Complex's 50 Most Slept On Rappers of All Time

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Starang Wondah! hell yeah! killarmy!

I'm just happy to see them make the list, because they rarely make lists except for when it's from a Wu or BCC fan.

They still should've been higher tho
 
I click on the article and see Nipsey at 50 with an incorrect fact. Nipesy's album is "South Central State Of Mind"...He's not from Compton...

When Nipsey Hussle first stepped on the scene he was hailed as the next big rapper out of L.A. There wasn't too much competition on the West Coast at that time, either. (It's a totally different story today.) Nipsey capitalized off his buzz with the excellent street single "Bullets Ain't Got No Name"—which showcased his knack for melody—and things got better for him when Game jumped on the remix.

Eventually his song "Hussle In The House" proved his songwriting skills and he started getting radio play in L.A. However, some of the overt gang references in the song led to protests and it was eventually pulled from the airwaves. Still, he made some strides by appearing on one of Snoop's albums and memorably hooking up with then-newcomer Drake for the excellent "Killers."

But since then, nothing much has gone right for him. All of his singles failed to connect and his album, Compton State of Mind, was indefinitely shelved, even though it was practically done and sounded pretty good. (We're some of the few people who actually heard it.) Eventually, he got dropped from his label Epic and he's struggled to build his buzz back, despite the fact that he's kept working hard and dropping material.
 
LMAO @ Memphis Bleek:

He couldn't have foreseen it at the time, but starting his career on a Jay-Z album was, in some ways, a seal of fate for Memphis Bleek. Of course, Bleek's loyalty to Hov has earned him lifetime millionaire status, but it's also the reason why he's totally dismissed as a rapper and seen as the GOAT weedcarrier.

Straight ether @ the bold..
 
Leave it to the whiteboys at complex to suggest Poor Righteous Teachers didn't have one classic single. What about....

1) Shakiyla

2) Rock Dis Funky Joint

3) Easy Star

Also they wrote some shit like "It was probably the Beatnuts lo-fi, unpolished sound that prevented them from becoming bigger than they were"

The Beatnuts production is what overshadowed the damn rapping and basically put them on the map.

I'm glad they put Wise Intelligent and JuJu on the list but some of their rationale is just plain corny.
 

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