Lmao at ya'll take cheap shots at people you don't even know.

I have no problem with people liking a little bit of intellect in their raps, me personally I don't like Nas, Jay-Z, and 90% of the underground stuff I hear, even tho I do buy the albums (so don't gimmie some shit about I don't listen, everyone has different tastes). But majority of you are what? 14-16? How many of you actually know people in the industry?

While there are obviously gimmicks put out there to portray a "cultural image" of what rap is, majority of the people are real people. How would you feel if you got shot in the skull, lived and became a successful rapper? Would you not want people to know what you went through, and how would you feel about people saying your fake just because you got shot then got a deal? Obviously they could care less about what some message board critics have to say, the bottom line is they move crowds for a reason, someone saw somethin in them that was marketable and it worked, regardless of it being them gettin shot, them goin to jail, or them looking good, you can't hate the artist for the person that they are, but you can blame the people that push that topic in interviews and the fans that fall in love with that aspect of the artist.

Oh yeah, and Slim Thug is not just some overnight hype, people honestly should read up on guys before they start taking shots, I remember when 50 Cent was about to get big people on RB was like this guys pretty decent, didn't know he had only been rappin for 2-3 yrs, didn't know much besides he got shot. Now he's a message board joke to everyone. I still listen to and buys 50's albums. but anyway back to Slim, he's been rapping for about a good 8-9 yrs I'd say and national exposure isn't really a neccessity for him, he's already made a name for himself, this is jus that topping to finish off the desert. don't talk down on someone if you don't know shit about them

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