Biggest waste of talent in rap history?

[Allen Poe]

Saigon. That first mixtape was classic signed with Atlantic and was never the same.

I went back and listened to Da Yardfather part 1 recently, and was surprised by how well it aged. Dude had some great shyt, man. Took me back to '02 for awhile.

 

[TripleAgent]

Never answered, gonna say Craig Mack. Made a classic song with a legendary remix, went Gold, and Diddy fumbled him. His indy 2nd album had a near underground classic song on it, he had all sorts of potential and was wasted.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Mos Def was just content with what he achieved and had at the time. I put him right beside Common under the underrated rappers catalog.

Late to the party but agree 100%.

I was listening to Ms. Fat Booty...and the smoothness of his delivery really stood out. It's as if he uses 20x more words than the mumble rappers...and it makes all the difference. He's telling a story and it flows like water.

 

[L. Deezy]

Tons of people on hip hop boards [not real life] say Saigon. What made yall get on dude shyt anyway to have yall think this? I remember the Papoose movement. But Saigon? WHY?

 

[JMD]

Juelz

I thought dude really had next

did that album with Wayne ever leak? or was it never recorded?

 

[C-Styles]

Tons of people on hip hop boards [not real life] say Saigon. What made yall get on dude shyt anyway to have yall think this? I remember the Papoose movement. But Saigon? WHY?

he was a lyrical 50 cent. Dude had the complete package as far as a rapper goes, great flow/bars/cadence a CAN'T MISS PRODUCER in Just Blaze and the storytelling most importantly was top tier. A poor man's Nas but a "poor man's nas" is in no way a DISS when you compare him to the GOAT. He was just HIM for that moment and we all thought he'd be the one to get the south outta here

 

[dappadonna]

Saigon 'The East Coast Pac

 

[Allen Poe]

Tons of people on hip hop boards [not real life] say Saigon. What made yall get on dude shyt anyway to have yall think this? I remember the Papoose movement. But Saigon? WHY?

Saigon was 5 times the rapper papoose was, better at literally everything. not many people were making better music around that time

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

Not a waste as such, cos he’s great, but still think under the right label Pharoah Monch could’ve been a star (or at least much bigger than he is).

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Saigon was soooo fukking corny.


He took himself soo serious while no one else did.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

If Eminem rapped about real shyt he would be pac status. Instead we get songs about him getting raped by his dad

 

[Jasonmask]

Reed dollars. I preferred him over meek but honestly I prefer any artist in that era over meek he was the weakest one

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Canibus fumble the ball hard, pause. Wyclef was the wrong producer for him. I get he stuck with for the loyalty but he should have limited him to three tracks only and get primo timbo ect

 

[Animal House]

Tons of people on hip hop boards [not real life] say Saigon. What made yall get on dude shyt anyway to have yall think this? I remember the Papoose movement. But Saigon? WHY?

Yardfather was top shelf, plus is songs after that we’re high grade… imo of course

 

[maxamusa]

@Chip Skylark



breh can really rap.