ngl, off the top donda might be it for me & honestly my opinion can be swayed bc that's just my immediate response

and in terms of whats next:

imo its either a superstar who's already a legacy act, (i.e drake, jay, ye, kendrick, etc) or something that we don't see coming from someone new, cause we desperately need some new blood and a fresh face to take us somewhere else in a way that feels unanimous to pop culture

I just feel like rap rn is still coming out of it's hairglam rock slump in the 80-early 90s (late 2010s rap peak) and that's not to say there aren't special things happening in the space, it's just the lack of monoculture that's frying and further splintering what's considered "the culture"

I see a turnaround coming bc of diff socioeconomic and political factors, and increase in mental health discourse which is def going to create new artists that have more of "message" or just new artists who make songs that are forms of escapism from the world that we live in but realistically a dip means something special is happening soon

what did donda do that’s “important”

wlr

for better or worse wlr prob most important

ngl niggas been remaking this album & building careers over and over for years

Most important release of the decade is WLR

last legacy act that had an album that felt unanimous to me off their own accord

and roll out/release in benz stadium felt special

yeah can't even argue with that at all

What makes Donda so important? It had little impact and was largely forgettable, Kanye is known for everything but his music this decade.

Probably Whole Lotta Red for me, has the quality, the influence, the cohesion necessary

You gotta hate rap if your answer is ''WLR''

what do you mean “felt unanimous”

FAMD >>>

Unanimously forgettable

ICEMAN

what's your answer zacharius

Not coming out til 2030 unfortunately

lmaoooooooo

the answer is whole lotta red

i do find donda significant though. it did feel like kanye was accepted publicly again and then he threw it all away

its too early to tell but i think Black british music 2025 will be up there

I would give Yeat’s “up 2 me” an honorable mention too. That album had the whole game in a vice grip when it dropped

where it felt like everyone was tuned in and generally listened to across the board by all types of rap fans

yeah but even then you could stylistically point right back to wlr when it comes to yeat

that being said that album was a good listen

great project, i think jim has a lot to offer and will be here for a while

clipse - let god sort em out