Rap music peaked with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Thread starter Ohene
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OP I get what you mean and your reasoning makes sense..
that being said, I think the score by the fugees or all eyez on me by Tupac fit what you’re describing better.. two commercially and culturally impactful records that also stayed true to hip-hops roots in the streets and still get respect not only in the streets, but also with hip-hop heads, and commercially to this day.. two albums that have universally and eternally transcendent records in ready or not and California love..
that being said, I think the score by the fugees or all eyez on me by Tupac fit what you’re describing better.. two commercially and culturally impactful records that also stayed true to hip-hops roots in the streets and still get respect not only in the streets, but also with hip-hop heads, and commercially to this day.. two albums that have universally and eternally transcendent records in ready or not and California love..
BIGDENNIS10UK
All Star
It wasn’t soooo bad, just overproduced and soooo overrated.
I never got the fascination with bc Kanye as a rapper though, Jay-Z should’ve got on his CL Smooth shyt and just told him “Make my beats fakkit”.
@Ohene
I agree, but only from my perspective. What I want out of hip hop, I'm no longer getting. And that's cool. I've changed, hip hop has changed, and the artists I grew up with - either they stay the same, and I'm not interested, or they change...into something I don't want to hear.
As far as MBDTF, that's one of the last records in the last 20 years I heard that just blew me away.
Looking through what Google said dropped since......, picking out other possible peaks
Lotta names I recognize, but at no point have I been hype about Tyler or Earl Sweatshirt or ASAP Rockie. They're speaking to young cats. Same with Future, Migos, Young Thug, etc....
Hip Hop keeps splitting.
Honestly cats like Nas, Jay, Yeezy, Drake, Kendrick - they're not really what the culture is about these days. And they haven't been for a while. They are still capable of putting out hits of course, but the game has really changed.
I agree, but only from my perspective. What I want out of hip hop, I'm no longer getting. And that's cool. I've changed, hip hop has changed, and the artists I grew up with - either they stay the same, and I'm not interested, or they change...into something I don't want to hear.
As far as MBDTF, that's one of the last records in the last 20 years I heard that just blew me away.
Looking through what Google said dropped since......, picking out other possible peaks
- 2011 - Watch the Throne
- 2012 - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
- 2013 - Meh- Yeezus and Magna Carta - major steps down, Maybe Nothing was the Same... But by then hip hop had seriously changed.
- 2014 - Meh
- 2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly
- 2016- Meh
- 2017 - Damn & More Life
- 2018 to Now - Meh...
Lotta names I recognize, but at no point have I been hype about Tyler or Earl Sweatshirt or ASAP Rockie. They're speaking to young cats. Same with Future, Migos, Young Thug, etc....
Hip Hop keeps splitting.
- NWA made everyone gangstas
- The Chronic said good bye to Digging in the Crates
- The Love Below said it was okay to sing
Honestly cats like Nas, Jay, Yeezy, Drake, Kendrick - they're not really what the culture is about these days. And they haven't been for a while. They are still capable of putting out hits of course, but the game has really changed.
Hip-Hop-Bulls
All Star
Ironman
#Knickstape
Song in general is awful
DontEemTry
Superstar
That hardly even counts as a rap album
iliketurtles
Do Right And Kill Everything
Classic album, but since take care drake has been runnin shyt or since the song forever. One of the best runs oat
Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
Watch the Throne as in Kanye and Jay Z album Watch the Throne, or are we talking about another shytty album?