What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

[Flame Beats]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

yea. he wouldnt have the insane amounts of money hes got now.

yeah. he'd have like 3 tats, no grill, and a busted ride.

[Nethurrr]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

He has always been in Cashmoney records. Cashmoney=Mainstream as fuck. I don't know where you came up with this shit,tbh.

[marcusgettin]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

He has always been in Cashmoney records. Cashmoney=Mainstream as fuck. I don't know where you came up with this shit,tbh.

It was never always mainstream when they first came up.

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And I guess theres different levels of mainstreams too, I guess what OP is talking about is when he started to get a large diverse fanbase back in late 06-07.

[YoungAssassin]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

Ask me. Wayne still isnt mainstream. There arent alot of mainstream musicians out there. Mainstream means every has heard their music or listens to them. i,e. Michael Jackson. Wayne aint even close, and I say that with the best intentions.

[Nethurrr]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

It was never always mainstream when they first came up.

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And I guess theres different levels of mainstreams too, I guess what OP is talking about is when he started to get a large diverse fanbase back in late 06-07.

Lol, they were always big in the N.O. And when Wayne first came out Juvy had already brought the mainstream attention to CMB. Hot Boys and Waynes Tha Block is Hot were all succesfull with sales.. Which goes pretty much hand to hand with how mainstream you are.

I do agree that with C3 Wayne intentionally seeked a worldwide audience, but he was already mainstream to begin with. Huge amounts of features and a few club songs did what mixtapes did before C2. The OP has a point but I feel like his trying to blame the mainstream audience for ruining Waynes career. lol.

[murrich]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

Ask me. Wayne still isnt mainstream. There arent alot of mainstream musicians out there. Mainstream means every has heard their music or listens to them. i,e. Michael Jackson. Wayne aint even close, and I say that with the best intentions.

Hahaha.

[Flame Beats]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

I still say Universal was crazy for letting CMR keep 85% of all royalties AND not completely owning them...

[Lil_Tunechi]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

Dont think its possible bro...These new school cats are to good.

Yeah, maybe so. But they will all eventual suffer the same fate as Wayne did. Once they get popular in the mainstream, they will fall off because they will keep trying to make music that is appealing to the mainstream audience rather than music that their real fans like.

Ask me. Wayne still isnt mainstream. There arent alot of mainstream musicians out there. Mainstream means every has heard their music or listens to them. i,e. Michael Jackson. Wayne aint even close, and I say that with the best intentions.

I lol'd.

I still say Universal was crazy for letting CMR keep 85% of all royalties AND not completely owning them...

Looking back on it, they're all probably kicking themselves in the ass for not foreseeing CMR's potential rise to fame (nationwide and worldwide) and the big checks they would be reeling in. Lol.

[Deshawn F Baby]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

I think there was no way around it. Wayne is a hard worker and still would have ended out on top. If Wayne didn't do a lot of hot features I don't think he would be as popular. Before C3 wayne was throwing mixtapes and was on everybody tracks. If it wasn't for that I think he would still be around just not the best.

[mode]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

Waynes been mainstream since C 1 and argueably before.

Bling bling.

Underground = no media coverage whatsoever. Waynes been doig award shows, huge tours, tv spots and interviews since his teens.

A true underground artist doesnt see the light of day. 99% of yall dont know the difference.

i dont think that true.
youre forgetting how big hip hop has gotten.
theres a forum for everything. and its not like media outlets.
dont know that underground artist exist.

bet just had a freestyle session.
that had blu oddisee homeboy sandman das racist
and some puerto rican guy that i never heard of. all spitting some shit.

that certainly doesnt stop them from being underground.

[bloodysharnin]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

He would have sold his hair as weave to pay child support years ago.

[RealLife]

Re: What would you think Weezy will be like now if he never went mainstream?

He could not have been able to build an empire like YMCMB, you need a wide fanbase to have such a megastar label. Anyway, He also didnt choose to go mainstream, he was the chosen one. Every once in a while... a rapper will rise for the throne, and if the public embrace you, then you automatically have no way around being mainstream because once magazine covers, features, awards,national tours, event appearance start popping, you naturally are mainstream regardless of your content. But for Lil wayne, his contnet is unlike Jay Z, Kanye or Drake. In my opinion he is actually the only gutta rapper in mainstream-(his content is still underground- money, bloods, hoes, drugs and shit like that).