It's been over a decade now when in 2007, two of the biggest names in Hip-Hop literally went head-to-head, to see who was the commercial King.
50 Cent dropped "Curtis" and Kanye West dropped "Graduation". Kanye won in a landslide and at that moment, changed Hip-Hop.
The DITD duo discuss the event in detail, looking at the albums themselves, the artists careers before and after the event and, of course, the statistics behind it all.
TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (
1:39)
Topic Intro - (
14:06)
Looking back at the event - (
22:36)
Ben's thoughts on the albums - (
28:49)
50 was in a dying vessel and didn't know it - (
31:59)
The death of 'Gangster Rap' - (
38:03)
How dominant 'Gangster Rap' was - (
44:44)
The context of 'Gangster Rap' has changed - (
49:27)
Final Thoughts - (
50:15)
Lighter Note - (
57:11)
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