I dunno, "the Cool" was pretty pop for the most part. not trying to knock his rep though, it was a fine album and he was a fine rapper. there are good pop rappers out there after all.

"The Cool" was half pop and half story related with a lot of the material going over people's head's

If you wanted to name his pop album that would be Lasers.

oh this is true, from what i heard of it. and i agree with the Cool breakdown there, though intellectual pop is still pop to me, and it's oftentimes the best music because it has hook appeal, clean sound, AND intellect (i.e. SMiLE). I need to listen to that again (the Cool i mean).

He is probably more commericial than some others but I was really comparing his commericial appeal to an average radio rapper which he is not. He had like one or two songs that did descent on the charts but I still wouldnt call him a mainstream rapper (in my opinion).

Lupe was pretty commercial with certain songs like kick push, Super start and hiphop saved my life. Played on radio all the time in NY. then ofcourse lasers...

Lupe is mainstream as hell. Don't even front realtalk92.

Sure he has deeper intellegical tracks but because of that he doesn't do too well with some of his songs but he has earned mainstream success especially having his videos on MTV and BET.

Joe Budden is FAR from wack.

The Mood Muzik series speaks for it self.

I thought Pap and Cassidys responses were cool.
Lupe's were decent. Im a big Lupe fan so I expected more. I want more responses though!

Joe Budden being wack is just a personal opinion of mines. I just really hate that dude and no one can change my opinion of him. He's the weakest link in Slaughterhouse.

I saw him performance live at the beginning of the summer with his wack ass. All he did was perform three songs and guess what one of them was? Pump it Up come on now.

Also you'll get more responses over time. Meek Mill already talked about making his response.

So hype, verse was ok, message to inspire others was cool, and he really dissed the people he didnt mention more than the ones he did. Though why no mention of any TDE artists?

didn't read can someone just sum down what he said that's so shocking ..???