Subjective opinion. I think Kendrick came up around a good crop of artists in the 2010’s. You had Drake, Cole, Wale, Meek, Big Sean, Krit, Future, and ASAP. Plus the other TDE artists he came with Jay Rock, Ab Soul and School boy Q. I fukks with 2010s hip hop more than I did the late 2000s when it was just Wayne and Ye dominating. The 90s is identified as mostly big and pac even though there was alot of great artists around.
Kanye and Wayne didn’t really have much competition by the time they were dominating.
Subjective opinion. I think Kendrick came up around a good crop of artists in the 2010’s. You had Drake, Cole, Wale, Meek, Big Sean, Krit, Future, and ASAP. Plus the other TDE artists he came with Jay Rock, Ab Soul and School boy Q. I fukks with 2010s hip hop more than I did the late 2000s when it was just Wayne and Ye dominating. The 90s is identified as mostly big and pac even though there was alot of great artists around.
Kanye and Wayne didn’t really have much competition by the time they were dominating.
You might think that crop of artist was talented. But they arent anywhere the level of name recognition of who Wayne and Kanye were competing with. You can say they were downtrending but 50cent,Jayz,T.I,Nas,Luda,Jeezy were still around. Guys like Fabolous,Gucci Mane,Plies,The Game,Young Dro on the undercard. The mixtape era was in a nice place with guys like Budden,Stack Bundles,Gangsta Grillz tapes. The guys i named who were downtrending were still more of a threat in terms of potential verbal battle,or just taking attention away. Wale,Big Sean,Meek and Cole dont have that type of effect. Meek maybe since he was billed as a battle rapper. But would you fear any of those nikkas dropping on the same day as you?