Did Jay-z really ruin Buddens career? Where did it go wrong for him?

[pawdalaw]

None of these are relevant to the idea that rappers in this 3 year stretch struggled to blow up.

I'm not sure how far back of a "legacy" you're looking at but the early to mid 00s had plenty of multi-platinum rappers. Nobody was struggling to sell due to the "fall of labels" yet. Those legacy artists simply had their time.

All that is irrelevant and after the fact, by the late 00s his glass ceiling was already set. This is why I said too much retrospection is being used.

You can apply a bunch of after-the-fact fuçkery to Game and personal issues to artists in general, Game still had a successful career due to his initial blow up.

When Joe was sitting in front of that camera holding a steak to his eye. We called him corny for that shyt! You’re trying to tell us that his track record doesn’t matter as to rather people will check for him and the legend of his career. No matter how much talent one has. If you are corny you will not rise to respectability. Hence my Game comparison, after the documentary dude was labeled corn status. Dude (both) couldn’t get out of his own way. History reflects that.

 

[Shadow King]

When Joe was sitting in front of that camera holding a steak to his eye. We called him corny for that shyt! You’re trying to tell us that his track record doesn’t matter as to rather people will check for him and the legend of his career. No matter how much talent one has. If you are corny you will not rise to respectability. Hence my Game comparison, after the documentary dude was labeled corn status. Dude (both) couldn’t get out of his own way. History reflects that.

And yet Game had multiple platinum albums.

Yes Joe's track record in 2010 is irrelevant to 2003.