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Old 05-23-2008, 03:38 PM   #7 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen
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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog View Post
I'd imagine he got there because he's the most talented rapper that has been.

Argue all you want but rap has a way of forgetting you before your first album is done being poached of singles by the radio. You don't become a mainstream rap act with luck.
I was more alluding to clever marketing. Not luck. The former is nothing new. Tupac still sells records more than a decade after getting assassinated. He was never a skillful rapper (not compared to the creative standards of the time - Biggie, Nas etc.), and nobody with half a brain would claim that he was.
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