real s***

He was not a god MC but his artistry was very appreciated in his late releases. Man had cosigns by Thundercat, Cee Lo, Kendrick and Jon Brion. What makes he seen so off is the fact that his first projects didn't aged very well.

Damn

he definitely respected heavily before he died.

Not on the level of Em tho and this thread is comparing his respect with Em. He reached Em status after death

ah smh

mac was a real dude

niggas didn’t listen to delusional thomas

op was also comparing mac to other current white rappers. he was definitely the most respected current white rapper compared to the others. he wasn’t really seen as corny like a lot of the other white rappers were (talking about his later career.)

Eminem raps about some issues in his life really well which makes people want to rap like that style of rap more and it sounds good. Mac is rapping about his life as if he’s talking while smoking weed and he says some really real s***

That’s fair

swimming dropped the same day as ASTROWORLD and fans were teasing mac/the album because Trav was getting more attention (ie. "y'all hear sumn?" "y'all listening to mac when trav just dropped? couldn't be me")

mac and travis never had any personal issues afaik but stuff like that definitely contributed to the decline of his mental health

Ur definitely that guy lol

hard to replicate greatness

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Someone gotta say it

And we can write this stuff off as just “Travis stans” but honestly with where Mac was in his career, I think the “y’all hear sumn?” Sentiment was more widespread than a lot of y’all want to believe

Lots of good takes ITT

aight he definitely got a lot of nods after his death but you talking like he was og maco levels of irrelevence before dying

he had a dedicated fanbase and his music was absolutely appreciated by hip-hop fans

u don't remember after his DUI when a news publication referred to him as ariana grande's ex and everybody got on their ass for it?

I feel like a lot of the average hip hop fans weren’t really respecting him like that

He wasn’t OG Maco but more like Cherry Bomb Tyler which is pretty bad

I feel you but I saw nba dudes listening to that album giving props

not rlly lol

I know there’s bigger problems but I don’t like the fake love, we don’t have to act like death stimulus isn’t a huge thing to be respectful

Most of us never looked at Mac as a white rapper, we looked at Mac as Mac. Like you said a lot of white rappers try to emulate who ever is before them IE Eminem, so it just comes off like a corny copy cat than anything else. Mac was just himself. His personality was authentic, he never tried to be anything he wasn't. His evolution was genuine. Going from cheesy (but great) backpack raps into his expermental bag with Macadelic, to WMWTSO, Faces, GOOD AM, Divine Feminine, Swimming, Circles. We watched authentic evolution and we watched him add more skills to his aresenal with each project. He could rap, he was a good producer, he could sing, he could play multiple instruments, he was a genuine talent. The people who came around him respected his genuine. People have nothing but great stories to tell about Mac, no shady s***.