official hip-hop litmus test: hip-hop's greatest year

djp can you explain why i keep seeing tim tebows name, preferably in a haiku. wiki just tells me he is good at american football, also something to do with eye paint. not exactly supermario-ing it.

Our Lord Tim Tebow
Is not a good quarterback
But God wins him games

down blue astroturf
the fiery donkey rides
snow on the rockies

Scoring a touchdown
Taking a knee, head on hand
Fervent, self-absorbed praise

Its 3rd and 18
Studied Bibles, not spirals
The Lord will provide

This poll really might as well be "how old are you" now that I think about it

my favorite stuff is for the most part BETWEEN '88 and '93

my favorite stuff is for the most part BETWEEN '88 and '93

― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:19 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

revised poll options:

-1988
-the day T.R.O.Y was released
-1993

lol

not quite tho

2009 was pretty lame.

― unattractive on the g side (a hoy hoy), Monday, January 9, 2012 7:40 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wtf 2009 was great

1998, 2003, 1994(3), 1988, all good

2009 had... gucci. did i miss anything?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_hip_hop_music

Rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow was released from prison after serving almost nine years for his role in a violent nightclub shooting in 1999 involving Bad Boy mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. He was deported to Belize the next day.

being deported to Belize sounds kinda sweet

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kom-mudcX5I/TC9yFGh-AyI/AAAAAAAABuM/EAW85aw7gtc/s1600/n0088.jpg

2009 had... gucci. did i miss anything?

― unattractive on the g side (a hoy hoy), Monday, January 9, 2012 3:00 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

boosie az jacka quik & kurupt max b z-ro UGK "swag surfin" playaz circle

lol, i will rep for exactly half that list.

probably the weaker half too **rolls eyes**

also "88 - time to set it straight" was a great saying

boosie, max b, jacka, gucci were all at creative peaks in 2009 b/t 'return of boosie bad azz' 'quarantine' 'tear gas' & burrprint etc.

probably the weaker half too **rolls eyes**
― somebody call the brinks truck (D-40)

no joke deej: u r a treasure

ok but you understand that being able to count the good-to-great things on yr toes makes it a bad year, right?

err I don't think laundry lists of # of good/great albums is how you determine how great a year was, cuz considering how much rap gets released a year, one will find scores of 'good' stuff every year.

deej40: was that Playaz Circle release any good?

tbh i dont remember i was thinking it was the one before that but that wouldn't have made sense

k. was curious as I've seen it in used shops lately

ok but you understand that being able to count the good-to-great things on yr toes makes it a bad year, right?

― unattractive on the g side (a hoy hoy), Monday, January 9, 2012 3:32 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this as an example of the major artists who were reaching peak creativity. i also did a mix in '09 of my favorite rap but there was lots of good rap then

(obv az & quik not reaching peak creativity then, but those are dope records regardless)

http://blackhandproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/appalachian_st_michigan_football_reaxsff.jpg

how so?

4 of the major rappers of the last 5 years releasing some of their best music qualifies as a 'good year' imo

err I don't think laundry lists of # of good/great albums is how you determine how great a year was, cuz considering how much rap gets released a year, one will find scores of 'good' stuff every year.

― Neanderthal, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:34 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ok so then we can look at it another way and go 'hmmm i wonder what was the zeitegist single and album of that year? empire state of mind and the blueprint 3?' and even moreso do i hate it.

BP3 did kind of end the year on a stink but idk I've acquired a lot of great rap from between 2008-2011 so I don't view it as like a 'low' point or anything.

i dunno what 'the major rappers' means if you are talking about max b and jacka. surely the five are lil wayne, jay-z, drake, jeezy and rawse

in terms of sales and critical acclaim unfortunately

im talking about in terms of creative great rap music that has any kind of popularity.

whiney otm, really sorry to see dubstep go

it took slightly longer from FWD to Skrillex than 9 months, but you're right, south London is in America

the impact of Nation of Millions and Straight Out of Compton is exactly analogous to the Jacka and Max B, deej otm

lol

2009 was an incredible year for rap music

the impact of Nation of Millions and Straight Out of Compton is exactly analogous to the Jacka and Max B, deej otm

― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, January 9, 2012 5:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah thats exactly what i said

the question was whether or not 2009 was a good year for rap music, not whether either of those artists are analogous to canonized rappers.

but i can tell you 100x over that the last killer mike isn't touching records released by either of those two in 2009

There's literally no year that doesn't have a few good rap records, good work working Max B into the convo

"1988 was a great year for rap... Ultimate Force, Original Concept, Alliance.... "

You have Max B tourettes dude

max b is just a littttle bigger of a deal than original concept

Would you say Max B who's never had a video on MTV is as important as Stetsasonic

Original Concept > Max B btw

i like original concept aite but no

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