i'll be the 1st to say it and accept the shyt that'll be thrown my way but hip hop started a downward spiral in 97/98ish and by the time the 2000s rolled around, it was a bunch of "trendy" bullshyt that nikkas was ridin' for and hypin' up
yeah, the dipset had nice beats from time to time, but them nikkas was a bunch of mediocre rappers on the mic. i know how big they were and i use to listen to a lot of their shyt, but i never thought much of them as rappers because they weren't all that to begin with. the beats carried the majority of them nikkas
cam is an underachiever too. i don't care how much nikkas dikk ride him (pause

) he was always hype over actual great music.
g unit was a time period act, as was 50 cent. it was cool for the moment but in 2016, aside from a few singles, who really wants to listen to 50 cent and g unit?
yeah, the 2000s was like sugar shyt for the most part. don't get me wrong, it was some nice albums here and there, but it was a very glossy and hyped up moment