^^^ yeah but looking at it strictly as getting mainstream exposure. mac dre just had the perfect image. i may be wrong but how an artist presents himself is huge, and dre was basically hip. his rapping skills arent the only reason everyones trying to act like mac dre nowadays, its cause he had a trend setting image that now is even slowly spreading outside of the bay. when i think of mainstream i dont necessarily think of talented mcs, cause clearly thats not what it takes to make it big. its more than that