The "I-like-his-old-shyt-better" cliche (stop it)

Asicz

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well to be honest, its not a cliche for most rappers.. not to the point where everything they put out after their 1st album is wack, but as time passes rappers music tend to get worse after they hit their popularity peak

look at eminem, wayne, 50, jay, cam
Cam first album "Confessions of Fire " better than 3rd LP "Come Home with Me"?:duck:

Lil Wayne first LP "Block is Hot" better than " Carter 1and 2" OK buddy

Jay Z 2nd and 3rd Albums Vol 1, Vol 2 sucked? OK man.
 
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Cam first album "Confessions of Fire " better than 2nd LP "Come Home with Me"?:duck:

Lil Wayne first LP "Block is Hot" better than " Carter 1and 2" OK buddy

Jay Z 2nd and 3rd Albums Vol 1, Vol 2 sucked? OK man.
reading is fundamental.. I clearly said not necessarily their first album, but their popularity peak

Come Home With Me/Purple Haze was Cams peak in popularity and his 2 best albums
Blueprint is Jays best album imo.. I like it better than his first few albums
Eminems best album is MMLP
Wayne's best album is Carter 2, that wasnt his popularity peak but he pretty much blew up right after
 

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I think that some artists get better between album 1 and album 2 by really finding their indentity musically. Some some artists 2nd album is better than their first. On occasion, a 3rd album may be their best work yet, but most people get lazy, lose inspiration, have too much of the "lavish life" and start straying away from themselves. In general, yeah - their old ish IS better. Of course there are exceptions.

I like new Meth over mid 90s Meth. Face is even better than the great he was back then. I can't stand old State Prop, but I love their newer music. Trag is always consistent. I can't think of too many more
 

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Most artists put their everything into their first album. Then they get paid a little, get a little celeb status going on, and the hunger and drive is lost compared to when they were a nobody.
Yup, that sounds like Blu alright. :mjcry:
 

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Apparently Every Rapper ever old stuff is better and everything they put out in life after that sucks.
Yeah OK. I think it's cliche to say that. It is something people say so they can sound smart. It is something you say when you don't have taste in music or can't keep up with what's hot.

Damn people cant have a particular preference in music?

Of course someone who loved kanye's early work is gonna hate this new shyt he making. They a fan of the sound he had. Thats the reason they became a fan.

If you became a fan of DMX for his first two albums then he drops an autotuned album they have a right to be like "i miss the old X" they aint a fan of autotuned X they a fan of that hard spitting X.

They become fans of an artist for the sound they have at the moment they first hear em of course they not gone want to hear big krit make an EDM album. :manny:
 

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Damn people cant have a particular preference in music?

Of course someone who loved kanye's early work is gonna hate this new shyt he making. They a fan of the sound he had. Thats the reason they became a fan.

If you became a fan of DMX for his first two albums then he drops an autotuned album they have a right to be like "i miss the old X" they aint a fan of autotuned X they a fan of that hard spitting X.

They become fans of an artist for the sound they have at the moment they first hear em of course they not gone want to hear big krit make an EDM album. :manny:
Let artist evolve man Kanye can't make sped up samples with Twista features his whole life man.
 

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Apparently Every Rapper ever old stuff is better and everything they put out in life after that sucks.
Yeah OK. I think it's cliche to say that. It is something people say so they can sound smart. It is something you say when you don't have taste in music or can't keep up with what's hot.

I like your old thread better.
 
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