chance has been on something new every week. kanye has respectable output. jay z got like 15 albums in 20 years even though he got rich and put on the breaks halfway through that. wayne was prolific and a genius before the label and the lifestyle addled him. lupe apparently has that work ethic, though other people are bigger fans than i am. then you got all the producers and pharrell types. and the drakes and trey songz types.

hell we're on a roots message board. them and common have large catalogs and style keep putting out music despite making it in the larger entertainment world.

ain't none of them prince but no one is or will be, but fetishizing an era ain't really paying proper respect either. i'm more than comfortable putting a few of them on the same level as bowie or bob dylan, even if changes in the industry mean they would have a hard time hitting the same numbers.