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>I'm sure you're going to have a bunch of people jumping in >here to bitch about how this was the worst decade ever but I >definitely think there were some really good and/or >interesting moments in Hip Hop during this time...the meteoric >rise of 50 Cent
The rise of 50 and before him Ja Rule is what made me begin to move away from rap. They were and still are shit.
and then watching the shift from his brand of >Hip Hop to Kanye in 2007, Nas Vs Jay Z,
I enjoyed them deading the "beef" even more
seeing Hipsters rave >about Lil Wayne and him emerging as a star....
More proof for me that the art was at an all time low and the old guard / gatekeepers didn't control the "canon" anymore, which in many was is a good thing and I actually like Wayne
Also, can't >forget The Roots being the house band on a late night show on >a major tv network. I think people really underestimate how >big of a deal that was and is. For them to be in that big of a >mainstream setting but still drop concept albums like Undun >and How I Got Over is truly uncharted territory.
True
>>What was the best year, or best few years? 2000? 2003? > >2000 was great but for me I'd say 2005 was the best year or at >least my favorite year. Common dropped "Be", Ye dropped "Late >Registration" and for me 2005's biggest moment was Dave >Chappelle's Block Party. Sitting in the theater watching G >Rap, The Roots, Dead Prez, BDK, Mos and of course was a truly >great moment to me. > Felt the same about DC's Block Party, but 2000 had Supreme Clientele, Vol. 2, Like Water For Chocolate, Train of Thought, The Unseen, Lets Get Free and Stankonia. Not one of the albums you mentioned is better than any of these, cue the "but but but, so and so had more impact!" Brilliant point... moving on >> >>What would you say the low point was...06-07? The ringtone >Rap >>era? > >For me the low points were the deaths of J Dilla and Jam >Master Jay. Ringtone rap was wack as hell to me but it didn't >cost anyone their life.
Great point / insight
>> Section 80 is probably the mixtape of the decade for >me.
That was 2011. R-Tistic asked about 00-09
>I don't know about better but there was some production that I >would certainly argue was just as good as some production in >the 90's...J Dilla, El P, Kanye, Madlib, The Neptunes. All >those dudes could more than hang in the 90's.
Agreed. Good balanced posting
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