| Fallen Off | | |||
| A term used to describe someone who inexplicably disappears from all contact. "Where's Nelly? He's fallen off" | ||||
Alright, so I've heard some complaints about the poll - mainly, what are Jay-z and Nas doing in the same category as Fifty and Nelly. Well here it is...
Jay-Z - Technically speaking, yes, Jay did fall off after Reasonable Doubt. That being said, he didn't fall too far as Blueprint and Black Album are both classics in their own right and paved the way for Jay-Z to be this week's winner - by receiving no votes - but RD was a top 10 album all-time. Can you say the same for any of his following work?
Nas- It would have been impossible for Nas to drop an Illmatic every time out and maybe he will be unfairly judged for never reaching that peak again and living up to the promise of his debut and becoming the best rapper of all time. Plain and simple that is why Nas was on the list: after Illmatic he had the chance to be the G.O.A.T. and he wasn't. Unfair? Maybe. True? No doubt.
Fifty - Get Rich or Die Tryin was ok. A B- maybe. Everything since? F -.
Nelly - Nelly beat out Fif cause he went from solid to disappearing completely and losing all credibility as an artist.
Conclusion: Y'all got it right and Nelly remains hip hop's Humpty Dumpty. Oh how the mighty have fallen...wait, he's still mad rich though right? Shiiiiiit.
1 comment:
is the intro to nelly´s "hot in here" sampled from neil young´s "there´s a world" from the album Harvest? i listened to Harvest all the way through recently, and was pretty surprised when track 7 turned out to be nelly (for about the first 5 seconds.)
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