RealSickLindley wrote:
What.. He was well known to Hip Hop fans.. Everyone knew the Hot Boys, etc..
Carter's debut solo album Tha Block Is Hot at age 17 featured significant contributions from the Hot Boys and was certified platinum, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard album charts. The album earned him a 1999 Source magazine award nomination for "Best New Artist"
If XXL Freshman would've been around, he would've been a leading contender. Right around the time Em was coming out.
LMAO @ 'We'.. Who? The Stans alliance? He is one of the most respected artists in the game. He only gets hate on forums, and half of the people on forums, i've learnt, are the kind of people I wouldn't see in daylight in real life.
Fair does, he might've been getting clean for Tha Carter III, but in Christmas 2005, when Wayne released his best album to date, he would've been dosing up.
Between the dotted lines? How can people say 'He signed Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater and Cashis because he was fucked on drugs' then take what his opinion of Wayne would've been seriously?
Does him getting sober and working with Wayne not tell you that drugs fucked with his perception of 'Dope'?
Lol no he wasn't well known to hip hop fans. The only time Wayne's music was ever played in New York in the early 00's was when he was on a track with Dipset, and even then it was a major case of "whos this guy always with Dipset".
Using a quote from the internet (probably wikipedia) to highlight Wayne's relevance is hilarious. It usually comes from people who probably have no real understanding of hip hop culture. Around the mid 00's, living in NY and going to places like LA, Chicago and even places like London sometimes, Wayne was never a topic of discussion.
IF you genuinely believe the Wayne "hate" is only on the internet (from what I see his generation of fans are the ones who actually dominate the social media networks) then you're clueless. How about going somewhere with a respected hip hop culture (ie. not the South) and bringing Wayne up during a hip hop discussion and tell me what you get. I laugh because there's still so many barbershops around here where the legendary characters running these joints still don't even know who Wayne is.
Eminem working with Wayne proves nothing other than Em really giving the public what they wanted, and that was tracks with Wayne. Em also worked with Nicki Minaj, and any self respecting hip hop fan can acknowledge she's arguably the biggest gimmick in hip hop since Vanilla Ice...but...but....I thought sober Em was supposed to recognize real talent? No. Fwiw. Eminem destroyed Wayne three times in Wayne's era. Ouch.
You take a shot at the supposed Stans allegiance, yet the biggest thing to come out of this is how hard you're riding Wayne. Sigh. You can like Wayne, you can think he's dope, whatever homie that's you, but don't try and push shit that ain't true as nothing but the truth. Especially when you're talking about shit you don't live or experience at all.
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