Yup I watched unmasked Kane

06-09 Wayne

Drake (2015)

It was a hell of a year

Joe Budden - Mood Muzik (2004-2010)

Became a Kanye fan during Late Registration era so yeah

wayne peak 2006-2009

there will never be a greater rapper than summer 2007 lil wayne

How do you guys define "prime"

In sales ?
Popularity ?
Sound ?
Versatility?
Quality ?

Maybe everything at the same time...
Quite ambiguous

Tyler's prime would be Igor era

Top popularity
Mastered his sound(s)
Getting money
Involved in clothes/visuals/music

Right now is a continuity

for the most part yea

half of them, yeah

Yes for most artists

Still wonder how I missed my fav Young Nudy albums between 2016-2018 and only discovered them in 2019.

Peak Pi‘erre x Nudy was something else

Rocky, Travis, Migos, Waka Flocka, Thug, X, Ski, etc

Half of them

i completely agree with that, i went with 08 because thats when i discovered him

Honestly, Ye's definitive prime is 04-16(also before 04 if you including his productions).

After 2016, he's been hit or miss and wishy washy in terms of his music and content with some solid music(KSG, Daytona, JIB, Donda) and some mid music(Ye, JIK, Vultures, Donda 2 demo tape).

I'd actually include C1 as the beginning of Wayne's prime.

this song was always on the radio back then 😂

badu, goodie mob, and outkast prime was my entire childhood/they discography imo lol

stevie/donny obviously not

ye of course
lupe of course
saba of course
noname of course
kendrick lamar of course

Nas has 3 primes btw.

i partially agree. 94-03 covers the first two "primes" anyway

The glow up of Tyler the Creator was beautiful to see. Liked Cherry Bomb but Flowerboy was clearly a step up imo and even though I hated it on first listen, I was eventually obsessed with Igor

I was on a J Cole forum late 2014 so I got to witness the announcement and release of 2014 FHD. Felt like he finally dropped an album that showed the potential he had

TPAB was Kendrick's prime imo. The Untitled performances. I even read To Kill a Mockingbird because I expected there to be some connection on the album. Still remember the low quality image of the cover on KTT and we thought that was Cole, Kanye and Obama on the cover Then the album leaked and everyone was talking about it. I remember listening to some of the album, going to bed and continuing my listen while getting ready for school the next morning. Had to take a seat when Mortal Man came on, s*** gave me goosebumps

ya living through it rn

Drake
Ye
Abel
Trav
Kendrick

Yup

hell naw im only 13 years old