Ep.24 - Does 50 Think About Kanye Now & Then?

Diggin' In The Digits

English - September 17, 2019 11:30 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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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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