Jun 13, 2015

There's a clear separation in quality between Encore & Nastradamus though. Not nearly as bad, I could see people saying it was awful back then tho due to Nas's previous work.

 

Jun 13, 2015

I mean, it happens a lot... I see people saying Encore is better now lol.

I've always been a HUGE Nas fan... But between Nastradamus and Bravehearts? I was f---ing done with dude, and loved when Jay Z dissed him.

Jay Z and Nas, between 1999 and 2003 was amazing... Maybe that's a good 5 year span too for those artists. I just loved the competition between them, and the little shots they took at each other.

 

Jun 13, 2015

Lol that was kind of funny how @Grimace took all the heat for what I posted. Sorry man.

 

Jun 13, 2015

No lol just no.... Nas's rapping alone makes Nastradamus a much better album than Encore. I always thought Nastradamus was forgettable but nothing on it is a--- Like That or Big Weenie bad lol com'on now...

 

Jun 13, 2015

I'm not comparing the albums lol. I'm just saying the impact was very similar. Both are albums I'll never revisit.

 

Jun 13, 2015

Eminem 1999-2003

And his work on Cheers, Tupac, 50 , Green Lantern, and Straight from the lab is better than his work in 98.

 

Jun 13, 2015

Nirvana: 90-94
Kanye: 08-12
Bon Iver: 07-11
The Rolling Stones: 68-72
Radiohead: 97-01
Outkast: 96-00
Burial: 07-11 (actually it goes into 13, Rival Dealer and Truant are so d---ed good)
Pink Floyd: 73-77 or 75-79 (either drop Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall)
The Beatles:65-69

 

Jun 14, 2015

Prince 1982-1986

Untouchable

 

Jun 14, 2015

Lol what the f---!?
God forbid you post outside of the Eminem section and don't mention Eminem.

 

Jun 17, 2015

@WPG i feel the fact you didnt include Eminem shows a bit of hate, his first 5 years is def. up there with the best

 

Jun 17, 2015

not the point, his first 5 year run is def godly

 

Jun 17, 2015

Eminem 98-03
Wayne 04-09
Kanye 04-15

 

Jun 17, 2015

Michael Jackson 78-82 & 83-87 & 88-92 (He had a d--- 15 year run)
And i cant even decide where he was at his peak.

From commercial side def. the Thriller and pre stuff era.
But as an artist and as a brand ? I'd say Bad - Dangerous

 

Jun 17, 2015

Oddisee 2010-2015:

2010- Traveling Man, Odd Spring, Odd Winter
2011- Rock Creek Park
2012- People Hear What They See, Odd Renditions Vol 001
2013- The Beauty in All, Tangible Dream
2014- March on Washington
2015- The Good Fight

That's quality right there.

 

Jun 17, 2015

I'm not disagreeing. I just think there are people out there that don't rate Eminem that highly, or like him at all. Just find it pretty dumb that the thread is called "best five year runs" and instead of posting great rappers and their great 5 year runs in hip-hop, you have a bunch of people on the first few pages just s----posting "where is Eminem?" and completely ignoring the other amazing artists in the OP.

I think @WPG is a pretentious c---- at times, but that doesn't warrant people saying "hey put an artist you don't like (eminem) in your list! because I said so!" If you really want to make a case for Eminem having a good 5 year run, then do it.

And honestly, Eminem is a great artist but a good 5 year run from him? Doesn't really work...
SSLP - 1999
MMLP - 2000
TES - 2002
3 great albums, over a four year span. No lie there. But this is 5 year runs, and a year before SSLP is infinite. A year after TES is Encore. So the fifth year is pretty much a toss up between Infinte work or Encore work - Due to Eminem's inconsistency's it's not a flawless 5 year run. So yeah I'd say Eminem has an alright 5 year run but in comparison to some of the other artists mentioned here, his 5 year run will be flawed no matter what way you look at it.

 

Jun 17, 2015

I'm not disagreeing. I just think there are people out there that don't rate Eminem that highly, or like him at all. Just find it pretty dumb that the thread is called "best five year runs" and instead of posting great rappers and their great 5 year runs in hip-hop, you have a bunch of people on the first few pages just s----posting "where is Eminem?" and completely ignoring the other amazing artists in the OP.

I think @WPG is a pretentious c---- at times, but that doesn't warrant people saying "hey put an artist you don't like (eminem) in your list! because I said so!" If you really want to make a case for Eminem having a good 5 year run, then do it.

And honestly, Eminem is a great artist but a good 5 year run from him? Doesn't really work...
SSLP - 1999
MMLP - 2000
TES - 2002
3 great albums, over a four year span. No lie there. But this is 5 year runs, and a year before SSLP is infinite. A year after TES is Encore. So the fifth year is pretty much a toss up between Infinte work or Encore work - Due to Eminem's inconsistency's it's not a flawless 5 year run. So yeah I'd say Eminem has an alright 5 year run but in comparison to some of the other artists mentioned here, his 5 year run will be flawed no matter what way you look at it.

 

Jun 18, 2015

d---, I completely forgot Oddisee.

 

Jun 18, 2015

Lol this so incredibly wrong. Devil's Night came out in 2001, and 8 Mile came out in 2003 (arguably his best work) so obviously everybody that said Eminem is using his work from 1999-2003 (SSLP, MMLP, Devil's Night. The Eminem Show, 8 Mile). Also Infinite was released in 1996, but hey good try.

 

Jun 18, 2015

He was in 5/16 songs (only 3 solo) in the ost, how does this count?

edit: mentioning the SSEP would make more sense to me

 

Jun 18, 2015

i thought we counting years not albums