your outlook on how things work is fucked up ... your bitter and mad cause pete rock said some real ish ... see how easy it is to just say something about someone and it not be true ....
just like your "sure" the lil kid got "parents" ... im also sure this isnt pete rocks first rodeo ... pete rock is known to not be the most easiest person to work with in the industry ... its the reason why we dont hear his production as much as we should ... this isnt petes first time jumping...
when it comes to "aspiring" ... do you think hes inspiring more folks to do positive work or better yet become rappers or is he motivating more people to do drugs and other dumb ish with his music ...??
lets not act like young dolph out here trying to do better and rep for the crack babies the right way ... hes using it as an excuse to celebrate the ills of the community ... if he was really out here advocating for crack babies the content of his music would be way different and not sound like...
i dont know jim jones snapped on that last hot 97 freestyle with the entire dips there ... he def shined the most that day ... he been stepping his game up
as far as illmatic goes it didnt do big numbers due to bootleging ... but imo its all about promotion ... by time snoop debut came out people already knew who he was and was anticipating his debut ... plus they are from cali ... major population difference ...
but all in all everyone reached...
he didnt lose his freedom he asked for it to be taken away he know the results of his actions if he got caught ... dont do the crime if you cant do the time ..
these dudes actually make decent songs but they are far from street rappers ... its the production that really helps them thats why when they freestyle or some form of accapella its garbage ....
no offense but both of yall prob broke and jobless ... ive been on this forum forever and aint over 10k yet and @ one point i was actually trying to get my numbers up on purpose ... one of yall is approaching 20k and the other is well over 20k !! lmao yall got wayyyyyyy too much time ya hands...