Im a old head from the golden era and a huge G rap fan first heard him on WBLS freestyling with Kane and was
at the end of the day...
G rap didnt make songs for the radio or club
he was a pure rapper.....
and his raps and beats were mostly marketed for the 5 boroughs
Once i left the tristate i never came across a true die hard G rap fan
His delivery and sound was too regional
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Incredible MC, but he was damn near the prototype of the "rapper's rapper that doesn't resonate on the radio/charts". While he had strong songs and great albums, he doesn't have a "Paid In Full", a "No Half Steppin", a "South Bronx", etc. that rang off at the parties or anything like that. He didn't have videos that got extended airplay. He was heavy on the street level, just didn't deliver those singles that would've sold the albums. He also wasn't pushed as that type of artist or pressured to be that type of artist at Cold Chillin'. "Fast Life" is his highest-charting single, four albums and eight years into his career, mostly because of a radio-friendly sample- prior to that, he never put a record out that was along that line.
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