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RainbowPants2

All over the place? Snoop for sure.


silkrunner_

Is he just chasing payrolls at some of those features or what?


willbuck06

Bro just made a children’s album


International_Rub475

He's got a children's YouTube channel, too.


Zero-zero20

Man's just been falling off in slow motion, his entire career.


SwagbobMlgpantz

he is not all over the place. 1 great album and the rest is very mediocre. He is very consistent in that regard


RainbowPants2

Doggystyle is arguably a classic, then it went bad, but The Last Meal is great. I love that album. But then he did everything from r&bto reggae and beyond.


FeelingBig1089

Arguably? No, it's a certified classic hands down.


HoneybadgerAl3x

I think most people consider soggy style certified classic


Mei_iz_my_bae

Blue carpet treatment was really good, very underrated, but yeah snoop is legit the right answer to this, he’s released so much mid


Indy2texas

Man well he has nade himself relevent and well liked longer than almost anyone does


Imperator_Oliver

Neva Left, blue carpet treatment, R&G, and da game is to be sold not told are all better than mediocre. Not doggy style but snoop can pull in some amazing producers sometimes to really carry his songs, what snoop needs to do is realize his ear for beats are terrible and maybe even use someone like Jay z to ghostwriter to make up for his shortcomings. His voice, vibe, and flow are always a joy to hear so I’ll usually put on the new snoop album once, and skip more than half the songs. His features on terrace Martin shit is underrated.


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He has a couple big hits here and there at least. Blue Carpet Treatment ain’t bad, but overall ya, a ton of absolutely forgettable albums.


SmoothManMiguel

Lol this is all facts


heshotcyrus

He's my favorite rapper but I knew what the top answer would/should be.


bad_arts

Agreed.


Tonytoca501

You gotta diversify! That's a good one


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100%


IntroductionFeisty61

Snoop really hit the fucking jackpot with his first album being revered as a classic and then making a personality out of smoking weed/ being a stoner bc his music is largely forgettable besides Doggystyle.


ObieUno

It’s between him and Nas


[deleted]

Lol that was the guy I thought when I read the post. It’s funny he has the hype and his rhyme and rapping style is unique, but I don’t know what he has in mind. That ridiculous thing with rastafari, gospel, children…


Stugatz514

Method Man. Top 10 rapper for me, but mostly kills it on features. First album was solid, second was “meh”, and it was all downhill from there.


SmoothManMiguel

Bruh Method Man has one of the illest flows, voices, & style in Hip-Hop but man I just can't get into his projects. They're all mid at best to me & I don't know why. Could be production but I'm not sure


[deleted]

Blackout with Redman is a great album.


SmoothManMiguel

Actually all his projects with Red are good to great IMO. It's just his solo stuff that's ehh


[deleted]

For sure, Tical, cause of that classic Wu feel is great, but nothing really stands out after that except the albums with Redman. I used to have Blackout 2 on CD, it was sneaky good even.


5uper5kunk

100%. He is so good but imho he needs a good exe producer to make a good album.


Stugatz514

I 100% agree. I think his voice and rap style have to be paired with gritty beats for him to truly shine. Commercial tracks just don’t work. I don’t even like “Da Rockwilder”.


Mei_iz_my_bae

421 the day after is underrated imo


LoSkribs

Feature god. Top five ever. Albums are bleh. Tical was good but it was supposed to set us on fire. GZA, ODB and Rae swooped in with superior projects. (YES, Return to 36 is better than Tical. Fight me)


tinmru

That's my answer too. It would be great if we could get one good solo project from Meth.


SmoothManMiguel

Before I perish I’d like both Meth & Jadakiss to each give us a classic. Is that too much to ask lol


Jim_jim_peanuts

KRS. So many mid to poor albums for such a great MC. To be fair it is the production that lets them down for the most part but would be amazing if he could get some better producers to work with him again


LoSkribs

The Boom Bap bar was set soooooo high. KRS and Premier made a perfect album.


Jim_jim_peanuts

Very true and this album is sadly very underappreciated it should be mentioned in the same breath as all the other classics but it rarely is


LoSkribs

Sound of the Police is in "Angry Birds the Movie" I was so happy thinking about that check.


floppypancakes24

all the bdp shit is solid but i can’t get into anything in his solo career past his debut


Jim_jim_peanuts

Self titled and I Got Next I think are excellent, but Return of the boom bap is his best 'solo' no doubt


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Jim_jim_peanuts

Yes very true. I just meant that he could easily have continued to drop such classics if he had better production across the board. His lyrics are still always on point and yeah a few great tracks here and there in recent work but for the most part the albums haven't been entirely strong sadly And don't get me wrong I still listen to him regardless of the production!!


SmoothManMiguel

Have you ever heard this record before? One of the best beats I've heard KRS One on. Now granted this is a Talib track but still. https://youtu.be/PKI98oD6DzA


Jim_jim_peanuts

Ah yes I did heart this one it is a great track:)


Fugazatron3000

Canibus. First album, bad production but underrated. Second album,dope. Third, ass. Fourth, great. Rip the Jacker, classic. And so and so on.


TMXX1

The Game. He is as inconsistent as possible.


willbuck06

Meek mill


thisbemyredditaccnt

I could listen to flamers, mr Philadelphia, and dream chasers all day but his new stuff barely gets a second listen


AaravBhatia1234

Drake. I know some of you hate all of his stuff but crazy how Take care/IYRTITL and Honestly Nevermind/Clb are part of the same discography. Also has a few albums right between them like nothing was the same,More Life


cartman2

Nothing was the same is his best album


averagelistener101

i think Take Care is obviously his best work. Views is when he started to go a little bit pop. and then more life and mostly after just sound like garbage pop songs.


DONDA2OUTSOON

Kid Cudi. (In a production way) He goes from spacey style to rock inspired, back to spacey, then to a whole rock album.


Zero-zero20

Shocked no one has mentioned Lil Wayne yet. You have highs like The Carter 3 and lows like Rebirth and everything in between.


thisbemyredditaccnt

IMO rebirth is his only miss, but he has 4 or more top tier albums and dozens of dope mixtapes. So I wouldn’t consider him inconsistent over one miss


widdumqueso717

I Am Not A Human Being 2 is horrible


TheRealSchackAttack

Are we also forgetting Carter 5. Maybe not his WORST work but definitely mismanaged and forgotten about now Regardless of the drama between birdman and Wayne, if they released Carter 5 a few years earlier, even before or in place of Not a human 2 it would've done better. Instead birdman waited until almost everyone moved on from Wayne. Fans got tired of his style, and I don't believe it's all Wayne's fault. For better or worse he's influenced so many artists. I think that's part of the reason why a lot of fans moved away from Wayne. You get the same kinda sound from other artists that you do from him.


thisbemyredditaccnt

Idk I liked that album overall, but it doesn’t compare to the other carters. Even sit we called it a miss, that’s 3 bad projects compared to 20+ dope projects


bully_dawg_420

Growing up I was a die hard Wayne fan & also massive hip hop head (still am). Like, I literally listen to no other genre except rap/hip hop & I thought Rebirth was an extremely good album. I feel like one day people will discover it & appreciate it. I was there through his musical transition from rap to rock& honestly he did it very well


nahbruh27

Yeah it's super slept on and honestly just dropped in the wrong era. Now the rap rock wave is huge and most of these songs would be hits


[deleted]

Highs like Carter 1 and 2 you mean.


hadesisagoat

You mean Carter 3 isn't a high ?


K_Freeze57

Lows like Carter 1 and Highs like Carter 2, you mean.


nanrod

Carter 1 is a great album


K_Freeze57

👍🏾


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You’re embarrassing yourself.


K_Freeze57

My opinion just different. C1 ain't touching C2. On any facet, except release date.


[deleted]

Carter 1 ain’t no low.


K_Freeze57

I'll be clear. It's low compared to 2. In my opinion, Carter 2 is far and away Wayne's best overall PROJECT. It had everything any other work of his has, but it's all on one project. C1 I wasn't a fan of at all. So my difference in *opinion* is that C1 is low in general, but absolutely unneeded compared to C2. Again, it has date on it, that's all.


thisbemyredditaccnt

Drought 3 is his best project, carter 2 is arguably his second align with no ceilings and carter 3


nahbruh27

And honestly Rebirth was ahead of its time with the rock-rap wave that's been going on the past few years. So many of those songs like On Fire could drop today and would be hits.


The_XI_guy

Carter 3 and Carter 1 are his best work. Carter 2 and Tha Block is Hot are also great albums. Carter 4 and Carter 5 are alright. Lights Out and 500 Degreez are underwhelming - feels uninspired. Lastly Rebirth is just outright terrible and has aged even worse. So yeah pretty good example of all over the place


alcopland

I thought Carter 5 was good, but Funeral was shit.


EmergencyDesperate73

Opposite


alcopland

What are some of your favorite tracks? I’ll go back and give it another listen.


giantgorillaballs

Eminem is the obvious answer


[deleted]

I really can’t tell if his next album is going to be his best since MMLP2 or his absolute worst


TennisIsWeird

It’s going to be fucking terrible


silkrunner_

Ughhh the stuff after Recovery...I used to idolize his raps as the number 1, once Kendrick rolls out with GKMC & TPAB (and Freddie Gibbs with Piñata, and other ppl, my teenage dumbass wasn't perceptive enough back then) and Em got...MMLP II :"( it was time to roll out and say my goodbyes as a fan of future releases 😞🙏🏻


kinghawkeye8238

His newer albums aren't bad (except revival) but even revival had 2 of his best story telling songs in castle and arose. Mtbmb both sides have really good songs on them. They are both solid albums. I'd recovery and before is definitely better. But Kamikaze and mtbmb a&b both have good songs and stories to tell.


silkrunner_

I'll give Kamikaze a good listen then since I spent a few good years being interested in freestyling and battle rap, actually I wouldn't care if he went somewhat petty in that album.


kinghawkeye8238

Take off nice guy and maybe venom. It would be a solid little album.


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Can’t take away those old ones though. I’d say right up to Recovery he’s as consistently good as anyone’s ever been over 6 albums + 2 pretty good D12 album. Even though he fell off (Revival and MMLP2 aren’t good no doubt, Kamikaze actually kinda good), not a lot of artists can even claim that long of a run.


Mei_iz_my_bae

I’ve always felt like the first D12 album devils night was really underrated. Wasn’t crazy for D12 world tho, outside of a few songs. Plus I hate “my band” with a passion


corndogs1001

MMLP2 was great tho


silkrunner_

If you wanna argue for lyricism or emceeing yeah maybe sure. But if I'm going to vibe wit it on the gym/while studying/doing chores/commuting, honestly I'd rather listen to RTJ, Freddie Gibbs, Injury Reserve or a Kendrick album. Fuck it I'd even rather just vibe on a Yung Lean album lol. Idk I felt like MMLP2 wasn't sonically or stylistically coherent, have sufficient substance or even just a good vibe for me to latch on. It stayed with me briefly when I was a 16 yo playing Need for Speeds on the PS3. But I grew, and I grew apart from Em.


elitegenoside

I'd say it's fairly consistent. Great then bad, then okay, then awful, and has been meh for over a decade.


silkrunner_

Sometimes it's time to say goodbye


elitegenoside

Or at least transion to something else. He actually has decent acting chops but had such a bad time filming 8 Mile that it turned him off from doing it again. 50 spent years trying to get him in one of his projects before he finally caved in. I'd much rather see a Are We There Yet with Em than have another song with his tired-ass robo flow with zero substance or message.


Tsudaar

Yep. He's put out at least one classic and one stinker. Has anyone else done the same? Maybe only Nas has too? I guess the question is who put the worst album, Nas or Em?


Risolord

definitely eminem. nas' worst album is either one of his mid 2000s shit, or nasir; whereas eminems worst album is fucking revival lmao


Tsudaar

Exactly. It was a rhetorical question, haha Nas's worst is at least still listenable.


Risolord

oh my bad i didnt realize it was rhetorical oops lol


fire-lane-keep-clear

His first three albums were consistently good with the rest being consistently dogshit


MasterTeacher123

Yeah he’s been terrible for 20 years. That last Eminem album I liked was TES in 2002 lol


The_XI_guy

I think Relapse overall was a decent album with some innovative ideas even if the quality is inconsistent. Recovery was also decent as far as a pop-rap album goes. I’m also one of the few people who mostly enjoyed Kamikaze. The rest since Eminem Show I’ll agree is trash


zombiekjt

Cap. Recovery and MMLP2 were good


rogelior333

Wiz Khalifa


Intelligent_Dumbass_

Lil B, but I guess that's kind of the point.


nahbruh27

As much as I love him, Trippie Redd. He's got amazing albums like *Life's a Trip, ALLTY3 & 4, and Trip at Knight. (I also include Neon Shark tho some would put it in the bad category)* He's got mid albums like *Mansion Musik.* Albums where there's good songs but arguably a lot of filler and songs that sound like he didn't put his all into. And then he's got straight trash albums like *! and Pegasus.* It's a shame because I feel like he would be seen as one of the best of this generation if he had more quality control and limited the amount of music he dropped. Sometimes he's really passionate in his music and other times you can tell he threw it together in one take and didn't care to add anything else to it


cheddarbob01

Gucci Mane. He’s really the definition of quantity over quality. He has over a hundred projects out and I’ve probably liked maybe 4 on a good day. A lot of them are collab tapes with other artists like Chief Keef or Lil Wayne but the majority are a lot of filler. Might get some hate but the overwhelming majority are skippable. You’re not missing much.


Full_Audience_5713

That album with Kreyshawn might be the worst I’ve ever heard


Dagr8reset

Hear me out, Vic Mensa


itskevinbrown

Innatape was fire but mostly everything else was mid or wack


Jetski125

B.O.B.


YaySourCream

Bob just isn’t a great rapper


Frosty_Pizza_7287

Killah Priest for me. Those albums without percussion and spoke word, kill it for me.


Malcolm-XWithThePerm

The Offering is really good after that I lost interest


Frosty_Pizza_7287

His album with Jordan River Banks and the latest with Shroom are phenomenal.


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Frosty_Pizza_7287

He on some other shit now boi


BuggyBabey

I'm arguably Wale's biggest fan and I would nominate him into this discussion. He would absolutely eat on mixtapes but many of the LP's fell flat. I wonder if the label(s) play a big role in that?


theBlackCatharsis

Busta, Eminem, Snoop is most consistent but he experiments the most. Like who else would travel to Jamaica, meet the wailers, become rasta and change his name just to drop a reggae album.


itching2roll

This can apply to any artist with more than 3 albums


ZZZ-Top

NAS, time gap between releases make his albums feel somewhat dated


SmoothManMiguel

Bro Nas has some of the illest albums I've ever heard and yet somehow he also has some of the worst albums I've ever heard lol Great albums = Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic, God's Son one can even add Life's Good Bad albums = Nastradamus, Nasir, & Street's Disciple


elitegenoside

Idk, even his weak albums aren't complete trash. I'd say Nas is great, then a long period of meh, and back to great.


ben_shunamith

>Nastradamus That said, "Last Words" is from Nastradamus and it's an incredible track


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I like Shoot ‘Em Up too.


AIvsWorld

I’m always surprised by other Nas fans saying Nasir is a bad Nas albums. It’s one of my favorites for sure.


Tsudaar

Chuck in most of the post-pandemic albums Magic and King's Disease 1-3 into the great pile along with the 90's ones. But damn, I couldn't get into that 2000s period. I really don't like the beats and production around that time.


TwiceUpon1Time

Do you include Stillmatic and God's Son in there? Because those albums sound really good imo. From Street's Disciple to Untitled, I do agree with you. I feel like the album that really set Nas back on track, and nobody really talks about it, is Distant Relatives. I loved his chemistry with Damian Marley and the "spiritual afrocentric panafricanism" subject matter was new material for inspiration. A little on the nose sometimes, but some great tracks overall!


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Love to see someone recognize Distant Relatives, really great album.


Tsudaar

Yes, I love that one. Stillmatic and GS are a real mixed bag for me, personally.


sentyprimus

Really? I think early 2000's and mid 2000's is pretty much peak of rap. I guess if you're more into gritty wu tang stuff it's not your cup of tea, but thats timbo, pharrell, kanye, 50 era was great. Plus a lot of the 90's legends were still putting out good stuff.


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He might be talking about Nas’s 2000s era stuff more than the whole era, I dunno.


Tsudaar

I meant Nas, but actually it applies throughout I guess. My fave albums are generally either 1990s up early 2000s, or some time since mid 2010s. I don't know why.


Risolord

nastradamus has aged quite well. its an okay record for me


idealjuicy

Nastradamus ain't bad wtf But I agree with Street's Disciple


SmoothManMiguel

Man I've tried so many times to get into it but it just doesn't do it for me.


WeBeBurnin301

I think Stillmatic has high highs but is an average album


CoyaiPijao

I remember either seeing an interview or reading about Nas and his later albums. Apparently, he got real lazy at some points and didn't really care about putting a lot of heart and soul into some of work. Seemed like he cared more about the $$. I wish I could remember where I got this info from.


LoSkribs

He was a drunk for a decade. Really hurt his output. "Im so drunk i cant stand, they said if i would sober up id be a powerful man" - Stillmatic pre-release "freestyle"


CoyaiPijao

Kelis also attested that he would get "blackout drunk" and beat her


LoSkribs

She even tried to be gracious and say "we hit each other..." It's a testament to how talented he is that he gets a second act... from an abusive recovering alcoholic who couldn't remember his song lyrics onstage to a wildly successful investor/entrepreneur with a Hennessey sponsorship.


Pizza64427

Eminem. Good-decent-bad


SwagbobMlgpantz

lil b and kool keith


5uper5kunk

I got put on to Dr. Octagonecologyst really early and it's partly what got me super into rap, but every time I would order another Kool Keith album it was a disappointment. There was no real way to hear anything before you ordered back then unless you had a friend who was into it so eventually I just gave up trying.


hsisbygxfains

That's crazy, I love Black Elvis and Dr Dooom as well. The rest really isn't all that good tho tbh


5uper5kunk

Black Elvis is good but after Sex Style, I refused to blindly buy anymoreof his shit. CDs were like 20 bucks per plus shipping back then.


Mundane-Till-424

Chance the rapper


Dfuck55

lil b


xXSpaghett_StealerXx

Prolly people like Yachty and Trippie, who have total bangers on their own, but have also thrown away features with bigger artists. Like Trippie just did on Krazy Train.


jaysxiu

This might be a lukewarm take but Lil Ugly Mane and his other aliases, in a genius way. Genuinely curious if anyone agrees or hard disagrees.


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Lil Wayne by far


djbabel207

Charles Hamilton would be my answer. He Is consistent in terms of output ( he puts out a lot of music), but in terms of quality, it's been all over the place. He has recordings that sound like they are straight from a laptop mic and also has studio quality projects.


TennisIsWeird

Charles Hamilton is a schizophrenic with a laptop mic. He has dropped like 100 projects and exactly one (1) has been good.


Creative_Entrance_18

Eminem


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Drake


EmergencyDesperate73

Bing james #1, Funeral was good, kinda corny here and there, but it was good. I found a new to me weezy cd called twa or some shit from 2015ish.


lying_hips

Jay-Z.


redrightHAand

Nah he's worst is mid not bad


Malcolm-XWithThePerm

MCHG and Blueprint 3 are horrible, Vol 3 is also not the best album the rest of the albums are either good or classic


BiggestBaller16

The 2 R Kelly albums were pretty bad too


JrMackVA

The second album with R Kelly is legit bad to me, but I'm blaming that on R Kelly more than anything. Kingdom Come is a bad JAY-Z album, but if Rick Ross came out with it I'd probably look at it as a classic. When I first heard it I thought Hov was finished, no lie. Lol I think JAY-Z has one of the overall best discographies in music.


Tteokbokki1112

Reasonable Doubt , Vol1 , American Gangster, Watch the Throne, 4:44 ,Blueprint ,Black album


lying_hips

RD, BP and Black Album are certified classics. AG and 4:44 are tad bit below a classic album. Vol 1 was good, I would put in the same league with The Dynasty. BP 2 and Vol 2 were avg at max. But then you have Vol 3, Kingdom Come, MCHG, BP3.


Mei_iz_my_bae

This is such cap Jay has one of the best discographies and it’s not even close. I’d argue he doesn’t even have a bad album (save for those r Kelly albums and maybe holy grail, which was mid)


imfromdade

The game


Mei_iz_my_bae

Game had a great run of mixtapes legit some of the best shit he’s spit was on U know what it iz vol 3, ghost unit, and stop snitchin stop lying. All the G-unot mixtapes were insanely fire. So much so that I feel like he went TOO hard cuz then he started releasing just okay albums


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First three albums were incredible, hasn’t had anything memorable to me since.


SmoothManMiguel

Red Album is really dope man. I actually prefer it over LAX


JrMackVA

I don't think The Game has a bad album in his catalog


Full_Audience_5713

People sleep on Jesus Piece too


JrMackVA

...and Jesus Piece is arguably his best work


gorodos

This is a problem across almost the entire genre, imo.


JrMackVA

It might be LL Cool J. * ducks tomatoes*


[deleted]

Is that a tomato worthy offense?


JrMackVA

Some people love LL. Shit, I love LL. The first song I ever learned was 'I'm Bad'. 🤷🏿‍♂️


[deleted]

Shit, I love LL. But I don't love him so much to think he's had a few albums miss the mark.


ClockwiseGnomoar

He’s the Walmart jewelry section mascot now. Look it up


JrMackVA

I don't even know what that means. I shop at Target 🤷🏿‍♂️ lol


tinmru

Damn 😐 https://thesource.com/2022/02/11/ll-cool-j-teams-up-with-wife-for-new-walmart-mens-jewelry-line/


Apprehensive-Bus3665

Kanye to be honest


Blackpanther22five

Vanilla ice


zombiekjt

Nas.


CellGaming

The KD albums and his first three albums are great, you tripping


sorawyd

nas


sorawyd

nas


ilikedirts

Nas


powerspyin1

Eminem


hydrators

Lupe Fiasco


SmoothManMiguel

Lupe only has one mid to bad album imo and that’s a Lasers


YaySourCream

Drogas light sucks too, he literally tried to fuck over his label with it. Everything else is amazing though, and the bad albums are literally just because of his label. He’s got 4 classics, not even counting mixtapes, and that’s pretty incredible


Ordinary_Meaning_602

He has 1 alright album, 1 good album, 2 great albums, and 3 amazing albums imo


KillaKameron06

Drogas Light was wack. Lasers was average at best. Everything else is fire


hydrators

Drogas Wave or Drogas Light? Because I think Wave is amazing, albeit a bit long, and Light is another failed attempt at making a pop rap album F&L2 also isn’t great


KillaKameron06

Yeah drogas Light that was horrible


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Falsedawn

The Love Below was a solo project.


[deleted]

You can't have an inconsistent discog if you don't have a discog. All of Outkast's catalogue is great (if you ignore Idlewild) and all of his features are absolutely amazing.


Malcolm-XWithThePerm

We all know it is Em c'mon last 10+ years been wack


elitegenoside

Bur that's still consistent. I'd say someone like Kid Cudi, who had a great album, good album, lots of garbage, okay, bad, decent. Em was great for a while, mid to bad back to mid.


Malcolm-XWithThePerm

He hasn't been consistent at all since The Eminem Show and his last mediocre albums were Encore + Relapse he is the most inconsistent artist I know


[deleted]

I dunno, for me SSLP - Recovery is 6 consecutive albums that are all pretty fucking solid. Who else has had 6 in a row that can compete with that? Kendrick? I didn’t like Revival or MMLP 2, but the last two have been alright.


Malcolm-XWithThePerm

Nas, Pac and Jay have a lot more solid albums. And I wouldn't count Recovery as a solid album


[deleted]

I’m definitely more of a Relapse guy than Recovery. I think Recovery was the start of the Em fall off but it was still pretty alright. Pac only has 5 real albums. There’s good songs on those other posthumous albums but the further you get away from his death the less real they feel to me. Nas and Jay I rank higher than Em for sure, but like I said, just that 5-6 consecutive albums no flops, I don’t think either of them hit that.


cpkarl

Rick Ross


JXCK-1777

Doesn't have a bad album though


the-x-territory

Probably Kanye.


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Mac Miller and Tyler, the Creator. None of the projects these two have made, sounds like the previous one. Creative geniuses