they said it’s Carti on here

I mean i guess sure really depends on the next album, carter 3s track list is like half hits

it wouldn’t even be close anyways cause Wayne was killing features, had several classic mixtapes at that time, was pioneering autotune alongside Kanye + T-Pain and also had mainstream appeal all at once

but he’d be the closest on paper i guess

There's always amazing projects to be found. Nobody's denying that.

But if those quality projects are heavily geared towards the underground/Indie scene or middle aged OG's like Nas, Killer Mike, Ye, Pusha T, etc., that's not really a great sign for mainstream rap.

Which newer rappers are dropping GKMC, Take Care, GRODT, MMLP, DS2, MBDTF, The Cool, Blueprint, TM101, Urban Legend, Carter 3, etc. level albums that are both impactful and quality?

It's a simple question that a lot of people seem to be avoiding when it comes to this topic. I'm willing to give WLR classic status for being good and impactful but where's the proliferation of other quality albums from newer mainstream acts?

Put it this way. If we're strictly talking quality, Jazz and Rock NEVER fell off cause there were always quality Rock bands and Jazz groups despite both genres falling from grace in the mainstream. But that didn't stop people from claiming that Rock or Jazz "died."

Now that rap's mainstream dominance is starting to slow up, ya'll want to now talk solely about quality and avoid the commercial aspect of things(but will switch up to using sales as a barometer for quality when it's convenient).