something a little better than "my friends claim to own it, but never let me borrow it"
I mean are cats really using their little circumference to represent the world? me and my peeps played PRT Pure Poverty into the ground, but I don't try to front like that album was some kind of "universal classic"
whos basing anything off of just that?
and who ever said that PRT had a universal classic in the 1st place? huge difference.
and most importantly, since when the hell do these magazine writers represent anything more than their personal opinions? and most of them are herbs on top of that.
Magazine ratings should be much more reliable than anecdotal evidence for a variety of reasons. It depends on the magazine.
You think 1999 should have got 5?
I know it's off topic, the regionalism ratings stuff, but its interesting to see how many bad calls they made.
I disagree with you on the Kendrick shyt. It's always goo for someone to come along and try to motivate others to do better.
magazine ratings are more reliable evidence how? because they print their opinions and sell em in stores?
who did Kendrick motivate? NOBODY. all the rappers that responded are the rappers that already do this. aint chit change. he just accidentally shed light on the real rappers that get brushed under the rug now. and in turn, he dropped down into a fetal position.
Who stepped their game up? Biggie made New York relevant on a broader scope. His "hits" were "bubble gum" as it gets. Nas in '96 dropped "It Was Written", which "purist" hated. Then it was bad boy era. Then the DMX, Ja Rule era, then 50 Cent. None of them nikkas talk about shyt.
lol @ there ever being a jarule era outside of the radio.
first option in the poll