What Makes MC's Fall Off?

[C-Swift]

Money, although it's good to have, some rappers get deals and think they ain't gotta work hard on their craft anymore
Overexposure from all media
Following hip-hop trends in beats and rhymes

[Elevz]

Money, bling-bling - some tend to think that's all life is about.

Following hiphop trends in beats can be good, but when it comes to rhymes it sucks in any possible way.

FAME often is enough for a MC just to fall off - most used to be better during their struggling days. (Does'nt go for all MC's though)

[mauzip]

rappers fall off when their previous records are better than their current records lol

[Elevz]

rappers fall off when their previous records are better than their current records lol

and what makes their previous records better than their new ones? 

[BIG.DADDY]

basically, rappers try to do different things on their records after they have had success, Most of the time its not well received.

[Woodrow]

The way I see it is this:

A rapper spends his whole life going though things, and gaining experiences. When he's signed, he has all this to talk about so he takes the cream of the crop. The best stories, and his best flows. pretty much, he has a whole lifetime of shit to draw from, so thats why freshmen albums are often so good IMO.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

The way I see it is this:

A rapper spends his whole life going though things, and gaining experiences. When he's signed, he has all this to talk about so he takes the cream of the crop. The best stories, and his best flows. pretty much, he has a whole lifetime of shit to draw from, so thats why freshmen albums are often so good IMO.

Exactly, its a lot easier making a first album based on 20-25 years of life experience, than a second based on the couple of years in between the first album and the second.

[i love men who take pictures with their booty's out]

imo they fall off by tryin to follow trends....

[Don Seer]

having ego's and entourages that make them think they're untouchable

[7even]

being lazy and knowing the gon sell anyway no matter how bad they are

newest example: Eminem (Encore). Im sure he knows how fucking whack most of his songs there are. He sometimes almost states that in the lyrics lol.

[Kill]

^^ might be true in some cases, but sum don't know they'll sell and still fallof. as for em u might be right tho

The way I see it is this:

A rapper spends his whole life going though things, and gaining experiences. When he's signed, he has all this to talk about so he takes the cream of the crop. The best stories, and his best flows. pretty much, he has a whole lifetime of shit to draw from, so thats why freshmen albums are often so good IMO.

good point. This also has to do with the 'hunger' MC's often show on their first albums and lose more and more the longer their career has been going on

[Minkaveli]

repetitiveness.  Lack of originality.  following the crowd

[white Boy]

they lose content.. they have nothign else to say

[JERRY JULIANO]

yeap... cats get lazy... see raekwon..

cats use up all their creativity too i guess...

no more hunger