Sad situation

Underachievers Flatbush zombies

What a time

testing out now

i ignore it because it was mostly not good

They don’t get credit for rapping their ass off

Meechy can out rap most of these people and Erick out produce

That’s why all this best lyricist talk goofy

-Lil Wayne's "rockstar" era of the early 2010's where he dropped Rebirth, was pretending to play guitar, skateboarding, and promoting Truckfit.

-Jay's artsy hipster phase of 09-13 where he was promoting "non-urban" brands, high fashion, modern art, traveling in Europe, etc. Some also call it the "Euro Hov" era. Pretty insane how he changed his whole image when 4:44 dropped.

-MC Hammer's "gangster rapper" phase on Death Row in the mid-90's

-2Chainz as "Tity Boi"

-Chance The Rapper's early 2010's run when he was just a Blog nigga rapping about having everyday problems and doing d****. That "positive gospel" image didn't occur until 2016.

-Lloyd Bank's 2010 run when people thought he was gonna ditch G-Unit for GOOD music.

-Snoop Dogg's "Snoop Lion" phase

That arc in the mid 2010s where Wiz Khalifa was stacking great single over great single and actively posting vlogs over YouTube that had millions of views

Think the last notable hit in that run was Bake Sale ft. Travis Scott but it gave me one of my favorite songs of all time

this era fr isn't talked about enough

and fame era gaga

whenever danny glover, stoner and his feat on about the money dropped which i think was 2014 or they were split those years

those 3 songs at least in my experience was a 3 punch that got him accepted massively (although i know there were memes about him being "sus" for like another year or so, im mainly talm bout irl acceptance n like being played at events/parties)

also the danny glover remix with nicki

before that he wasnt getting any real passes outside of a feat on other songs he just happened to be on

but now, people act like thug was always loved and was always considered "a genius" by people which isnt true - this "revision" has especially happened in the 2020s n idk y - i think the real strory of going from one of the most disliked to one of the most beloved is a way more interesting come up and success story n him literaly breaking down barriers n stereotypes

Young thug had unreal 1 year feature run from 2016 to 2017

Mr Hudson era

BLIK as well

mmg's run from 2011-2013

Not gonna say it was immaculate but there were some good joints in that run too.

Fkn Problems, 1 train, black hippy UENO remix, the joint on SZA’s tape, Really be wit YG, Collard Greens.

The pop/ “crossover” joints weren’t it but when are they ever are?

Yeah I said the same thing and missed a few of these lol but I guess if we just talkin about those pop records then I get it. But I think it’s held over Kendrick’s head a bit too much for some features from 12 years ago

I think people have gassed SGP’s contribution for years. I mean he was the producer.. like you said him and clams produced for Rocky what was he supposed to do on those beats? Cloud rap fizzling out after a few years isn’t the fault of Rocky if anything he helped put the sound on. Both Rocky and SGP wore their influences on their sleeves.

Nobody ignores that durk era