I'm just goin go through a bunch of the random artists on my itunes and state if they have elevated or declined since there beginnings.



AZ- Decline
Cee-Lo- Elevated
Common- Elevated
Danny!- Elevated
Eminem- Decline
Flo-Rida- Decline (from the Ayo technology remix he did)
The Game- Elevated
Ja Rule- Declined
Jay-Z- Declined
Juelz Santana- Declined
K-Os- Decline (went pop)
Kanye West- Declined
Lauryn Hill- Decline
Ludacris- Elevated
Lupe Fiasco- Elevated
Mos Def- Decline
Talib Kweli- Elevated
Nas- Decline
Nelly- Decline
Obie Trice- Elevated
Oukast- Elevated
Papoose- Declined
Rick Ross- Decline
Royce Da 5'9- Elevated
Saigon- Elevated
Scarface- Elevated
Skyzoo- Elevated


Aight thats just a bunch. Please diss mine if you want. and post some of your own. or just do whatever. its all cool.

why AZ and Nas? Nas is a legend so why would they decline him? and AZ is great as a lyricist smh @ how people underrated him

why AZ and Nas? Nas is a legend so why would they decline him? and AZ is great as a lyricist smh @ how people underrated him
No one who really listens to hip hop underrates AZ. He is certainly underappreciated by many, but not underrated. If you've listened to both of their full discographies, I think it's fair to say that the quality of music coming from them has at the very least slightly declined over the years.

No one who really listens to hip hop underrates AZ. He is certainly underappreciated by many, but not underrated. If you've listened to both of their full discographies, I think it's fair to say that the quality of music coming from them has at the very least slightly declined over the years.

lol I remade ya sig you like it?

http://i27.tinypic.com/20r493a.jpg

I'd say nearly everyone on that list has declined, most those artists came into the game with some dope albums, and their recent albums are not better, so that is a decline...

Elavation? This isn't some faggot textcees we're talkin about..

^ Lets not ruin a perfectly good word, in fairness the word was around before textceeing

^ Lets not ruin a perfectly good word, in fairness the word was around before textceeing

And the textcees butchered it..

~elevate~

http://www.nanoda.com/gravitation/files/images/11-ayaka-elevator.preview.jpg

ELEVATE!

Yea that is a textcee word. But alas whatevs.

I basically agree with your entire list.

Busta Rhymes - Declined
Lil Wayne - Elevated
Juvenile - Elevated
Mystikal - Was elevating, now incarcerated.
Buckshot - Declined
Scarface - Elevated
Killer Mike - Elevated
Common - Elevated
Black Thought - Elevated
Method Man - Declined
Redman - Elevated
T.I. - Declined
Nappy Roots - Elevated