Best and Worst Reinventions in Hip Hop
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Best
Snoop Doggy Dogg went from being feared gangsta rapper to Snoop Dogg hanging with Martha Stewart and hosting the Paris Olympics. Musically, while he struggled to find himself after Doggystyle, he was hit and miss, but hit his stride when linking with The Neptunes.
Kanye West went from basement producer to super producer to iconic Hip Hop superstar. Watching him go from the Talib Kweli/Mos Def/Def Poetry lane to the Jay Z/Wayne level was something else.
OutKast reinventing themselves with each album. 1994-2004 OutKast was really something to see.
Nas is the same deal. Nas was reinventing himself a lot as well. There was a huge transition from Illmatic to It Was Written. Then to go from the I Am/Nastradamus phase to the Stillmatic/Lost Tapes/God's Son era to the more experimental Street's Disciple/Hip Hop Is Dead/Untitled/Distant Relatives era to Life Is Good to Nasir/Lost Tapes 2 to the 6 albums with Hitboy is CRAZY.
Missy Elliott is another one who reinvented herself with each album.
WORST
Puff- he was onto something with No Way Out. The team of Mase, The Lox, Biggie, Black Rob, and Lil' Kim hid his weaknesses as an artist. When he dropped Forever, all of his weaknesses were exposed because only Lil' Kim was featured and while that album had a crazy guest lineup, Puff was in the forefront. It was never the same after that no matter how many times he changed his name.
Snoop Doggy Dogg went from being feared gangsta rapper to Snoop Dogg hanging with Martha Stewart and hosting the Paris Olympics. Musically, while he struggled to find himself after Doggystyle, he was hit and miss, but hit his stride when linking with The Neptunes.
Kanye West went from basement producer to super producer to iconic Hip Hop superstar. Watching him go from the Talib Kweli/Mos Def/Def Poetry lane to the Jay Z/Wayne level was something else.
OutKast reinventing themselves with each album. 1994-2004 OutKast was really something to see.
Nas is the same deal. Nas was reinventing himself a lot as well. There was a huge transition from Illmatic to It Was Written. Then to go from the I Am/Nastradamus phase to the Stillmatic/Lost Tapes/God's Son era to the more experimental Street's Disciple/Hip Hop Is Dead/Untitled/Distant Relatives era to Life Is Good to Nasir/Lost Tapes 2 to the 6 albums with Hitboy is CRAZY.
Missy Elliott is another one who reinvented herself with each album.
WORST
Puff- he was onto something with No Way Out. The team of Mase, The Lox, Biggie, Black Rob, and Lil' Kim hid his weaknesses as an artist. When he dropped Forever, all of his weaknesses were exposed because only Lil' Kim was featured and while that album had a crazy guest lineup, Puff was in the forefront. It was never the same after that no matter how many times he changed his name.
Yes, thanks for correcting me..it was Ali shaheed!!
Damn Tip..you fell the fukk off Son.
MC Hammer returning as The Funky Headhunter was wild.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
IMO it's easily 2Chainz.
Dude went from DTP bench warmer to a legit superstar in rap
Dude went from DTP bench warmer to a legit superstar in rap
One of the worst is the Ice Cube Don Megan era
Now he's Don MAGA
Brandsdale
Big Yella
BEST
-Mac Miller (dweeby snapback kid to drugged out introspect)
-Curren$Y (hypebeast to stoner)
-Titty Boi ---> 2 Chainz
WORST
- Lil Wayne --->Skater Wezzy
-Mac Miller (dweeby snapback kid to drugged out introspect)
-Curren$Y (hypebeast to stoner)
-Titty Boi ---> 2 Chainz
WORST
- Lil Wayne --->Skater Wezzy
Deadman187
All Star
Best
Dr Dre - WCWC to NWA
Tity Boi to 2 Chainz
Worst
Big Daddy Kane - Dark Gable era
Ice Cube - Don Mega top-hat era
Dr Dre - WCWC to NWA
Tity Boi to 2 Chainz
Worst
Big Daddy Kane - Dark Gable era
Ice Cube - Don Mega top-hat era
Alexander Wiggin
All Star
How come no one already said the GZA
Breh went from
to this
Nore and Joe Budden succesfully transitionned to rap media personallity too
Breh went from
to this
Nore and Joe Budden succesfully transitionned to rap media personallity too
the cac mamba
Veteran
i never actually made out what that hook was saying. it sounds SO WACK when you type it outNasty Nas to Esco
To Escobar, now he is Nastradamus
How come no one already said the GZA
Breh went from
to this
Nore and Joe Budden succesfully transitionned to rap media personallity too
Okay. To me Gza was dope on words from a Genius as well.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Not a big Bobby digital fan tbh. Would rather have had a true RZA solo
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Best:
50 Cent?
RZA from we love you rakeem to RZA
Mobb Deep from juvenile hell to The Infamous.
Dre on Wreckin Cru to NWA to The Chronic to 2001
Three 6 Mafia evolved over the years and each stage was incredibly dope
Cam'ron confessions of fire to dip set era
Jay Z from that jiggy Jay wiggitty way trash to RD
Worst to me is BCC once they dropped beatminerz
Smif n wessun to cocoa brovaz
Really, all the post 96 BCC stuff to me is nearly unlistenable and to me the first 4 releases from 93-96 are all classics
50 Cent?
RZA from we love you rakeem to RZA
Mobb Deep from juvenile hell to The Infamous.
Dre on Wreckin Cru to NWA to The Chronic to 2001
Three 6 Mafia evolved over the years and each stage was incredibly dope
Cam'ron confessions of fire to dip set era
Jay Z from that jiggy Jay wiggitty way trash to RD
Worst to me is BCC once they dropped beatminerz
Smif n wessun to cocoa brovaz
Really, all the post 96 BCC stuff to me is nearly unlistenable and to me the first 4 releases from 93-96 are all classics
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the cac mamba
Veteran
how about that era where Juicy J started dikkriding Wiz Khalifa, and pretending he was in college as a 40 year old 