yeah for a lot of us Ma$e, at the time, symbolised everything that had gone wrong (the Fall. Succumbing to market forces and Mammon) but there's been a real turnaround in critical perception. Kayne for what it's worth has always claimed Ma$e is his favourite rapper of all time.
[Verse 1: Ma$e]
Now, who's hot, who not?
Tell me who rock, who sell out in the stores?
You tell me who flopped, who copped the blue drop?
Whose jewels got rocks?
Who's mostly Dolce down to the tube sock?
The same old pimp, Mase
You know ain't nothing change but my limp
Can't stop till I see my name on a blimp
Guarantee a million sales, call it level up
You don't believe in Harlem World, nigga, double up
We don't play around, it's a bet, lay it down
Niggas didn't know me '91, bet they know me now
I'm the young Harlem nigga with the Goldie sound
Can't no Ph.D. niggas hold me down
Cudda schooled me to the game, now I know my duty
Stay humble, stay low, blow like Hootie
True pimp niggas spend no dough on the booty
And then you yell, "There go Mase!", there go your cutie
[Hook: Kelly Price]
I don't know what they want from me
It's like the more money we come across
The more problems we see