sir shrimpy

2y

Let’s be honest..if KRIT was in the “Big 3” in 2024, this thread would be titled

“How the f*** did we let Big KRIT take a spot in the Big 3 when J. Cole was right there?”

Like..J. Cole is obviously a far above average rapper. We critique him so harshly BECAUSE he’s in the company of all time greats like Drake and Kendrick. No disrespect to Big KRIT — he is forever cemented as one of the hardest rappers of that era — but there’s a reason J. Cole is in the spot he is. It’s earned.

Like That is still >>> 7 Minute Drill

Water Giver

2y

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People forget his name was literally right there with them

Drake
Kendrick
Cole
Travis
Future
ASAP Rocky
Big Sean
Meek Mill
Big Krit
Young Thug

The 2010s top 10

Hms to Mac Miller, Tyler the Creator, Schoolboy Q, Joey Badass, Lil Uzi Vert (debut a bit too late in the decade imo), Chief Keef (would be in top 10 if he did more in his youth & didnt self sabotage), Wiz Khalifa & Waka Flocka

Cant forget about the rappers that made a new era for themselves and were looked at like brand new artists 2Chainz, Pusha T, Gucci Mane, Lil B & Juicy J

Or the rappers that were still going such as Kanye, Rick Ross and Jay Z

But those hms and especially top 10 were generational talent - at least for my HS class of 2014 of the whole decade and i was outside super heavy

Also shout out Migos but thats a group

Krit was in my top 3 along with Kendrick & Rocky for most of the decade, wattba

WRU

2y

one of the best rap songs of all time

Oblivion X

2y

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I don't think u can just say that when the mixtapes received the acclaim they did.

People wanted him to evolve his sound but cadillactica wasn't a good showing of that.

The same can be applied to people wanting cole to evolve his sound but kod wasn't a good showing of that either

insertcoolnamehere

2y

Def Jam sabotaged that man career.

Signing with a label and then 2 weeks later the whole building/staff changes so the people that supported you aren’t even there to back you, HURTS you dawg.

Ima tell yall niggas what happened (and @Kdogone you can eat a d*** for that lil snarky comment bro. I got an ipod classic with all krit mixtapes up to it’s better that way that niggas almost got kicked out of class in hs for listening to. Niggas bought live from the underground, cadillactica and krit wuz here when buying on itunes still meant something.)

A goat mixtape run to an underwhelming album (live from the underground) that def jam f***ed over from sample clearance issues (bro had to remake samples, remove songs, some features he couldn’t get, etc.) to mad delays (Money On the Floor single drops october 2011, it takes 8 months for the damn album to drop. That’s a lonnng time even back then for rappers to promote a project. The label was putting all they priority onto kanye then)

However the funny thing was the narrative around the time was “lol krit should rap on different production all his s*** sound the same”

So then we got Cadillactica, literally a new style with hella new production (including f***ing DAHI and raphael saddiq for damn sake)

But by that point the zeitgeist/mass media already made up they mind (even though Cadillactica LAPS Born Sinner by a long shot)

Why the reason? Beats me. Does jay z backing cole up help way more than krit signing to def jam at one of the worst times to sign there? Beats me.

K.R.I.T. a prime example of what happens when labels dont know how to manage an artist.

also paper bag test was in effect but even cole said in an article he does benefit off that lol

insertcoolnamehere

2y

His best 2 albums are cadillactica and. 4eva is a mighty long time

His main 4 mixtapes: Krit wuz here, return of 4eva, 4eva n a day, king remembered in time

DISCLAIMER: do NOT play the streaming versions. All 4 of these mixtapes got DESTROYED via sample clearances and sound horrible now. Listen to the original mixtape versions on youtube

lgbtq God

2y

@insertcoolnamehere too real

browser

2y

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Never leaned into the southern rap tropes of the time (2010-2012) so he never had the grassroots foundation in the traps/strip clubs/etc you need to be taken serious as a southern rapper on a mainstream level. You gotta be a minstrel show or a kingpin to make it super big as a southern rapper in the post Gucci/Jeezy/Boosie era

A tape or two leaning into the typical s*** from the time (Photoshop covers and certain producers/features/videographers and linking with the right djs) and it’s different for him. Same to a lesser extent with Bob who tried to make the pivot a little late tho right before he got on the flat earth s***

insertcoolnamehere

2y

Def Jam sabotaged that man career.

Signing with a label and then 2 weeks later the whole building/staff changes so the people that supported you aren’t even there to back you, HURTS you dawg.

Ima tell yall niggas what happened (and @Kdogone you can eat a d*** for that lil snarky comment bro. I got an ipod classic with all krit mixtapes up to it’s better that way that niggas almost got kicked out of class in hs for listening to. Niggas bought live from the underground, cadillactica and krit wuz here when buying on itunes still meant something.)

A goat mixtape run to an underwhelming album (live from the underground) that def jam f***ed over from sample clearance issues (bro had to remake samples, remove songs, some features he couldn’t get, etc.) to mad delays (Money On the Floor single drops october 2011, it takes 8 months for the damn album to drop. That’s a lonnng time even back then for rappers to promote a project. The label was putting all they priority onto kanye then)

However the funny thing was the narrative around the time was “lol krit should rap on different production all his s*** sound the same”

So then we got Cadillactica, literally a new style with hella new production (including f***ing DAHI and raphael saddiq for damn sake)

But by that point the zeitgeist/mass media already made up they mind (even though Cadillactica LAPS Born Sinner by a long shot)

Why the reason? Beats me. Does jay z backing cole up help way more than krit signing to def jam at one of the worst times to sign there? Beats me.

K.R.I.T. a prime example of what happens when labels dont know how to manage an artist.

also paper bag test was in effect but even cole said in an article he does benefit off that lol

Cherrywine1

2y

No way he posted big S.H.I.T.

insertcoolnamehere

2y

Fuck faking, f*** pretending like you know my story
Or what it's like to be mistaken as a basic
Country bumpkin, watermelon
Chicken-eatin', collard greens
Neckbone chillin' motherfucker
We're the butt of all jokes grew up here
And we'll show you have no clue of what it's like to be southern

CHILLS.

F***ING CHILLS.