2005-2008 is the Golden Age of Hip Hop.

Started by Mikey, Apr 21, 2020, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 11, 2020
    when you hear game and 50 back-to-back on "how we do" it sounds like game is a make-a-wish kid who won the chance to make a song with his hero
     
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  2. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    May 11, 2020
    You could cut Game out of any of his albums and the quality wouldn't really change
     
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    Speaking of Game this should have been a hit

    That beat man
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    May 11, 2020
    he's the travis scott of 2005
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    May 11, 2020
    I'm going to start using this irl whenever the subject comes up, I'll pay your royalties later!
     
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

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    When you add the scrapped tracks.... man












     
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  7. andy.cooper
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    Oh wow, I completely forgot about some of these.

    Were accurate production credits for these beats ever released?

    The My b---- beat is absolutely fantastic.
     
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    May 12, 2020
    IMO, Doctor’s Advocate is far superior to The Documentary for this very reason.

    Game felt like a cardboard-cutout of a west coast rapper on The Documentary, whereas on the Doctor’s Advocate, he had both improved as a rapper and — more importantly — had a story of his own to tell.
     
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  9. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

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    agreed—I've been pretty vocal about not being a huge fan of Game in general and I've never been a fan of the original Documentary aside from the 50 cuts and, like, Westside Story. But Doctor's Advocate, Doc 2/2.5 are much better to me.

    I did always like this joint off LAX tho:
     
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

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    I want to say My b---- was Khalil + Dre. Won't Stop was Dre. Feels Good was Focus + Dre. And I'm not sure about the rest because I didn't really care about them at the time.

    I think they all have some kind of Dre involvement and that's why the were left off the album
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    yes, i agree, and both are pretty good albums, but i wouldn’t say game quite rises to the level of “this guy is a good rapper” on da
     
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    Tech N9ne was popping at this time so I can’t argue except no Eminem so actually s--- era
     
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    lmao 2005-2008 1990-1999 was the golden age of rap to me imo
     
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

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    Meet up with any underage girls recently Ronnie?
     
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    Thank you for this. Game has SO MANY gems that are not on his main albums.
     
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

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    Case in point for LAX




    I forget that from 05-09 this guy was easily one of my favorite rappers OAT. Unfortanately he fell off as badly as Eminem imo.
     
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  17. Mikey
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    yeah i posted about that a few weeks ago.

    How that wasnt on Lax im not sure. Surely a sample clearance issue. Big Dreams was great too
     
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    That was always my suspicion as well.
     
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    This was also solid.

    If my recollection is correct, it was meant for Obie's second album but was cut (likely per Eminem's orders) because of the 50/Game beef.

     
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    Soldier big cuntry's alias

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    dude why do you even listen to music
     
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