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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant
I sorta get the Jay-Z hate, but outside of Rolling Stone, and himself, who actually considers him a Top 5 candidate.
I was of the impression most respected his contributions but nobody claims that he's in contention for GOAT or anything.
You guys must concede he has contributed a lot to the industry, no?
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Define "contributed a lot to the industry". As in, rap in general, contributing to the commercialization of rap, "elevating" commercial rap? What?
Cause, to me he's done nothing more than allow mainstream hip hop to pretend that it's still relevant, since it can claim to include someone who isn't a pop star pretending to be a rapper (f.ex Soulja Boy). Yeah, in his earlier career he was a legitimate creative rapper I guess, even if I don't like him during any of his career, but these days, what is his worth?
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