Top 10 best-selling rappers in the world.
Eminem, Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady, is a Grammy Award winner. A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, he spent his youth in Detroit. His albums have sold over 75 million copies worldwide, making Eminem one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s and one of the most popular rappers of all time.
Jay-Z (Jay Z), Jay-Z is the stage name of rapper Shawn Corey Carter, one of the most influential and wealthy figures in modern hip-hop music. As of 2007, eight of his albums have reached the top of the Billboard Top 200.
50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. Fame came to him with the release of the albums Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre. 50 Cent achieved multi-platinum success with both albums, selling over 21 million copies worldwide.
Nelly (Nelly) Nelly Cornell Haynes (born November 2, 1976), better known as Nelly, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career with the rap group St.lunatics in 1996 and signed a contract with Universal Records in 2000. He has released five successful solo studio albums and several mega singles.
Outkast, OutKast is a duo of American rappers Andre Benjamin (under the pseudonyms Dr? and Andr? 3000) and Antwan Patton (under the pseudonym Big Boi), who represent the Atlanta school of hip-hop, mixed with G-funk and classic southern soul. Winners of six Grammy awards, Outkast sparked a hip-hop movement southern states USA from aggressive angry shouts to melodic arrangements, carefully thought out lyrics and a general optimistic and humorous mood.
Snoop Dogg(Snoop Dogg) Snoop Dogg (real name Calvin Broadus) is an American rapper, producer and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip-hop scene and one of Dr.'s most talented protégés. Dre.
Earl Simmons (known by his stage name DMX) is a hip-hop artist born on December 18, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland. His father abandoned the family when Earl was young, and he was raised in a boarding school in Yonkers, New York. He spent most of his youth in prison. DMX began his career in Yonkers, where he MCed alongside his friends Lox and DJ Clue. His nickname was taken from the name of the drum machine "Oberheim DMX", which he later deciphered as "Dark Man X".
Notorious B.I.G., The Notorious B.I.G. - (May 21, 1972, Brooklyn, New York - March 9, 1997, Los Angeles, California) most famous pseudonym American rapper Christopher George Latore Wallace. He also performed under the pseudonyms Biggie Smalls and Frank White.
Kanye West, Kanye Omari West is an American music producer and rapper and multiple Grammy Award winner. He released his debut album, The College Dropout, in 2004, his second album, Late Registration, in 2005, his third album, Graduation, in 2007, and his fourth, 808s & Heartbreak, in 2008.
Ludacris (Ludacris), Ludacris started his musical career as a DJ at a radio station in Atlanta under the name Chris Lova Lova. Thanks to his work on the radio, the famous hip-hop producer Timbaland found out about him and offered to collaborate. The first recording featuring Ludacris was the track "Phat Rabbit" from Timbaland's 1998 album Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment. Soon after, Ludacris released his first album, Incognegro.
Rap is relatively young Musical direction, but is firmly rooted in modern culture, giving birth to dozens of heroes, and is not going to disappear anywhere. Quite difficult to choose a few best singers and teams of the hip-hop scene, but we still dare to present ten best rappers, which included our contemporaries and representatives of the old school, who stood at the origins of turnip.
10. Ice Cube
Ice Cube is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, who began as a member of the group N.W.A., becoming the author of most of its songs, and then continued his career as a solo artist. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, his first solo album, was an immediate hit, setting the bar he never fell below.
9. Snoop Dogg
Of course, the top ten rappers couldn't do without Snoop Dogg. The musician was helped to rise to the top of the hip-hop scene by his good friend Dr. Dre. He stands out from other rappers with his rather calm lyrical style of performing songs.
8.LL Cool J
A representative of the old school rap, he became a symbol of the 80s hip-hop scene, and his song Mama Said Knock You Out became a true classic. LL Cool J turned out to be not only a talented rapper, but also a good actor, TV presenter and businessman who owns his own clothing brand and co-owns several record labels.
7. Kurtis Blow (Curtis Blow)
Curtis Blow became a pioneer who made rap music popular and proved that you can make money from it. It was he who became godfather old school turnip. If you don't agree, let's listen to The Breaks.
6. Rakim (Rakim)
Rakim is a representative of the old school, who suddenly became famous after recording the mega hit Paid in Full, which immediately entered the top ten most popular songs on radio stations. It is his clear articulation and complex texts, which he perfected for weeks, had a strong influence on modern generation rappers.
5. RUN DMC
This is not one person, but a group that stood at the origins of hip-hop and determined the modern look of rap, which boldly combined various styles. They were the first to risk releasing an album of songs, which immediately became a hit. It was they who helped Aerosmith return to the stage by recording the song Walk This Way with them in 1986. The real old school, which has returned back to the stage, once again gathers entire halls, turning them on.
4. Eminem
The only white rapper in the top ten in the world. On big stage Dr. helped him get there. Dre, and then everything was done by talent, texts on painful topics for society and the unique style of performing Eminem’s text.
3. The Notorious B.I. G.
Notorious B.I. G. also known as Biggie, was the East Coast turnip king. Early death Rap did not allow him to become number one in the world, but he is still one of the legends of the hip-hop world. During the mourning, several hundred radio stations across America honored his memory with 30 seconds of silence.
2. Jay-Z
The new East Coast turnip king, rising from the bottom to a half-billion-dollar fortune. His manner and style of performance is unique, for which he is loved by millions of people around the world.
1. 2Pac
I think you've already guessed who is considered the number one rapper in the world, the king of the west coast, 2Pac. He was killed young at 25, rumored to have been ordered by Notorious B.I. G. is the king of East Coast rap, but still entered the top 100 artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million albums during his lifetime alone.
Rap is a relatively young musical direction, but it is firmly rooted in modern culture, having spawned dozens of heroes, and is not going to disappear anywhere. It is quite difficult to choose several of the best singers and teams of the hip-hop scene, but we still dare to present the ten best rappers, which include our contemporaries and representatives of the old school who stood at the origins of rap.
Ice Cube is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, who began as a member of the group N.W.A., becoming the author of most of its songs, and then continued his career as a solo artist. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, his first solo album, was an immediate hit, setting the bar he never fell below.
Of course, the top ten rappers couldn't do without Snoop Dogg. The musician was helped to rise to the top of the hip-hop scene by his good friend Dr. Dre. He stands out from other rappers with his rather calm lyrical style of performing songs.
A representative of the old school rap, he became a symbol of the 80s hip-hop scene, and his song Mama Said Knock You Out became a true classic. LL Cool J turned out to be not only a talented rapper, but also a good actor, TV presenter and businessman who owns his own clothing brand and co-owns several record labels.
7. Kurtis Blow (Curtis Blow)
Curtis Blow became a pioneer who made rap music popular and proved that you can make money from it. It was he who became the godfather of the old school turnip. If you don't agree, let's listen to The Breaks.
6. Rakim (Rakim)
Rakim is a representative of the old school, who suddenly became famous after recording the mega hit Paid in Full, which immediately hit the top ten most popular songs on radio stations. It was his clear articulation and complex lyrics, which he perfected over weeks, that had a strong influence on the modern generation of rappers.
This is not one person, but a group that stood at the origins of hip-hop and determined the modern look of rap, which boldly combined different styles. They were the first to risk releasing an album of songs, which immediately became a hit. It was they who helped Aerosmith return to the stage by recording the song Walk This Way with them in 1986. The real old school, which has returned back to the stage, once again gathers entire halls, turning them on.
4. Eminem
The only white rapper in the top ten in the world. Dr. helped him get onto the big stage. Dre, and then everything was done by his talent, lyrics on topics that are painful for society and Eminem’s unique style of performing the text.
3. The Notorious B.I. G.
Notorious B.I. G. also known as Biggie, was the East Coast turnip king. An early death prevented him from becoming number one in the rap world, but he is still one of the legends of the hip-hop world. During the mourning, several hundred radio stations across America honored his memory with 30 seconds of silence.
2. Jay-Z
The new East Coast turnip king, rising from the bottom to a half-billion-dollar fortune. His manner and style of performance is unique, for which he is loved by millions of people around the world.
I think you've already guessed who is considered the number one rapper in the world, the king of the west coast, 2Pac. He was killed young at 25, rumored to have been ordered by Notorious B.I. G. is the king of East Coast rap, but still entered the top 100 artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million albums during his lifetime alone.
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Russian rap, as a cultural phenomenon, arose in the late nineties. Lots of groups and solo performers appeared at that time, but only a few were able to stay without losing their style and popularity. The best underground Russian rappers - that's what we want to tell you about today.
Slaves of the Lamp
Having recorded just one album, the group forever entered the history of Russian rap and, most likely, will remain there for a long time. The founder of the group, Alexey Perminov, under the pseudonym Grundig, did not live long, but left behind vivid memories and many creative ideas. He wrote poetry since childhood, and every year his texts became more and more harsh, reflecting the reality that surrounded him. This resulted in a passion for rap, and with his friend they recorded the debut album “Doesn’t It Hurt?”, which became a classic of Russian rap and set the standards for a long time, both in readings and in the themes used in the texts. Unfortunately, the group did not last long - Alexey’s addiction to drugs became a disease and subsequently destroyed him. After the poet’s death, a collection of his poems, “My Decadence,” was published. The book begins with an epigraph written by Alexei himself:
“Loud dirt. The filth is in abundance.
My decadence - Red Cross"
Largest Prime Number
SPBCh is a creative formation, which includes journalist Kirill Ivanov and a duet of electronic musicians: Ilya Baramia and Alexander Zaitsev - “ Christmas decorations" Initially, the songs were a mixture of ambient and reading strange, painful, children's poems by Kirill. Characteristic feature is the absence of a beat and any drums, this role is played by the melody, and the recitative was supposed to tear up the “fabric” of the music. According to Ivanov himself, music should be detached and to hear it you need to strain as if it were playing somewhere far away... The name itself can be considered dynamic, because a prime number is a number that is divisible by one and itself, and there is no limit to such a number . However, mathematicians have formulated how to show this number visually “232582657−1”. The lyrics of the song are distinguished by their originality: the images and intonations seem to be familiar from childhood, it is very remarkable that several generations at once have these associations. This is how the cradles of a new generation can sound, you just need to listen to the hypnotic rhythms and extraordinary lyrics.
Purulent
The real name of the performer is Vyacheslav Alekseevich Mashnov. In addition to Gnoyny, he has many more pseudonyms, which he uses from time to time, depending on the direction in which the track is released: Glory to the CPSU, Valentin Dyadka, Sonya Marmeladova and many others. Today, he is considered the best battle rapper in Russia. His last battle with Oxxxymiron gained enormous resonance; this verbal duel became the best in the entire history of Russian battles. Slava himself speaks of his work this way: “narrowly subcultural rap with a bunch of internal jokes.” Noticeable impact he was influenced by anarchism and punk culture, echoes of which can be heard in Gnoyny’s current texts. Also, according to him, he was influenced by such groups as “4 Positions Bruno”, “Lenina Packet” and the leader of the “Auction” group - Leonid Fedorov. Gnoyny is the most productive rapper in Russia - in just a couple of years, he has released a huge number of albums, surpassing the number of meters in this direction.
Caste
The group originated in Rostov-on-Don, back in 1997, when rap in Russia was just emerging as a cultural phenomenon. Today the composition of the team is as follows: Zmey, Vladi, Shym and Khamil. The first performances were on an amateur basis, taking place in a friendly atmosphere, but after a couple of years they took up this craft seriously: wide pants and exclamations of “Yo” were already perceived as a cliche, and it was necessary to do something monolithic and more progressive. Without copying foreign performers, Caste has developed its own own style, showing that rap can be original and sincere. They released their first collection of songs, “Three-Dimensional Rhymes,” in 1999, using their own money. Since then, success has followed the group: album after album, adding listeners to them, Casta took first place in the music charts, they are invited to television, they shoot video clip after video clip. Today this is the most famous group Russia, which has a huge army of fans.
The tragedy of a lifetime
The tragedy of a lifetime - creative union Vetla Udalykh and Nikita Raskolnikov. The group was founded more than ten years ago, back in 2006, then the lineup included Tonych Goglev and Vetl Udalykh. Later, Sasha Gorbaty joined the group and arranged the compositions. The group’s first disc, “Unconscious,” was released in 2009, more than half of the minuses were written by Gorbaty, the rest was written by Vetl. After the first album, Tonych leaves the formation and begins solo career, in a completely different direction. February 2010 was marked by the arrival of Nikita Raskolnikov to the group. The group not only writes songs, but also shoots high-quality videos - Lymph nodes, 2012; General Reason, 2013; Raskolnikov feat. Popek - Holy Father, 2014; Slim, Raskolnikov - Not about summer, 2014. The group is very productive; since 2009, 13 albums have already been released, not counting the solo compositions of the performers. The group focuses its lyrics on promoting sports and fighting drugs.
Kunteynir
The Moscow collective, formed in 2003, consisting of three people - Pasha Technik, Blev MS and Maxim Sinitsyn - is the only black person who reads Russian rap. In 2008, Pasha Technician ( real name- Ivlev), went to jail for selling LSD - doba, according to reports, he was turned in by a fan who experienced an overdose from the brand. After leaving prison, Pavel decided to return his past glory, and increase. The first moment when people started talking about him again was his performance against rapper Broll at Versus Battle in 2014. In 2016, Pasha competed against Nikolai Dolzhansky in a rap battle. On the covers, as in the texts, a symbiosis of avant-garde art and sports is used; the team speaks sarcastically about rap, hinting that self-irony is the initial idea of this trend. Members of the group can often be seen in the fan sector, they often visit football matches. They have many feats: TVZh, Price of Laughter, Market relations featured in tracks with Kunteynir.
Lenin Package
The composition of the team is Babangida, Vanya Ivan, Double V, Ivan Smekh. They are also sometimes joined by Guru Mikhailovich (Vail Skam), who works on the arrangements. In 2008, the debut EP, “Signs of the Unconscious,” was released with the participation of the SpaceCave team, famous beatmakers. civil position collective, almost always reflected in the lyrics, they try to instill in the listener a craving for beauty and show them the true aesthetic spaces of the word. Refusal of consumerism, stupidity and failure of capitalism, obscenity of bourgeois and base values are the leitmotifs of the formation’s creativity. Everyone will find something of their own in Lenin Packet: be it wise advice, or kind word, or a joke that you can laugh at heartily. The manner of performance is a rough, masculine recitative, which, like a hammer, breaks the limits of perception, in simple words the guys convey a lot. Lenin Package worked with many underground musicians: RZHB, Troupe Troupov, Buchenwald Flava, Resistance Rows and many others.
Night movers
Moscow duet, represented by Evgeny Alekhin and Michal Enotov (Stanislav Mikhailov), formed in January 2007. The debut album was recorded in the same year, in February, under the title “Dance and Think”. 2008 - the second album is released - “2 times more pain, 2 times more love" year 2009 - new album- “Oh, man.” In 2010, “Criticism of the Pure Heart” was released, the latest album in the group’s discography. In 2011, the group went on an indefinite leave to focus on other projects of the musicians. The band hits existential lyrics right in the face, making the listener a shell for their thoughts, which after a few listens begins to think independently.
Troupe of Corpses
The Troupov Troupe is a Samara group consisting of two people: Dmitry Zaduzhny (Drim) and Probel. The texts are replete with criticism of political foundations, the inaction of the people and direct instructions for action. The Last Fm website assigned several genres to the group: abstract hip-hop, underground hip-hop, Russian hip-hop, underground rap. They have many matches with other underground bands: Lenina package, SpaceCave, Alcohol after sports, KUNTEYNIR and many others. The team has many other names: Republic of Coma, Three Microbes, 77 July, Renaissance, Autonomous Movement of the Inanimate, Epoha Woz; also each of the performers is engaged solo career. Very little is known about the musicians, there is almost no information and photographs on the Internet, but you can find many songs written by the Troupe of Troupes. The beats are made by Drim, just like the beatmaker, he has his own project - aboohashim. IN early period creativity, you can clearly hear the influence of the very first underground group in Russia - Slaves of the Lamp.
Mutant Kohvlam
Mutant Kohvlam is a Magnitogorsk team consisting of four people: Mikhail Shorokh, Alexey Rezanov, “Brother Two” and Yang Li. Freddy sometimes appears in the tracks - the distorted voice of Rustle. The style is defined as abstract hip hop; the lyrics contain references to various performers, films and generally accepted cultural phenomena. The discography is quite impressive: 2008 - Narkoza’Ostra; 2009 - Patent Tkhlen; 2010 - Blastyr; 2011 - Leizwiecht ’93; 2012 - Apocalypops; 2013 - Painkiller; 2014 - Bukhovnost. The guys, during the entire existence of the group, gave only a few concerts, and for fans from all over the CIS, they held an online concert - “Broadcasting from hard-to-reach places.” The video invitations filmed for concerts are distinguished by their originality, they can easily be assigned the arthouse category. Known for their feats, with such performers as: Pikul, Tragedy of Life, Theater of Sound, Litvin. Brother Two is also a painter; his paintings can be found on various resources. The group itself states: “Mutants don’t sell CDs. Mutants don't exist at all. It is a myth".
20 - Ghostface & Adrian Younge -12 Reasons To Die II-
Great live instrumentals, brilliant storytelling. You can’t find fault with Ghostface at all, but Young has long become predictable and generally the same. But if you haven’t listened to Ghost yet, this is a great reason to finally start.
19 - Action Bronson -Mr.Wonderful-
Most of the tracks are an excellent grotesque between serious rhyming and brilliant fooling around. But the album is weakened by drawn-out skits and lame rock.
18 - Logic -The Incredible True Story-
Logic is an excellent technician, and his album is an impeccable concept. But it’s time to somehow diversify his flow, otherwise all his work so far is one long song for 5000 lines. And the instrumentals are very pale, there’s almost nothing to highlight.
17 - Earl Sweatshirt -I Don"t Like Shit, I Don"t Go Outside-
A short poisonous blow to the head. Depressed dude reading to creepy, uncomfortable and therefore wonderful music(with a face like that, you need to look exactly like that). And nothing but beats and rhymes, strictly to the point.
16 - Freddie Gibbs -Shadow Of A Doubt-
Bandits and drug dealers, learn how not to look like a sweet boy and not get stuck in the old school. Just a couple more hits, otherwise everything is too smooth.
15 - Lupe Fiasco -Tetsuo & Youth-
A very beautiful album, overloaded with meaning. I think it’s more pleasant to listen to him when you don’t know English. But still, Lupe is great.
14 - Czarface -Every Hero Needs A Villain-
When I need to scream to my favorite boom-bap, I blast this second installment of menacing rap from Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric. It’s difficult to find fault with the lyrics and presentation (which is simply surprising in relation to Inspectah Deck), but one should pay attention to the freshness of the samples and emotional coloring. A third of the tracks “sag” due to excess naphthalene.
13 - Abstract Rude -Keep The Feel-
Let the auto-tuned parrots of our time learn from this guy how to make melodic soft music about life and love. We should be a little more persistent and not be afraid of cleaner, “crunchier” and bassier instrumentals.
12 - ASAP Rocky -A.L.L.A.-
And I like this kind of psychedelia. Rocky certainly knows what “rocking” means. It depends on everyone, but for me this album is simply full of bangers. Much more serious than the previous album about everything and nothing.
11 - Slum Village -YES!-
Great lyrics with slick, smart rhymes to the music of J Dilla (where do they get that all the time?). Soulful, warm music that truly makes you say “YES!” That's what I needed! If hip-hop had not undergone a malignant degeneration towards stupid auto-tune, it would all be like this now.
10 - Game -The Documentary 2 & 2.5-
Doubt be damned, Game is a great rapper. After such a royal dose of great beats from all the wonderful beatmakers, I just can't help but bow out to him.
09 - Scarface -Deeply Rooted-
To miss an album like this is a crime. Face hasn't done a solo album for 7 years, and this is a brilliant return to form. Signature Houston bass, gloomy but beautiful melodies. The artist himself is great in his field. Lyrics about the dark side of the soul and ulcers current society- an excellent path for an older artist. The singers are too sweet in some places, but the album is very thoroughbred.
08 - Apollo Brown -Grandeur-
Apollo has a unique style, he finds especially chamber, rainy samples and puts them on very calm, quiet drums. The set of guests in the album is wonderful. I am grateful to Brown for the atmosphere, for the closeness of his style, for the immersive effect.
07- Snoop Dogg & Pharrell -BUSH-
Uncle Snoop did not disappoint. In 2015, it was the number one album for chatting with girls. If at least half of the tracks had, in addition to vocals, a rap verse, it would be absolutely priceless. Because the quality of music on “Bush” is simply sky-high.
06 - Ghostface & BadBadNotGood -Sour Soul-
Live music high level performances, not to mention the most pleasant melodies. MC, who seems to have been born for this mixture of hip-hop and light jazz. Stop sleeping, Ghostface is a real Artist. There's nothing to complain about at all.
05 - Guilty Simpson -Detroit's Son-
This man has a thick rap baritone that can't be ignored. Excellent “street” image in the texts. But at the same time, he has amazing taste in arthouse rap underground music. You don't listen to Gilty because he's a gangsta? What the hell, his albums are on par with MF Doom, Madlib and J Dilla!
04 - Joey Bada$$ -B4DA$$-
Incredibly pleasant music, a dream for older fans of New York hip-hop. Great, hungry job at the mic. Perhaps if the beats were more varied in melody and emotion, and the MC rapped less about rap and more about life, the success would have been all-encompassing. But Joey still has plenty of time to improve his creativity.
03 - Vince Staples -Summertime "06-
An almost flawless album, predatory, arrogant, poisonous. Perhaps society would be more favorable to Vince (because he deserves it) if he gave less of the usual street stupidity in his lyrics and more of the hellish strain that he is capable of, and did not strive so zealously for purity of style in order to diversify musical component. Otherwise it turned out beautifully, but for the ignorant listener it was too similar.
02 - Dr.Dre -Compton: A Soundtrack-
It's simple. The man showed who is boss in the house. He was not afraid to rely on very young people, so as not to give away pensioner repetitions. He completely changed his reading style, becoming predatory and hasty, which simply knocked the audience out of their seats. And in every track you can see how he enjoyed himself during the recording process. To enjoy what you love when you have absolutely everything - isn’t this the highest gift?
01 - Kendrick Lamar -To Pimp A Butterfly-
This is not an article, but just a comment, so I have to be categorical and tell you: if you are not pumped by TRAV, you simply don’t understand a damn thing about music. It would have been much easier for Kendrick to continue the Swimming Pools theme and conquer the charts, but instead he was in the mood to create a retrospective of all black music, with all the jazz and soul that preceded hip-hop before it turned into a parrot in tight pants. There was a mood - he took and wrote down a whole chronicle about black character and black fate. And all this jazz and soul in the right way pumped up so that you can hear in what year it was recorded. Every melody heals and makes me happy, half of the beats are torn to shreds every time. How Much A Dollar Cost and These Walls are simply the songs of the year. Momma and Mortal Man represent the very essence and heart of hip-hop, every bell is perfect. And about the fact that you have to be a Negro to understand this - well, why on earth if everything is the same for us and for Negroes? We also have a history that we have screwed up, a morality that we have never grown up to, we also follow ourselves, spoil everything around us and kill ourselves. Replace the bunch of blacks on the cover with a bunch of truck drivers or other hard-working men who have everything taken away from them every year, and their The White house to our White House - and it will be a Russian “Butterfly”.
And where?...
Sean Price: As much as I love the man, Songs In The Key Of Price is a mixtape. Nothing but chopped samples and lines and lines and lines in stacks. 10 years ago, Sean knew how to release songs, varied and pumped up. And this year, just tracks were released - a sample, a beat and verses. Standard set, without chrome and turbocharging.
...Warren G: No one was counting on Warren, but this set of summer tunes for convertibles is just a gift, and with excellent vocals from the long-gone Nate Dogg: a wonderful counterbalance to the Auto-Tune jelly that makes you sick. The release is short and simply didn’t fit into my list.
Jay Rock: In my mind I understand that it’s a great thing, but my soul somehow doesn’t lay down and ask to be turned on again. Maybe I haven’t gotten to it properly yet.
...Skyzoo: He's a nerd, and you can hear it in the music. In addition, after the wonderful song Beautiful Decay, the quality of his work went down, but it should be the other way around.
...Pusha T, Big Sean, Fashawn: Should be in the middle of my list, but they will pay dividends without my support.
Statik Selektah: Too predictable, you can’t do that. There are so many guests, but the music is all one song for 10 years.
…Malik B & Mr.Green: The album just screams that it wants to go back to the 90s. An excellent square music, but this is no longer competitive.
MoSS: An excellent beatmaking album, but the artist forgot that the music should rock.
JMT: I don't like this Vinnie!
Talib Kweli: Yes, he has no albums this year, what are you talking about!
Big Pooh & Nottz: I'm making an attempt, but it sounds pale and the samples are hackneyed.
Gerald Walker: Great melodic singles, but the album has a lot of filler. And he swears for such light music a bit much.
Travis Scott, Ty Dolla, Fetty Wap, etc.: “I don’t eat that, I’m not a goat” (from the film "House for Kuzka").
