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Yes!! love that one
Top 5 artists right now? Not lyricists or songwriters or musicians etc etc....as overall artists.
Mine in no order:
The Game (sorry but I have eternal love for him)
Rick Ross
Kanye West
Travis Scott
Drake
Mine in no order:
The Game (sorry but I have eternal love for him)
Rick Ross
Kanye West
Travis Scott
Drake
If we are talking rap Kendrick is no.1 by quite a distance too, although his fans do overate him in an all time context.
Define 'artist'? In terms of skillset and versatility Drake is far superior.
And that was the point of the question. Not trying to denigrate Drake. But Ross's catalog is world class. Easily 2-3 classics under his belts. Tons of commercial success and critical acclaim.
Yep I know you agree. I am on board too.
Too much lady-music IMHO
Yeah I just don't get what his 'thing' is - I think he's great (I enjoyed DAMN a lot), but maybe I need to listen to his older stuff?
also I do not get the hype re: J.Cole at all. Everyone telling me to give him a go and it's all singing and soft melodies - hmmm, not my scene.
But all Rick Ross raps about 90% of the time is drugs and pretending to be a gangster.
nah disagree. Has lots of clever word-play. https://genius.com/Rick-ross-idols-become-rivals-lyrics
As someone on Twitter said the other day, listening to Rick Ross just makes me feel a billionaire!
You have to listen to his albums as a whole and a few times too. Try good kid maad city, but give it some time to grow on you.
thanks, will do!
I quite like his voice and delivery, but his content has become boring and predictable for me. Also after getting exposed for being a phony, i just can't take him seriously.
To each his own and I'm not going to mock someone who gets a certain music more but my top 5 combining quality and quantity
Tier 1
Kendrick
Tier 2
Drake
Kanye
Tier 3
Pusha T
Travis Scott
Tier 1
Kendrick
Tier 2
Drake
Kanye
Tier 3
Pusha T
Travis Scott
You're almost as big a Frank fan as me aren't you.
Damn is probably his worst album for me. Not saying it’s bad but the others are just so good. GKMC is a classic and apart from one or two songs I think Section 80 is amazing too. TPAB speaks for itself as a whole but I find myself not going back to individual songs as much.
Yep. Currently on an ‘Is Endless better than Blonde’ thought train. But probably not.
I actually had this debate the other day.I came to the conlcuscon that Endless is thoroughly underrated but not as fine tuned as an entire project like Blonde.
Wither is such a good song. So good.
I came to the conlcuscon that Endless is thoroughly underrated but not as fine tuned as an entire project like Blonde.
Yep, At Your Best (You Are Love) is a personal fave too. Amazing song.
Both great!
"Hope a garden grows where we danced this afternoon."
Nearly had me choosing that song for my 1st dance.
Higgs is my personal favourite.
I think I need to give him 'a Martial' (i.e. a sustained run)....
I'm not a big Kendrick fan. My current favourite rappers are J Cole, Joyner Lucas and Joey Badass.
Big fan of Pusha T's latest album though. 'The Games We Play' might be my favourite song this year.
Big fan of Pusha T's latest album though. 'The Games We Play' might be my favourite song this year.
Your definition of classic is very loose.
Ross makes good albums, but does how many stand out songs does he have?
That you or anyone can name off the top of their head without googling.
When I listen to Ross albums I end up losing sight of when one song finishes and when another starts.
For what it’s worth, I think he has the best flow in the game for his music. But he really can’t switch it up, he sticks to what he knows, but you can predict what you’re gonna get from a Ross album, and that’s not worthy of being the best rap ‘artist’ (assuming artist accompasses a wide spectrum of what it takes to make a song)
Same, not a massive Kendrick fan. Section 80 was fantastic though. The rest is hit or miss with me.
Joyner has potential. Some stuff I felt he could do better with but I enjoy his music.
I'm only a very casual follower of rap/hip-hop music. Explain the phony to me please?
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The feck? Is Drake some kind of a benchmark for a great artist now? Hold my beer while I crumble inside.
He's the current benchmark for a mega selling pop star.
I think RIP Screw is my fave on Astroworld so far.
Shouldn't the topic title have "rap" instead of "hip hop"? Or "hip hop music" at least. Not sure if you've had this arguement before but it should be fixed.
Astroworld sounds okay but I got lidu beef with Travis' flow, sounds like a chorus most of the time.
Astroworld sounds okay but I got lidu beef with Travis' flow, sounds like a chorus most of the time.
Mac Miller's new album >>> Astroworld to be honest.
I came in to rave about Swimming. Great laidback album. Perfect length
Houstonfornication is a sleeper hit. Great song.
I've come to the conclusion that Astroworld is alright, but largely overrated. The good songs on it are great, but a lot of skippable tracks.
This is some serious bender you're on.
This is some serious bender you're on.
5 days of drinking in Jamaica. Still recovering. Soon come tho.
Ahhh that makes sense!
I’m going to Ghana in a week, for 2 weeks so this may never happen