I guess i'm just ranting, but whatever..
What's with this shit anyway? It's always a good experience when you get to hear a good or even great album, but why does everyone expect everything to be just that?
If a rapper drops a great first album, does he have to drop a BETTER one for you to still be a fan or what? Nas dropped Illmatic and it seems like not many people are/were impressed by It Was Written. I know I was.. the albums DOPE. As good as Illmatic? No. To me it didn't have to be.
That's just one example though. There's plenty of good rappers that have had a GREAT debut album and a GOOD follow up album. Yet people look down on the second one like it's garbage.
What do you expect now? Why?
Me personally.. it all depends. If I read/hear an interview with one of the rappers I like and he's saying a bunch of good shit, i'm probably gonna be like "oh! the album is gonna be dope!". I don't ever feel the need to compare an artists album to another album that same artist has released. I just don't see the point. Too many people do it. Why though? Why does every album Nas drops have to be better than Illmatic? Why are some Jay fans still looking out for another Reasonable Doubt? Does the new Wu album have to be as good as 36 Chambers? Fuck no.
If a rapper or group drops a dope album, that's good enough for me. It doesn't have to be better than anything else they released previously. As long as it's good its self. It's good to see progression, but lets be honest. How much better could an artist like Nas or Jay have done? Overall, i'm happy with the albums Nas has dropped. They aren't all good/great, but fuck it. There's certainly wayyy more good material than bad. Again though, i'm just using him as an example.
Consistency is what's important to me. There's gonna be weak points though. That's gonna happen. Not everyone can be COMPLETELY consistent. Artists like Nas, Jay, Az, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Krs One, De La Soul, Bone Thugs, Common, Wu-Tang, Ice Cube, Outkast, Redman and more have all dropped a good amount of albums. They have all had what I consider to be successful careers. They are consistent artists. They haven't all given us a classic album, but that doesn't matter.
What's with this shit anyway? It's always a good experience when you get to hear a good or even great album, but why does everyone expect everything to be just that?
If a rapper drops a great first album, does he have to drop a BETTER one for you to still be a fan or what? Nas dropped Illmatic and it seems like not many people are/were impressed by It Was Written. I know I was.. the albums DOPE. As good as Illmatic? No. To me it didn't have to be.
That's just one example though. There's plenty of good rappers that have had a GREAT debut album and a GOOD follow up album. Yet people look down on the second one like it's garbage.
What do you expect now? Why?
Me personally.. it all depends. If I read/hear an interview with one of the rappers I like and he's saying a bunch of good shit, i'm probably gonna be like "oh! the album is gonna be dope!". I don't ever feel the need to compare an artists album to another album that same artist has released. I just don't see the point. Too many people do it. Why though? Why does every album Nas drops have to be better than Illmatic? Why are some Jay fans still looking out for another Reasonable Doubt? Does the new Wu album have to be as good as 36 Chambers? Fuck no.
If a rapper or group drops a dope album, that's good enough for me. It doesn't have to be better than anything else they released previously. As long as it's good its self. It's good to see progression, but lets be honest. How much better could an artist like Nas or Jay have done? Overall, i'm happy with the albums Nas has dropped. They aren't all good/great, but fuck it. There's certainly wayyy more good material than bad. Again though, i'm just using him as an example.
Consistency is what's important to me. There's gonna be weak points though. That's gonna happen. Not everyone can be COMPLETELY consistent. Artists like Nas, Jay, Az, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Krs One, De La Soul, Bone Thugs, Common, Wu-Tang, Ice Cube, Outkast, Redman and more have all dropped a good amount of albums. They have all had what I consider to be successful careers. They are consistent artists. They haven't all given us a classic album, but that doesn't matter.
