The word Legend gets thrown around alot these days

To the point "Legend" is losing its impact and meaning prior to the overuse of it.

So let's get right to it.

What Defining traits make up a Legend?

With the Help of KTT and hopefully a good Base and Consensus we can finally conclude on who's worthy of the Title.

The title should represent those having an Overall Worldwide Recognition And accolades and not just a region based achievement.

Example: If an artist is very famous in one region and is regarded as a "Legend" there but not the rest of the Country they won't qualify.

I'll list everyone here that meets the Criteria as we proceed.

Common Criteria listed:

Longevity
Quality

TL;DR - List Qualifications someone needs to be Legend eligible.

Make really good music

Hits & longevity

AI thread

Lil Yachty is a legend

So Quality of Music

Buying top of the line s***, eating top of the line food, f***ing these hoes, hitting Foot Locker and buying the Cash Money Reeboks size 13 yadigg

catalog
longevity
influence

Hmm.

Biggie, Big Pun, Big L, etc.

The albums they put out are consistently well done and they have longevity.

So do you think Biggie should be disqualified?

Significant cultural impact, recognition and status outside of initial target audience. Everybody knows who Kanye is, for example, even if they don’t listen to his music.

Longevity Quality and Consistency

But honestly people just pick and choose when they want to give it to anyone who had a moment and honestly the more that time goes by I get why people do that lol. The s*** that has to happen for someone to even be known for a short time on a nationwide level…a lot has to go right so let alone if you do it for a few years and give people memorable moments….it’s why people call French montana or some s*** a legend lol

Biggie has so many hits man what

So would you consider Cardi b a legend?
(As she is very well known outside of her music)

Bad Bunny would probably be another qualifier since he's all over the place

Hits not enough/dont matter.

James harden averaged 36 ppg (hits) for a season but he not on the same plane as mj because jordan got 6 rings (great albums)

memorable personality beyond their era

I'm responding to the Longevity part.

Ofc Biggie didn't really have a choice in that part tho

It’s the same thing with NBA tho. Harden a weird comparison because how people ultimately receive him depends on if he ever turns his streaks of greatness into a title but people would look at you crazy if you said Barkley or Hardaway weren’t legends even if on paper their resumes were nowhere near Jordan’s.

It’s like that with music lol as we see with s*** like The Game thread

Tragically you are correct

tho you could say his hits lasting the test of time as long as they have, while being some of the most celebrated songs of all time (not just within hip hop) is excellent longevity

id say so

Technically French would be considered a legend based off

Longevity
Consistency
Hits

But he doesn't have that Star Power Outside of music tbh

I hope you're talking about Tim Hardaway, not Penny.

long lasting impact. just because you're an elite rapper doesn't make you a legend, same with sports

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Lmao depending who you asked either would apply. I’m a relative NBA casual regarding that time period especially but there are people who would argue for Penny being a legend is my point

Discography.