Youre just being ignorant with these statements now. Kendrick dropped in 2017 and 2018 as well with the black lanther soundtrack. Like none of these are close to 5 years.
Also with that d'angelo strawman is just stupid as f***.
Theres a big difference in a 3 year cycle and decade long hiatus
Theres a reason its called a hiatus. He wasnt even trying to push out an album.
idk what to say, i just have heard so many new cats pushing the boundaries that i just feel like things r changing and to say that the same 3 people r really the top rn years later just isn't really taking into account all the new artists trying to push the sound.
So lets say your son is having his bar mitzvah and ya rich enough to book Drake for it
But he misses out so you call Trav
Then he misses out who you calling next?
man who cares? you've taken all the fun out of this conversation by debating with me about a definition. i just wanted to inspire a dicussion on whether the current top 3 is different than what people said the top 3 was 10 years ago
What i really did was just correctly point out the ignorance of this thread and the arguments made in it.
"Like is kendrick lamar going to even sell after taking the average amount of time off for an artist"
yes.
Idk why we think cole isnt going to outsell dababy when one clearly been here for over a decade and the other had a hot year. And as for critical reception, cole never really got that anyway. He was always releveant cuz he moved units and audiences always loved tf out of him.
Its like asking if drake is gonna outsell 6ix9ine a couple years ago. Like yes. Why tf wouldnt he?
The big 3 is the big 3 for a reason and usually you have to earn those positions, its usually not who has a nice little run during a pandemic year when the other artists decide to take a year off. Sorry you wanted to have fun but just ask questions that arent just so easily argued against. Like maybe ask like "who's your favorite 3 new artists" or something like that. Or heres 3 artists i could see having an impact. Because this just aint it. Pr maybe just word s*** like that. Like how does the top 3 compare. The way you made it seem was just attacking dudes who been doing this for a decade and havent really lost that much of a step at all lol
idk what to say, i just have heard so many new cats pushing the boundaries that i just feel like things r changing and to say that the same 3 people r really the top rn years later just isn't really taking into account all the new artists trying to push the sound.
I mean i wouldnt say dababy really pushing the sound but okay man. Like what you like.
What i really did was just correctly point out the ignorance of this thread and the arguments made in it.
"Like is kendrick lamar going to even sell after taking the average amount of time off for an artist"
yes.
Idk why we think cole isnt going to outsell dababy when one clearly been here for over a decade and the other had a hot year. And as for critical reception, cole never really got that anyway. He was always releveant cuz he moved units and audiences always loved tf out of him.
Its like asking if drake is gonna outsell 6ix9ine a couple years ago. Like yes. Why tf wouldnt he?
The big 3 is the big 3 for a reason and usually you have to earn those positions, its usually not who has a nice little run during a pandemic year when the other artists decide to take a year off. Sorry you wanted to have fun but just ask questions that arent just so easily argued against. Like maybe ask like "who's your favorite 3 new artists" or something like that. Or heres 3 artists i could see having an impact. Because this just aint it. Pr maybe just word s*** like that. Like how does the top 3 compare. The way you made it seem was just attacking dudes who been doing this for a decade and havent really lost that much of a step at all lol
i'm not talking about dababy, i think its 100% ok kendrick is taking his time, i want him to drop another classic. i just think that people like travis, uzi, carti, baby, future, thug, and prob a couple more deserve some damn respect. especially thug and trav, like look how much they have given to the game over the past 3 years. i understand what ur saying and respect u for taking the time to debate this :)
i'm not talking about dababy, i think its 100% ok kendrick is taking his time, i want him to drop another classic. i just think that people like travis, uzi, carti, baby, future, thug, and prob a couple more deserve some damn respect. especially thug and trav, like look how much they have given to the game over the past 3 years. i understand what ur saying and respect u for taking the time to debate this :)
Alright man. Take it easy bro
I mean i wouldnt say dababy really pushing the sound but okay man. Like what you like.
i don't really even like dababy man, idk where u got that idea.
this is the first I’m hearing of this “top 3”
has kanyetothe2.com ever discussed this mysterious topic
Mysterious music
So lets say your son is having his bar mitzvah and ya rich enough to book Drake for it
But he misses out so you call Trav
Then he misses out who you calling next?
Gunna but he would've been my first choice
While ya beloved Kendrick and Cole been taking time off niggas like Trav and Thug Uzi Future etc. have been pushing this forward
I understand they do completely different things and im not comparing “raw talent” lol but times have clearly changed
And stop making this seem as if its “younger” niggas mentality its not
Me and Uzi both the same age
Go outside and ask the first nigga u see walking to work wearing joggers who his fav rapper is he gon tell u J Cole
Lmaoooooo
While ya beloved Kendrick and Cole been taking time off niggas like Trav and Thug Uzi Future etc. have been pushing this forward
I understand they do completely different things and im not comparing “raw talent” lol but times have clearly changed
And stop making this seem as if its “younger” niggas mentality its not
Me and Uzi both the same age
i feel like ur the only one hearing me rn g. these people aren't outside or something
The top 3 concept doesn't matter anymore, generation after them changed drastically.
The top 3 concept doesn't matter anymore, generation after them changed drastically.
but thats what i'm saying. it only doesn't matter cause people can't give up that the game changed and drake, kendrick, cole aren't really representative of what rap is anymore.
Why limit it to only 3? Lmao ever since Kendrick/Cole/Drake y’all think there can only be 3 big rappers
The thing is, the top 3 were the most skilled and they sold the most. It’s blurred now, since these other people moving units (like Travis) aren’t really in the rap upper echelon. No pun intended
Uzi
Travis
Lil Baby
Are the new top 3 tbh. Cole, Kendrick and Drake will always sell well, but for the younger generation these are the top guys. Travis technically is caught between two generations
If we took the younger generation low attention span having ass seriously, the top 3 would be Youngboy, Kid Laroi, and Lil Baby