OfTheCross
Veteran
There were some great 1 hit wonders and fun dance songs that came out of it. But those years are remembered as an era of disposable music.
Let's remember and give credit to the artists back then that were putting out quality material, tho
2004:
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Ghostface Killah - Pretty Toney
Dangermouse - The Grey Album
Ceelo - Ceelo Green is a Soul Machine
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony
Lil Jon - Crunk Juice
TI - Urban Legend
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter
to name a few
2005:
The Game - The Documentary
Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming
Missy Elliot - The Cookbook
Jeezy - TM 101
Kanye - Late Registration
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter 2
Common - Be
2006:
TI - King
Pharell - In My Mind
Outkast - Idlewild Soundtrack
Lupe Fiasco -F&L
Diddy - Press Play
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Gnarles Barkley - St Elswhere
Rick Ross - Port of Miami
2007:
Timbaland - Shock Value
DJ Khaled - We The Best
TI - TI vs TIP
Blu and Exile - Below the Heavens
Common - Finding Forever
Plies - The Real Testament
UGK - Underground Kingz
Kanye West - Graduation
Jay-Z - American Gangster
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz The Album
Lupe - The Cool
And these are just the ones I remember buying. Not counting some great mixtapes I remember getting back then from mixtapekings.com. No matter the era. Good music lives. Hip Hop lives, y'all.
Let's stop thinking about that era as the ringtone era and give credit to the artists putting out quality material
Let's remember and give credit to the artists back then that were putting out quality material, tho
2004:
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Ghostface Killah - Pretty Toney
Dangermouse - The Grey Album
Ceelo - Ceelo Green is a Soul Machine
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville
Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony
Lil Jon - Crunk Juice
TI - Urban Legend
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter
to name a few
2005:
The Game - The Documentary
Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming
Missy Elliot - The Cookbook
Jeezy - TM 101
Kanye - Late Registration
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter 2
Common - Be
2006:
TI - King
Pharell - In My Mind
Outkast - Idlewild Soundtrack
Lupe Fiasco -F&L
Diddy - Press Play
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Gnarles Barkley - St Elswhere
Rick Ross - Port of Miami
2007:
Timbaland - Shock Value
DJ Khaled - We The Best
TI - TI vs TIP
Blu and Exile - Below the Heavens
Common - Finding Forever
Plies - The Real Testament
UGK - Underground Kingz
Kanye West - Graduation
Jay-Z - American Gangster
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz The Album
Lupe - The Cool
And these are just the ones I remember buying. Not counting some great mixtapes I remember getting back then from mixtapekings.com. No matter the era. Good music lives. Hip Hop lives, y'all.
Let's stop thinking about that era as the ringtone era and give credit to the artists putting out quality material
but I feel what you saying tho