I'm pretty sure lil b was just a joke

YNWA said First page used to always be Poopoose and Saigon threads sprinkled between all the Joe Budden worship.

Juelz Santana

Edit: He didn’t flop, just didn’t reach people’s expectations

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WHATEVERMAN said If we're being honest, as dope as I know he is, Jay Electronica probably belongs on this list too. Dude could've been the GOAT if he actually released material, but here we are.

Shieeeeet. He in my top 10 already

U heard his first album in 2000??

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Or his demo tape to Bad Boy which got some songs from his hidden "War With The Dragon" album he holding hostage??

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Or this demo from A Written Testimony that aint make the cut??

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Still wish he dropped more material

t from the 617 said i'd say a lot of those dudes had more potential than buzz. tbh 69 had the most buzz and flopped the hardest in recent memory. might have been the biggest flop of all time considering the buzz he had leading up to the album release.

Easy to flop when you are blackballed. 55K wasn’t a bad flop honestly. Lil Reese sold 500 copies on his recent release. Gooba & Trollz went platinum.

I'm going with Jin cuz personally freestyle Fridays at the time had me thinking he was unfu*kwithable and a legend


Edit: just saw the J Electronica mention above me and I'd have sent with that too if he were on the list

abstractq said the only answer is canibus that n*ggas was as large as anybody before his album dropped

Easily, Canibus. That "4, 3, 2, 1" track really made him large, people were hyped for his debut album to drop after that. Should've never used Wyclef as a producer, that was an odd pairing to me.

POWER RAPS said Canibus had the biggest buzz in the rap game along with DMX in 1997 No rapper on this list had the same expectations or buzz as Bis

Nah man Papoose had mad buzz

n*gga literally had songs on Hot97 every night with his KaySlay and Flex backing

And I remember everyone on his d*ck when he dropped that Alphabet slaughter track

Dude should’ve at least had one platinum selling album

Gotti Pippen said Grafh Vado Drag-On Shady Records minus 50, D12 and Obie Trice Aftermath minus Eminem and 50 Hot Rod Shade Sheist

Vado is a HUGE shout. That guy was supposed to be the second coming of Camron

POWER RAPS said Canibus had the biggest buzz in the rap game along with DMX in 1997 No rapper on this list had the same expectations or buzz as Bis

I'll raise you Murphy Lee, at the height of the platinum era, Nelly was one of theost profitable artists to be next to. He was the right hand man, and girls talked about him like offset (the more mysterious member of the group, but looked like he next up type) shake ya tail feather was on one of the hottest soundtracks, had Diddy and Nelly. And from then on, I never heard from him again

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Grafh and Canibus

Bateman said Nah man Papoose had mad buzz n*gga literally had songs on Hot97 every night with his KaySlay and Flex backing And I remember everyone on his d*ck when he dropped that Alphabet slaughter track Dude should’ve at least had one platinum selling album

Yall new Yorkers have to realize that's just new York and thst those guys came during a less profitable era. It almost became content wars. Didn't help some yalls on folks was bootlegging up and down the east coast

D1nOnlyMrM@ said Yall new Yorkers have to realize that's just new York and thst those guys came during a less profitable era. It almost became content wars. Didn't help some yalls on folks was bootlegging up and down the east coast

Damn can’t argue there

Sometimes us New Yorkers think we’re the epicenter of rap

Nother thing I guarantee you most yall had no idea about the canibus era. For one most of yall not even 30. And if you're even 30 that era would have been clear enough for you to see the climate. Jm 33 and barely remember canibus being a legit factor, it's easier for me to judge Saigon and papoose and Murphy Lee than canibis. His singles weren't cracking mainstream everywhere.

Id go with Jin.

Honestly, all those BET rappers weren't it.

Purpleswag23 said Charles hamilton

Yup

Off the head:

Papoose
Juelz
Wayne—-somewhat.
Drag on

I don’t remember much buzz for any these guys outside of the internet. No one outside of New York and the internet were checking for Saigon, papoose, j hood, etc. Murphy lee was trash and rode in on nelly’s wave.

Was Jae mills even hyped on the internet?

The Posta Boy. n*gga was nice af. And had super hype around him.

Papoose

Canibus. I don't know if there has ever been anything like him.

Dude would be on tracks with elite lyricists, and dominate the fu*king track.

How many n*ggas can say they created a huge buzz purely from skilled of a rapper they were?

Jae_Mike said What rapper had the biggest buzz and flop the hardest in hip hop? Candidates Jae Millz Saigon J-Hood Murphy Lee Drag-On Papoose Jin Canibus Also who would you add to this list?

Real talk i think on this list is papoose or j hood but i feel like they were regional. I think this list needs
J Electronica.
I think he would take the cake ez

I remember cannibus but I was 7 when he blew up..for my generation I would say it's papoose and murphy lee

The one on Entourage