U know that about pac nd yea he did sell his boyz out, wen pac was blowin up he brought as many westcoast rappers with him as he could, ive seen pac interviews with the likes of richie rich, snoop, outlawz & so on all gettin involved in a 2pac interview thas somethin 40 would never do.
He(40) says how he invent all the bay slang wen Keak started most that shit

Exactly! i just think 40 with all his braggin saying he is the bay legend and shit and sayin he run the bay u know he could be helppin ppl blow up and he aint... just lookin out for himself.... shady shit

As long as he's been rapping, and barely "selling out" I think he is allowed to sell out lol. But yeah he should have brought some artists with him.

so u really think 2pac would be stopping mainstream rap. . .

i dont know if he would be "stopping" mainstream rap, im saying I think if he were still alive 99 percent of mainstream artists would not be rapping.

Well they may be rapping but i dont think they would have blown up as much as they did i think most of them would be struggling artists

disrespectfully disagree, 40 wuz da reason da mainstream wuz payin attention 2 tha bay, everybody fumbled after that, nobody even put out a real full length album wit all new material since then until fab & turf. i mean people were wonderin bout keak after tell me when 2 go & he just fumbled, wheres da album at? also, a major record deal duznt mean u can bring a bunch of other rappers wit u & b stars, obviously major labels arent impressed wit da bay area rap scene or others would hav deals besides 40. i think sum people need 2 realize dat just bcuz sum1 is yer favorit rapper, duznt mean they're marketable. most o these cats movin 2000 units talkin bout, im a superstar & i got chips, when in all actuality they local. no disrespect 2 turf talk dats my favorite cd, hes great but hes not marketable cuz record labels only care about club beats & mtv raps. im babblin but 40 is da only person who ever shed light on da bay so u r stupid. as far as him selling out, he is clearly goin 4 a more mainstream sound but dude been puttin it down 4 many moons so he earned it. i just hope theres no songs bout hyphy & goin dum on da new 1 cuz dat shit suks now.

this topic has been talked about many times... what i wanna know is, who exactly do you have in mind for 40 to give some shine to??? like the one guy said, a lot of ya'll favorite rappers couldn't sell not one cd outside the bay area, why in the hell would the people backing 40 wanna deal with that??... i do, however, think he should atleast give some shine to his own crew, b-legit and the rest of the click, thats atleast expected... em did it for d12, 50 did it for g-unit, pac did it for the outlawz, snoop did it for the dogg pound and the eastsidaz... other than that though, i dont think he should be expected to be a stepping stone for anybody...

i agree...even keak performed on 106 & Park with 40, was in the vids and he didnt drop anything after that...the buzz was gone and like you said he fumbled...but I also think cats just weren't feelin keak because of his raspy voice and not understanding a word he says...that aint 40's fault...

40 been in the game for what? 20+ years...its about time he getting known nation wide..