Nicki accolades are more spread out through the decade. While future's is pretty much in the back half. Nicki probably deserves it more so than him

i do 100 percent non joke, but on the low

Lmao

You could argue the hype was crazier during Itty Biggy Piggy/beam me up scotty era...every chick on Myspace had Barbie or Minaj in they name lol

But you can't say 2010 like Ross, Ye aint happen

so why on @akademiks, @rapdirect, @rap & @ourgenerationmusic @rapmusic are top comments all saying ye

First three sentences are pretty much it

What's getting more play than all this s*** is the hottest local nigga tbh lol

I mean that's just a testament to how crazy his career has been

Even now if he was still rapping with cuss words he'd still be one of the top rappers in the game

If he didn't let Drake make him insecure (for no real reason either lol) in the second half of the 2010's he probably would solidly be on this

I'm not the biggest post WTT Ye fan but MBDTF, WTT, Yeezus, Kids See Ghosts and Pablo aren't weak albums that came and went lol its just always compared to CD to 808s

Now look at all the replies telling them that ye a generation prior

Ye's my favorite artist of all time. And I'll easily take his projects from 2010s over everyone on that list. But this convo is about 2010s rappers. He doesn't belong in it. This like me putting Em, Wayne and Hov in the convo, it's a different generation.

The difference is that MBDTF is arguably the consensus best all around Ye project (I'm a graduation guy myself)

Blueprint/Black Album, MMLP/Slim Shady, C2/C3 all came out firmly in the 2000's and aside from 4:44 they don't really have a defining project in the 2010's. Hell Wayne just started dropping music frequently again after like 6-8 years lol

Kanye's the only one out of that list who was in the mix this whole decade until the church stuff

But I get why its a weird placement

MBDTF and that's really it according to popular consensus. So that's barely even a factor, a lot more people prefer the trilogy anyways.

And nah wayne dropped 14 projects, a mix of albums and mixtapes and sold more records than ye, kendrick and cole. And rebirth is probably his most influential project. Em dropped 6 projects and sold more records than ye, kendrick, cole. Hov less so but still sold a lot of records.

Is this about artist who debut post 2010, or about who was influential, and put out music at a high clip?

Nicki did have a notable influence on the emergence of female rappers in the second half of the decade.

Future changed the way rappers used auto tune and influenced some of the biggest names in the game.

The SoundCloud era was a huge defining moment in the 2010’s but didn’t result in all that much chart success. As far as I know X is the only SoundCloud rapper with a number one, and he had a major impact on the game.

Idk what other suggestions should even go up there beyond that

It's about running the 2010s lmao. Artists that really hit their stride pre-2010s dont count

Future made 2014 - 2015. Music would have ended without him

This is about the 2010’s specifically. And Kendrick’s spot really isn’t debatable for the 2010’s. The most critically acclaimed rapper of the decade, mainstream success, four classic albums, a soundtrack to one of the biggest movies of the decade, one of the most talked about verses ever, etc etc.

Drake has his spot off commercial dominance, Kendrick has his off of critical dominance.

I think Cole’s spot isn’t solidified though.

If it’s RnB, it will undoubtedly have to have The Weeknd even though he’s more or less fully pop now imo.

After that it gets tough tbh. RnB artist don’t put out nearly as much music as Hip Hop/rappers do. Their music lives with you a lot longer though.

Miguel, Solange, and idk a fourth. I primarily listen to RnB nowadays so this is hard. A lot of my favorites only really been putting out music since 2014ish

If it’s about running the 2010s it shouldn’t really matter when the artist started if they were still running hot during that era

Delusion

i get that Kanye took a bit of a dive after Pablo (excluding KSG) but to not include him on this is ignorance at its finest

Kanye was never as hot as he once was in the 00s. He cooled off. The sales prove this. Kanye is always gonna be relevant same way jay wayne and em are. Kanye didnt impact music collectively the way the 4 biggest of the 2010s did and decades are run by different generations.

Close this thread, J Cole should not be anywhere close to the Rushmore, and no Kanye is a joke.

Last spot comes down to Future or Nicki

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