Complex’s 25 Most Anticipated Albums of 2011 (Game Not On List)

[BiggBoogaBiff]

awww booo hooo, you depressed ass fans always get me.  bitching and crying about this and that, all abunch of hot gas.  Yeah, maybe some things were out of order but if u take it out of context and just talk about those 25 then they were finally this time actually on point with something. 

[TDOT]

I would agree with the above, but when it comes to rap, little kids and flavour-of-the-month "fans" are really the only ones who would be anticipating a Drake/Wayne album over a Dre/Jay album. I mean, anyone who knows ANYTHING about music (not even rap) would KNOW that Dre coming out with an album is kinda a big deal.

[OG Snoopaveli]

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Bishop Lamont

#1 lil wayne, #3 drake............ SMH this list is so fuckin gay

[xxrayrayxx]

So I noticed that some of you guys arent happy that Wayne and Drake are getting love on this list.....But then on the XXL list people were getting mad cause Game was ahead of them fools on their list. So what? people on here are mad cause Game isnt on the list? When everyone was pissed cause he was on the other one? Someone wanna explain the logic?

[50]

I would agree with the above, but when it comes to rap, little kids and flavour-of-the-month "fans" are really the only ones who would be anticipating a Drake/Wayne album over a Dre/Jay album. I mean, anyone who knows ANYTHING about music (not even rap) would KNOW that Dre coming out with an album is kinda a big deal.

exactly.. and i think it`s pretty obvious that 99,9% of hip hop fans will at least download Detox when it drops just to check how it sounds and yet Complex claims that Drakes or Waynes albums are most anticipated... i mean, cmon man..

[Paul]

Lil B should be number 1

[Jimmy H.]

its a sad sign of the times but this is the music world we live in...its gonna keep turning whether people agree or not...i stopped giving a shit years ago

Well, people are agreeing. Fact is the generation before us felt the same way about our music that most of us feel about today's. And ten years from now, some other rap act will come out and Wayne fans will say, "God! Why can't music be like it was in 2008?". In the end, these are all just LISTS. Different people's opinions about music. So some magazine thinks Wayne is more anticipated than Detox. It ain't gonna change anything.

[TDOT]

its a sad sign of the times but this is the music world we live in...its gonna keep turning whether people agree or not...i stopped giving a shit years ago

Well, people are agreeing. Fact is the generation before us felt the same way about our music that most of us feel about today's. And ten years from now, some other rap act will come out and Wayne fans will say, "God! Why can't music be like it was in 2008?". In the end, these are all just LISTS. Different people's opinions about music. So some magazine thinks Wayne is more anticipated than Detox. It ain't gonna change anything.

Music in general will always have that "it's not like it used to be" talk, but rap is a different story. Since hip-hop is relatively new to the world interms of music, it has only gone through that "phase" 2 or 3 times with all that "it's not like it used to be" talk. Some people wish we could go back to N.W.A. and Public Enemy, some wish we can go back to Chronic, Doggystyle, BIG & Pac, others are still in love with the 2001, Nas/Jay & DMX era, while many would just be happy to have GRODT, Documentary and SSLP rap back. There is no denying that all those eras and their "best to offer" were loved by most, if not all real rap fans. But can you really say that about anything after '05 or '06? Like, what exactly defines "this era"? This might come off as completely irrelevant to the topic, but I was around and fully aware of the hip-hop scene in '99/00/'01 and although there was all that "it's not like it used to be" talk, I can clearly state that it's much different now. Mainstream rap isn't even rap anymore, it's a cross between techno and boyband pop. So yes, I think now in 2011, we have the right to say "RAP is not what it used to be". At least at the mainstream level.

[13th Duke]

I wouldnt put any weight in anything hip-hop related that Complex say, everyone. They are obsessed with hipster rappers and fawn over Lil' B & Souljah Boy like theyre the bright future of rap music. If it isn't them two, its Lil' Wayne or Nicki Minaj.

Essentially, they talk garbage. Not even looked at the list and I guarantee most of the people I've named are in it.

[13th Duke]

Lil B should be number 1

woo woo swag hoes on my dick cos I look like JK Rowlings swag cook steak knife swag woo woo.

[Jimmy H.]

Music in general will always have that "it's not like it used to be" talk, but rap is a different story. Since hip-hop is relatively new to the world interms of music, it has only gone through that "phase" 2 or 3 times with all that "it's not like it used to be" talk. Some people wish we could go back to N.W.A. and Public Enemy, some wish we can go back to Chronic, Doggystyle, BIG & Pac, others are still in love with the 2001, Nas/Jay & DMX era, while many would just be happy to have GRODT, Documentary and SSLP rap back. There is no denying that all those eras and their "best to offer" were loved by most, if not all real rap fans. But can you really say that about anything after '05 or '06? Like, what exactly defines "this era"? This might come off as completely irrelevant to the topic, but I was around and fully aware of the hip-hop scene in '99/00/'01 and although there was all that "it's not like it used to be" talk, I can clearly state that it's much different now. Mainstream rap isn't even rap anymore, it's a cross between techno and boyband pop. So yes, I think now in 2011, we have the right to say "RAP is not what it used to be". At least at the mainstream level.

I think the idea of two or three-year eras doesn't work in drawing the big picture. It's more generational which is a decade to fifteen years. People that were in grade school, Junior High, high school in 1992 are more likely to be invested into what was going on in 1999-2000 with Dre, Jay-Z, Nas, DMX, etc. because a lot of those are holdovers from that era. It's different now. Downloading ripped the industry a new asshole. The younger artists who could have really bridged that gap between the old school sound and the new wave were riding the bench indefinitely during the time where they would have been the most effective. Now, they are all in their late 20's and early 30's and still fishing for something catchy to hang their hat on.

Let's also not forget that in 1999 while Dre & Snoop were taking the West for another ride, and Jay/Nas/DMX were holding down that New York movement, the likes of Cash Money were coming up and they were the young movement in mnay ways. They were that new seed being planted. I didn't like it then and I'm not much of a fan now but they understood how keep things relevent and hung in there. I look at hip-hop in similar terms as pro wrestling or even movies, nobody is really retiring but the perception of the gimmick is what keeps things going. The people from the 80's and 90's still making money are those who know how to both appeal to the older, nostalgic crowd and stay current with the younger folks. The biggest problem that all entertainers seem to have is knowing when to pull back.

[Action!]

People hating on Wayne is stupid.

[Mat]

Bullshit List

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Whenever people figure out that tha world doesn't revolve around them is when the world will be a much better place.

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Y'all out of touch with the times.  The list, while being a little hip, is more or less accurate.