I think Lollipop helped cuz it played on pop radio so it gave him some new fans but it still would'ave been big without it since this cd was SO hyped and everybody was waiting on it
I can see both sides. He began to blow up with "Fireman" and being ranked higher than Kanye on MTV's first best rappers. Then he was featured which gave him even more credibility and surrounded him with so much hype for TC3. Surely "Lollopop" helped because of getting plays on Pop, but I think that either way he would have done well just simply from the hype.