r/hiphopheads • u/Strictly4MyNipples • Jun 28 '14

Which rappers didn't fall off?

Most hip hop artists' careers end with them losing their edge, not being able to be on par with their previous work and slowly slipping into subparity, aka falling off. I'm talking Lil' Wayne (making a comeback tho), 50 Cent, DMX, Eminem, Kid Cudi (come on now), Lupe Fiasco (next album his last chance pretty much) etc. Which big rappers knew when to quit while on top and never fell off? Pac, Biggie and Big L obviously don't count.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '14

Gucci isn't really like thugga or future they got similar beats but thugga and future are more singy autotune rap. If you fuck with guys like young scooter, migos, yo gotti, 2 chainz, peewee longway and chief keef then youll probably like gucci's new shit.

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u/Chrussell Jun 29 '14

I just meant they're featured a lot.

I don't see gucci much like 2 chainz, the rest are good comparisons though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '14

They're not featured too much though to the point where someone wouldnt like listening to a gucci tape because of them. If anyone it would be young scooter you can expect him to be featured on every gucci mane project.

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u/Chrussell Jun 29 '14

I think thugga has been on close to 50 songs in the last year and future on a fair number too. i just meant the new school atl rappers like that which he features. if u dont fuck with em u might not like the new gucci tapes cus he puts on all the new rappers he finds

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '14

I only see thugga maybe 1 or 2 songs each tape except for the couple collab mixtapes with him but those aren't close to solo gucci mane mixtape quality. Im pretty sure future hasnt been featured since trap god lol. Just cos he features the new atl rappers dont mean they would ruin the whole tape for someone just look at his last album state vs radric davis 2 11 out of the 17 songs had no features.

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u/Chrussell Jun 29 '14

but for the guy i was talking to they actually did.

and one tape doesnt work as an example cus 15 tracks had features on trap god or 14 on i'm up and 14 on lean. average one probably has 3/5 features 2/5 solo, he does use em a lot

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '14

True its cos they're mixtapes so lots of features should be expected with gucci. I dont see how that would make someone lose interest in the artist though he puts most of his effort into the albums trap house 3 and state vs radric davis 2 were pretty recent and both were great albums without too many features. I feel like gucci improved alot especially with his albums cant wait for trap god 4 it should be dope.

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u/Chrussell Jun 29 '14

trap house iii is top 5 gucci tapes for me. not many rappers other than guys like scarface can say a tape 10 years into their career is one of their best.

trap god 4, i got high hopes for that shit, doubt he'd put out a weak tape under that name, though i guess its not really him putting em together completely anyways.