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Topic subjectSpin-off Post: Rappers without a co-sign from any other rappers
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2686775, Spin-off Post: Rappers without a co-sign from any other rappers
Posted by ChampAreno, Mon Apr-16-12 04:09 PM
I thought of this after seeing Childish Gambino bringing Kendrick and Danny Brown on stage at Coachella. He's been rapping for a few years now and I never heard another rapper mention him or cosign him as a rapper. I get that people don't like him, they think he's corny/gay/wack whatever, but dude got pretty far on his own no?

Think of all the other 'new' rappers out now, they all got some sort of support from rappers already in the game. Big Sean got Ye, Cole got Hov, Kendrick got Dre, Drake with Wayne, Wiz and Snoop and so on. CG, up until last weekend, seemed to have no support within the hip hop community, maybe that performance will help him out. Are there any others that come to mind? I was thinking Danny Brown but he came up w/ Yayo.
2686777, RE: Spin-off Post: Rappers without a co-sign from any other rappers
Posted by Li Mu Bai, Mon Apr-16-12 04:14 PM
Black Milk
2686779, Dilla and SV
Posted by ChampAreno, Mon Apr-16-12 04:18 PM
he was known as a producer which carried weight
2686780, Dude is a famous actor/comedian...
Posted by Crash85, Mon Apr-16-12 04:18 PM
he doesn't need a co-sign to push his shit...

and Dre shouted out Kendrick shortly before Section80 came out... Not saying it didn't help him, but I think most Kendrick fans could give a shit whether Dre co-sign him... Overly Dedicated created a buzz for Kendrick...
2687049, What? Drake needed a co-sign and he was a successful actor
Posted by zuma1986, Tue Apr-17-12 07:21 AM
2687121, Drake wasn't hosting award shows on MTV and rapping during...
Posted by Crash85, Tue Apr-17-12 11:09 AM
them...


he also didn't have a show on a major network like NBC...
2686781, I streamed about ten minutes of that set and thought he was terrible
Posted by Tiger Woods, Mon Apr-16-12 04:22 PM
He comes from the Wale school of "just rap about whatever fast enough and with the same flow and people will think its solid."
2686785, Nelly for SURE
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Mon Apr-16-12 04:29 PM
2686786, And Snoop ain't put Wiz on at all
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Mon Apr-16-12 04:29 PM
2686790, i didn't say he put him on
Posted by ChampAreno, Mon Apr-16-12 04:32 PM
but he did do an entire album with him
2686795, you're kinda implying it though....
Posted by Crash85, Mon Apr-16-12 04:38 PM
These rappers wouldn't be where they're at w/o these guys co-signing them...

^^^^Thats how I read your post...
2686800, well in that case, Wiz can be considered
Posted by ChampAreno, Mon Apr-16-12 04:44 PM
>These rappers wouldn't be where they're at w/o these guys
>co-signing them...

I didn't know he first made noise in '06, been around much longer than I thought.
2686808, Twista and Camp Lo? Plus a few of the people almost there...
Posted by phemom, Mon Apr-16-12 04:53 PM
By almost there I means people who haven't dropped albums like

XV
Mickey Factz
Pac Div
Freddie Gibbs (I don't consider Jeezy a co-sign)
The Cool Kids
2686891, Cool Kids DID have a Wayne feature on their debut tape though
Posted by Nodima, Mon Apr-16-12 07:11 PM
and they released an album last year with big names like Bun B and Ghostface


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2686938, about Camp Lo
Posted by forgivenphoenix, Mon Apr-16-12 08:58 PM
didn't Cool and Dre, who produced for Camp Lo, also produce some tracks for Jay-Z on Reasonable Doubt?
2686941, lol
Posted by Nodima, Mon Apr-16-12 09:04 PM
I think you mean Ski Beatz

I don't think Cool & Dre even existed until early 2000s

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2687023, Camp Lo had Butterfly. N/m
Posted by Original Juice, Tue Apr-17-12 02:21 AM
2687041, you kidding me right?
Posted by Boximus Crime, Tue Apr-17-12 06:35 AM
Butterfly was in their second video. Dove was on the album.
2686819, Kanye
Posted by Nick Has a Problem...Seriously, Mon Apr-16-12 05:07 PM
2686823, Another guy who produced for big name artists
Posted by ChampAreno, Mon Apr-16-12 05:10 PM
or Jay really. But as a rapper, no one was really checking for him so I could ride with this. He did have a ton of features on his debut though.
2687045, what?!?
Posted by Bombastic, Tue Apr-17-12 06:51 AM
.
2687047, who co-signed Kanye?
Posted by Nick Has a Problem...Seriously, Tue Apr-17-12 07:15 AM
sure wasn't Jay. He hopped on after the fact.
2687048, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Dilated Peoples, Common
Posted by zuma1986, Tue Apr-17-12 07:17 AM
2687077, I thought he was talking co-signs from heavy hitters
Posted by Nick Has a Problem...Seriously, Tue Apr-17-12 08:39 AM
a co-sign from them dudes ain't gonna change your career. especially not Dilated Peoples.
2686825, Tech 9yne, ICP
Posted by stylez dainty, Mon Apr-16-12 05:14 PM
I know I didn't spell that right.
2686830, Gift of Gab, maybe? does he have anyone in his
Posted by bills, Mon Apr-16-12 05:20 PM
corner other than his own crew?
2687050, Did A$AP Rocky do it or is being on tour with Drake considered
Posted by zuma1986, Tue Apr-17-12 07:27 AM
a co-sign?
2687194, Id argue ASAP was making waves before
Posted by BigReg, Tue Apr-17-12 02:02 PM
He was the first example that came to mind
2687052, Blu?
Posted by zuma1986, Tue Apr-17-12 07:31 AM
2687191, YG
Posted by LAbeathustla, Tue Apr-17-12 02:00 PM
2687236, brown didn't come up with yayo
Posted by blakegriffin32, Tue Apr-17-12 03:21 PM
i'm one of like 20 people who listened to that album and nothing happened because of the yayo cosign. xxx got him the internet fame and rise (still very small).

and donald glover doesn't have rap fans. 99% of his fanbase are people who watch his tv show.