Crooked I Says Lil Wayne Opened The Gateway For Mainstream Lyricism

[Turfaholic]

Nope......i give that to new york in the early 00's.

 

[Kwan Dai]

What the hell is the obsession with these goof balls and mainstream? What the hell difference does it make if Hip Hop and Hip Hop culture is mainstream? This obsession with crossing over is disgusting.

 

[5th Letter]

Lil Wayne in the early 2000's? Is there another Lil Wayne I don't know about. Can't be wobbledly wobbledly Lil Wayne.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

Ehh gotta be fair and mention guys like fab and luda, Wayne more mid 2000's

 

[P. Town]

What is this nigga even talking about?

 

[Mr.LV]

Lil Wayne just follow Jay-z with the not writing lyrics down and pattern his rhymes around New York rappers of that era.It seemed amazing because lil Wayne was a southern rapper that didn't rhyme like other southern rappers of that era.

 

[satyrone]

What is this nigga even talking about?

 

[_Goldie_]

I dont agree cuz there was other niggas doing it, but Wayne = Top 10 alltime

lol @ wobbley wobbley , that was in the 90s and he was ill back then.

 

[Bcotton5]

Ehh gotta be fair and mention guys like fab and luda, Wayne more mid 2000's

I dont think Fab ever hit that "Super Famous" level he talking about, Luda yea but he wasnt on that "you cant fuck wit me on the mic" shit like Wayne was

 

[5th Letter]

Early 2000's Lil Wayne was garbage. It's amazing that THAT guy ended up blowing up. Early 2000's Lil Wayne wasn't influencing no one I promise you that.

Unless Crooked I meant the mid 2000's.

 

[_Goldie_]

Jay definitely had influence on homey, but one of the things that people dont give wayne enough credit for is his presence on a track. Personality and charisma are things that separate him from most. Even in the 90s he had that, with a dope flow.

lmaooo Wayne was garbage in the early 2000s? Bruh? Wtf is you smoking nigga lol All of the sqad up tapes, the drought ,the carter and more were made in the early 2000s.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

What the hell is the obsession with these goof balls and mainstream? What the hell difference does it make if Hip Hop and Hip Hop culture is mainstream? This obsession with crossing over is disgusting.

I don't think it's an obsession, I'm sure dude is happy where he is but of course an artist wanna reach as many as possible, he probably saw Wayne back then and said it's cool that someone in the super famous mainstream had bars just as he had bars, I guess he saying in his mind Wayne had Mainstream fans also liking lyricism

 

[Bcotton5]

Jay definitely had influence on homey, but one of the things that people dont give wayne enough credit for is his presence on a track. Personality and charisma are things that separate him from most. Even in the 90s he had that, with a dope flow.

lmaooo Wayne was garbage in the early 2000s? Bruh? Wtf is you smoking nigga lol All of the sqad up tapes, the drought ,the carter and more were made in the early 2000s.

right LMAO @ Wayne was garbage in the early 2000's like Sqad Up wasnt the early 2000s

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

Yea some say Wayne was better pre Carter lol, nigga wasn't garbage he was just un polished, 500 degrees was kinda garbage tho..

 

[Bcotton5]

Lil Wayne in the early 2000's? Is there another Lil Wayne I don't know about. Can't be wobbledly wobbledly Lil Wayne.

Wayne was wobbledly in the early 2000's?

 

[a_list]

How could this be when lyrics were heavy in the mainstream in the 90's......

 

[nujerz84]

Jay definitely had influence on homey, but one of the things that people dont give wayne enough credit for is his presence on a track. Personality and charisma are things that separate him from most. Even in the 90s he had that, with a dope flow.

lmaooo Wayne was garbage in the early 2000s? Bruh? Wtf is you smoking nigga lol All of the sqad up tapes, the drought ,the carter and more were made in the early 2000s.

Lmao at that wack ass shit.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

What the hell is the obsession with these goof balls and mainstream? What the hell difference does it make if Hip Hop and Hip Hop culture is mainstream? This obsession with crossing over is disgusting.

I don't think it's an obsession, I'm sure dude is happy where he is but of course an artist wanna reach as many as possible, he probably saw Wayne back then and said it's cool that someone in the super famous mainstream had bars just as he had bars, I guess he saying in his mind Wayne had Mainstream fans also liking lyricism

Or he politickin to get Wayne on a track

 

[sr_the_freshman]

This nigga Crooked I let me down.

What he meant to say was, Lil' Wayne's star power exposed this wack generation of white chitlins to lyricism. As if mainstream Hip-Hop didn't exist until these corn flakes with a few extra dollars infiltrated the game.

There was a time in which mainstream in Hip-Hop was not often synonymous with wack, white-washed, global, shallow, ect. It was simply mainstream.

 

[Michael_Malice]

This Crooked I cat seems like a cool guy. I fucks with the homie. Fuck Joe Buttons tho.