Why didn't Juelz Santana make it?

PiffyHaze · May 2012

yu could tell he lazy bc he didnt capitalized and make a video for homerun when the audio version was poppin

$tayRichROLLIN · May 2012

Nicca was tryin too hard to be a tuff guy followin his brah twin instead of makin music consistently . He could of filled that gap in age from last generations ny rappers to the new one. Cuhz blew it

joeyfkncrakk · May 2012

Wow I was gonna make this thread like 30 times but didn't even wanna waste my time... Juelz lost his drive harder than almost any rapper I've ever cared for... This guy salted his own formula, went from Human Crack In The Flesh to I'm a rockstar splashy splash BS... Nomrapper has ever disappointed me more than Juelz especially over the last 5 years. He had the mistake game down to a science with The Back Like Cooked Crack volumes he was that nigga and then hen started smelling his self too much and all down hill. Stopped using punchlines and replacing them with predictable repetitive bars that a 6 year old could create... He even had a chance to take his shyt to new heights after WTGBM, his 2nd album which I still bang til this day but he became a dependant... Dependent on Cam, Jim, and worst of all Lil Wayne... He stopped thinking bout his own shyt and relied on Wayne to carry him to superstardom which was a crash and burn after Wayne went to jail.... This Reagan Era jawn is up there with Detox as one of the albums that will never see the light of day...

Lastly, the dude just lost it point blank... It must have been when he threw away the bandana cuz he ain't been the same ever since smfh.... I heard he was on the kirko bangs remix and I actually was excited to see what he talking bout now if he possibly came back with a new hunger and revival of the Tana I used to know but dude came off so damn elementary I just gave up on dude... Height haves lil bread left but he is no longer Santana the Great , dude is basic as hell now and it hurts for me to say bcuz I looked up to Santana heavy in the DipSet Era, the kid Jimmy is leaps and bounds better of a rapper than Juelz nowadays and that's just a shame... Juelz blew his shot at greatness....

I don't know how to post bids but Im a link 3 basement freestyles and just notice the hunger and originality he had.... Ddes flow was one of a kind ow he's weak AF

joeyfkncrakk · May 2012

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Co-Town Michael · May 2012

Nigga is lazy as fuck.

dalyricalbandit · May 2012

all the talent was in the bandana

Supreme_Mind999 · May 2012

DRUGS And Pussy(A Drug)...Makes you lazy

NothingButTheTruth · May 2012

Wack thread. He DID make it. He was apart of the one of the hottest groups to bless the mic. SMH @ y'all expecting everyone to have Nas, JayZ longevity.

Juelz had an average to above average career. Just because he didn't blow up like Nas and them doesn't mean he didn't make it.

Shit, for all we know, he might still be working on some shit. Everyone doesn't have to follow the Wayne, over-saturate the industry formula.

joeyfkncrakk · May 2012

NothingButTheTruth wrote: »

Wack thread. He DID make it. He was apart of the one of the hottest groups to bless the mic. SMH @ y'all expecting everyone to have Nas, JayZ longevity.

Juelz had an average to above average career. Just because he didn't blow up like Nas and them doesn't mean he didn't make it.

Shit, for all we know, he might still be working on some shit. Everyone doesn't have to follow the Wayne, over-saturate the industry formula.

Tahe nigga has only dropped two albums.... TWO fucking albums! Thats not reaching ur potential especially with his credibility as an MC at his peak.... He's already past his prime I would say, missed the bus

Ricky.G · May 2012

juelz had the talent to become a great rapper but he just went on some dumbshyt gettin caught up wit the feds . even wayne had to scrap the album cuz he was being lazy

c.b.b. · May 2012

The dude had so much potential in his verses on SDE and Come Home With Me. His early Dipset material was decent too.

Then, dude started settling for wack azz punchlines/bars and making some of the worst music known to man

Elzo69Revolutions · May 2012

what the gam been missing was dope then poof......

runningwolf1980 · May 2012

normally i never give anyone one a pass...but i think it was cams fault santana missed tomany collabs because cam went "mia" and didnt wanna "ok" shit....

loch121 · May 2012

Juelz was always just okay.He wasn't no top 5, but Dipset breaking up is what happened.He was cam's artist and fell out w/ Cam

Jay Z wasn't pressed to drop him since he threw darts at him.

Wild Self · May 2012

His lazy ass just wasn't working. He's the Jadakiss without the BIG cosign and only 2 solo albums/

southsil4lil · May 2012

And Lil Wayne kind of stole his style/swag and ran with it......

lamontbdc · May 2012

it might be b/c he's wack as shit

c.b.b. · May 2012

loch121 wrote: »

Juelz was always just okay.He wasn't no top 5, but Dipset breaking up is what happened.He was cam's artist and fell out w/ Cam

Jay Z wasn't pressed to drop him since he threw darts at him.

Yeah Juelz and Jim Jones got brand new when they blew up and IMO it was grimy of them to go on stage with 50 when Cam was beefing with him.

Juelz also got cocky and felt he didn't need to give a damn about lyrics. It showed b/c his debut album was lyrically wack as hell.

Total opposite of how he was rapping in the early Dipset days (SDE, Come Home With Me, Diplomat mixtapes from '02, etc).

Cabana_Da_Don · May 2012

Lil wayne stole his swagger and ran wit it rhymming all slow and shit.And talking about getting head.

c.b.b. · May 2012

lamontbdc wrote: »

it might be b/c he's wack as shit

That too. beside a few verses dude was always garbage as hell to me

mrbootleg · May 2012

ME Human crack in the flesh
Im the last of the best
One word to describe me "Spectacular" YES

Juelz was dope. hope he stays off the syrup. He had good mic presence

OceanState · May 2012

maybe because using the same last word in his sentences shit in verses got old

Sion · May 2012

Didn't make it ? Huh ?? Wasn't he part of one of the BIGGEST movements in Hiphop ? Dipset is the reason niggas was rockin pink & purple, the reason why niggas was wearing them big square earrings, rockin their bandana like Santana & why niggas were even copying their production style. His album went platinum & his debut went gold, he had classic mixtapes, HUGE singles (dipset dipset) made millions and bar for bar is still one of the nicest niggas in the game. He didn't need a Jay-Z co-sign on a song to blow up or influence his audience.

Niggas gotta find a proper definition for "relevance" cuz with the exception of a very very small few there are not a lot of rappers that are still able to be in the game for 10 years + and still sell a lot of albums but that don't mean their irrelevant. Half of these guys just come into the game to make their money, enjoy themselves and then leave when they have enough. Not everybody needs the masses to kiss their ass - the same masses that will turn on them in a heart beat when a new nigga comes on the scence.

KNiGHTS · May 2012

Sion. wrote: »

Didn't make it ? Huh ?? Wasn't he part of one of the BIGGEST movements in Hiphop ? Dipset is the reason niggas was rockin pink & purple, the reason why niggas was wearing them big square earrings, rockin their bandana like Santana & why niggas were even copying their production style. His album went platinum & his debut went gold, he had classic mixtapes, HUGE singles (dipset dipset) made millions and bar for bar is still one of the nicest niggas in the game. He didn't need a Jay-Z co-sign on a song to blow up or influence his audience.

Niggas gotta find a proper definition for "relevance" cuz with the exception of a very very small few there are not a lot of rappers that are still able to be in the game for 10 years + and still sell a lot of albums but that don't mean their irrelevant. Half of these guys just come into the game to make their money, enjoy themselves and then leave when they have enough. Not everybody needs the masses to kiss their ass - the same masses that will turn on them in a heart beat when a new nigga comes on the scence.

While I respect this opinion, I can't fuck with it too heavy for one simple reason: Santana's the very definition of "hiding weak-ass bars behind the work of producers." Every one of his joints that was hot was only hot because of production. Hell, that entire repetitive rhyming style he brought to the table was ass.

"I told her SHUT UP, but she didn't want to SHUT UP, so I told the smut to SHUT UP and then she SHUT UP"

Hell, it made me sick when Cam started using the shit because I forgot he was nice.

antdatruth89 · May 2012

Kinda crazy for juelz that he hasnt released an album in 7 years he had his chance to do more work but he didnt pursue. What the games been missing from 2005 is still a classic to this day. I just think the whole dipset movement just faded after '05-06 and when jim jones dropped ballin it was the only song keeping hopes alive for dipsets future.

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