How come Big Krit ain't pop?

[Steezy]

he a ooga booga country nikka

 

[O.Red]

I’m surprised it took a ny nikka to answer this

The same way boom bap was never going to make waves on a mainstream level than neither would that southern playa organ shyt

It’s not Def Jam

Not enough bass and not the right BPS

What playlist would that work on within a club?

On top of that rap has never been a genre with every man booming with platinum every man rappers. Never undersell what J Cole was able to accomplish and who knows how that would’ve went if he didn’t have the Roc Nation springboard

Just because you can put words together doesn’t mean you should be out here rapping

The thing is even Krit fans knew he was a UGK tribute artist, but still liked the music

But at the end of the day you're setting yourself for a long ride trying to emulate someone as audibly dynamic as Pimp C, especially when your voice can't do the same things Pimp's was

"Platinum everyman rappers" is hilarious I might steal that shyt when this thread gets made again 5 years from now

 

[Chip Skylark]

Wasn’t marketable enough at the end of the day.

Story matters. Krit story wasn’t good enough

Lets be real white folks and even some black hip hop fans aren’t trying to hear a southern cat with heavy drawl rap about country shyt and living

I’m from the sip the delta to be exact and I remember folks saying he was a knockoff 8ball and ugk artist

I think he first 3-4 tapes on def jam are probably the best works by an artist in the 2010s period

 

[bigde09]

Krit didn’t blow because he’s kind of boring. He’s talented but he just doesn’t have “it” this is coming from someone who had a bunch of his music.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Amongst other shyt said in the thread he also doesn't care about chasing trends and hits. Although I see alot of his songs on the video games soundtracks now. He also collabs with the Hawks and other teams too I believe here in Atlanta.

He seems like he's content with the lane he's in and still has the respect of his peers and core fans without selling out.
He's still in my top 5 mc's of the Cole Kendrick, Drake generation

This isn’t true

Krit tried his best to craft a hit and crossover and it just didn’t happened

 

[Jaguar93]

I know it sounds messed up but I think it’s because. He rolled his country/southern roots too hard(pause). Bruh is simply too damn country for the masses lol. That shyt isn’t marketable today, or when he was popping. His mixtape catalog is dope tho, and he’s a better producer than Cole. But at best he should be in Spitta’s lane.

 

[SoSoSlick]

Im in the no strong collabs/co-signs. Breh talented as hell. Cant nobody take that away from him thats for sure.

 

[FTBS]

This thread has been made before so I'm just gonna repeat

Above everything else it's his voice. Krit's voice doesn't command attention which is probably the most important thing. I found this out the hard way back then when I was trying to put so many people onto Krit and the main complaint was the "weak ass voice"

Hip hop doesn't discuss the importance of voices enough. All of our GOATs have very distinct and commanding voices. I always use OutKast as an example. Big Boi is an excellent rapper, but his voice doesn't cut through and command attention the way 3K's voice does. It's not just his skill, Dre has arguably a top 5 rapper voice

Kendrick's career skyrocketed once he diversified his voice(s). At one point I definitely thought Krit was better than Kendrick but I understand why Kendrick elevated and Krit didn't

I think Lupe's lack of a commanding voice has given him similar issues but he makes up for it in other areas

I also think it's worth noting that Krit's most popular song besides Country Shyt is Mt Olympus, and listen to his voice and delivery on that

Jay and Drake and Wayne and Em aka 4 of...if not the biggest 4 rappers in the last quarter century have commanding voices?

 

[FTBS]

Voice and themes of his music.

I think another way to look at it is by asking the question in reverse. Why should he have blown up? The beats are cool but nothing really stands out. He didn't really bring in a new sound/style production wise. What are the main themes of music? One minute he's a pimp, the next he's a loverboy, the next he's a political commentator, the next he's an advocate for everything southern. Then, every album is more or less the same formula. At some point we were pretty much getting the same album over and over except the previous version was slightly better.

He doesn't have a clear story or movement that people can champion. He's a talented rapper who knows how to make cool beats.

Also another thing, his lyrics are kind of a downer. His message is always "im underrated, people don't respect the south, etc." that's the whole attitude of his music (at least for a casual fan). Wale is kinda like that too. If you look at Wiz, Spitta, Kendrick, ASAP, Drake, Cole, Dom, YG, Tyler, etc, you don't really get that vibe. It's not "i should be more popular than i am, I'm too slept on" vibes.

How many song Drake got about rejected, overlooked in the past. He been the biggest in the game for a decade so obviously he cant play that card now. Rappers in general be on some paranoid, persecuted shyt. Everybody got haters and is alone and misunderstood. shyt the king of cockiness, Jay, made numerous references to people not rocking with him early on.

It all comes down to he never had that bop to cross him over and blow him up. Jayz was 3 albums in and a rappers rapper but it wasnt until he sampled Annie that he blew up. He tried to double down on that and it didnt hit so he just started with blatant crossover, party records. As great and popular as Ken has been is he doing the SB without NLU?

 

[AAKing23]

This isn’t true

Krit tried his best to craft a hit and crossover and it just didn’t happened

Well yeah I guess he tried and he did chase it somewhat (He even admits he did on King PT 4) but it's a recurring theme in his songs where he acknowledges that he just don't make the type of shyt that has popular appeal

I do feel like he eventually became at peace with it and realized it wasn't his lane

 

[GeeEffKay]

A part of it is him leaning abit TOO much into his influences. I know some people never got over him sounding like pimp c. Definitely one of the most talented rapper/producers of his era but he kind of became stagnant in both beat's and content matter over time. Also him not being able to sample freely on his albums like he did in his early tapes were a killer too.

 

[Dem313wayz]

I fukk with Krit. Some dudes put me on to him while in college.

I tried putting my boys back home in Detroit on and they wasn't feeling him at all.

He simply just a regional star. He's big in GA TN LA TX but outside of that region nobody else cares

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Because he's fukking boring

 

[O.Red]

Jay and Drake and Wayne and Em aka 4 of...if not the biggest 4 rappers in the last quarter century have commanding voices?

you serious? I don't know what your definition of commanding is but the answer is obviously yes

When I talk about commanding I'm talking about voices that cut through and steal attention when you hear them. Eminem has a voice and delivery that cuts through.

Wayne has a weird voice but that shyt makes nikkas listen.

I don't even like Drake but the nikka's voice is loud and crystal clear, and it's a huge factor in his success

Now I think Jay has an awful voice, but yes it was commanding enough. But there are other factors that come into play. Jay had elite rhymes and production in his come up that picked up the slack of his vocal flaws. Now after the Blueprint Jay actively improved on his voice, this includes his adoption of the Young Chris flow which did a lot for him

 

[MrRDU]

Not enough American Rapstar type joints