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Eminem disappeared for almost 6 years, with no relevance at all.. and Jay-Z had plenty of hiatuses during his career. From the Jaz-O days as a teenager to the early Roc-a-fella career.. there were times in his career where he almost didn't exist.. the keyword im looking for here is. "sustaining superstar status from the day your career begins, tll present day".. the only one in HipHop-history who acchieved that is Snoop Dogg. that's why he has the best/perfect career of all rappers...
Snoop's definatly got one of best careers a rapper has ever had. I think Bun B's had a great career too though. Dude's been featured on so many songs that people might only know him for his solo work instead of his UGK shit.
Quote from: imsohappydatmydiccsbig on September 25, 2010, 02:21:47 PMEminem disappeared for almost 6 years, with no relevance at all.. and Jay-Z had plenty of hiatuses during his career. From the Jaz-O days as a teenager to the early Roc-a-fella career.. there were times in his career where he almost didn't exist.. the keyword im looking for here is. "sustaining superstar status from the day your career begins, tll present day".. the only one in HipHop-history who acchieved that is Snoop Dogg. that's why he has the best/perfect career of all rappers...Snoop is relevant today? Anyway, Ice Cube has been around for longer than Snoop Dogg and he is still relevant as far as the media is concerned with movies, tv and what not.If we're talking longevity, LL Cool J came out in 1985 and managed to stay relevant until 2006. That's 21 years. Snoop is at 18 years right now and I'd say his relevance is up.
lmao! LL fuckin Cool J?! are you serious? he managed to drop like 10 albums in like a 25-yearspan.. and 2 of them, were just "greatesthits"-compilations. is that relevat? and many of those albums went wood, and sold worse than some of Snoop's lacklustre efforts (not that it matters).
what sums up the perfect career is this (at least to me):longevity without no fall-offs while keeping the superstar-status (and that's the most precious element to any career) from the day your career begins (Snoop has been a superstar, relevant every day since 1992/93)
and at the same time, also being productive with your craft. which rapper dropped more material than Snoop, ever? more guest-appearances than any other rappper (worldrecord) 10 soloalbums4 group-albums1 ep3 compilations16 official mixtapes3 digital releases that's 37 projects
Snoop's career is unbeatable..some rappers managed to generate more money than him (Jigga, Puff, Master P, 50 etc), but that "superstar-longevity"-thing makes Snoop undoubtedly the winner, and the king-of-careers.
I'd say Jay-Z; he has his fair share of weak music, but Snoop hasn't made anything memorable since Doggystyle.Snoop Dogg isn't even a rapper anymore, he's just a celebrity who has that "fashizzle my nizzle" thing tied to him.