-CLB was an average album. Neither classic nor mid.

-Donda was solid but half the love for it came from it being Kanye's "comeback album." It's def better than JIK/Ye but not even better than TLOP.

-Wayne's verse on Seeing Green > Kendrick's on Family Ties

-Most of the newer school rappers lack personality and uniqueness which is why the 2000's and Blog era rappers are still carrying the genre.

-KD2 is still an AOTY contender but, because it's not pop friendly, people downplay it.

I completely agree with all this

isn't "average" the exact same thing as "mid"?

uk rap is criminally underrated. some of the most original and forward-thinking young rappers in the world right now are british.

little simz, slowthai, loyle carner & dave are prime examples.

Featuring Ty$ was his best album to date

Julien Baker's Little Oblivions is an AOTY contender

2 week classics

Nobody downplays KD2.

Topaz Jones dropped a top three album of the year, and the fact it doesn't get discussed on here is probably the biggest embarrassment of this forum this year. Next to caping for Yeat.

Only on KTT where it's common to see people calling it mid.

Actually that's another embarrassment of this forum. King's Disease 2 slander.

What make you cap like this?

Literally

Hit-Boys run the last few years isn’t talked about enough. No other modern producer locks in for albums like that. His versatility is insane too

People like Yeat and Ken Carson only get popular cause they Carti-lite. The idea of clone artists is lazy and it bugs me lol

Streaming has made the “business” side of music be so much more in our faces. Lazy collab albums (Durk/Baby, Future/Uzi etc) are such obvious cash grabs. They come and go over a weekend. Deluxe is a new way to get more streams but are just mid leftovers

that's what happens when anything becomes more mainstream, people that were on the outside as observers are trying to make their way in too. just look at all the NFT s*** going on. ppl just want to eat off of
rap because it's accepted in more spaces than rock music now. we got Future doing Samsung ads

this aint an unpopular opinion tho

Most rap nowadays doesn’t make me feel anything like it used to. Even just 5-10 years ago new stuff was blowing me away.

Now it’s mostly just like “ay this hard” lol. It’s a good feeling in the moment but disappears real quick.

yeah @op majority of this whole thread lost the plot lol.

I just looked this up and I remember I wanted to listen just based off the cover alone. I forgot about it tbh cause I never heard of bro

Imma save it for my flight on Friday

yup, but i still don't revisit it like I should. starting to think Ty will never have that project for me