2005 Revisit: is it the GOAT 00s year for rap?

[murksiderock]

Jeezy thread made me think of this. '05 is arguably the GOAT 00s hip hop year...

Just off top of my head, Jeezy and Wayne ran the summer, really ran all year. Ye was still popping from Late Registration singles. Jamie Foxx finally blew up for his singing talents. Webbie and Boosie hit the mainstream. Houston rap resurfaced with Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Brooke Valentine, Chamillionaire all going mainstream...

Pretty Ricky was on fire. Destiny's Child was still popping from their last album. TI was still popping from Urban Legend and features. Lil Scrappy was popping. 50 Cent was still hot from The Massacre. Game was another big new rapper and was credited as bringing back Cali. Common dropped Be, one of the greatest rap records ever if you ask me. Three 6 Mafia went on their mainstream run when white people figured out who they were ...

It's been 19 years so I know I'm forgetting something, yall fill in the gaps. Would yall call 2005 the GOAT 00s year? I'd say yes...

 

[Ol’Otis]

Yep

Savage Life

 

[murksiderock]

Best albums of 2005? Be and TM101 got it locked to me...

 

[General Mills]

Dipset was still bubbling in the streets. Writers Block 1 & 2

 

[Iverson_64]

Late Registration, Be, Documentary, TM101, Minstrel Show, Carter 2, GRODT soundtrack, Curtain Calls, Further Adventures of Lord Quas, Most Known Unknown, The Craft, etc.

So many gems dropped that year.

I would say that 2002 and 2003 were pretty stacked too from that decade.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

2005 was raw af.

2000 had a lot to offer too and is probably my favorite year of the 2000s:

Supreme Clientele
HNIC
When the Smoke Clears
SDE
Tha Last Meal
Stankonia
CNN - The Reunion
Like Water For Chocolate
The W
Violent by Design
Last of a Dying Breed
etc. etc.

 

[Iverson_64]

2005 was raw af.

2000 had a lot to offer too and is probably my favorite year of the 2000s:

Supreme Clientele
HNIC
When the Smoke Clears
SDE
Tha Last Meal
Stankonia
CNN - The Reunion
Like Water For Chocolate
The W
Violent by Design
Last of a Dying Breed
etc. etc.

And that's not even including MMLP.

 

[Ashtrey]

One of the last great years of Hip Hop.

Top 5 favorites from that year:
The Documentary
Be
Thug Motivation 101
Late Registration
The Minstrel Show

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

And that's not even including MMLP.

Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought, LOX, dead prez, lot dropped that year.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

I'd say either 2000, 2001 or 2002 before The South came

 

[phrank kastle]

Dipset was still bubbling in the streets. Writers Block 1 & 2

Diary of a Summer & What The Game’s Been Missing!

 

[General Mills]

Diary of a Summer & What The Game’s Been Missing!

WATTBA

 

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

Playing GTA San Andreas with documentary on repeat is a core memory

 

[Mac Ten]

Yeah pretty much...

The Massacre and The Documentary were getting mad play during Spring 2005

TM101 during the middle of the Summer that year

Late Registration was getting mad play during the Fall/Winter of 2005.


You're right about that Jamie Foxx album too. Album had bangers on it from top to bottom.


My cousin used to have the Dipset tapes for 5.00 a pop top.

A couple underrated gems from that year would be Missy Elliott's The Cookbook and Beanie Sigel's The B. Coming.

 

[Chris Cool]

2000 easily.