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  1. andy.cooper
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    andy.cooper

    May 12, 2020
    IMO, Doctor’s Advocate is far superior to The Documentary for this very reason.

    Game felt like a cardboard-cutout of a west coast rapper on The Documentary, whereas on the Doctor’s Advocate, he had both improved as a rapper and — more importantly — had a story of his own to tell.
     
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    Speaking of Game this should have been a hit

    That beat man
     
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    Winter Super Comfy

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    You could cut Game out of any of his albums and the quality wouldn't really change
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 25, 2020
    I'd take most of these over the 2006 albums you mentioned besides King. But as far as 2006 goes h--- Hath No Fury, Fishscale, Food & Liquor, Like Father Like Son are as good or better than most things on this list (though 2019 and 2018 to a lesser extent I agree are kinda a slump as far as AAA great rap albums went, but they gave me zuu and Care for Me which are amazing):

    2015:
    DS2/56 Nights/Beast Mode
    Summertime 06
    I Don't Like s---, I Don't Go Outside
    Shadow of a Doubt
    Barter 6/Slime Season 1/2

    2016:
    We Got it From Here...Thank You For Your Service
    Still Brazy
    The Life of Pablo
    The Sun's Tirade
    Blonde (kinda cheating but you could put Jeffery here or something too)

    2017:
    Culture
    More Life
    d---
    HNDRXX
    Beautiful Thugger Girls

    2018:
    Culture II
    DAYTONA
    Care For Me
    Swimming
    Victory Lap

    2019:
    Bandana
    zuu
    The WZRD
    Deathrace for Love
    Perfect 10

    Not necessarily saying this is a better period, really I just agree with @Koolo and others that have mentioned the cherry picking thing. I think depending on what was going on in your life at a certain point you'll always end up romanticizing a certain period for music (like for me it's probably 2009-2015 cuz I was in college/early 20s).
     
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  5. FilmAndWhisky
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    FilmAndWhisky

    Apr 25, 2020
    2000-2005*
     
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  6. Mikey
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    akon was the man back then too.
     
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  7. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    Apr 21, 2020
    Be careful @Mikey if u say most of the popular rappers right now are without charisma and seem to have zero interest in hiphop, and popular producers are mostly boring assholes repeating the same s-----y trapbeat over and over ur an old man without taste !

    Oh and ftr thug and future were goats, and yg is great just like more of them. W popular ones I mostly mean losers like the amigos, lil baby, gunna etc
     
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  8. andy.cooper
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    andy.cooper

    May 11, 2020
    Oh wow, I completely forgot about some of these.

    Were accurate production credits for these beats ever released?

    The My b---- beat is absolutely fantastic.
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    May 11, 2020
    I'm going to start using this irl whenever the subject comes up, I'll pay your royalties later!
     
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  10. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    May 11, 2020
    game sucks
     
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  11. Michael Myers
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    May 4, 2020
    Doc 2 and 2.5 he got it back to an extent. Some really gr8 beats!
     
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  12. DJ Lithium
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    DJ Lithium "The Cool Cats" - The Lith-Meister

    May 4, 2020
    This. Everything aftermath, shady and gunit were dropping around that time are classics. They had a best roll of any label ever. They could do no wrong. Also their close affiliates - xzibit, snoop, nate etc
     
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  13. andy.cooper
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    andy.cooper

    May 4, 2020
    I listened to Doctor’s Advocate for the first time in years last week and was absolutely blown away by how well that album holds up today.

    The beat selection, in particular, is absolutely incredible; Doctor’s Advocate inarguably holds its own in this regard, even when compared to The Documentary. To this day, I’m impressed that Game somehow managed to use a cast of producers (yes, many were in-house Aftermath producers) to perfectly capture Dr. Dre’s sound despite his lack of involvement.

    P.S. — Whatever happened to Game’s great ear for picking beats?
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 25, 2020
    I know I just decided to keep going after quoting michael meyers post lol
     
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  15. Mikey
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    Mikey

    Apr 25, 2020
    it's a joke
    I actually miss narsh. good poster
     
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  16. Mikey
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    Mikey

    Apr 21, 2020
    f--- no.
    it is the streaming era. Songs are too short no great albums apart from Roddy Ricch
     
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  17. Boos
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    Boos Nova Nation

    Apr 21, 2020
    Everyone knows the blog era is the best era anyway
     
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  18. Mikey
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    Mikey

    Apr 21, 2020
    Narsh hip hops first tranny star.

    I can see it tbh.
     
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  19. M Solo
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

    Apr 21, 2020

    Oh yeah. Press Play, Blue Carpet Treatment and even Kingdom Come were great, too. Those years were loaded with great releases. I just stopped at 4 but could go on and on lol.
     
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  20. Boos
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    Boos Nova Nation

    Apr 21, 2020
    2007-2013
     
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