this board and people of similar ilk would dismiss him as a mixtape rapper that "cant make tracks".
and unless hes backed by puffy or somebody, he would be boxed out of the game while the true all-time greats like kendrick, drake, j.cole, etc "dominate" the airwaves & award shows.
he'd get no play on hot 97 because he would be seen as "minor league".
theres no way he could survive such a competitive scene like today's rap game. rap has evolved so much since then.
Having a young, aggressive industry impresario like Puff behind him only helps....and you think Big didn have "swag"? If you're just going by his looks, lets not try to act like cats like 2chainz, Weezy, and many recent stars of the past few years had runway model looks.
eh, i remember wayne being a hearthrob back in the hot boy days, before he started looking like a scare-crow.
but then again, that was before he was taken seriously as a solo artist, so it doesnt coincide with his "run".