Rank Your Top 10 Artists Who Released A Major Label Debut Album Since 2000

[5 Grand]

No order

1. Jay Z

2. Nas

3. Beanie Sigel

4. Jadakiss

5. Cam'ron

6. Erykah Badu

7. The Roots

8. Mos Def

9. Kanye West

10. R Kelly

 

[StoneColdMikey]

No order

1. Jay Z

2. Nas

3. Beanie Sigel

4. Jadakiss

5. Cam'ron

6. Erykah Badu

7. The Roots

8. Mos Def

9. Kanye West

10. R Kelly

You're fucking retarded

 

[Mrs. Me Too]

1 pusha t

2 Kendrick Lamar

3 killer mike

4 malice

5 game

6 kanye west

7 j cole

8 drake

9 big Sean

10 joey bada$$

I struggled to name ten to be honest.

 

[youngnick]

1 pusha t

2 Kendrick Lamar

3 killer mike

4 malice

5 game

6 kanye west

7 j cole

8 drake

9 big Sean

10 joey bada$$

I struggled to name ten to be honest.

Definitely a tough list to think of

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

No order

1. Jay Z

2. Nas

3. Beanie Sigel

4. Jadakiss

5. Cam'ron

6. Erykah Badu

7. The Roots

8. Mos Def

9. Kanye West

10. R Kelly

You're fucking retarded

Lol

 

[5 Grand]

No order

1. Jay Z

2. Nas

3. Beanie Sigel

4. Jadakiss

5. Cam'ron

6. Erykah Badu

7. The Roots

8. Mos Def

9. Kanye West

10. R Kelly

You're fucking retarded

Why?

 

[TheGOAT]

I cant

If i bend the rule back to 98-99 maybe i can name 10

 

[5 Grand]

Oh I didn't see the word "debut" I just saw a major label album since 2000.

I don't think I could name a top 10 new artists since 2000. But I'll try;

1. T.I.

2. Young Jeezy

3. Talib Kweli

4. Kanye West

5. Ludacris

6. Papoose

7. Rick Ross

8. 50 Cent

9. Beanie Sigel

10.Nicki Minaj

 

[murdap]

10 yo gotti

9 lil boosie

8 gucci mane

7 drake

6 future

5 The Game

4 t.i.

3 lloyd banks

2 Young Jeezy

1 Rick Ross

 

[25centsandwich]

1. TI - 1 bonafide classic (Trap Muzik), 3 near classics (king, paper trail, urban legend), 2 more solid albums (trouble man, im serious), the 2nd best rapper during the souths prime

2. Ludacris - the best rapper during the souths prime, 2 near classics (back for the first time, word of mouf), 4 solid albums (chicken and beer, theater of the mind, ludaversal, release therapy), top 5 hitmaker, top 5 feature artist

3. Lupe - skillwise the best rapper since 2000, 3 near classics (food and liquor, the cool, tetsuo and youth), 1 solid album (food and liquor 2), 2 classic mixtapes (food and liquor advance, enemy of the state)

4. Kanye West - best producer/rapper since 2000, 2 bonafide classics (college dropout, late registration), 2 near classics (graduation, my beautiful dark fantasy), 1 solid album (808s and heartbreak), top 5 hitmaker

5. Young Jeezy - 2 bonafide classics (thug motivation 101, the recession), 2 solid albums (the inspiration, seen it all), 3 classic mixtapes (cant ban the snowman, trap or die, its tha world vol 1 and 2)

6. The Game - 1 bonafide classic (the documentary), 1 near classic (the doctors advocate), 4 solid albums (lax, the documentary 2, blood moon, the red album)

7. Drake - 2 near classics (so far gone, take care), 2 solid albums (thank me later, if your reading this its too late), 1 classic mixtape (comeback season), top 5 hitmaker

8. Kendrick Lamar - 1 classic album (good kid maad city), 2 near classic albums (section 80, to pimp a butterfly), top 5 feature

9. Rick Ross - 2 near classic albums (deeper than rap, teflon don), 3 solid albums (port of miami, trilla, mastermind), 2 classic mixtapes (albert anastasia ep, rich forever)

10. J. Cole - 1 near classic album (forest hills drive), 1 solid album (born sinner), 1 classic mixtape (friday night lights)

Honorable mention: big krit, nikki minaj, 50 cent, pusha t, wiz khalifa, killer mike, tech n9ne (not sure if he counts), gucci mane, currensy, boosie, david banner

 

[southsil4lil]

No order

Lupe

Lloyd Banks

Pusha T

Jeezy

Cole

Krit

Chamillion

Curren$y

Game

Kanye

 

[AggieLean.]

Little Brother

Big Krit

TI

Young Jeezy

Cole

Boosie

Rick Ross

Big Boi

Kendrick Lamar

YG

 

[qawshun]

Nas

Jay

Kanye

Royce

Fab

Ghostface

Raekwon

Budden

Skyzoo

J cole

 

[_Goldie_]

No Order

1.Kendrick

2.Future

3.J.Cole

4.Kanye

5.Budden

6.Tip

7.Game

8.50 Cent

9.Drake

10.Luda

 

[bears2248]

1. The Game

2. Lupe

3. Ludacris

4. Nelly

5. Kanye

6. The Cool Kids

7. Rhymefest

8. 50 Cent

9. Drake

10. Lloyd Banks

 

[goldenja]

some of ya'll need to work on your comprehension skills

 

[x the unknown]

Nas

Jay

Kanye

Royce

Fab

Ghostface

Raekwon

Budden

Skyzoo

J cole

u can't read homie

 

[x the unknown]

some of ya'll need to work on your comprehension skills

tell em again

 

[goldenja]

some of ya'll need to work on your comprehension skills

tell em again

some of ya'll need to work on your comprehension skills

lol

 

[goldenja]

213 (Snoop, Nate & Warren G)

Kanye West

Kendrick

T.I.

Ludacris

50 Cent

Drake

Clipse

Lupe

Pharrell