he had so much potential to actually affect people. if he had just said his important shyt on the same style of records that had him actually popping then the people would hear it.
deciding to go underground & make "serious" songs that hardly anybody will hear deflated all that potential.
& it's wasted because when he's dead & gone he's still only going to be remembered for his biggest hits, like 'Play' & 'Like A Pimp'. hardly anybody is going to remember that he was conscious unless he puts that shyt on his biggest hits. he failed. he DID do a lot of amazing work for the community tho.
him & Killer Mike could both be making bangers & be all on the radio with valuable messages dropped in, but they wanna make music for serious people & weirdos.