Has anyone saved or revitalised as many careers as Kanye?

CeLLaR-DooR · June 2011

Jay-Z...Common...Twista...

Mos Def and Lloyd Banks might be next...

poopoo · June 2011

Il go with Dr. Dre but Lloyd Banks saved his own career (5 and better series, BBB), Kanye just jumped ship.

poopoo · June 2011

But not too many other than Dre and Ye

georgia boi · June 2011

You might laugh, but Salaam Remi:

The Fugees- irrelevant until the Salaam Remi produced "Nappy Headz" remix and he also had the single to their biggest album in "Fugee-La" for The Score

Nas- Yes, Stillmatic was Nas's ressurection, but "Made You Look" and "I Can" are Nas's biggest hits. He was a major contributor to God's Son which made critics recognize that Nas's comeback wasn't a fluke.

A few other producers:

The Neptunes: Snoop Dogg (gave Snoop new identity after No Limit), LL Cool J (they gave him his first platinum album in years with 10)

Timbaland- Fabolous ("Make Me Better" was the single that pushed From Nothing To Something gold after Fab had been away from the game for 2.5 years and a label switch), Lil' Kim ("Jump Off" was Kim's comeback after Notorious K.I.M.),

kuskklassic · July 2011

yea Kanye got it...

i wouldnt say he revived jay-Z's career but he did help Jay-Z (along with Just Blaze) respect from the critics with a classic in the blueprint.

Common
Pusha T
Twista

and rumored to do the same thing with Mos Def, Nas, etc....

kuskklassic · July 2011

the Neptunes have a good arguement too.

NORE (Super Thug)

Snoop(Beautiful)

Mystikal (Shake it fast & Danger)

Justin Timberlake (first album)

Smo-King Locs · July 2011

kuskklassic wrote: »

yea Kanye got it...

i wouldnt say he revived jay-Z's career but he did help Jay-Z (along with Just Blaze) respect from the critics with a classic in the blueprint.

Common
Pusha T
Twista

and rumored to do the same thing with Mos Def, Nas, etc....

since hov came out of retirement in 06' Jay-Z life support = Kanye West...

georgia boi · July 2011

Smo-King Locs wrote: »

since hov came out of retirement in 06' Jay-Z life support = Kanye West...

In terms of success Jay Z has had Kingdom Come and American Gangster be successful post-retirement. Both albums had either one (KC) or no (AG) Kanye productions. Kanye's been instrumental in Jay's career, but Jay has been both critically and commercially successful without Kanye.

ItzGravitation · July 2011

lmao at Ye saving Jay career.
Dude hasnt saved anyones but maybe Common.
And dude still dont have much of a career except shows maybe and features on GOOD music

georgia boi · July 2011

kuskklassic wrote: »

the Neptunes have a good arguement too.

NORE (Super Thug)

Snoop(Beautiful)

Mystikal (Shake it fast & Danger)

Justin Timberlake (first album)

I forgot about N.O.R.E. If we're counting Pop stars too, then Timbaland's definitely up there:

Nelly Furtado- the album before the Timbaland helmed Loose didn't do as well as the album before and it paled in comparison to Loose in terms of commercial success.

Aaliyah- She'd disappeared from the scene after her debut and she split with producer R. Kelly, but returned to R&B with the Timbaland helmed One In A Million

Justin Timberlake- "Cry Me A River" was the difference between teeny-bopper boy band Justin and solo bonafied Pop star JT

Fabolous- the Timbaland produced "Make Me Better" became Fab's biggest single after leaving Atlantic for Def Jam and not dropping an album for nearly 3 years.

Lil' Kim- "Jump Off" was Kim's comeback single after being gone after 3 years

soul rattler · July 2011

Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg have saved/revitalized their own careers more times than Kanye has anyone else's.

2nPac · July 2011

Timbaland has gotta be up there...

NM...I see georgia boi already mentioned him

Hollywood Cold · July 2011

georgia boi wrote: »

You might laugh, but Salaam Remi:

The Fugees- irrelevant until the Salaam Remi produced "Nappy Headz" remix and he also had the single to their biggest album in "Fugee-La" for The Score

Nas- Yes, Stillmatic was Nas's ressurection, but "Made You Look" and "I Can" are Nas's biggest hits. He was a major contributor to God's Son which made critics recognize that Nas's comeback wasn't a fluke.

A few other producers:

The Neptunes: Snoop Dogg (gave Snoop new identity after No Limit), LL Cool J (they gave him his first platinum album in years with 10)

Timbaland- Fabolous ("Make Me Better" was the single that pushed From Nothing To Something gold after Fab had been away from the game for 2.5 years and a label switch), Lil' Kim ("Jump Off" was Kim's comeback after Notorious K.I.M.),

Man I didnt know half of this shit. Thanks for the info fam!

R.D. · July 2011

ItzGravitation wrote: »

lmao at Ye saving Jay career.
Dude hasnt saved anyones but maybe Common.
And dude still dont have much of a career except shows maybe and features on GOOD music

Are you gay and stupid ?

c.b.b. · July 2011

I have to agree with Timbalanad and Kanye puttng a lot of folks on and saving their careers.

I disagree with the Neptunes saving Nore's career. You can say he helped put them on the map b/c "Superthug" was their first big/known beat.

thesynthesis · July 2011

kanye did save jayz ass

when bp2 dropped it was knayes idea to get beyonce on the me and my girlfriend song, he thought of the concept while he was driving down the chi listening to 7 days theory and he went and told his idea to jay

anyways jay had a pop record and beyonce helped jays career

so kanye and beyonce have aided jays life support machine in many ways...

ShencotheMC · July 2011

Smo-King Locs wrote: »

since hov came out of retirement in 06' Jay-Z life support = Kanye West...

I swear man, y'all niggas kill me with this dumb shit

CeLLaR-DooR · July 2011

rap doctor wrote: »

Are you gay and stupid ?

lol..lmao...I understand stupid...But gay?

R.D. · July 2011

CeLLaR-DooR wrote: »

lol..lmao...I understand stupid...But gay?

ill let him explain

c.b.b. · July 2011

thesynthesis wrote: »

kanye did save jayz ass

when bp2 dropped it was knayes idea to get beyonce on the me and my girlfriend song, he thought of the concept while he was driving down the chi listening to 7 days theory and he went and told his idea to jay

anyways jay had a pop record and beyonce helped jays career

so kanye and beyonce have aided jays life support machine in many ways...

"Me & My Girlfriend" probably hurt Jay more than saving him.

I agree that Kanye's production on BP1 helped save Jay Z among hiphop fans and critics, but Jay Z was going to be a success in the public eyes regardless.

Even if just Blaze did every beat on BP1, JayZ would've still had a career.

Kanye did help Twista stay relevant with his production even though I think Twista is a much better rapper than Ye and Traxsta's production is better.

Logic First · July 2011

u r right

Mvpbrodie93 · July 2011

Jay z was coming of 2 Straight WACK albums in vol 2/vol3 before the blueprint

usmarin3 · July 2011

Mvpbrodie93 wrote: »

Jay z was coming of 2 Straight WACK albums in vol 2/vol3 before the blueprint

They're also Jay-z two biggest and most successful albums, and neither is fucking wack. Ya'll stay on some revisionist shit!

Common and Twista is the only dude Kanye has revitalize!

MC The Rapper · July 2011

usmarin3 wrote: »

They're also Jay-z two biggest and most successful albums, and neither is fucking wack. Ya'll stay on some revisionist shit!

Common and Twista is the only dude Kanye has revitalize!

Volume 2 and Volume 3 boosted Jay profile because Volume 1 and Reasonable Doubt were flops . Dynasty he had hit records as well.

Mvpbrodie93 · July 2011

usmarin3 wrote: »

They're also Jay-z two biggest and most successful albums, and neither is fucking wack. Ya'll stay on some revisionist shit!

Common and Twista is the only dude Kanye has revitalize!

Volume 1 is the only good volume, 2/3 have a combined 4-7 good tracks on them period. His sell out phase

Mvpbrodie93 · July 2011

And volume 1 ain't even that nice.

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