If from my list you questioned only 50 it's cleae you're on that.
Almost everything new that came after GRODT and The Massacre, every young dude that started rapping was because of 50. He made it cool again to be almost broke and rap yourself out of poverty.
From ASAPS to Chicago drillers, 50 was the influence.
Not Nas. Not Jay.
50. Because his raps were simple/effective enough and spoke the truth.
are you really claiming that 50 popularized the idea of "rapping to escape poverty"?? how old are you breh??
and chit, that wasnt even 50's lane. he had money by the time he was doing interviews in expensive cars when he was unsigned.
ASAP is sons of dipset, mixed with a combo of the south, bone thug and blog rap.
chicago drill is moreso an offshoot of the south. they sound nothing like 50 and are too young for that anyway. at best. he might be the first thing they knew about rap, like chief keef breaking his MOM's copy of GRODT.
even if those names held up, it would still be a struggle list and not much to brag about.
and LOL @ the massacre. that chit was the end of 50.
Dont let Eminem and Shady Aftermath fool you. You act like Hov wasnt these dude's fathers for the longest time. Hov started and deaded trends off of a single bar in his songs. He had the damn rap game imitate his voice and his bars after he retired.
50 only influenced some random dudes that never really had impact.
ehh
jay never started or deaded any trends.
he attached his name to stuff that was already poppin and did the same to trends that were about to die off.
his voice. flows, cadences, etc were all bitten from other rappers as well. his flow/presentation hasnt been original since reasonable doubt.
i will give him credit for being influential, even if the stuff he gets credit for is either over-stated or unoriginal.
