2pac
Juice WRLD
X
Pop Smoke
Lil Tjay
Top 5 I overheard on the train, is this outside music?

i know you was around some cacs wearing cookies and smelling like axe spray

Whether that’s a put-on or genuine list, it speaks to Pac’s enduring legacy and reputation

lil tjay gotta be like this rn

OP was on a train with a bunch of 5th graders

she say she a virgin its hurtin

Were they 12

Based list

wheres luh tyler

Nah u gotta say what train line this was

Ban op

Top 5 all time? Gurantee none of those artists would be there besides Tupac if they were still alive

Yelling I didn’t even notice this at first

You know what Juice wrld and Xs death taught me?

That 2pac and Biggie were overrated

When I was a kid those 2 were talked about as the best ever and I thought oh well damn it’s really tragic they both died young then

But no. They’re viewed the way they are because they died

Explaining why zoomers now hold juice and x up so high

You can’t ever fall off and they can’t ever grow tired of you if you die first.

Rip to them all though not meant to be insensitive just an observation

Honestly facts

Biggie was one of the best to ever do it as a rapper and storyteller. Unmatched charisma, flows, bars, everything. If he had gone on living, he would have just kept on making great albums with a cinematic, theatrical bent.

Definitely in my top 5

True for Biggie but 2Pac is indisputably a legend. The literal embodiment of hip-hop.

Man shut up

simple.

2pac = legacy pick. he's de fecto best of all time. think johnny montana

Pop Smoke, X, Juice WRLD = when an artist dies young, they are catapulted into legend status. these three are just the most famous rappers to have died young within this kid's life (I'm assuming this was a teen or 20-something).

after he's gotten the obligatory out of the way, he gets to include his personal favorite, which i guess is lil tjay.

basically, kid wants to praise lil tjay, but he cant just call him the goat, first he has to be respectful and acknowledge who ur supposed to acknowledge yk? he's simply trying to follow the rules. it's just that the rules for the casual, uninformed, and young hip-hop fan are different than the rules you are used to

I truly feel that although his music was cool that if he kept going and was still around today he wouldn’t have the same type of legacy he does now.

Tons of artists have charisma and story telling. You say he would have continued to make great albums but we don’t know that. The fact he was only able to put out 2 is tied in what I’m talking about

It creates this illusion that he couldn’t have ever failed and would have kept on the same trajectory for the span of his career which history shows is not ever the case.

you say that like Dr Dre, Jay-Z, Snoop, Andre, Cube etc aren't still in most people's top 5s despite only having a few legendary albums

He not really listening to Pac with a list like that lol

Who tf has snoop dogg in their top 5…

Funny you mention Dr Dre only has a few legendary albums…he only has a few albums total kind of negates your point.

Jay-Z, let’s be real he’s great he absolutely is a legend but not much of a mainstream casual listener pick like what OP is describing with some zoomer throwing Lil Tjay in. Jay is more of a strict hip-hop head choice rather than widely praised as an all time great.

Pac and Biggie on the other hand will come up in many more peoples top 5 lists which is the point I was originally making. I believe this is caused by their early deaths and what that did to skyrocket them in peoples eyes without a second thought.

Which is what we’re now seeing with zoomers for X and Juice wrld

Who tf Johnny Montana