If buzz is important in voting for best rapper alive then Saigon would not be your pick
Best Rapper Alive - 2011 (IF YOUR MVP CHOICE ISN'T ON POLL, MAKE A REQUEST IN THREAD)
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I thought about Wale...but he's the reigning "Most hated rapper alive" on the Coli
I didn't see him getting votes.
Oh and
You want to vote for Elzhi instead?
Rappers getting mentions off the strength of remaking Illmatic
I love the cognitive dissonance between the call for Tech Nine to be on the poll and the shots at @Inspect Her Deck and I for being out of touch.
And the fact that he's saying people are just googling "best rapper of 2011" to make their pick
When literally the second link when googling that has Tech Nine as #1 on the list
Read the original post in this thread.
And there would be no need to do these threads if it was just based on sales.
BmoreGorilla
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But I do feel that to be considered an MVP for the year the album should've been released somewhat recently after he recorded itIf buzz is important in voting for best rapper alive then Saigon would not be your pick
Nah I'm still gonna stick with Kendrick (El was spitting flames on Elmatic though). I'd just figured he'd be in the poll off the strength of that mixtape.You want to vote for Elzhi instead?
Rappers getting mentions off the strength of remaking Illmatic
That's a fair point.
But that's the only way we were able to experience it
It would be one thing if the album had been widely available in 2006 and then just got a proper release in 2011, but I don't think that's the case.
We had like 20 names on our original list and people have brought up at least 5 other people. We try to stick to around 10 names on the poll to start to make sure people can request others.
It's a tough and thankless job
BmoreGorilla
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He had beats on there by Kanye and was mostly produced by Just Blaze. Plus he had a Jay feature. If you combine that with the buzz he had from Entourage he coulda been hugeThat's a fair point.
But that's the only way we were able to experience it
It would be one thing if the album had been widely available in 2006 and then just got a proper release in 2011, but I don't think that's the case.
Yup. Tho I'm glad he eventually got to put out the album he wanted to, instead of having it shelved and changed several times by his label until it was butchered like what happened to Lupe this same year.
Of course, like you said, being on the shelf that long comes with a price... any buzz he had in the mid 2000s should suffice.
This is getting ridiculous...No Lil Wayne 
you dudes just HATE commercially successful hip hop
and yes I would vote for Wayne
you dudes just HATE commercially successful hip hop and yes I would vote for Wayne
@Inspect Her DeckThis is getting ridiculous...No Lil Wayne
and yes I would vote for Wayne
Yup. Tho I'm glad he eventually got to put out the album he wanted to, instead of having it shelved and changed several times by his label until it was butchered like what happened to Lupe this same year.
Of course, like you said, being on the shelf that long comes with a price... any buzz he had in the mid 2000s should suffice.
shyt I forgot that Lasers came out this year. The beginning of the dark ages for Lu.