Not saying you wont be "successful" or make money....but you will never be a Jay-Z or Puff successful
Cam'Ron
Nas
Currency
Lupe
etc....
Cam'Ron
Nas
Currency
Lupe
etc....
Having a cult-like following will always handicap you..
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Jay pretending to retire and and telling the world he was the best gave him the cult like following he has today.
Jay pretending to retire and and telling the world he was the best gave him the cult like following he has today.
Jay does not have a cult like following
Mr. Somebody
Friend Of A Friend
How many rappers are jay z puff successful every year, friend?
A cult following is better than no following, BUT it's also limiting. Because that cult will then think they own that artist and act "betrayed" when that artist doesn't do what THEY think he's supposed to do, or doesn't work with who they want him to.
This is part of why most rappers can work with whomever they want... but it took until 2012 for Nas to prove to his "real fans" that he DIDN'T need Premier, Pete Rock, or AZ to make a good album. Maybe now they'll stop ridin' him about it and let him do him.
This is part of why most rappers can work with whomever they want... but it took until 2012 for Nas to prove to his "real fans" that he DIDN'T need Premier, Pete Rock, or AZ to make a good album. Maybe now they'll stop ridin' him about it and let him do him.
They dont even have the potential to be that successful is what Im saying
Mr. Somebody
Friend Of A Friend
They dont even have the potential to be that successful is what Im saying
Well, a six figure income can be established with a cult fanbase as long as the artist generates a quality catalogue of very hot tracks friend. Lets not put demons like Jay z and Puff Daddy as something every rapper can just get out there and become, friend.
Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
Jay/Puff being the standard is a fallacy, 99% of all rappers ... past, present, or future won't ever attain that level of success...regardless of what type of following they have...then there's the fact that "cult like following " is really mainly just a euphemism for "a dedicated fanbase that relatively isn't all that big" ... Realistically jay has a cult like following, its just fukking huge and outgrown the term
I dout that...there are fans of jay-z that know nothing of his early work
Most CamRon fans are fans of everything he has ever did
same with Lupe
same with Nas
Besides Jay and Puff. Who in Hip hop is Jay and Puff successful
This.
And in Lupe's case, if you have two gold albums, a double platinum single, a plat single, you have more than a cult following.
classicmaterial
All Star
Budden is the perfect example of this.
Without his cult following of "internet soldiers" he wouldn't be where he is today.
Without his cult following of "internet soldiers" there wouldn't be so much hate on the Slaughterhouse album
Without his cult following of "internet soldiers" he wouldn't be where he is today.
Without his cult following of "internet soldiers" there wouldn't be so much hate on the Slaughterhouse album
TrapHouse Rock
All Star
lupe shook that cult following and sold 250k, he then got it back last night. i'm not sure what you're trying to say
Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
There are plenty of Cam'ron fans that don't know or rock with his pre dipset era music like that, because his "cult like following" didn't really exist before then....and between the two, who do you think garners the bigger reaction from tracks from their first couple of albums and performs them more often live...Jay or Cam'ron?...Reasonable Doubt is WAAAAAAY a bigger part of the Jay-Z myth among his fanbase than the entirety of Cam's pre dipset discography
SuburbanPimp
Giving game to lames since the 90s
Everybody not trying to be Jay or Puff though.
Some dudes love to rap and perform but are interested in starting a clothing line and selling energy drinks and shyt..
I see a cat like Devin the Dude and he seems as happy and content as all them dudes. He get respect from other rappers and has a nice cult following
I rather be him than someone like Chingy who does it big and 5 years later is forgotten
Some dudes love to rap and perform but are interested in starting a clothing line and selling energy drinks and shyt..
I see a cat like Devin the Dude and he seems as happy and content as all them dudes. He get respect from other rappers and has a nice cult following
I rather be him than someone like Chingy who does it big and 5 years later is forgotten