Ludacris' music has aged terribly and it's high time we acknowledge it

[Awesome Wells]

Luda has some MASSIVE records that he was apart of...

Admittedly off hand, I forgot some of his work, but when you actually go back and check, it's a very fair comparison....

The root of the discrepancy is Luda moving on to do films vs Busta still putting his efforts in to hip hop

Nah, Busta was acting before he even dropped his first solo album. Pretty sure he's done more acting than Luda, or just as much. But Luda has stuck with the Fast and Furious sh*t mostly. Buss has done all kinds of acting. Since the early 90's.

 

[Animal House]

Luda also made good music and had a series of dope albums. And Luda also has songs that are really Hip Hop outside of the singles.

Luda also cared about making grounded Hip Hop songs. Luda is well regarded and respected as a Hip Hop legend as well. Again, Luda is the only MC who has held his own with Jay and Nas on the same song.

I don't know why people are making this great distinction for Busta. He and Luda are in the same class. You won't find people putting Luda or Busta albums in the same esteem as the classics. When classics are brought up or people list the best Hip Hop albums, their albums aren't going to be ranked that high and probably not even mentioned.

To take it further, people claim both of them fell off when they cut their hair.

Whaaaatttt?

Busta made way better music than Luda what kinda lame post is this

 

[JustCKing]

Whaaaatttt?

Busta made way better music than Luda what kinda lame post is this

Busta making better music than Luda is subjective.

 

[JustCKing]

The Coming, ELE, When Disaster Strikes and Genesis were all top tier Hip Hop albums. Three of which are undeniable classics, in my opinion. Dude was damn near untouchable from '91-01. His sh*t with Tribe, and the group work with LONS was classic too. His guest appearances alone could be made into a greatest hits collection. I liked Luda's first few albums, but Busta was making classic sh*t damn near a decade before any of us even heard of a Ludacris. Even his last joint, ELE2 was dope. Luda wouldn't be able to drop anything on that level today. He could barely hold on just 5-6 years into his career. Busta is over 30 years in.

I feel like anyone saying otherwise, wasn't there for Busta's sh*t early on. Because there's no way that anyone who was would ever put Luda on the same level as Buss. If we're being honest, dude's verse on "Scenario" kills Luda's whole career.

The key word is "in my opinion". Breh, who is putting any of those albums up against Illmatic, Ready To Die, Chronic, Doggystyle, OB4CL, or any of the 90's classics. Genesis is rarely if ever mentioned among the Stillmatics, Blueprints of the '00's.

Busta was not untouchable in the 90's. And when it comes his work Tribe, there's "Scenario". You act like he has albums with Tribe. LONS was a dope group, but again, that group wasn't among the best of the 90's.

And Busta wasn't consistent for no 30 years. Come on. This is stanning and blind hate at this point. You're putting Busta in the class with Nas or Jay Z and he's been nowhere near inpactful and he debuted with LONS before either of them dropped albums as well. Busta's not Biggie or Pac level. He's not Face or Cube level. And I could go on and include Ghost, Snoop Dogg, DMX, etc.

Your post is full of bias to the point of embellishing Busta's career at an attempt to make Busta out to be something he never was.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

The key word is "in my opinion". Breh, who is putting any of those albums up against Illmatic, Ready To Die, Chronic, Doggystyle, OB4CL, or any of the 90's classics. Genesis is rarely if ever mentioned among the Stillmatics, Blueprints of the '00's.

Busta was not untouchable in the 90's. And when it comes his work Tribe, there's "Scenario". You act like he has albums with Tribe. LONS was a dope group, but again, that group wasn't among the best of the 90's.

And Busta wasn't consistent for no 30 years. Come on. This is stanning and blind hate at this point. You're putting Busta in the class with Nas or Jay Z and he's been nowhere near inpactful and he debuted with LONS before either of them dropped albums as well. Busta's not Biggie or Pac level. He's not Face or Cube level. And I could go on and include Ghost, Snoop Dogg, DMX, etc.

Your post is full of bias to the point of embellishing Busta's career at an attempt to make Busta out to be something he never was.

Plus none of the Busta albums he listed as classics are real classics

 

[karim]

Out of all the terrible music that was hyped in the early 2000's, y'all actually took the time out of your days to shyt on Ludacris

 

[FunkyFresh]

Strange thread. He’s not one of the greats. He’s got some cool albums and hot Nas and Jay Z on a track

 

[JustCKing]

Plus none of the Busta albums he listed as classics are real classics

I can't believe people are actually taking a Luda comparison as an insult to Busta.

 

[ThirdAct]

Luda had a good run. Southern Hospitality, Saturday, Diamond in the Back, Growing Pains original and remix, Area Codes, Welcome 2 Atlanta, Stick Em Up, Grew Up a Screw Up, etc. hold up to me.

 

[Awesome Wells]

The key word is "in my opinion". Breh, who is putting any of those albums up against Illmatic, Ready To Die, Chronic, Doggystyle, OB4CL, or any of the 90's classics. Genesis is rarely if ever mentioned among the Stillmatics, Blueprints of the '00's.

Busta was not untouchable in the 90's. And when it comes his work Tribe, there's "Scenario". You act like he has albums with Tribe. LONS was a dope group, but again, that group wasn't among the best of the 90's.

And Busta wasn't consistent for no 30 years. Come on. This is stanning and blind hate at this point. You're putting Busta in the class with Nas or Jay Z and he's been nowhere near inpactful and he debuted with LONS before either of them dropped albums as well. Busta's not Biggie or Pac level. He's not Face or Cube level. And I could go on and include Ghost, Snoop Dogg, DMX, etc.

Your post is full of bias to the point of embellishing Busta's career at an attempt to make Busta out to be something he never was.

"Bias" as in I think his career was more impactful in Hip Hop's than Luda's? Absolutely. It's not even close.

You're comparing Busta's sh*t to Chronic, Doggystyle and some of the best albums of all-time now. And comparing him to Hov and Nas. I didn't say that. I said he was better than Luda. This isn't about him being the best ever. It's just about him having a career with mad classics a decade before Luda even released his first record. As I said, Luda fell off just a few years into his own career and never recovered. Luda couldn't keep his run going longer than 4 years. His own producer said the same. Point is, Busta is still a draw after 30 years. He was just selling out shows recently and had Pharrell come out and do a couple songs with him, to the crowds wildin'.

This dude is a certified Hip Hop legend. Not a flash in a pan artist. Busta can tour forever and do his features and songs for another 20 years, and every Hip Hop fan in the crowd will know those joints word for word. This is just common knowledge. Luda's run lasted 4 years. Comparing him to someone like Busta who's been doing it since '91, and has been a part of a ridiculous amount go classic sh*t, is an insult to his legacy.

 

[JustCKing]

"Bias" as in I think his career was more impactful in Hip Hop's than Luda's? Absolutely. It's not even close.

You're comparing Busta's sh*t to Chronic, Doggystyle and some of the best albums of all-time now. And comparing him to Hov and Nas. I didn't say that. I said he was better than Luda. This isn't about him being the best ever. It's just about him having a career with mad classics a decade before Luda even released his first record. As I said, Luda fell off just a few years into his own career and never recovered. Luda couldn't keep his run going longer than 4 years. His own producer said the same. Point is, Busta is still a draw after 30 years. He was just selling out shows recently and had Pharrell come out and do a couple songs with him, to the crowds wildin'.

This dude is a certified Hip Hop legend. Not a flash in a pan artist. Busta can tour forever and do his features and songs for another 20 years, and every Hip Hop fan in the crowd will know those joints word for word. This is just common knowledge. Luda's run lasted 4 years. Comparing him to someone like Busta who's been doing it since '91, and has been a part of a ridiculous amount go classic sh*t, is an insult to his legacy.

You said that Busta had three undeniable classics. That is why I brought up Doggystyle.

Luda did not fall off just four years into his career. Stop it. That's pretty much like saying Busta fell off with Anarchy.

Breh, Luda could still sell out a show without Pharrell ever showing up. Come on.

Ludacris was never some flash in the pan artist. Ludacris from 2000-2007 two triple platinum albums, two double platinum albums, and an platinum album. He was still going gold 10 years into his career and still had solo hit songs. Hardly a flash in the pan artist.

 

[Kaypain]

@Zero I'm disappointed in you

 

[Zero]

@Zero I'm disappointed in you

I made this thread 6 years ago and it's still getting burn. I think I was onto something

 

[JustCKing]

I made this thread 6 years ago and it's still getting burn. I think I was onto something

Thread really disproves your claims in the OP. If Luda's music really aged horribly, we wouldn't be here six years later still discussing it.

 

[Zero]

Thread really disproves your claims in the OP. If Luda's music really aged horribly, we wouldn't be here six years later still discussing it.

This would work if I called him irrelevant.

He was one of the biggest super star rappers at the time..but his music didn't hold up once you step outside of that and/or grow up