RUSS : "If 2Pac & Biggie Were Alive, Y’all Would Be Sleeping On Them."

RickyRich
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIupcrUfdaA

“If Tupac and Biggie lived until they were 40, y’all would probably be sleeping on them. Look how motherf*ckers try and play Lil Wayne, look how people try and play DMX, look how people try and play the legends. Why? Because they lived long enough for you to not f*ck with them. Sometimes it’s better to burn out than fade away. That’s why I be fanning the f*ck out when I meet people that I f*ck with, I fanned the f*ck out when I met J Cole. There was a comment that said why Russ look like a fan that just met his idol? Because that’s what the f*ck it was.”
(10:29)

Russ speaks about :

- Jobs he had as a teenager (1:08)
- the Law of Attraction (2:32)
- 'Mumble rap' VS. 'Real rap' (4:11)
- what he misses most about the 90s (5:40)
- the most Romantic thing he’s done (7:18)
- Shady / Aftermath / G-Unit era of Hip Hop (8:46)
- the way media portrays DMX, Lil Wayne (10:29)
- his Message to the Youth (13:16)
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  • RickyRich
    RickyRich Members Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    he said alot of real ? tho .
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They would of tried to pull Pac card some kinda way .... if he was alive
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cardi B is bigger then Russ and more of a house hold name ...

    Russ aint chit ...
  • RickyRich
    RickyRich Members Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ear2DaSt wrote: »
    Cardi B is bigger then Russ and more of a house hold name ...

    Russ aint chit ...

    ? wat do u know
  • RickyRich
    RickyRich Members Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    russ is more known then KB w.e that ? name is
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know your a cheese ball ..........
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2017
    Fukk what yall be talkn bout yall weak af ..... the game is out of wack .......
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the internet clowns like u ruined Hip-Hop
  • southernmade
    southernmade Members Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He made some good points...
  • thagreat45
    thagreat45 Members Posts: 133 ✭✭
    Never heard of him but interesting vid. Pac prided himself on keepin' it real and wasn't afraid to speak his mind, they could try to pull his card but nah b that ? wasn't happening. He did too much for his people and he got mad respect all over the nation by that time.

    If Big and Pac were alive, they'd be right up there with NaS and Jay as the cornerstones of this rap ? . ? Pac probably wouldn't even be rappin' he'd be a politician trying to get us our own political party.

    ? need to stop acting like he wasn't bout his people like he was some fake ass thug wannabe coke boy rappin' ass ? like most of you ? favorite rappers. And if Big was alive, I promise you Jay catalog wouldn't be what it is right now.

    They both had the smarts and potential to figure out how to stay relevant. Not really sure what the ? ? got against Pac on here but to say he'd be lower tier than Jay-Z or NaS is blasphemous.
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2017
    they would of got jealous of the Pac Dynasty ........
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Big same thang ........

    J-Z aint at the top no more never really was but for a short moment ....

    the rest is his fans blowing him out of proportion
  • Ear2DaSt
    Ear2DaSt Members Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard Knock Life to Girls Girl Girls was J-Z pinnacle imo .........

    the rest was hype train ......... someone refresh my memory if he was ever bigger then that ...
  • bck145
    bck145 Members Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1. Who the ? is russ
    2. Lil wayne gets clowned because of corny ? he did,said,or wore...dmx gets clowned for being a crackhead
    3. Biggie might have burned out from the limelight, he wasnt all thar diverse of a rapper and would probably struggle to stay relavant over the years
    4. In todays climate pac would be much bigger than a rapper, he already was before he passed but at an older age his voice could resonate so much further than just the hip hop community
  • Built 4 cuban linx
    Built 4 cuban linx Members Posts: 12,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2017
    He's right and he's not the first person to say this either. Good thing, well according to people that knew them, neither was planning to rap very long anyway. Pac was going into acting, probably going back to jail also. biggie was planning for 3 more albums and going to just run his record label And other business things. He was going to sign camron. Could've been a big label with dipset and kim mixed with bad boy
  • Revolver Ocelot
    Revolver Ocelot Members Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He forgot, Jay-Z wouldn't have been ? .
  • 5 Grand
    5 Grand Members Posts: 12,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He's right and he's not the first person to say this either. Good thing, well according to people that knew them, neither was planning to rap very long anyway. Pac was going into acting, probably going back to jail also. biggie was planning for 3 more albums and going to just run his record label And other business things. He was going to sign camron. Could've been a big label with dipset and kim mixed with bad boy

    I don't think Biggie had the business acumen to run a record label. He dropped out of high school, not saying he's stupid but there's a lot that you need to know to run a successful label. Very few people can do it. Take Suge for example, he had Pac, Snoop and Dre and couldn't make it work because he didn't know what he was doing. Also, when you're in a boardroom with lawyers and MBAs if you can't speak the language they won't respect you.

    As far was Pac goes, he couldn't have kept up at the the pace he was going. He would have either got shot and killed by somebody else, in prison or blacklisted from the industry. If he was lucky he could have segued into a successful actor, but he would have to leave that Thug Life lifestyle behind him. He wouldn't be able to get acting gigs if he kept on beating down directors (or jumping people in the casino) and acting out. Also, he would have peaked at Makavelli. Not because he couldn't rap or make hot music, but because generally speaking, people are hot for two or three albums in a row and fall off. You'd have a hard time naming artists in any genre that had more than three multi platinum albums in a row.

  • RickyRich
    RickyRich Members Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    5 Grand wrote: »
    He's right and he's not the first person to say this either. Good thing, well according to people that knew them, neither was planning to rap very long anyway. Pac was going into acting, probably going back to jail also. biggie was planning for 3 more albums and going to just run his record label And other business things. He was going to sign camron. Could've been a big label with dipset and kim mixed with bad boy

    I don't think Biggie had the business acumen to run a record label. He dropped out of high school, not saying he's stupid but there's a lot that you need to know to run a successful label. Very few people can do it. Take Suge for example, he had Pac, Snoop and Dre and couldn't make it work because he didn't know what he was doing. Also, when you're in a boardroom with lawyers and MBAs if you can't speak the language they won't respect you.

    As far was Pac goes, he couldn't have kept up at the the pace he was going. He would have either got shot and killed by somebody else, in prison or blacklisted from the industry. If he was lucky he could have segued into a successful actor, but he would have to leave that Thug Life lifestyle behind him. He wouldn't be able to get acting gigs if he kept on beating down directors (or jumping people in the casino) and acting out. Also, he would have peaked at Makavelli. Not because he couldn't rap or make hot music, but because generally speaking, people are hot for two or three albums in a row and fall off. You'd have a hard time naming artists in any genre that had more than three multi platinum albums in a row.

    i can agree wit some of the pac stuff you said because what did during time affected tha outlawz from getting deals they blackballed right out the hiphop game.
  • RickyRich
    RickyRich Members Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    but pac would grown out of thug ?
  • 5 Grand
    5 Grand Members Posts: 12,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RickyRich wrote: »
    but pac would grown out of thug ?

    Yeah when he was sitting in prison for that parole violation (for beating down Orlando Anderson in the casino) he would have thought to himself, 'that Thug Life mentality ruined my career'.
  • THE_R_
    THE_R_ Members Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2017
    BUT WE'LL NEVER TRULY KNOW...SO W/E RUSS :unamused:

    RAP CHANGED SO MUCH AFTER THEY DIED...
    SO WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT DIRECTION RAP WOULD'VE AND WOULDN'T HAVE WENT IF THEY WERE STILL HERE...
  • RickyRich
    RickyRich Members Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    THE_R_ wrote: »
    BUT WE'LL NEVER TRULY KNOW...SO W/E RUSS :unamused:

    RAP CHANGED SO MUCH AFTER THEY DIED...
    SO WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT DIRECTION RAP WOULD'VE AND WOULDN'T HAVE WENT IF THEY WERE STILL HERE...

    very sad situation