Nas just dropped the first dope grown man album, Blu and Exile bout to drop the mastered version of Flowers(best album of 2011), Lupe still goin over peoples heads, Kanye swagged out scarface style, frank ocean just entered rnb into a new deminsion , killer mike outdid ice cube at being ice cube, El-P dropped a futuristic banger, kendrick lamar taking lyrisism to new levels,, jay z still a camel, nikki minaj got a fat azz, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet i feel like rap is at its best in 2012....and we still got 6 months left
I gotta ask how long you been into rap if you seriously think rap is at it's best in 2012. Half the shyt you named has zero impact outside of niche fanbases....like Blu, or El-P....Kanye and Lupe are arguably the wackest they've been their entire careers....Nicki Minaj just bricked with a terrible album....I mean to put it into perspective you're saying Killer Mike "outdid Cube at being Cube" despite the fact that A. his album is inferior to every Cube album prior to (and possibly including) "Lethal Injection", and B. his album most likely wouldn't even exist without every Cube album prior to "Lethal Injection".
Fred.