Let’s be honest the big 3 is just purely a demographic phenomenon
The only one on that list that’s actually a superstar is drake
The only reason people add cole and kdot is becuase like drake they came up in an ideal time in the early 2010s where millenials as well as gen zers became familiar with their music so it creates that effect cus their fanbases span different generations
But like sales and influence wise future has as much case to be in a “big three” why not big sean? Asap rocky? Thug?
You can’t be serious about Sean lol
kevin gates in 2021 stop it lol
Kevin Gates is still extremely popular lol KTT is just out of touch and never gives him his props
Shut the f*** up
Is it that hard to understand or is KTT just trying to police the culture and rewrite the rules? The Big 3 has always referred to the 3 rappers with the biggest impact, biggest albums, while also being MCs.
THIS. Niggas stay trying to put Travis or Post Malone in the category when they can’t even spit. They on some pop s***
I’ve always been suspicious of the inception of the Drake/Kendrick/Cole ‘top three’ as being less “this is the MC trinity of the 2010s” and moreso hiphop purists being wary of the new top guy (Drake) having an image/background that spits in the face of the ideal respected MC image while being undeniable as an MC, therefore being forced to acknowledge him (albeit begrudgingly, we remember the jokes/shunning)
So once Cole blows up it’s like “YES! We have a more traditional new guy coming to the top to balance this Drake madness”. Then Kendrick comes around and they’re even more happy. Because it’s really only those three checking off the boxes, at a certain point it became a trinity - a top three
This is all a suspicion tho
Giant reach lol.
Nah. "The big three" originally started out as just the top 5 active MCs in the game right now. It was always a topic of discussion. In the blog era it was Kendrick, Cole, Drake, Sean, and Wale. The only reason it became "the big three" is because the last two niggas ain't elevate as high and the first three, and there was no one else to put there. So after that era it should go back to just being the top 5 like always
AINT NO BIG 3
THE CURRENT BIG 3 CANT EVEN OUT DO THE PAST 3.
HELL THE PAST 3 STILL ACTIVE
WAYNE HOV AND YE
Y’all got Cole getting away with lines talking about a million dollars like we ain’t just go through a pandemic and our president wasn’t a rich a******.
Drake being pompous towards the working class and calling himself putin on seeing green ( da f***) then had the nerve to look like the male gal gadot shimmy shaking in his mansions while niggas dying he rather be sliding
Then Kendrick went into hiding like Bruce Wayne in the dark knigh rises.
big 3: cock and balls
AINT NO BIG 3
THE CURRENT BIG 3 CANT EVEN OUT DO THE PAST 3.
HELL THE PAST 3 STILL ACTIVE
WAYNE HOV AND YE
Y’all got Cole getting away with lines talking about a million dollars like we ain’t just go through a pandemic and our president wasn’t a rich a******.
Drake being pompous towards the working class and calling himself putin on seeing green ( da f***) then had the nerve to look like the male gal gadot shimmy shaking in his mansions while niggas dying he rather be sliding
Then Kendrick went into hiding like Bruce Wayne in the dark knigh rises.
yeah being part of the big 3 means being a communist , u got it
(that Putin line is a shot at ye btw)
Nah. "The big three" originally started out as just the top 5 active MCs in the game right now. It was always a topic of discussion. In the blog era it was Kendrick, Cole, Drake, Sean, and Wale. The only reason it became "the big three" is because the last two niggas ain't elevate as high and the first three, and there was no one else to put there. So after that era it should go back to just being the top 5 like always
Exactly
yeah being part of the big 3 means being a communist , u got it
(that Putin line is a shot at ye btw)
Yeah pretty sure drakes GAY for kanye
It brought Hip-hop to the front of the cultural zeitgeist in a way we haven't seen since In Da Club or A Milli. How could you even go outside without hearing it in a house party or cars driving by? The memes and parodies were on every website from Reddit, Facebook, Twitter and even on ktt. You brought up Be Free and I remember the talk but Sicko Mode was that on steroids x 10. Did it change Rap forever? No neither of those songs did but they brought in more people and that brings in more revenue for the culture and attention for our people.
Same could be said for Trap Queen, Hot Nigga, and even Thrift Shop.
It's gonna take more than a megahit or a hot album to replace Cole.
Cole's been musically active and relevant for a decade with a number 1 album in 2011 and is about to get another number 1 album a decade later. And he's gone platinum each time and has a lot of good features and can spit.
And I like Travis but we'll have to wait and see how Utopia unfolds for him to even be in the same convo as Cole.
kevin gates in 2021 stop it lol
He's a veteran yes but even now he's doing very well compared to a lot of mainstream newcomers and you can't deny the guys like Rod Wave, Morray, and even Youngboy aren't influenced by his style.
I’ve always been suspicious of the inception of the Drake/Kendrick/Cole ‘top three’ as being less “this is the MC trinity of the 2010s” and moreso hiphop purists being wary of the new top guy (Drake) having an image/background that spits in the face of the ideal respected MC image while being undeniable as an MC, therefore being forced to acknowledge him (albeit begrudgingly, we remember the jokes/shunning)
So once Cole blows up it’s like “YES! We have a more traditional new guy coming to the top to balance this Drake madness”. Then Kendrick comes around and they’re even more happy. Because it’s really only those three checking off the boxes, at a certain point it became a trinity - a top three
This is all a suspicion tho
You see it
Drake
Youngboy
Polo g
I've never understood where this idea that Youngboy is a great artist (or rapper) has come from?
Like for example, on Twitter, I'll see a tweet about how someone has made a good song or something then a comment will be how YB is better
That guy has like one or two good songs tho. It must just be a meme at this point
Even in the RDCworld video about Cole, he mentioned people saying YB is better but he ass lmao
Big 3? Oh you mean:
One Piece
Naruto
Bleach
Cole is definitely the Bleach of the Big 3.