theres too much out there, will we skip a generation until we get another top 3 emergence/discussion? does it have to do with the sound itself at the current state, the amount of new works being released, innovaation issues?

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No

We're just old

Top 3 is very open tbh so nah

Kendrick and cole(he probably was never top 3 tbh) have fallen off

Kendrick takes way too long between projects to ever really be top 3

It’s really drake, Kanye(again), and ? at this point

This is unironically a good question lol

also like collaborations between the hottest rappers used to feel like an event - now like every hot artist is constantly featured on every other hot artist’s songs

facts

Let's do a top 3 independent

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Top 3 concept is dead

Too many ends of hiphop are detached from one another for there to be a general consensus

In 2011 everyone could discuss the same smaller group of artists but now you have so many branching styles that it’s hard to quantify

And that’s not even counting the general decline in sales for hiphop artists

Contenders for top 3 died past few years

Top 3 was an era that started in 2011 and ended in 2017.

There is no more top 3.

It should be top 5

Drake
Kanye
Kendrick
Cole
Travis (if he bounces back)

Add Lil Baby and make it top 6 if he does it again with his next album

just like any job the people who were doing it before get phased out and are replaced by the next gen

just because drake has been a staple for 10 years doesn't mean it won't happen it him

matter of time

look at Eminem, Wayne

Why are we looking for top 3? Like why are we tryna put the new generation into this artificial construct we made for Kenny/Cole/Drake

We don't need a "Big 3." Just good music.

we said this in like 2016-2019

it's tiring now

rap's too diverse to have top 3s anymore

o my gaaad SHUT UP

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the first "big 3" i can remember was when people were comparing asher roth, charles hamilton, and b.o.b to eminem, ye, and andre 3000

“whos the best mc biggie jay z or nas”

This whole top 3 convo especially between Kendrick Cole and Drake is purely driven by the hip-hop media. Its a joke because Drake is known for using ghostwriters which automatically eliminates him from any top rapper conversation.