Remember when Papoose had that deal and Scott Storch laced him with a 50 Cent wannabe record?

[critical_temp]

This shyt bout to bring a tear to my eye. Probably ain’t heard this song in 20 years.

This is the culture. This site been starting to look real funny bc nggas are becoming populist. Real culture vulture shyt

Some shyt you just had to be there, and there was a window when Papoose was seen as possibly/hopefully being NY’s savior

Right there with you. Would never come across shyt like this if it wasn't for the Coli. Nostalgic af

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

"You brought 10 nikka's who thought they'd never see you breathless
Well that's somethin' that Tennessee like Memphis
Rappers be tryin' to get in where they fit in like Tetris
That's why I Ieave they family mourning like breakfast
They see other nikkas do it and then they try to follow
That's why I leave they family mourning like Alonzo"

To string that many of those weak similes together is a prolific mental setting

 

[TrifeGod]

Papoose had Jae Millz and Gravy, especially Gravy like you'll never see a cypher nowadays that shows steel sharpen' steel live action

 

[-DMP-]

papoose
Saigon
Banks
Juelz

All let NYC down. That whole class got hyped up and never really lived up to it.

 

[the cac mamba]

he destroyed the criminology beat

 

[mozichrome]

this sounds like a random mixtape track

 

[JoelB]

Nacirema dream coming soon

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

Just imagine if 50 had this beat when he was peak roided out 50 with the full charged Interscope battery in his back

Sound like P ghost wrote it for him.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Papoose, Saigon, Tru Life, Maino, Max B, Jim Jones, Bird Gang, Hell Rell, JR Writer, Chinx, .. worst era ever

 

[malbaker86]

Papoose, Saigon, Tru Life, Maino, Max B, Jim Jones, Bird Gang, Hell Rell, JR Writer, Chinx, .. worst era ever

Im 38. I miss this era

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Feel like Chinx Drugz was really up next before he got killed. Thought he was very accessible and had legit breakout potential compared to a lot of those other NY dudes from like 07-10.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Im 38. I miss this era

well, i guess when u compare it to this trash of today, u right.

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

Law Library series was good. He would be popular if these songs dropped today. Ahead of his time.

Law Library is a (unsung) classic series, and it's high tier content. I haven't heard them all but all of them together would be a dope re-release for him, maybe he can link the promotion to his gig with TuneCore and they can do a little mini web series showing artists the value of re-releasing their older work



My intention with this thread isn't to disparage Papoose, once upon a time I was hype for him and Lil Eazy E ... Disappointed by Game's debut. These days were the first current time I really tapped into, prior to this most of what I was orientated to in Hip-Hop was legacy work ... The classics and catalogs of greats, things I liked on the radio were few and far between sometimes entire seasons went by where I had disdain for every song in rotation


Moreso I just seek to highlight how far off the axis even great artist can get when there's opportunity of a label push kind of thing ... Basically, within seeing the singles that didn't work you can begin to see the difference between those and the singles that do work, or where the artist is incongruent with the song they're trying to make


People mocked his intro on that song the same way they mock his bars with the punchlines

Helicopter in the sky

Airplane in the clouds
Boats in the ocean
Car travel the ground
I watch from the balcony
This is a busy town

------ and all of the above is dope and potentially iconic opening lines (think "go shorty it's your birthday") then he blows it up here

Kinda like Miami I might lock it down


So I don't know is it like something about Papoose himself that like people just can't take him seriously there's something about what he's doing that we just naturally have it innate response to not take it seriously or to see it as a joke or something like what is it about Papoose that elicits this reaction on such a widespread basis

 

[straightcash]

I remember that era. Pap and Saigon were supposed to be up next.

Them two and others like Grafh, Maino, Jae Millz, Tone Trump, Mazaradi Fox and Uncle Murda. Even Joe Budden who quickly fell off and had to go the gossip blog and reality TV route. They weren't even blackballed, but Papoose and dem just never built a strong movement like Max B and French Montana did. They built a strong online following and toured across the Northeast. Then when French moved down South because of the blackballing, he became unstoppable.

I look at rap music completely different because of that mixtape era. There's rappers who get their name out through collaborations and put in effort, and those that don't. Most rappers are too stupid or too lazy. Max and French often had poor quality-control or marketing too, but us fans overlooked it or did some of their work for them.

 

[straightcash]

Papoose, Saigon, Tru Life, Maino, Max B, Jim Jones, Bird Gang, Hell Rell, JR Writer, Chinx, .. worst era ever

Chinx was mostly locked up during that era. So his was more the 2010s. What's your issue with Max B though?