the_focused_one
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Late Registration huh?
Hip Hop is Dead and American Gangster would like to have a word with you...
Hip Hop is Dead and American Gangster would like to have a word with you...
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JDSTAYWITIT
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Hell Hath No Fury and King Dropped the next year ...both classical
idoitforhiphop10
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CirocObama;4421391 said:I keep telling people that. Usually once in a while it's almost like hip-hop spits out a class of good albums and/or good artists at the same time.
You had the late mid-late 80's spitting out MC's with classic joints, early-mid 90's, late 90's and so on and '03-'05 def had some ill/classic joints. Even though i consider '06 a different era from '03-'05 it def was the last good-great hip-hop year though imo. Had King (T.I.), Doctor's Advocate (The Game), Kingdome Come (Jay-Z), Hip Hop Is Dead (Nas), Thug Motivation 102 (Jeezy), Port Of Miami (Ross), Release Therapy (Ludacris), Hell Hath No Fury (Clipse), The Big Bang (Busta Rhymes), Laugh Now, Cry Later (Ice Cube), Full Circle (Xzibit), The Blue Carpet Treatment (Snoop), My Ghetto Report Card (E-40) etc, plus alot of dope mixtapes.
Wasn't necessarely a fan of all of these albums btw but still a great year.
Wat about Food & Liquor (Lupe Fiasco)?
CirocObama
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idoitforhiphop10;4421468 said:CirocObama;4421391 said:I keep telling people that. Usually once in a while it's almost like hip-hop spits out a class of good albums and/or good artists at the same time.
You had the late mid-late 80's spitting out MC's with classic joints, early-mid 90's, late 90's and so on and '03-'05 def had some ill/classic joints. Even though i consider '06 a different era from '03-'05 it def was the last good-great hip-hop year though imo. Had King (T.I.), Doctor's Advocate (The Game), Kingdome Come (Jay-Z), Hip Hop Is Dead (Nas), Thug Motivation 102 (Jeezy), Port Of Miami (Ross), Release Therapy (Ludacris), Hell Hath No Fury (Clipse), The Big Bang (Busta Rhymes), Laugh Now, Cry Later (Ice Cube), Full Circle (Xzibit), The Blue Carpet Treatment (Snoop), My Ghetto Report Card (E-40) etc, plus alot of dope mixtapes.
Wasn't necessarely a fan of all of these albums btw but still a great year.
Wat about Food & Liquor (Lupe Fiasco)?
Shit! Of course bruh, forgot that it came out that year. Thnx for reminding me. It's up there now.
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CirocObama
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lamontbdc;4421498 said:dam so far this year only retail we got is diggy simmons and nikki dam we need to go back
That's the thing though at the time it wasn't like most of us thought of it like that but now looking back we appreciate it. Same shit with the 90's and all the other eras. But what you said was some real shit. We haven't really had any dope releases that has made an impact so far. At the same time though most of those albums came out in the 4th quarter in 2006 and we haven't even gone a half year into this year so let's wait and see at least.
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the_focused_one
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lamontbdc;4421498 said:dam so far this year only retail we got is diggy simmons and nikki dam we need to go back
We ain't going back until music is profitable again.
Once piracy is in the past, and music actually sells again, we will see quality control and better hip hop music in the mainstream return.
However, as the system fixes itself and finds that solution, the culture will have to shift for us to truly "go back".
The community in music is gone. We use to listen to our radios, watch MTV and BET, and actually visit stores to go buy our albums. The internet has fragmented the music population, so we no longer do that.
The new generation of listeners don't get together and talk about music the way we use to. They are isolated to just looking for whatever is "hot" on radio or just browsing online. They have the attention span of a goldfish and expect their favorite artist to drop a new mixtape every three months and don't care if he ever actually releases an album, because even when he does, they'll just download it for free like it's a mixtape.
Artists don't care because they'll make the money touring and getting endorsements if they are marketable enough. While that's great for the artist, it kind of sucks that no one cares about a legacy anymore, let alone actually having a real discography.
Until all of this changes, we will be stuck in the age of ten actual albums a year, with maybe 2 going platinum, and 100,000,000 mixtapes available with no short supply of over saturation in the market.
the_focused_one;4421407 said:Late Registration huh?
Hip Hop is Dead and American Gangster would like to have a word with you...
LR is better than both albums IMO
OP I cosign you in spirit, but I think you might be overlooking Drake's So Far Gone EP/Mixtape.
I know this is about albums, but you have to give credence to the EP on the strength of the tape. I'm not even that into him, but top to bottom this fits the definition of classic. Every song was a hit, every song can still be replayed, it changed the game, and it sky rocketed the rapper/singer genre.
Aside from this, though, I don't think there's been a classic since LR.
I know this is about albums, but you have to give credence to the EP on the strength of the tape. I'm not even that into him, but top to bottom this fits the definition of classic. Every song was a hit, every song can still be replayed, it changed the game, and it sky rocketed the rapper/singer genre.
Aside from this, though, I don't think there's been a classic since LR.
KeepinItHundred
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LR > CD > Graduation
Common's Be came out in 2005
Common's Be came out in 2005
trilladelic
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'hell hath no fury' called..it says u dont kno wut the fuck ur talkin about..
the_focused_one;4421651 said:lamontbdc;4421498 said:dam so far this year only retail we got is diggy simmons and nikki dam we need to go back
We ain't going back until music is profitable again.
Once piracy is in the past, and music actually sells again, we will see quality control and better hip hop music in the mainstream return.
However, as the system fixes itself and finds that solution, the culture will have to shift for us to truly "go back".
The community in music is gone. We use to listen to our radios, watch MTV and BET, and actually visit stores to go buy our albums. The internet has fragmented the music population, so we no longer do that.
The new generation of listeners don't get together and talk about music the way we use to. They are isolated to just looking for whatever is "hot" on radio or just browsing online. They have the attention span of a goldfish and expect their favorite artist to drop a new mixtape every three months and don't care if he ever actually releases an album, because even when he does, they'll just download it for free like it's a mixtape.
Artists don't care because they'll make the money touring and getting endorsements if they are marketable enough. While that's great for the artist, it kind of sucks that no one cares about a legacy anymore, let alone actually having a real discography.
Until all of this changes, we will be stuck in the age of ten actual albums a year, with maybe 2 going platinum, and 100,000,000 mixtapes available with no short supply of over saturation in the market.
It will never be the same again. Too many of these 90s babies grew up in that ADD market and cannot adjust to old times.
