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

[Wacky D]

 

[Cheese McNair]

I swear, years that end in 6 seem to be transition years.


'96 The "golden era" came to an end


Then '00-'05 still had a lil 90's residue on it.


'06, shyt started slowly, gradually transitioning into the shyt that it became now....The lil bit of soul that was hanging on '00-'05, started slipping and fell off the cliff like Bucky Barnes


Been snowballing ever since.














And now look at '16 and all the legends/icons we're losing.More transitioning/rebirthing.....I'm weary of the 6

Illuminati Drizzy tried to tell us

 

[Cheese McNair]

You posted Get Em Daddy (Get Em Girls was better) but don't forget one of Wayne's best features

 

[Cheese McNair]

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

This song was everywhere on a mainstream level though

 

[Cheese McNair]

there were around 20 albums that were worth the price of retail.
I cant say this for any years since then.

not to mention the mixtapes by mainstream artists.

in no order - all these albums were nice. the first few joints up top were great:
Camron - killa season
the clipse - hell hath no fury
TI - king
young dro - best thang smokin
Ludacris - release therapy
game - doctors advocate
snoop - blue carpet treatment
lupe fiasco - food & liquor
dj clue - professional 3
styles p - time is money
rick ross - port of miami
busta rhymes - big bang theory
juvenile - reality check
BG - heart of the streetz Vol 2
birdman & wayne - like father, like son
jr writer - history in the making
jim jones - hustlers pome
a few others

and the mixtape game was better, of course.

:thespirit: I still remember my first time listening to the Dro CD. shyt melted my mind breh.

That Game album was on repeat forever. It also let me know that Dre wasnt needed for Aftermath to have success

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Illuminati Drizzy tried to tell us

He's definitely initiated

 

[Cheese McNair]

This wasnt a single but it was Joc's best song and I bumped it daily



When everyone thought Busta was gonna drop a classic

 

[Cheese McNair]

Not rap but this got hella play too

 

[RammerJammer]

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

Reason it was dry was because DJ Mustard kept releasing the same song over and over

 

[Wacky D]

This song was everywhere on a mainstream level though

it was a good song.

they had a string of nice singles.

but even if someone thinks its trash, it doesn't matter. they were just radio rappers. nobody had their album.

:thespirit: I still remember my first time listening to the Dro CD. shyt melted my mind breh.

That Game album was on repeat forever. It also let me know that Dre wasnt needed for Aftermath to have success

lol @ that smiley.

and yea, dr dre was mostly just a figurehead for aftermath, to be real about it.

 

[CrimsonTider]

06 was the worst year

07 was the resurrection with kanye and prime wayne coming into force

Snap music needs to be forgotten forever

Whats wrong with Snap Music?

 

[RammerJammer]

nobody had their album.

Their 2006 album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and had the #1 rap album

 

[Wacky D]

Their 2006 album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and had the #1 rap album

and yet, nobody was bumpin any of the album cuts.

you know exactly what I meant breh.

 

[Pitfalls0117]

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
Roc Marciano | Reloaded
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
Schoolboy Q | Habits & Contradictions
Big Sean | Detroit
Joey BADA$$ | 1999
Wiz Khalifa | Taylor Allderice
Freddie Gibbs | Baby Face Killa
Joe Budden | Loose Quarter
Lloyd Banks | V6 The Gift

The year I got my license ...

The peak of maybach music/2 Chainz feature era... The start of the future dynasty... Actual good one hot wonder singles(cashin out, drink in my cup etc)..

Classic radio car music. Y'all can say whatever you want but that year is forever in my heart

 

[Newportbox]

2006 = The Roots - Game Theory.