"10 Years Ago, A Friend Of Mine Asked Me"..........Is 2006 The Last Good Year For Mainstream Rap?

[Rell84shots]

But hip hop music isn't consigned to just radio.

I know that, i'm talking about the last time you didn't have to go digging through mixtapes & the underground just to find something good.

 

[3xecDreamChaser]

No 2015 exists.
One of the best street rap albums- DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY
Most futuristic boundary pushing album- DIRTY SPRITE 2
Apparently the best trap album- RODEO
Best female rap album- PinkPrint
Another amazing trap album- Barter 6
Best party rap album ever- Sremmlife
Best rap album in a decade- To Pimp A Butterfly


Probably a lot more amazing albums. 2015 the GOAT year

 

[B-Mint94]

2011 and 2012 where nice years

 

[Redwing80]

snap music is the 1st thing that comes to mind when you think of 2006??

All I remember from 2006 is

Crank Dat Soulja Boy
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead

 

[RammerJammer]

2012 I was bumping...

Rick Ross | Rich Forever
Fabolous | S.O.U.L. Tape 2
Nas | Life is Good
Drake | Take Care
Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.a.a.d City
A$AP Rocky | Live. Love. A$AP
Meek Mill | Dreamchasers 1 & 2
Rick Ross | God Forgives, I Don't
Maybach Music | Self Made Vol. 2
French Montana | Mac & Cheese 3
Coke Boyz | Coke Boyz 3
Big K.R.I.T. | 4eva N a Day
Game | Jesus Piece
G.O.O.D. Music | Cruel Summer
Smoke DZA | Rugby Thompson
Joey BADA$$ | 1999
Wiz Khalifa | Taylor Allderice
Freddie Gibbs | Baby Face Killa
Joe Budden | Loose Quarter
Lloyd Banks | V6 The Gift

2012 was a dope ass year. I was bumping GKMC, 1999, and 4eva N A Day for the longest

 

[Playaz Eyez]

2006 was actually a terrible year OP. The Houston music wave was dying out, Lil bytch-ass Wayne was on the rise and flooding the market with his garbage, Lil Jon's production was fading out, G-Unit was starting their descent, and so many albums were being dropped to sell ringtones instead of being apart of complete albums. Chingy, Jibbs, Bow Wow, D4L, and a bunch of other garbage.

I will say that GFK, Hi-Tek, Jeezy, Lupe, and some others were dropping heat, but overall, the singles around that time were trash

@ 2006 being the last good yr for mainstream rap when in the decade since then the GOAT Hov dropped the 2006 AOTY (KC), 2007 AOTY (AG) which was his 5th classic & the GOAT soundtrack/concept album, the 2011 AOTY (WTT) which was the GOAT collab album & his 6th classic, the 2013 AOTY & solo album of the decade (MCHG), & countless GOATly features that were all VOTY candidates if not winners

OP is a fukking idiot

Stopped reading right there. That was a mediocre album that looked good compared to the sea of bad albums/songs around that time

 

[Wacky D]

03'?

'03 was better than good. it was the last year that was arguably great.

04, 05 & 06 weren't great but I'd say they were the last good years, mainstream-wise.

 

[Wacky D]

2006 was actually a terrible year OP. The Houston music wave was dying out, Lil bytch-ass Wayne was on the rise and flooding the market with his garbage, Lil Jon's production was fading out, G-Unit was starting their descent, and so many albums were being dropped to sell ringtones instead of being apart of complete albums. Chingy, Jibbs, Bow Wow, D4L, and a bunch of other garbage.

I will say that GFK, Hi-Tek, Jeezy, Lupe, and some others were dropping heat, but overall, the singles around that time were trash



Stopped reading right there. That was a mediocre album that looked good compared to the sea of bad albums/songs around that time

in 2006, I wasn't paying attention to any of those artists you mentioned in the 1st paragraph - except wayne, who I messed wit a lil bit.

the rest of those guys didn't exist in my world unless somebody had the radio or TV on. very much avoidable. I don't even remember D4L being around in 2006. and even when they were around in '04-05, its not like anybody had their album.

edit: jay-z kingdom come? easily the worst album from a respected rapper in 2006.

 

[Wacky D]

Back to the 90's you go.

what does the '90s have to do with me?

 

[Sauce Dab]

2014 was pretty bad. Very dry year for the most part

 

[MikeyC]

what does the '90s have to do with me?

You sound like one of those "Everything was perfect in the 90's" type dudes.

 

[Wacky D]

All I remember from 2006 is

Crank Dat Soulja Boy
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead

that stuff got no play from me in 2006.

 

[mobbinfms]

1996 was the last, by and large, pure year on a mainstream level. In 97 Bad Boy killed the East and No Limit killed the South.
We all know what happened to the West
I'm speaking in generalities here.

 

[Wacky D]

You sound like one of those "Everything was perfect in the 90's" type dudes.

theres a large gap in between the '90s and 2006.

the '90s might not even be my favorite decade.

just because i said 2012-13 or whatever years dude listed were trash, it doesn't mean that I'm a '90s worshipper.

shoot, look at my avi. that's current music.

 

[Wacky D]

1996 was the last, by and large, pure year on a mainstream level. In 97 Bad Boy killed the East and No Limit killed the South.
We all know what happened to the West
I'm speaking in generalities here.

no limit blew the south up.
how they kill it?

i liked bad boy, but hated their tactics. so yea, they helped kill the east coast in the long run.