Slime Season rerelease had me thinking about this. Some of my favorites:

Young Thug (2014-2016): thug and londonondatrack were making music that could not be replicated

03 Greedo (2015-2018): there will never be another sweet lady

Blu (2007-2012): not only did he make 2 classics with exile but he laid the groundwork for sLums and definitely influenced big fish theory with york

Young Thug

Yeat Alive - Afterlyfe

Lil Wayne 2004-2009
Eminem 1999-2004

6ix9ine

Lil Wayne from 05-07 is my favorite rapper of all time.

Kanye from 04 -10 is my favorite rap artist of all time.

Young Thug and Travis Scott 2013-2018

Rx Papi & Nephew (2020-2022)

Kendrick 2024
Drake 2018
Kanye 2016

Kendrick Lamar (2015-2017)
Kendrick Lamar (2024-

critical dropped in 2023

wayne

tony shhnow 2020-
boldy james 2020-2022

Thug & Eminem primes

Wasn’t expecting Blu love when I entered this thread.

Her Favorite Colo(u)r is one of my fav rap albums ever. It’s his Endless imo.

Damn. No Kendrick inclusion?

I know these are obvious but

Kanye '10-'13 was some real Icarus s***

Outkast '98-'01 so tapped into the funk they made Dr Dre look like a tourist

RZA/Wu '93-96 unparalleled alchemist soundscape conjuror and abstract street ninja poets

Nah. His career as a whole I would take over both but in their primes there is too much nostalgia that I hold on to for him to surpass them in my opinion. That era literally made me a music fan and they led the charge.

BIG's entire career
Pac 94-96
Cube 90-93
Ye 04-2013
Wayne 06-08

Liangelo Ball 2025

Drake 2011-2016

Had no clue Sweet Lady was self produced

Disgusting beat he went crazy on that

he produced never bend too

crazy