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letti cook

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Im on a pre-universal Cash Money binge right now, going way byke to 93 and all that

hurts my heart Mannie Fresh didnt get paid like he was supposed too

that label was really built off his back
 

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Now that I think about it. When did the whole “Jay Z needs Kanye for musical relevance” myth start? :heh: Around the WTT era right?:heh:
 

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what do you do with Gunna's music? shyt is like meditation trap, it's good late night drive home or before bed music or even to work to because it's easy to ignore his lyrics but his music doesn't inspire me to really pay attention to him or what he's saying and it's too mellow for the gym
 

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Re-listening to college dropout, Never Let Me Down. I always find it funny that jay came out of nowhere with that 2nd verse.

When that album came out Kanye was NOT supposed to be a legit rapper but he low key smoked Jay on that. Jay gave you the shyt talking flossin verse but Kanye came with the def poetry civil rights Pulitzer verse :lupe:

This was in the climate of ‘Eminem murdered you on your own shyt’ i just know jay was like not again :damn:


After already giving a full ‘16, a full 4 minute song, hook, gospel choir, spoken word outro, jay still came on ‘WHO ELSE-YOU KNOW….’ :pachaha:


Verses were fire but jay was on his ego/diva shyt bc Kanye verse outshined him
 

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If all that matters is the music…which a lot of people say, can an argument be made that Kanye is clearly the G.O.A.T?

I mean musically, none of the people who we list as the Greatest are f’n with Kanye when he’s in his bag...not even close.
 

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That Busta verzuz thread got me thinking: what if verzuz was trimmed up into rounds?
something like: 10 singles as the lead artist, 5 features, 5 album cuts/bsides/mixtape joints :jbhmm:

maybe a round where each artist get to perform something new

could be interesting and maybe trim some fat where artists don't know what songs to go with
 
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