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Who Will Rule 2011?
My guess? The same exact people who ran it last year.
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They have my vote for 2011 already.
You’ll have to excuse my absence for the past few weeks. I ended up making a return trip to my former stomping grounds in Los Angeles, where I spent most nights sleeping in my old bedroom. Rather than stay online most of the day like I do out East, I actually decided to spend a little more time trying to soak up whatever sun I could get, drinking more than I should, venturing to Las Vegas where I would get solicited for, in one slovenly gentleman’s words, “the jumpoffs,” getting a tattoo and simply remembering how it is to not have to be strapped to a laptop for about 14 hours a day.
It also helped that my mother doesn’t even know how to spell “WiFi,” much less have Internets access.
Alas, with the new year now upon us most people have returned to our hustle and bustle of our daily nine-to-fives, and as is the case around this time of the year your favorite publications and websites are wrapping up their “best of 2010” lists. While virtually every list should be taken with proverbial grain of salt, they do provide for some interesting conversation, as well as provide fodder for incessant e-barbs and constant cyber jabs. In a way though, this is what I feel keeps hip hop both refreshing and culturally relevant after all these years: the constant discussion and challenge to better itself as it ages. Without any form of debate, rap would probably be as boring as it was, say, a few years ago when the only people moving units were a far-past-his prime 50 Cent and a bunch of one-off Southern ringtone rapsters.
Whatever happened to Webbie anyways?
Anyways, year-end lists also accompany the “next up for the new year” index, where most of us inaccurately try to predict which rapster’s name will escape from our mouths the most in 2011. The stoned stylings of Wiz Khalifa garnered plenty attention last year as did the sporadic yet lyrically dense, verbal assaults of hip hop nomad Jay Electronica, while Drake and J. Cole seem on the verge of being some of the best things hip hop has to offer for the next decade or so. But let’s keep it real: the same artists who have put rap in a chokehold for the last five, ten, fifteen and twenty years will still have some form of input this year, from the random-ass guest appearance on the current hot song of the moment to the bizarre YouTube video to shilling expensive products we have no reason buying but will do so anyways.
*Eyeballs empty Ciroc bottle*
The last couple years have seen a shift in hip hop’s sound and aesthetic, and I’m equally anxious and excited to see what transpires this year. However, I do expect to do the cooking dance to some wanton nignorance provided by our beloved bamma rappers too. Some things just don’t change.
Tech N9ne gonna run the game in 2011
HELL YEAH!!! Strange all day baby!!!
Me personally i hope j cole,jay e release classic albums but this year will be dr dre’s sales wise i hope he does come thru with a classic but under pressure got me thinking otherwise and obviously the jay/kanye collab album after mbdtf anything can happen. Kanye is a powder keg which can go off at any time.My last prediction is that the g.o.o.d fri formula pairing Mc’s that wasn’t likely together will be the en vogue thing for 2011 ie buckshot with rozay
Although I know he prefers not to have the spotlight, I wanna see my boy Blu gaining more exposure.
LIL B DA BASED GOD WILL RUN THE GAME. THANK YOU BASED GOD.
Shut the fuck up.
9th Wonder finally will get the recognition he deserves… j cole and curren$y should blow the game open
Kendrick Lamar will take 2011, and notable others will be Wale, J. Cole, Jay Electronica, and Big Sean
Big K.R.I.T is about to blow up like Chernobyl and drop a gem in 2011. The fact that he is affiliated with Wiz and Curren$y will only aid in his mainstream success. Plus, he’s one of the most promising southern lyricists in the game.
it’s gonna be a cole world in 2011
I feel you on that. Nobody can pick who is going to have a breakout year in 2011. I hope an unknown artist comes up from left-field and takes the game by storm. I also want to see Kendrick Lamar get more shine in 2011. I love that Average Joe track.
@bamerican: You retard, Chernobyl never blew up, there was only a fucking leak.
J.Cole and Dr. Dre will rule 2011
co-sign, on that J.Cole and D.R.E… The Game won’t release the Red album… one of 50 Cent low budget movies will pay-off his movie deal . The Carter IV? don’t think it’s gonna drop too.
I see someone went to wikipedia to find out what Chernobyl was and took it upon themselves to be overly accurate. It was a reference to an Outkast song, smart ass. How about blitzkrieg? is that more suitable?