Expectation/hopes for hip hop in 2008

[morbidenigma]

this year has been a big dissapointment for hip hop. I was hoping a cllasical album from 50 or Kanye cud re-juvenate hip hop commercially but they both were very average. What are ure hopes n expectation next yr for hip hop.

expectations: good Game, snoop n EM album

hopes: Derox n bishops album

I think its a 90 percent chance game, snoop and em will all release albums. Dre n Bishop id say about 20 percent

i really think hip hop needs a classical album in order for hip hop to pull its socks up.

[Oklin]

What???

Great hiphop albums in 2007:

Big Shug - Street Champ
Boot Camp Clik - Casualties Of War
Common - Finding Forever
J Dilla - Ruff Draft
Krs-One & Marley Marl - Hip Hip Lives
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation

Just to name a few..

[morbidenigma]

^^ i meant on a mainstream level, but cool list anyway

[Oklin]

Well then my expections for any dope mainstream hip hop in 2008 is equal 0

[K.Dub]

Momo, if you're disappointed about mainstream rap, u need to dig a lil deeper.
Why don't u check out those albums Oklin listed ?

And expecting a classic from 50 ? yeah, like that's gonna happen..

[wcsoldier]

Add :WC Guilty by Affiliation
       Evidence The Weatherman Lp
       Blu and Exile ; Below Heavens (still can't believe y'all sleepin on this)

Wu , Nas and Hi-Tek are coming

next year ; Raekwon album, Detox, Snoop, Game ...

[Dogg Ly Dogg]

Kinda disapointed by Gangsta Rap music this year too, just a few albums were coo

[Oklin]

Add :WC Guilty by Affiliation
       Evidence The Weatherman Lp
       Blu and Exile ; Below Heavens (still can't believe y'all sleepin on this)

Wu , Nas and Hi-Tek are coming

next year ; Raekwon album, Detox, Snoop, Game ...

Yup Evidence and WC was dope too..

Who are Blu and Exile? And what style of hiphop is it?

[K.Dub]

Kinda disapointed by Gangsta Rap music this year too, just a few albums were coo

A few = almost a dozen?

[Dogg Ly Dogg]

Kinda disapointed by Gangsta Rap music this year too, just a few albums were coo

A few = almost a dozen?

yeah a dozen

[wcsoldier]

Add :WC Guilty by Affiliation
       Evidence The Weatherman Lp
       Blu and Exile ; Below Heavens (still can't believe y'all sleepin on this)

Wu , Nas and Hi-Tek are coming

next year ; Raekwon album, Detox, Snoop, Game ...

Yup Evidence and WC was dope too..

Who are Blu and Exile? And what style of hiphop is it?

some soulful music ... Blu raps (very good lyrics) and Exile is on the board.. they are from Cali but it's not gangsta music at all ... don't know why nobody talks about it ..

[d-nice]

Well one I am not expecting or hoping for anymore is Detox. If it drops, it drops.

[Meho]

Word about 2007, it was so wack, except for 3,4 albums like Kanye, Cham, 50, Timbo, Common and Buck and even these were really playing it safe.

Im really putting a big expectation on The Reforamtion, gonna be awsome to finally see a "backpacker" on a major label, besides Nas. I hope Snoop, Game, Nas drop in 08 too....

[T-Dogg]

Would like to see The Reformation drop.

Snoop has a good concept for his new shit, that could come out good.

Nas is hoping to drop in the 4th quarter this year, so we might get new Nas sooner than next year. Anyways something to look forward to.

Raekwon said he's gonna figure out how to get Cuban Linx 2 out there by next summer, so that's something to look forward to as well.

If Eminem is to drop King Mathers next year, so be it, but he's gotta drop a quality album this time. I'll check it if it drops, but I wont cop that shit automatically like I did with The Eminem Show and Encore (despite the wack first single for it).

A lot of cats here mentioned Game. Haven't heard anything about him releasing a new record next year, but if it comes out - cool.

Wu should come out this year still.

There's always the not-so-mainstream releases too. There's always good shit on that level, even if the mainstream cats disappoint.

Detox is always mentioned in these threads, so might as well throw that there.


On a side note, peeps always complain what a wack year it's been. There's been a lot of dope ass records this year, you just won't find them on the charts. A lot have been mentioned here already. Cop those, bitches! And I'd like to throw Joell Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles on that list of dope releases.

[d-nice]

Would like to see The Reformation drop.

Snoop has a good concept for his new shit, that could come out good.

Nas is hoping to drop in the 4th quarter this year, so we might get new Nas sooner than next year. Anyways something to look forward to.

Raekwon said he's gonna figure out how to get Cuban Linx 2 out there by next summer, so that's something to look forward to as well.

If Eminem is to drop King Mathers next year, so be it, but he's gotta drop a quality album this time. I'll check it if it drops, but I wont cop that shit automatically like I did with The Eminem Show and Encore (despite the wack first single for it).

A lot of cats here mentioned Game. Haven't heard anything about him releasing a new record next year, but if it comes out - cool.

Wu should come out this year still.

There's always the not-so-mainstream releases too. There's always good shit on that level, even if the mainstream cats disappoint.

Detox is always mentioned in these threads, so might as well throw that there.


On a side note, peeps always complain what a wack year it's been. There's been a lot of dope ass records this year, you just won't find them on the charts. A lot have been mentioned here already. Cop those, bitches! And I'd like to throw Joell Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles on that list of dope releases.

Co-sign to Joell Ortiz. And that new Sick Jacken/Muggs album is crazy also.