Sir, bad way to start a discussion, you sound like another whiney "rap" fan... Oh but, wait... A-Wax is your musical savoir. You sound like you work on his promo team, sir.
No sir, I think some of you people just like throwing words around because they sound good.. Is his music REALLY evolving that much? His lyrics and flow may have improved (which is debatable)... but overall his music is essentially the same stuff he was putting out on 65 g'z.. The only difference in his music now is he raps about being a piru.. over southern sounding production. Not exactly a big leap from where he started.
What exactly has he done that's stepping outside the box? In the end, he's essentially your typical gangster rapper. I've heard all of his albums, sir.. so you go ahead and try to point out to me what I missed that makes him so much different from other gangster rappers like Philthy Rich or C-Bo.
Sir, you definitely have a biased angle.. LOL So stop acting like you're being objective here.. You can't give A-Wax props for "stepping out the box but then down play Tear Gas like that. The thing that's great about TG is the overall variety it offers from the wide variety of production to the wide variety of features from Cellski, Zion I, Paul Wall, Freeway and Cormega and they don't sound out of place. If that's not "stepping out of the box" than I don't know what to tell you, sir. In fact, the only thing that holds Tear Gas back are too many features and not enough solo tracks...