Complex: the best rapper alive every year since 1979

[buttuh_b]

Jay-Z was the best rapper alive in 2009?

 

[PK_TK_187]

Nas has never been the top/best MC of any year.

dude stay getting outshined and outsold.

dude cant even run his own city/state.

how he was on top of hip hop in 2002 when Em, Jay , and 50 was dominating

I dont know why i'm responding to your faggot ass, but Jay flopped with Best of both worlds, dropped arguably his worst album to date and was crying on the radio after ether, 50 didnt drop til 03 you dumb fuck and Eminem might of been the closest but Eminem show was no where near as good as Gods son, Nas started off the year on top and ended the year on top

Jay didnt cry dude.

thats just some lie the web made up cuz they like to love losers and hate to love successful people.

Em>>>>Nas in 2002 and every other year.

BP2>>>>>what Nas dropped.

 

[DMTxTHC]

Jay-Z was the best rapper alive in 2009?

Rae in 09 >>> Jay in 09.. BP3 was wack, aside from maybe 1-2 songs..

 

[its....JOHN B]

"Like wow...like...wow knahmsayin its like its like its just like its uneasy...you know"

"its far man, very vulgar"

 

[D_Rap_Scholar]

"....That ether, that shit that make ya soul burn slow" (Burn Slow)

The worst part was, Nas dropped that shit on his birthday too...dayyummm

 

[PK_TK_187]

so cuz someone is choked up and cant get their words together they crying?

niggas taking Bleek serious? Shampoo commercial Bleek?

Ether was a nice(immature/childish) diss track but it dont give dude the chance to run hip hop that year.

dude was behind a few people in 02

 

[nineties]

It may sound absurd, but Diddy was arguably the hottest/biggest rapper out in 1997.

 

[its....JOHN B]

so cuz someone is choked up and cant get their words together they crying?

niggas taking Bleek serious? Shampoo commercial Bleek?

Ether was a nice(immature/childish) diss track but it dont give dude the chance to run hip hop that year.

dude was behind a few people in 02

Give it up pal

 

[PK_TK_187]

The Eminem Show

8 Mile Soundtrack(Nas was blessed to be on it)

Lord Willin

The Fix

BP2

Kings of Crunk

Come Home With Me

all better than anything Nas dropped that year

 

[its....JOHN B]

Lol @ Nas sonning Jay on You wanna be me and having arguably the best song on the soundtrack


^^goat moment of 02

 

[Busta Carmichael]

pac's life didn't even go gold? where were all the makaveli nuthuggers when this took place?

 

[_Menace_]

pac's life didn't even go gold? where were all the makaveli nuthuggers when this took place?

Pac's Life is the seventh posthumously released studio album from the late American rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment commemorated the tenth anniversary of his murder. It achieved gold status, selling over 500,000 copies.

 

[dalyricalbandit]

Em ran 2002 son had TES and 8mile sndtrk

 

[D_Rap_Scholar]

Em ran 2002 son had TES and 8mile sndtrk

I know dude was always a pop phenomenom, but was his shit ever really poppin in the streets?

 

[waterproof]

1991-cube

1992-cube

1993-dr. Dre

1994-snoop

1997-mase

2001-ja rule

2002-Nas

2004-50 cent

2007-Wayne

2009-drake

2010-drake

2013-drake

you is on point right there, Mase was that nigga in 97

 

[And_So_It_Burns]

Damn complex is always wack

 

[DarthRozay]

Just a few years I would change:

2006-T.I. (should've been his year hands down. He was the only rapper to go Platinum that year)

pretty sure he wasn't..

Albums that sold 1 million plus in sales (Platinum)

T.I. - King (World Wide Albums Sales 1.8 Million)

Jay-z - Kingdome Come (World Wide Album Sales 2 million)

Albums that sold 800K plus in sales (Gold)

Yung Joc - Yung Joc City

Rick Ross - Port Of Miami

Ludacris - Release Theraphy

Albums that sold 500k plus in sales (Gold)

Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang

P. Diddy - Press Play

The Game - Doctor's Advocate

Eminem - The Re-Up

Snoop Dogg- Blue Carpet Treatment

Ice Cube - Laught Now Cry Later

LL Cool J - Todd Smith

Juvenile - Reality Check

Young Jeezy - The Inspiration 102

Dem Franchize Boys - On Top Of Our Game

E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card

Albums that sold More than 200K but less than 500K in sales

Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead (355K year to date)

Chingy - Hoodstar (270K year to date)

Ghostface - Fishscale (400k year to date)

Tupac - Pac's Life (325K year to date)

Field Mob - Light Poles & Pine Trees (298K year to date)

Lil Wayne & Birdman - Stunting Like My Daddy (468K year to date)

Shawanna - Block Music (265K year to date)

Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E (267K year to date)

DMX - Year Of The Dog Again (305K year to date)

Outkast - Idlewild (480K year to date)

Camron - Killa Season (379K year to date)

Llyod Banks -Rotten Apple (355K year to date)

Mobb Deep - (325K year to date)

Bubba Sparxxx - Charm (305K year to date)

Pimp C - Pimpalation (225K year to date)

Big Boi Presents - Got Purp Vol 1 (257K year to date)

Method Man - 4:21 (203K year to date)

Young Dro - Best Thang Smokin (264K year to date)

Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (221K year to date)

Pharrell - In My Mind (385K year to date)

Top 5 Highest selling 1st Week Numbers

Jay-z - 680K

T.I. - 521K

The Game -358K

Nas - 355K

Young Jeezy - 352K

Kingdom Come was a commercial success, with 680,000 copies sold in its first week of release. This also made it Jay-Z's highest selling album within one week. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. As of December 14, 2006, the album has been certified double platinum[15] in the United States.

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I assume when he said it was the only album to go platinum that year, he actually meant within the year. T.I. went plat, so did Jay-Z and Gnarls Barkley. Whether you want to consider Gnarls Barkley hip hop is up to each of you though.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

pac's life didn't even go gold? where were all the makaveli nuthuggers when this took place?

Pac's Life is the seventh posthumously released studio album from the late American rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment commemorated the tenth anniversary of his murder. It achieved gold status, selling over 500,000 copies.

but only gold tho?

 

[_Menace_]

pac's life didn't even go gold? where were all the makaveli nuthuggers when this took place?

Pac's Life is the seventh posthumously released studio album from the late American rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment commemorated the tenth anniversary of his murder. It achieved gold status, selling over 500,000 copies.

but only gold tho?

I'm pretty sure its plat by now its been out since 06.

They need to recount Pacs sales no way AEOM only sold 9mill I heard its 14mill since its a double disc that makes it 28mill

 

[rapmastermind]

1979: Grandmaster Caz (Right, cold crush brothers smashed early hip hop)

1980: Kurtis Blow (Right, The Breaks made him Hip Hop's 1st solo emcee star)

1981: Kool Moe Dee (How? His debut didn't come out until 1986. My pops use to listen to "Wild, Wild West" when I was a kid but again that was more mid to late 80's. I would say Sugar Hill Gang)

1982: Melle Mel (Right cause "The Message" blew)

1983: Run (Right, RUN DMC ran Hip Hop)

1984: Run (Right, Run DMC was still running Hip Hop)

1985: LL Cool J (Right, LL was a phenomena when he dropped)

1986: KRS-One (Right, but Beastie Boys was there too)

1987: Rakim (Right, Rakim and Eric B smashed the building)

1988: Slick Rick (Right, Adventures was huge but Fresh Prince was there as far as success)

1989: Big Daddy Kane (Right, Kane crush the game when he dropped)

1990: Ice Cube (Right, coming off the NWA success his solo career was huge)

1991: Q-Tip (Right Tribe started to blow, but Cube was still hot. Guru was dope, Scarface was dope as well as Trech from Naughty was blowing up. But If I had to be honest, MC Hammer ran 1991 with an iron fist, he was the biggest rapper in the game)

1992: Redman (I'd say Dr. Dre, I love Redman but he wasn't bigger than Dre.)

1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg (Right, nothing was bigger than Doggystyle)

1994: Nas (Biggie was Bigger than NaS in 94 but I'm fine with him winning)

1995: Notorious B.I.G. (Correct, "RTD" sold most of it's albums in 95, Plus he won 2 Billboard awards and Junior Mafia singles blew in 95)

1996: 2pac (All Eyes on Me + Makaveli + Death)

1997: Notorious B.I.G. (Right, Life After Death + Hypnotize + Mo Money, Mo Problems + Sky's the Limit + Benji's + Been around the world + Victory + I'll Be Missing You - the song was about him + death)

1998: DMX (Right, It's Dark, Flesh, Belly Soundtrack, Collabos, Belly Movie)

1999: Jay-Z (Hard Knock Life, Hard Knock Life Tour, Collabos, Vol 3: In My Life Times)

2000: Eminem (Nelly is right there but I'd give it to Em cause SSLP blew as well as him being on 2001 and MMLP)

2001: Jay-Z (Right, Blueprint was big, collabos. STILLmatic was there but didn't drop until th end of the year)

2002: Eminem (Right, Eminem Show, 8 Mile Soundtrack, 8 Mile Movie)

2003: 50 Cent (Right, Get Rich, In Da Club, G-unit album)

2004: T.I. (WRONG, T.I. just got his 1st success but he wasn't the biggest rapper. I'd say Outkast cause of "SB/TLB" blew in 04 then #2 would be KanYe West)

2005: Young Jeezy (Wrong, KanYe was bigger in 2005 than Jezzy)

2006: Lil Wayne (LOL, he didn't even have an album out nor was he on the biggest singles. This was Jay Z year)

2007: Kanye West (Right, Graduation was the biggest album that year)

2008: Lil Wayne (Right, Carter III blew that year)

2009: Jay-Z (It's between Jay and Eminem but I'd give it to Jay)

2010: Kanye West (Wrong, Eminem Recovery was the biggest album by far)

2011: Drake (I'd give it to the young lion cause his debut blew, 2nd album dropped and the features)

2012: Drake (Sorry I have to be honest, Nicki had a bigger year than Drake in 2012 as much as it pains me to admit. As well as Wayne who's "Carter V" sold more than both of them)

2013: Kendrick Lamar (Debatable, the jury still out on this year but his album is selling big)

The list fell apart after 00, they were close though. Anyone saying Biggie didn't run 97 wasn't there. Puffy nor Ma$e would not have been successful without "Life After Death" blowing up. "I'll Be Missing You" was the biggest song of the year cause it was about Biggie and his death. Biggie was on all the big features accept "Can't nobody hold me down" but he was in the intro of the video. Ma$e and Puffy needed Biggie that year as "Life After Death" was the bon fire that Puff and Ma$e was able to throw gasoline in. Pac was in jail in 95 that's why Biggie was bigger than him that year even though "Me against the world and Dear Momma" were big.