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Quote from: doggystylin on March 19, 2008, 05:35:32 PMQuote from: King Sikotic on March 19, 2008, 05:18:31 PMQuote from: doggystylin on March 19, 2008, 05:10:22 PMHaters, Encore had some sick tracks, yeah most of it was garbage but it's still better than the majority of rap now daysHmmm....I dunno. I'd honestly rather listen to "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy song before "My 1st Single" and "Big Weenie". God damn, that was a wack album.ok but those are the worst songs on there, crank dat is soulja boy's single and hit song, standards have obviously dropped.Good point. I feel like pouring hydrochloric acid into my ear when I listen to Power 106 now.
Quote from: King Sikotic on March 19, 2008, 05:18:31 PMQuote from: doggystylin on March 19, 2008, 05:10:22 PMHaters, Encore had some sick tracks, yeah most of it was garbage but it's still better than the majority of rap now daysHmmm....I dunno. I'd honestly rather listen to "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy song before "My 1st Single" and "Big Weenie". God damn, that was a wack album.ok but those are the worst songs on there, crank dat is soulja boy's single and hit song, standards have obviously dropped.
Quote from: doggystylin on March 19, 2008, 05:10:22 PMHaters, Encore had some sick tracks, yeah most of it was garbage but it's still better than the majority of rap now daysHmmm....I dunno. I'd honestly rather listen to "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy song before "My 1st Single" and "Big Weenie". God damn, that was a wack album.
Haters, Encore had some sick tracks, yeah most of it was garbage but it's still better than the majority of rap now days
classic rock is the only station i listen to on the radio in the rare occasions that i do, what is it 95.5 i think.
I respect your opinion man, but the way I see it, if you don't think rap today is any good, that's either an oversimplification or you're not looking in the right places.
Have you ever heard of Termanology? Do you listen to AZ at all? Masta Ace? Talib Kweli? There's a ton of east coast stuff worth listening to out there, if that's what you're interested in get at me and I'll hook you up right.Down south, there's Z-Ro, Bun B, Scarface, Outkast, Chamillionaire all putting out music that could appeal to just about any rap fan looking for something beyond senseless mumbling about candy paint and crankin it. The list goes on. Like the east, I'll show you some dope southern joints if that's what you're into.Out west, WC just dropped a vintage CD full of bangers, Ice Cube's still doing his thing, and dudes like Bishop Lamont, G. Malone, Terrace Martin, Crooked I, Roscoe are on the come up and consistently drop music worth checking out. In my opinion, northern Cali is where it's at right now. Ya Boy, San Quinn, The Jacka, A-Wax, shit even Celly Cel's still dropping solid albums (Slaps, Straps and Baseball Bats). I don't know as much about the midwest, but Lupe Fiasco seems like a dude that some dudes fuck with. What I do know about is Tech N9ne and his whole Strange Music posse are the business. That shit's unreal. Proof used to be dope too, but he's obviously gone.You listed six albums that came out over the course of several years, and those several years in my opinion were the best years of rap since it was 'created'. However, today, if you looked below the surface and in some cases above (see: Chamillionaire's last album) at what has come out in the past several years, you might be surprised at the quality of a good amount of the music. There were thousands of albums released in the time period that you named for those albums, and at best fifty (which is a stretch) are remembered as dope. A number of those are probably just nostalgic picks, but that's getting philosophical. The point is, a lot of albums were put out back then; a lot of shitty music was put out then. The good music ultimately sifted to the top, and that's all that's really remembered.