Is YG the best artist from the west coast right now?

Started by Mike Tyson, Jun 7, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. JAKEMCCNASTY
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  2. JAKEMCCNASTY
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    yeah, but hes probably tlaking about which album he enjoys more. Quality wise and from a pure objective standpoint, we know its the other way around.
     
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  3. Mike Tyson
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    anyways it's all good, i just wanted to have this discussion before Still Brazy drops :)

    I like @pronx's list, but the rest of you saying he's not a good artist have about 10 more days to think that.
     
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    good joke
     
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  5. Mike Tyson
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    My list is:

    1. YG
    2. Kendrick Lamar
    3. Vince Staples

    Kendrick imo is the best artist of those three, but YG makes the most compelling music for fans of the traditional West Coast sound by forward progressing a sound we've loved for decades.

    I don't think any other rapper from the west is in the same league as the 3 stated above.
     
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  6. DKC
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    No not really.

    TPAB is a good album that takes on an impressive scope, but it's very bloated and the more I listen to it the less it holds up. MKL I hadn't listened to for a few months, then was amazed by how good it is when I did. Just because TPAB is more complicated doesn't mean it's better - MKL takes on a much smaller scope and is much more successful at it.
     
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    doesn't mean mkl is good lol

    At best mkl is a decent album.. bangers =/= good

    Summertime was amazing, TPAB was amazing.
     
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    I want to say Kendrick but I can't really do that with a straight face lol.It's between YG Vince Staples. I like S06 more than MKL by a hair so Vince.
     
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    i can't fathom why anyone would think MKL isn't a good album. can you name 5 bad songs off that album? my list starts and ends with Me & My b----.
     
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    Imagine actually thinking this lol.
     
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    I wouldn't even call My Krazy Life a good album tbh.
     
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    I can't name 5 good songs on it.
     
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    How about 5 classic songs?
    BPT
    I Just Wanna Party
    Left, Right
    Bicken Back
    Meet The Flockers

    Oh wait, that's just the first 5 songs.
     
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    Why? because you like it? I like a lot of albums, but I wouldn't consider half of them to be good. And why do you like it? because it reminds you of the Dre's era? That doesn't make it good.

    Hopsin's raw reminds me of Eminem's early stuff, doesn't mean its good.
     
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    how do you listen to this song, and then think "yg is not a good artist"



    YG is everything Game ever wanted to be
     
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    Nah homie, These Days...by Ab Soul was. f---ing trash. And while Oxymoron wasn't a masterpiece, it was still pretty great in my book.
     
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    Generic a--- production on all of these tracks.
    They're cool in the car though
     
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    Did you just accidentally compare Hopin's Raw to YG's My Krazy Life:dahell:
     
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    MKL is definitely a better album than TPAB lol. YG accomplishes what he set out to do from the beginning while tpab (although its mission is more grand) leaves us with skits and a tupac interview that may sound amazing at first, but are actually bloated and pretentious in hind sight. Few rappers can display the charisma I love in songs like "Really Be Smoking" and "I Just Wanna Party"
     
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    I think MKL is a good project. But DJ Mustard is the WOAT producer.
     
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