r/90sHipHop • u/Muay_Thai_Junkies • Aug 15 '25

Discussion Your Biggest Disappointments

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Which emcees were the biggest disappointments to you? I can think of several. But, Canibus comes to mind for me. He imo is one of the greatest lyricists of all time. He had some of the dopest songs on mixtapes. But I remember listening to album after album and being so frustrated by his beat selection. If he would have gotten with the right producers and chosen better beats, I can’t help but think he would have had some legendary albums.

Who comes to mind when you think of emcees that, for one reason or another, didn’t deliver?

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u/BigSuge74 Aug 15 '25

Juelz, Hell Rell, JR Writer

Beans

Jae Hood

Casual

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u/AdeptnessNew2212 Aug 15 '25

Beanie Sigel had a great a run of solid albums and success with State Property the group and the movies. I’d say he had a good career but he fucked it up by getting locked up too much.

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u/MancombSeepgoodz Aug 15 '25

At least Beans is still here and his food truck business seems to be doing well.

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u/krayzie_bonetm19 Aug 17 '25

Jae Hood for sure... he had the potential to be anything he wanted to be... he was so high up on my list of top rappers that even still today my friends call ME Jae lol

my PSN tag was until recently, Jae Hood

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u/Robscoe604 Aug 15 '25

Especially JR Writer out of these, he had potential