Having longevity while retaining popularity in hip-hop is a difficult thing. For the most part, it's a here today, gone tomorrow genre. It's about what you're doing now, not what you've done before. Unless what you've done has been strong enough to stay in people's minds for years. Your albums have to have mattered and your moves must have impressed. To have done that by 26 years old is an accomplishment, and B.G. has achieved just that.