Why did Ya Boy never blow up?

[smp4life]

He had a good buzz, could rap well and had dope production. Why did it not happen for him?

[WestWestYA]

I Agree he had a good presence, shame he didn't blew up.

[doggfather]

I Agree he had a good presence, shame he didn't blew up.

[Blood$]

he started getting too trendy and running out of bars but he was on fire from 2006-2008

[Remedy360]

Haven't heard any new stuff from him in years but like Bloodmoney was saying it seems like he tried too hard to follow trends and was doing that rockstar BS for a while. I remember thinking "Say Girl" could have been big had it been promoted. I don't know about "blowing up" the way Game and Kendrick did but he could have had a nice run at least, he was a pretty talented dude overall.

[Will_B]

he started getting too trendy and running out of bars

Great point. Can apply to most rappers. Unless you have the presence to carry a trade mark style forever (Too Short, E-40 etc) most rappers run out of material very fast

[Matty]

always thought dude was pretty good

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[Blood$]

forgot about that joint with Akon, probably the last good song I can recall from dude

[Chamillitary Click]

100 Bars of Death was nothing but straight heat.

[aerroc]

another trash artist that i already knew was going no where with a name like that  come on thats something i expect from a south rapper
and on top of that he was 1 dimensional and sounded even worse on south beats so in conclusion he ran out of things to say bout the hood

[BIGTIMELA]

His name...

[Chamillitary Click]

I don't know if it was his name. Young Thug is pretty lame as it gets & he's poppin' at the mainstream level for now.

I think he was just one of those regular West Coast artists that got lost in the shuffle. Nothing that stood out about him, no real label backing; dude just faded away.

[aerroc]

I don't know if it was his name. Young Thug is pretty lame as it gets & he's poppin' at the mainstream level for now.

I think he was just one of those regular West Coast artists that got lost in the shuffle. Nothing that stood out about him, no real label backing; dude just faded away.

young thug will get exposed soon enough
and yeah  he was just one of those regular West Coast artists that got lost in the shuffle. Nothing that stood out about him
even if he had a major backing him in his it wouldn't matter major labels will fade away in some years these days you can do all the promoting yourself tde is the best example

[WestWestYA]

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[J. B A N A N A S]

This song was commercial as fuck, I thought it hit though.
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