It was fun with a lot of new school cats coming out along with the old heads still holding it down.
Ye hadn’t gone all the way batshyt crazy
West was back on top with Kendrick m, followed by mustard who had a string of hits, along with others like Dom Kennedy , Nip, TDE, etc
Young money was in its prime. Drake novelty hadn’t worn off yet. Wayne was cool, Nikki was pretty good. Tyga even had some hits.
ATL second generation was gearing up with migos, future, thug, quan, clone Gucci,baby, gunna etc
New r&b heads was coming out like Tory, Bryson, August Alsina, Jeremiah, Miguel. Trey Songs was still dropping some heat too. Chris brown was on the rebound.
Cole was starting to find his groove after finally being acknowledged by Hov
Big Krit, Sean, and Wale were all still relevant and even had a couple of hits.
It was a great bounce back after the ring tone era of the mid 2000s and it felt like we had a great influx of rappers who’d liked to rap but also liked making good songs.
Great balance. I miss it and still think fondly on those days