I'll concede that when Nuthin But A G Thing and The Chronic came out Dre ushered in a new sound. The G-Funk beats with the high pitched synthesizers. A lot of West Coast groups gravitated towards that sound. From 92-96 The West Coast was poppin no doubt.
But all that means is that from...
Cosign.
It was a good album, but it didn't have anywhere near the impact that people are making it out to be.
Run DMC's first album had 1000X the impact of The Chronic.
My point is that people, not necessarily you, say that The Chronic is the greatest album of all time because it was a game changer.
Those people must not remember when Run DMC came out. Or Public Enemy, or LL Cool J, or Beastie Boys, or De La Soul, or Tribe Called Quest, or Eric B & Rakim, or 2...
Nas is better at rapping, but Jay Z is better at making hit singles and club bangers.
If you listen to Nas's flow on Life's a B!tch, One Love, If I Ruled The World, Nasi IS Like, Stillmatic Freestyle, Purple, Hip Hop Is Dead, Stay, Nas is clearly the better rapper.
But if you listen to...
The Chronic was a game changer, but you're acting like there aren't a dozen or more albums that were also game changers in Hip Hop history.
Criminal Minded was a game changer
Paid In Full was a game changer
It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back was a game changer
I could go on
This is what needs to happen:
Puff, Dre, Cube, Jay, Master P, Birdman(?), 50 Cent(?), Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Shaq, Oprah and whoever else has hundreds of millions need to put their differences aside and make this happen.
We look up to them and they can inspire the next...