Mar 30, 2017

i am just so impressed with thug's 2017 output. namely:
- safe
- bit bak
- his verse on sacrifices (with drake and 2 chainz)
- his dominance on heat stroke (with calvin harris)

so who is challenging thug right now?

kanye is a visionary, but the lengths he can take his music based on his production (not just his beats, but production as an all encompassing concept including use of features, arrangement, moods etc.) is more hit and miss than what young thug is consistently doing with his vocals alone.

drake is great, but his album a year output really capped his ceiling as an artist. no matter how good his music is, he is not capable of blowing us away anymore

future has come in to his own on future/hndrxx, and his natural grasp between the rap and pop elements of music are unparalleled outside of a select few in this genre, but young thug can match this, and even exceed it with a more diverse repertoire

kendrick lamar is a rapper's rapper and i admire him for crafting an identity as an artist and marketing himself as that, but i promise you if both young thug and kendrick are ever on the same track rapping, kendrick will be washed.

vince staples and YG should be recognized as well, but thug is better than both.

 

Mar 30, 2017

imo vince could be the best rapper from the west coast rn, but he's like a dame lillard where he's elite but thug is like KD where he's generational