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Title: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: smp4life on November 10, 2014, 06:24:25 PM
He had a good buzz, could rap well and had dope production. Why did it not happen for him?
Title: Re: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: WestWestYA on November 10, 2014, 06:43:53 PM
I Agree he had a good presence, shame he didn't blew up.
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Post by: doggfather on November 10, 2014, 10:03:07 PM
I Agree he had a good presence, shame he didn't blew up.
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Post by: Blood$ on November 10, 2014, 10:14:15 PM
he started getting too trendy and running out of bars but he was on fire from 2006-2008
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Post by: Remedy360 on November 10, 2014, 11:23:05 PM
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.
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Post by: Will_B on November 11, 2014, 04:06:26 AM
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
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Post by: Matty on November 11, 2014, 04:06:37 AM
always thought dude was pretty good

http://www.youtube.com/v/nhrIJNt0PqA
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Post by: Blood$ on November 11, 2014, 11:13:34 AM
forgot about that joint with Akon, probably the last good song I can recall from dude
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Post by: Chamillitary Click on November 11, 2014, 11:24:13 AM
100 Bars of Death was nothing but straight heat.
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Post by: aerroc on November 11, 2014, 11:53:05 AM
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 ;)
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Post by: BIGTIMELA on November 11, 2014, 12:32:48 PM
His name...
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Post by: Chamillitary Click on November 11, 2014, 12:53:40 PM
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.
Title: Re: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: aerroc on November 11, 2014, 01:32:45 PM
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
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Post by: WestWestYA on November 11, 2014, 02:32:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/wfTwiKjJ7Go
 8)
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Post by: J. B A N A N A S on November 11, 2014, 02:37:54 PM
This song was commercial as fuck, I thought it hit though.
http://www.youtube.com/v/hPH2fnIs2sc
Title: Re: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: WestWestYA on November 11, 2014, 02:49:06 PM
This song was commercial as fuck, I thought it hit though.
http://www.youtube.com/v/hPH2fnIs2sc
this mixtape was good.
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Post by: bouli77 on November 11, 2014, 02:51:15 PM
he dropped a mixtape hosted by dj drama in like september.

he didn't blow up because he didn't put a real project out, but I don't think he had it to really blow up, not really marketable. still a good artist but not my favorite artist from Fillmoe, though.

the song with akon is dope, too bad he couldn't create enough buzz to release an album
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Post by: crapboy on November 11, 2014, 03:23:56 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0_M8QR_wUE

Rookie of the year was a bangin album
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Post by: Remedy360 on November 11, 2014, 03:29:25 PM
This song was commercial as fuck, I thought it hit though.
http://www.youtube.com/v/hPH2fnIs2sc

Actually forgot about that one. Could've done well too had it gained any traction.
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Post by: BIGTIMELA on November 11, 2014, 04:01:30 PM
That we run la track he did was pretty big on the radio out here  in LA for a while. Problem with a lot of these rappers is that they don't follow up (see: glasses malone)
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Post by: Hack Wilson - real on November 11, 2014, 04:14:26 PM
1-weak ass name like "Ya Boy" might have something to do with it


2-not on topic but wasn't he shot a few years ago?  i assume he survived?
Title: Re: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: krzieg on November 11, 2014, 04:42:45 PM
He changed his name to Rich Rocka ....

this is one of his latest tracks I thought was good.

Rich Rocka - Make Her Money (ft. Lil Al B Sure

http://www.youtube.com/v/aClTj0vV4_M
Title: Re: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: LazyLatino on November 11, 2014, 04:58:49 PM
This song was commercial as fuck, I thought it hit though.
http://www.youtube.com/v/hPH2fnIs2sc

Actually forgot about that one. Could've done well too had it gained any traction.

Thats Doc Hollywood ft Ya boy
Title: Re: Why did Ya Boy never blow up?
Post by: Sccit on November 12, 2014, 10:27:50 PM
That we run la track he did was pretty big on the radio out here  in LA for a while. Problem with a lot of these rappers is that they don't follow up (see: glasses malone)


that shit was pretty damn big, but it was just a remix of some other track, if i remember right...but yea, shit was def all over the radio on power n shit.