It wasn't for a lack of drive, however, but due to hassles and false starts with various labels. Frustrated with the constant roadblocks labels seemed to impose, Papoose chose to build his music independently by prolifically releasing and distributing high-quality mixtapes. This struggle ultimately paid off with a devoted fan base enamored with his street-savvy persona and hard-edged East Coast rap styles. His long-completed debut album, The Nacirema Dream , finally saw proper release in , and made a showing in the charts.
The appearance brought interest from labels, but the promises of record deals never fully materialized. From there, Papoose went full bore into releasing his music in the form of independently pressed and distributed mixtapes, and would release nearly a dozen collections of his high-energy songs between and alone.
During this wildly productive time, he approached New York radio DJ Kay Slay several times on the street, aggressively promoting his music. Kay Slay was impressed, and not only did he start placing Papoose on his Streetsweeper mixtape series, but he essentially founded the Street Sweepers Entertainment imprint to help gear up the unsigned artist to be New York's next legendary MC.
Papoose patiently took his time to find the best label situation, but he did broker promotion deals with Violator Management and Busta Rhymes ' Flipmode Squad. His debut album, The Nacirema Dream , was mostly complete at the time he signed with Jive, but some label red tape held up the release of the album.
Papoose tided over fans with The Best of Papoose: The Mixtape , a succinct synopsis of his prolific mixtape run. His time on Jive would never result in any commercially released music, and more red tape and label-inflicted setbacks led to the rapper cutting ties with the label in late Undefeated, he returned to his program of steadily releasing mixtapes, dropping nine new projects between leaving Jive in and the release of Most Hated Alive in late His debut album, The Nacirema Dream, was mostly complete at the time he signed with Jive , but some label red tape held up the release of the album.
Papoose tided over fans with The Best of Papoose: The Mixtape, a succinct synopsis of his prolific mixtape run. His time on Jive would never result in any commercially released music, and more red tape and label-inflicted setbacks led to the rapper cutting ties with the label in late Undefeated, he returned to his program of steadily releasing mixtapes, dropping nine new projects between leaving Jive in and the release of Most Hated Alive in late The Nacirema Dream was finally released in March , nearly seven years after it was in its final stages of completion, on Fontana Records offshoot Honorable Records.
It sold well and debuted at number 97 on the Billboard chart. Papoose quickly followed the long-awaited studio debut with yet another mixtape, Hoodie Season, released in November , and would issue mixtapes Hoodie Season 2 and Cigar Society before returning in with his second studio album You Can't Stop Destiny.
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