Its funny but this thread doesnt actually make that much sense, the rappers that do this shit on the list arent nessecarily making the big bucks....or selling that many records
1.) POP TUNE= Get you a nice radio-friendly pop-song with a pop artist so that blonde-haired teeny-bopper chicks can play you in their pink Ipods....Almost every mainstream rapper has one of these, even the good ones and not all of them have sold loads of records examples, Mims, J-Kwon, Jibbs etc
2.) Do something comedic or coonish= Put a wig and a dress on, kiss a guy or do some gay type shit. A sambo doing some buckdancing will work...shuck & jive. Again this depends on what you mean by comedic, as there are loads of rappers that use comedy in thier image, such as Kanye, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg
3.) Blue eyed Soul= Forget Trey Songz or Ne-Yo, go get Robin Thicke or Justin Timberlake. There are so many rappers who will do songs with white artists
4.) Rock collabo/Rock Swag= If Travis Barker isnt available just sample a guitar riff, if possible you can add a Rock inspired scene in your video. this rockstar shit was a fad that died with Rebirth, the Shop Boyz Era didnt last that long and I havent seen one of those type of tracks in years
5.) Get Emenim= It cant hurt to put the most popular rapper on the planet on your album, if D12 can go platinum its gauranteed you can sell some extra copies T.I. put eminem on T.I.vs T.I.P. and that didnt really boost that albums sales, The adventures of Bobby ray didnt go platinum, the Trick Trick albums havent goneANYTHING, Bizzares solo effort didnt go platinum and Obie trice's album didnt go platinum , nor did Xzibits album
6.) Big Beef= Find a fellow Black man and tear him down, black on black violence is very popular with the people who are not affected by it, study 50cent. ( name one relevant rapper that hasnt beefed with a black rapper)
7.) Political Correctness= Say all the right things, put Emenim in your top 5 and say that you would like to work with him, dont be too Black, too intelligent, or say anything negative about Emenim.
Memphis bleek said eminem was one of his fave I dont remember him selling 75 million worldwide...
8.)Techno-Euro= An example of this would be the JayZ song "Ghetto Techno",50-cents "Pass the Patron" video or some other hybird of genre's...anything except blues, gospel, jazz, or reggae. All those southern assholes have used elements from techno/euro to sell thier crappy dance records but I do agree with this
9.) Subject matter= relatable themes like serial-killing, prescription drug abuse, pedophilia/rape/incest/beastiality, matricide, homo-eroticism, and depression. Its funny you should mention this because eminem is the ONLY successful rapper who has made big money rapping about this, every other rapper has gotten big by talking about: Drug Dealing, GangBanging, Drinking , Cars Jewllery, 'The Hood', Partying , Or just excessive boasting. Hip Hop has never really been that versatile on the mainstream.
10.) Pander & Cater= Kiss white asses, smile, appear wigger-friendly, act like a good negro so that a kid from Montana could imagine you playing GTA with him or driving through the hood with him to get some Popeye's...this should be in the back of your mind at all times. Considering every successful rapper has a white fanbase, I think it would make sense that they would appear avaliable to white people, I dont understand what this is trying to prove.
Dont get me wrong I like this thread but it just isnt that logical..
I mean 2pac never did any of this shit but he is the 2nd highest selling rapper in the world.
