thug was at first absolutely standing on wayne’s shoulders. the test for whether thug himself is influential is this question: are there rappers who are clearly influenced by him but not clearly influenced by wayne? the answer is yes.
Btg? No. Barter 6 is close, very close but is a few cents shy of a dollar
I always forget about tha tour because it’s quan and thug but yes, I would say it’s a classic TAPE. Tapes and albums are different, at least they were at the time. Regardless, it’s very good
Don't shame me, but this is my first time listening and godDAYUM! Jay Zeus gotta tell it on the mountain like James Baldwin because this is a VIIIIIIBE!!!!
Wayne is one of the greatest pioneers to ever live but Thug used that foundation to build something entirely different that we’ve already begun to see reverberations from. Easily one of the most influential rappers of the past decade. No one else was rapping like thug until a few years ago.
I'm very happy to see that you like Thug—but wipe that term from your vocabulary man all it serves to do is devalue music that people don't like because it doesn't fit in the box that they think rap should fit in. Plus if you like the Slime Seasons, you're bound to like some of his other stuff.
A great song by prime Thugger, but I wouldn't say it capsules everything Thug was good at back then. I always preferred his "weirder", more experimental, best solo songs from that time (Spaghetti Factory, Take Kare, udigg, Pacifier, Been Gettin Racks, Friend Of Scotty, all his metro collabs, etc.)
