

by **Mr Change** » Jun 26th, '13, 18:04

Devil'sAdvocate wrote:
GoinThruChanges wrote:
SliK wrote:I've only ever heard one battle rapper make grea music and he wasn't a great battle rapper.

It's Eminem, obviously.

Eminem is/was a great battle rapper.

Kid Twist will own current Eminem in a battle, even young Eminem....

I was only saying that Eminem was a great battle rapper bro, calm down. Battle rap is different now he wouldn't mix in with it of course but you can't deny he was pretty legit back in the day.

by **fifflaren** » Jun 26th, '13, 18:14

J. Cole

by **dead prez** » Oct 5th, '14, 05:53

Vordul Mega, although it's really more of a rapper hitting his peak early on and completely falling off rather than not living up to his full potential. And at his peak (which was like one album, and he shared that with a vastly inferior mc, lol) he was an insane lyricist, probably the most insane I had the pleasure of listening to. He tread the line between being abstract ghetto poetry yet wasn't obtuse and one can easily parse meaning from his lyrics. His wordplay was amazing, and his lyrics were thematic and layered, backed by banging beats which were the perfect backdrop to his rhymes. A rapper with as much talent as him should have been running the underground but he got crap beats after this album and his flow got really fucking boring and monotonous, also he became a street bum. :'(

Shame, he coulda been one of hip hop's poet laureates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJmYpXt47kg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-4kHBHoTQ

by **DetroitSkills** » Oct 5th, '14, 05:55

Chet Starr wrote:Why are people mentioning new artists who didn't hit their prime lol ?

fifflaren wrote:J. Cole

pls listen to his freestyles on flex and born sinner, this kids not done yet either hes still young, so HOW IN THE FUCK can he not live up to his potential? hes put out TWO count it TWO full length LPs, explain.

by **dead prez** » Oct 5th, '14, 06:04

I was gonna make a thread like that, but didn't feel like making it. But yeah I had to give that nigga his props, and didn't feel like making a new thread. I unno is bumping an old thread that may seem relevant or spark discussion really that bad?

by **DetroitSkills** » Oct 5th, '14, 06:07

damn my bad didn realize its a year old fuk u prez m8 i ain gon get a point im scared to be ban

by **Mr Change** » Oct 5th, '14, 06:12

So, ya'll think TheJokerr fits the bill?

If I'm correct, all he does is release albums full of singing and minimal rapping under the joker moniker and starts beefs with everyone

when reality the guy is a SICK rapper and should just drop the act and make a hip-hop album

by **CanadaPure** » Oct 5th, '14, 06:26

I don't see the potential at all in The Jokerr to be anything aside from a Strange Music level rapper at the absolute most. Between the gimmick, terrible entitled personality, and shitty rap-voice I'm not surprised he's gone absolutely nowhere.

A good technical ability doesn't make you a good rapper.

by **DetroitSkills** » Oct 5th, '14, 06:39

CanadaPure wrote:I don't see the potential at all in The Jokerr to be anything aside from a Strange Music level rapper at the absolute most. Between the gimmick, terrible entitled personality, and shitty rap-voice I'm not surprised he's gone absolutely nowhere.

A good technical ability doesn't make you a good rapper.

by **Lost Myself** » Oct 6th, '14, 01:02

Hopsin. Gazing was solid and Raw is fucking amazing so it sucks seeing him put out some Tech N9ne/Recovery Eminem bitingass album like Knock Madness. Really hope he drops the screaming and the awkward forced lyricism. Part of me wants to say B.o.B but I feel like all three of his albums are c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶i̶c̶s̶ very good

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