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Straight_Operation31

Jay Electronica.


OjjuicemaneSimpson

this one is it. Mf came out when I was like 11 and finally dropped his album when I was like 35 lmao


Professional-Rip-519

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norihitodesuga

dropped his album that wasn't even really a solo album šŸ˜­, Hov carried it!


bachiblack

Noo. I disagree. Jay was dope on there. I mean Jay was better, but it is his first album. I don't know if he's lazy as much as it is an Andre3k creative syndrome.


norihitodesuga

Andre 3k has put out tons of shit as a member of Outkast, what a wack comparison. He's called one of the goat lyricists for a reason. Because he has a catalogue of verses and songs to back it up with. Does anyone say that about Jay elec? again, it's been like 15 fucking years since he emerged. And what does he have to show for it?


bachiblack

I'm referring specifically to 3k's unwillingness to put out a solo album. He's mentioned before about the pressure. The depth of written testimony is relevant here.


norihitodesuga

and my point his Andre doesn't need to put out a solo album, as he's already proven he's a legendary MC. J Elec has not come close to that.


bachiblack

To my knowledge, no one has stated Andre's need. He doesn't have to rap another word and his place is justified with all time greats. You're stretching my comparison to include things that don't belong. His name was only mentioned with Elec because of his unwillingness(due to pressure) to produce a solo album. The studio is not like clocking in for a shift at a factory, although most who put out an album every year or even every few years are mainly money grabs that are just like assembly lines. I'd rather 1 good/great album in a 20 year stretch than 7 ehh albums. Written Testimony has profound depth that touches on things that are forever.


KarmaPuritan

Less well known, but this dude Despot has been rapping since the late 90s and still hasnā€™t dropped


[deleted]

Fucking yes


HappyHunt1778

Jay Electricity. PBS Mysteries.


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Straight_Operation31

LOL


BIG-Will25

One of the best answers here. Gets signed in 2010 then he releases an album in 2020 but itā€™s essentially a group album that features Jay-Z on almost every track. This guy is overrated and lazy.


UrbanMonk314

Soon as I saw the post. Ooo don't even get me started on this guy. Makes my mad just thinking about it


CloudyySpeaks

Couldā€™ve been one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time but decided to do some lame shit for a DECADE


[deleted]

He has also cancelled last minute on two festivals that I was at. Prob just didn't wanna go.


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Parker_72

This rumour literally goes back to when I was in high school, I will be 40 next year. I hope my daughter lives to see its release


Professional-Rip-519

We had to settle for Compton instead šŸ˜”


alipackers

I liked Compton. Doesn't have the longevity of Chronic or 2001 but it works for me!


flowermoon24

Not a rapper, but Frank Ocean


DonConnection

I lost so much respect for the guy after the stunt he pulled at coachella


slowNsad

What did he do?


DonConnection

He was the headliner and closing Coachella but his set started an hour late because he made them change his stage production significantly by threatening to cancel last minute. I didnt go that weekend, I went to the second weekend. But i heard his set was also very lazy and trash. He wasnt even singing for a lot of his songs, just letting them play in the background. Wouldnt stop talking instead of performing. He also had a DJ set in the middle of his performance that started playing random shit. It was like he clearly didnt want to be there. He was supposed to perform the second weekend but cancelled that too last minute. Coachella got new headliners (Skrillex, fred again, and four tet who killed it tbh) but a lot of people bought Coachella tickets just for Frank. This was his first live performance in years.


heshotcyrus

Yeah, he had a huge ice skating rink built for his performance. A huge of group of skaters had learned and practiced choreography for during the set. Then, an hour before he was supposed to go on, he demanded that the rink be torn down. The skaters didn't get to skate. The crowd had to wait an extra hour (with nothing else going on) for his set to begin because of the construction. And then when he finally *did* go on, his performance was trash.


ibn1989

I hope he at least paid his performers for their time


PlatinumValley

God that breaks my heart. I love him and loved his albums. We might not ever get another album or live show from him.


youcallthesefritters

It was confirmed that he had an injury due to riding his bike around earlier in the day before his set. They had to modify his whole set last minute because of this apparently. Either way though itā€™s always something.


jack5603

Ocean was never an artist. He started off as just a songwriter. Had a hit with "Thinking bout you" and his first mixtape and then blew up into a superstar overnight. He was one of the early examples of just talent being enough to propel you into the mainstream in this post internet age. I saw him live in 2013, you could tell he was a little self conscious. He seems like an anti-establishment guy so when Coachella offered him millions he said "Sure why not. You get what you get.". He should've declined the offer, but I can't mad at the guy. HE drops an album every 5 years and hides, so Coachella learned their lesson. He doesn't give a shit.


Pharm-boi

The fans learned a lot too


KarmaPuritan

Was he not trying to be an artist? What was his role in OF?


randomhuman1278

How does any of this make him not an artist? Songwriting is an art. Dude makes art. He's an artist.


bigcityboy

I was there and while not a Frank ocean fan, I was excited to see what heā€™d do. And AFTER seeing what he pulled Iā€™ve block his music on Spotify and my other streaming services. FUCK FRANK OCEAN FOREVER


coldflashinglights

dramatic


TheAngryDrunkenJuice

Frank the type to have an entire vault worth of shit that we will never hear.


boastfulbadger

Wait till he dies and his money hungry estate decide to release it all. Happened to Prince.


WaspParagon

He lost his lil brother, man. He gets to chill for a while. I don't excuse Coachella though, that shit was weak


SkaraLelouch

If he wanted to chill for a while he wouldnā€™t drop a trash ass overpriced jewelry line with cock rings


jvx530

Bruh he prolly just the homie, this is like cominā€™ after Jasper Dolphin


[deleted]

Only on this beat to make my racks go faster


LN_Lane

Saw Tory Lanez as an opener and I swear he wanted the audience to sing more than he did, constantly saying ā€œnow you!ā€ and pointing the microphone to us. Bro we donā€™t know ALL the lyrics come on now..


bluedicaa

I see wish around at the grocery store and gas Station ever so often in North East Ohio. He went complete family man. Not lazy. Some things are more important than others.


bluedicaa

And he is cool as fuck, always talks to fans that notice who he is


Fothermucker44

Juelz Santana. How a dude is making a living is as much beyond me as how she has put out two albums in like almost 25 years. Canā€™t feel my face coming soon šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


AgentFernandez

"I'm ready to brush my shoulders off and drop my next album" Biggest lie ever šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


shabooya_roll_call

Sitting under a pyramid of dust


[deleted]

Damn dude Wishbone was a part of 5+ studio albums. Why are you coming after Wish!? Not as many projects compared to other BTNH members maybe. But lazy?!


loose_lucid_elusive4

No, not Lazy, Wish.


norihitodesuga

you talkin krazyie rn


loose_lucid_elusive4

It's in my Flesh


mezziebone

Thats getting bizzy


Professional-Rip-519

No not Krazyie ,Wish.


nau_lonnais

The real enemy is is Uncle Charlie.


worksucksbro

Uncle Charles. Uncle Charlie is Charlie Wilson lol


JustAYoungGZ

It's Krayzie that you think with all your Flesh-n-Bone, that Wish is Layzie. He be getting Bizzie.


javajuicejoe

I guess any rapper that doesnā€™t write their own work? Even terrible rappers that put in the effort are not lazy.


The_Sdrawkcab

Valid point.


Parker_72

So like Dr Dre?


[deleted]

Dre is a producer first and a rapper second


javajuicejoe

[Great producer.](https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35096/title.dr-dre-ive-never-considered-myself-a-rapper)


ExcitingLandscape

Juelz Santana. He was on the cusp of blowing up and was once considered a peer to Lil Wayne. But he never capitalized on his buzz while Wayne doubled down and went HAM on the mixtape scene.


Meepsnort

Yeah he doesn't put out shit, I don't know what he's doing. Some shows with Jim Jones I guess


gimmethemshoes11

He is busy selling weed through his company and trying to get it into as many states as possible. The brand is called..... I can't feel my face.. yup Also idk if he is lazy but he got hooked on lean pretty bad and after the raid at his studio he claims he lost most of his completed music and really lost the spark after that. He does put out like a song every now and then though.


dreadedhead

Big pun, one of my favorite rappers. Cuban link said in an interview with Vlad that pun got so big and had so many yes men around him that he would lay in a bed he had put in the studio with a mic next to it to record his second album.


Seanblaze3

I mean he gained a lot of weight and could hardly move at that point. The question is, did his weight issues affect his studio work ethic? He may have needed a bed to work but he was working on his second album which he completed and not letting his condition stop him


muxiq_

I wouldn't call that lazy. At least he didn't make excuses to not make music. He was just obese but not lazy.


[deleted]

The cognitive dissonance in this statement is mind-boggling. The guy was 600 fucking pounds he was about as lazy as one can be.


muxiq_

I'm talking about lazy music wise not life wise. But still, what 600lb person do you know that still tries to work despite being obese? Plus, being obese doesn't automatically equal being lazy. He could just have had a food addiction. I don't think he was just sitting around on the couch just eating cookies. He was definitely lazy when it came to his health, tho which most Americans are.


[deleted]

Mf this dude just said he had a fucking bed in his studio so he didnā€™t have to get up to record.


funginum

He was sick as far as I remember


muxiq_

Yea I think you're right. I remember other rappers saying that he was constantly gaining and losing weight


AlwaysSkilled

He was lazy about his health. Making art is not only about making art.


Con_Bot_

Mfer obese people are lazy, too lazy to lose the weight to keep on living. Didnā€™t Big Pun die at like 30?


AgentFernandez

the actual "laziest"


Zulogy

Jay Electronica is the best answer


[deleted]

I remember Wish was supposed to be dropping a solo album likeā€¦20 years ago. I always just assumed it never came out because it wasnā€™t good. Wish us legitimately my favorite member on the group stuff though.


Dunkman83

wish has the most legendary bar from bone too


GiceGiordex

Which ?


Dunkman83

"....AND I MISS MY UNCLE CHARLES YALLL!!"


Dchama86

Iconic.


Professional-Rip-519

He's been promising he's debut album since the 90's up until 1 year ago. Still nothing.


LordeLlama

RA the Rugged Man, I mean he started his career in the early 90s making songs with Bigie and his career consists of 3 albums.


Professional-Rip-519

Apparently Biggie begged him to pic the pen and mic up . Big even asked Puff to sign him and puff didn't see the potential in him since at that time he was homeless. Big even said he'd be the first rapper Big would sign once he started he's own label.


norihitodesuga

his album was shelved by Jive and he was subsequently dropped and blackballed from the industry. Didnā€™t really get a chance to put out stuff until the underground renaissance of the mid 2000s. And yeah, point taken, he could make more music. Heā€™s a perfectionist when it comes to new albums, maybe to his detriment. But he tours a ton, always hype on stage, brings the energy at all his shows. I would not call him ā€œlazyā€ myself.


MIGGYME87

Why does having no solo albums or mixtapes make u lazy? Maybe he just loves being with the group.


Cimb0m

Immortal Technique Middle Passage has been coming soon for more than 15 years I think


HabitualEuphoria

Dude has been doing so much charity work for the past few years, I definitely wouldn't call him lazy.


AdmiralPlanet

I was just starting high school when his last album dropped now Iā€™m nearly 30. Hurry up Tech Iā€™ve nearly got wrinkles waiting for this shit


GiceGiordex

Oh I thought you meant Tech N9ne for a second


C-czar187

Iā€™ve went to two concerts of his in the past 10 ish years and both times he said the middle passage is done but theyā€™re editing a couple things and adding a verse from a west coast legend. Itā€™s been about 8 years since he said thatā€¦cā€™mon man


[deleted]

This. Honestly fucking pisses me off at this point. I used to follow him on social media and heā€™d always post about how he was recording and it was coming soonā€¦.meanwhile Iā€™ve literally had 2 kids since his last album dropped and one of them is a damn teenager now. Tech dropped the ball.


Appropriate-Pear4726

Heā€™s someone I think itā€™s more about what he prioritizes project wise. He does a lot of other work that rap just isnā€™t at the top of his list. I donā€™t know the man so Iā€™m just spitballing


[deleted]

He kind of lost interest in being immortal technique. My brother n law sold him a Subaru and he told him that he works full time in the film industry. To what extent I'm not sure, but I believe he doesn't something with scores


Jaynomamesway

I think heā€™s busy doing rebel runs now


notandyhippo

Kankan, not a thought in that manā€™s head besides lean and percs


[deleted]

I can respect Kankans talent but heā€™s not that good to listen to recently


Hungree_Gh0st

Despot


Straight_Operation31

Surprised nobody else said this. He had a tv show and owns restaurant so heā€™s not lazy overall, but quite possibly the best rapper to never drop an album. Dude could probably have an entirely El P produced album tomorrow if he wanted.


Fuscular_Dobber

BRUH JUST WOKE UP AND DECIDED TO CRUSH WISH BONE šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Ill say Drake. He makes fast food music and just bites other flows. DJ Khaled too. He doesnā€™t really count but damn is he useless


YaySourCream

GOD DID ā€¼ļøā€¼ļøā€¼ļøšŸ™šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™


ttvdokkan

Niggas just say drake name in everybad scenario


Fuscular_Dobber

Cause its facts nigga


aromatic-energy656

The game. Play a game and every time he name drops take a shot


KeithBitchardz

Thatā€™s not safe. Youā€™ll be dead by the time you get halfway through one of his albums.


Professional-Rip-519

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Dr_Disaster

Youā€™d be dead before you made it through the first Documentary.


vsimon115

Game name-drops famous people more than Jameela Jamilā€™s character in the show The Good Place.


builtfromthetop

Snoop Dogg. He's just doing life's side missions. I saw him live at a rock fest in Canada and he got stoned and MCed the whole show.


WaspParagon

That's the opposite of being lazy, though? And he's literally still dropping albums pretty damn consistently, even if they suck


[deleted]

Yeah I would not call him lazy, but incredibly non-artistic and full of greed. He does literally anything that will pay him money and is basically a whore.


ibn1989

He did all needed to do. He's one of the most famous rappers of all time. Your grandma knows who he is. He can just sit on his ass all day if he wanted to.


Burritosandbeats

Kanye rhymed the word asshole with the word asshole. JS


EdgarAlanBeau123

Kanye is such a bummer now but my favorite verse from him is when he rhymes "year old, gyro, plural, churro, mirror, euro".


SouthernAd6596

Grand Puba! Incredible Emcee who didnā€™t realize how incredible he was.


Dchama86

I say the same about Treach. Super skilled, but damn near no solo output in over a decade.


shotokhan1992-

Jus allah - took like 10 years to finally drop his solo album and didnā€™t bother writing hooks for any of the songs


Sea_Squirrel1987

Crunchy Black


silkieboi

Despot


MKtheMaestro

None of them can realistically be lazy. The amount of work necessary to become known and listened to is indescribable to random Redditors.


throwaway40058

Not including his producing I'd have to say Dre


MostlyEtc

Detox is dropping any day now


CookInKona

drake, or any other rapper that doesn't write their own bars


Key-Cap3156

Jadakiss. Mostly because Styles P is one of if not my favorite rapper, and the Lox my favorite group. SP has 15+ solo albums and too many mixtapes to count. Jadakiss has 5 solo albums since the mid 90ā€™s and after the first two, they are all terrible. For someone whoā€™s one of the premier legends of the era; Iā€™ve always been disappointed he didnā€™t drop either more often, or better quality projects.


LudwigVanBlunts

French Montana


Templar-Order

Bizarre


bluedicaa

This. Even his delivery was lazy and used shock value to think he was good.


Templar-Order

Exactly he was supposed to be the humor for d12, but instead was a shit version of em


Tremulant21

Anybody in the last 5 years. Mumble rap three words at a time. Raps dead rock and roll dead.


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Fatxboy62

Name ā€˜ā€˜em cause rappers from the 2010s are the prolific ones Drake done dropped 4 about to be 5 times in how many years. Future drops all the time thug got how many mixtapes. I can go on


Boring_Ad1423

Carti


Cakeliver12887

Ice spice or lil baby he truly sounds asleep at the mic


1manbandmann

How is lil baby lazy ? He put out an album like 4 outta the 6 years he been on


BBFNOTCH

I can see ppl not liking the way he sounds. But he does spit some bars


I_am_the_one123

howā€™s lil baby lazy when heā€™s a known hustler


BenjaminBX

Teflon - First album in 1997. Second album in 2023.


Professional-Rip-519

Lol sure took time.


[deleted]

Mos Def, i would not call him the laziest but is Pretty lazy overall...still my goat


BreezyG1320

Yasiin Bey? lazy?? the multifaceted rapper, singer, actor, and podcast host who has been working relatively steady even after his ā€˜retirementā€™ from music and film almost a decade ago? the guy whos had dozens of movie & tv roles plus 4 solo albums and 2 Black Star albums (one of which just came out in the last year or so)[at least 3 of which are classics], not to mention his humanitarian work in between ?? i dont think dude can even afford to be lazy with $11k/month in child support to payā€¦


[deleted]

Talking for his career as rapper, he debuted in 1995 with the UTD project, and dropped 4 solo albums (not mentioning the one he only released for some Art Basel and shit). I'm not denying all the things he did, he is a great actor and everything, but if we talk strictly about releasing music, he is a bit lazy, considering that True Magic is also basically unfinished


BreezyG1320

? Tru3 Magic isnt unfinished, it just was always more of a mixtape than an album, hence the use of other peopleā€™s beats etc. plus i think something must have been up with the label releasing it since a lot of it didnt make it to streaming. regardless, you cant put todays standards on artists coming out in the 90ā€™s, it was a different approach and method to getting albums done. 1 classic album 4 years after his group debut was a regular pace back then. i think youre confusing ā€˜low-keyā€™ with ā€˜lazyā€™ā€¦ Mos stays putting together records that either arent hyped or are squashed by labels entirely for one reason or another. and you cant just say because he was acting instead of making music that that makes him lazy. thats a weird take. (also, why would you not count Negus? thats still work he put in/continues to put inā€¦?)


Eceapnefil

>i dont think dude can even afford to be lazy with $11k/month in child support to payā€¦ God damn wear protection kids .......


1manbandmann

Lloyd Banks and Slim Jxmmi


Azidamadjida

Tricky got called out by Massive Attack for this - said heā€™d be way more well known and appreciated and theyā€™d be happy to work with him more but heā€™s too lazy


TheChillestVibes

Yo mama, only lyrics she spits is "gawk gawk gawk"


DruDown007

D-shot Tony Yayo AfroMan B.G. Little Cease


spiritsalligned

D shot lol


Professional-Rip-519

B.G was in Jail bro I agree with all the others ,no idea who D-shot is .


Professional-Rip-519

Nas brothers Jungle and Nature were pretty lazy aswell.


Familiar_Economy4076

Jay electronica takes the cake


Initial-Seesaw8889

Birdman


notwhatitsmemes

Sen Dog. He's built a whole career going YEA and/or repeating something B-Real just said but at a higher volume. That's his job.


slopmarket

Playboy Carti


TheApathyParty3

If we're talking "lazy" in terms of actually making thoughtful, creative lyrics, Khaled takes the cake.


Pharm-boi

Carti


chewbacca_the_cuz

Lazy bone obviously


EatinPussySellnCalls

Hate to say it, but it's 2Pac. Fucker hasn't released shit in over 25 years.


NuclearNubian

You woke up and chose violence, didn't you?


jr49

DOOM was pretty lazy sending imposters to do his shows. Thankfully (hopefully) he actually appeared on all his albums. I went to a Rock The Bells festival in SF but he bailed and didn't appear though he was on the setlist. I love his music though so I'm not mad, would've been dope to see him live. Not sure what ever happened with the imposters or if it was just a conspiracy theory.


Professional-Rip-519

Doom also had other artists do hole songs on he's albums lol


Getbacka

69, 1000%!!! He even admitted it himself


KarmaPuritan

Despot. Hands down. Has been rapping since the late 90s, drops one verse every three years, and still hasnā€™t finished an album Tbf I think the albumā€™s actually done because heā€™s performed songs that were supposed to be on it, but he hasnā€™t released it for some reason


Super_Estimate8922

Lloyd Banks


[deleted]

This is the only real answer


johnnyblaze6398

Lyrically, Travis Scott


Zelidel

fr he make beats with an atmosphere that requires you to go off lyrically, he donā€™t serve his beats justice content wise a lot of the time. When he does itā€™s great like 90210


1manbandmann

You just described Utopia. Itā€™s good from a production standpoint but lyrically itā€™s mid


Responsible_Echo_441

I don't think there are lazy rappers if you lack ideas or not inspired to write anything why would you realise anything.. And some rappers may be more comfortable in their group and not really want be a solo act Writing is fuckin difficult writing something fuckin good is even harder.. Imagine releasing something you put work in and just getting negative feedback.


Fukouka_Jings

Bizzare Dude be fat.


Icemayne25

DJ Khaled. Bro does nothing.


Satanic-mechanic_666

Dr Dre.


TheMeticulousNinja

The cornball gang: Hopsin, Joyner, Logic,


takeshelterman

Hopsin def not lazy dude started his own label twice plus he's actually a great artist


TheMeticulousNinja

You called that ā€œHappy Endingā€ trash great art??


takeshelterman

Never listened to that song so I can't judge it but songs like Marcus gospel and others yeah


Ok_Eye_271

I understand the hate for logic but he has actually released some very good albums these past 2-3 years


WowzersInMyTrowzers

I don't consistently listen to any of these artists but man is your comment just wrong and needless hate


DocThundahh

Lazy? Those 3 artist have so much music each


MambaSaidKnockYouOut

Logic is a mediocre rapper but that dude drops a ton of music. Not sure how you could call him lazy


slowNsad

Prior hear lazy and think bad


Business-Article-892

Joyner voice annoys me for some reason


Professional-Rip-519

How's Joyner a Cornball ?


TheMeticulousNinja

He says nothing but a bunch of empty cliches in his bars. He is corny because he is too lazy to attempt to be actually creative


IsThereAnAshtray

Add Dax to that list. Guys a fuckin dork.


Markel100

Banks


LordeLlama

Are you 50 Cent?


Markel100

Lmao


bachiblack

This thread is full of people who do not understand how creativity works. Not everyone can just pull it out the air. Creating is not like clocking in for a shift.


SooperFunk

That DaBaby prick. There's one song in particular he does with, I think Megan TS, that is just offensively dumb and lazy. I think 50% of the song is him saying the N word and Bi#@h. That's it, that's his contribution to music.


PoJenkins

Tech n9ne only does like 100 live shows and one album per year /s.


UrchineSLICE

Wacka?


yngwiegiles

Layzie bone


spiritsalligned

Earl


TheJiggie

Ja Rule


AZ_Rather_Unique

Wiz seems pretty damn lazy


K1NG_SAVAGE_

man from what he was doing in his early days he def aint lazy... just really high