As opposed to what? your INDIVIDUAL opinion?
(1) To have big sales, you have to show consistency, and thus, sales are an indication of whether or not the consumers are wiling to pay for your product...
(2) Received accolades from peers is a better way of judging if an artist is worth his/her salt than listening to what an individual fan has to say....
Eminem, Jay Z and 2Pac have the sales and praise from their peers, and therefore they are MORE deserving of the Top 3 spots in Hip Hop than ANY other rapper that has ever held the MIC....
@claiming objectivity when judging art. It is by definition a subjective exercise. Your entire premise is illogical.You can't make a REASONABLE and OBJECTIVE case for another rapper to be better than Eminem, Jay Z or 2Pac...
Also, Nelly, Biggie, MC Hammer, DMX, 50 Cent, Ludacris are ALL MORE deserving Top 4 or 5 than GFK...
If we are being OBJECTIVE....That's the key word...
never got the hype over common.Agree all day
Nas
Jay-Z
Common
Ghostface
Black Thought
my top 5
(1) Album sales is NOT an opinion though...It is a number that can be QUANTIFIED...It is NOT my opinion that Eminem, Jay Z and 2Pac have sold 30+Millions of albums...It is a FACT more than that it is the TRUTH...Regardless of my personal feelings and emotions...Uh, yeah. That's what it ultimately is regardless: your opinion...no matter how much you try to dress up it with what you deem as qualifying criteria, which you go on to do next...
And that assessment was formulated by who? Oh yeah..,you.
@claiming objectivity when judging art. It is by definition a subjective exercise. Your entire premise is illogical.
This dude said Hammer and Nelly > Ghost.
I'm from East Oakland, TOP 3NO ONE outside of nyc would say yes. how ny'ers are so out of touch with a culture they created idk. probably explains ny's insignificance in hip hop
Uh, yeah. That's what it ultimately is regardless: your opinion...no matter how much you try to dress up it with what you deem as qualifying criteria, which you go on to do next...
And that assessment was formulated by who? Oh yeah..,you.
@claiming objectivity when judging art. It is by definition a subjective exercise. Your entire premise is illogical.
This dude said Hammer and Nelly > Ghost.