52 minutes ago, FightDragonsWithMe said:

No one wanted to witness an Australian woman put on a minstrel show. 

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1 hour ago, Dystopian said:

nobody cared about her as a rapper, only the pop hooks she had on her songs.

work is a classic tho.

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no support 

2 hours ago, sickening said:

im not even a big fan of cardi but who's talking about her LMFAOO bffr even if CB2 flops she'll still be remembered girl

it won't be released at all 

 

OT: no talent

3 hours ago, shookspeare said:

 she was an easy target for early woke twitter/tumblr

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she debuted right when cancel culture entered the mainstream and was one of its first casualties. 

When you're a rapper and you have memes going viral of you sounding silly it's done for, Rap music is all about being cool and when someone has something like that going around of them it's BAD for them, never mind that every other rapper sounded like that on stage too people just really had it out for her. Also, she had a very small fanbase supporting her career at that point and with the GP dropping her like that her fanbase became her only market. That repackaging of releasing her second album with 4,5 songs was a huge misstep as well, like how did you expect to sell an album of songs that people already had with only a few new ones? 

Iggy was never meant to last. If anything, she was lucky to be able to get a few more cute hits and avoid the one hit wonder curse.

Edited October 16, 20223 yr by Scars

how is that one alien avi not here yet? 

gay hate drag/queer queen she regularly put on interview/MV. she is too real

 

refuse to support child slave circuit and got punished by industry. prompt to her standing on right side of history.

Edited October 16, 20223 yr by Polgg48

people cancelled her because of her racist past and her blaccent 

Some of these replies already.... 

 

 

OT:

 

- The argument with Azealia

- The slavemaster line

- The blaccent

- Sexism / misogyny

 

 

A big emphasis on the last point too because you have white male rappers who have done or said just as much problematic stuff as Iggy, yet some of their careers are still thriving. Eminem is already established but even he had a song back in the day where he said something along the lines of "don't date Black girls, they only want your money" and he wasn't cancelled. 

 

 

Azealia Banks coined "Igloo Australia" and did that Hot 97 interview and it was over for her after that

I mean she still got moderate hits like Kream and whatever Sally Walker 

11 hours ago, unino said:

how is that one alien avi not here yet? 

Right? There's like only one Iggy stan here and they don't even show up to the single Iggy thread that was not made by them?

On 10/15/2022 at 8:19 PM, Wayfarer said:

 

I swear, I think this video was a HUGE factor. As someone said, this was absolutely an “Emperor With No Clothes On” reveal, and she was just too new with too many questionable tension-inducing-aspects about her (what everyone is naming: the blaccent, etc etc) —- that, when you see this? She’s done.

 

This video is still the FIRST thing to come to mind when I think of Iggy Azalea. And I liked her well enough, and bought The New Classic.

Edited October 17, 20223 yr by theflying

I take umbrage with all the "talent!!" comments because the implication is that all rappers are inherently talented and talent is what gets you to succeed. 

 

This isn't... true. I'm not even interested in a "here are rappers less talented than Iggy" because that has no productive use, but my overall point is that talent isn't the single factor y'all think it is - across all entertainment, plenty of immensely talented people haven't ever made a blip, and plenty of talentless people have had longevity in their careers. 

 

The hip-hop audience screaming "X is so talentless" will also just bump someone like, Lil Pump "for the lulz".  Recall that the "talentless mumble rapper" backlash only happened YEARS after that sound passed. 

 

The actual answer is a combination of a) that disastrous freestyle video b) her beefs and ignorance about the racial dynamics that have always underscored the field she loves, and c) the thick accent. 

Cancel culture, plus that viral video of her rapping really tarnished her credibility.

 

She came back strong with Sally Walker, Started & Kream though, but she wasn't backed up by a label at that time so she wasn't going to reach the same status as an independent artist.

On 10/16/2022 at 1:48 AM, shookspeare said:

 she was an easy target for early woke twitter/tumblr

Why is this thread made in 2022?

 

You dont know after 8 years

47 minutes ago, Phantom said:

I take umbrage with all the "talent!!" comments because the implication is that all rappers are inherently talented and talent is what gets you to succeed. 

 

This isn't... true. I'm not even interested in a "here are rappers less talented than Iggy" because that has no productive use, but my overall point is that talent isn't the single factor y'all think it is - across all entertainment, plenty of immensely talented people haven't ever made a blip, and plenty of talentless people have had longevity in their careers. 

 

The hip-hop audience screaming "X is so talentless" will also just bump someone like, Lil Pump "for the lulz".  Recall that the "talentless mumble rapper" backlash only happened YEARS after that sound passed. 

 

The actual answer is a combination of a) that disastrous freestyle video b) her beefs and ignorance about the racial dynamics that have always underscored the field she loves, and c) the thick accent. 

Lil Pump fell off years ago, he was a fad

Being a talentless white girl pretending to be a rapper and even getting acclaimed by being nominated for a Grammy pissed the world 

she was never going to last