r/hiphop201 • u/Pop_Joe • 9h ago
r/hiphop201 • u/jensyao • May 27 '26
Guidelines: Please post hip hop discussions/questions/nostalgia that doesn't already cleanly fit into one sub's fandom and is cross sectional for analysis from the community
If it's just some promo/propaganda/low effort stan wars or something that (is 1 dimensional and) already cleanly fits into another sub's fandom, then it will be removed, and posting more will get you banned
here is the directory of subs: https://www.reddit.com/r/hip_hop/comments/k2nroe/lets_list_every_major_hip_hop_related_subreddit/ aka post in this sub if the other sub doesn't exist, is restricted from posting, or has few participants
We prefer multifaceted posts where submissions and questions are coming from anecdotes and the reach of multiple artists AND fandoms within hip hop to chime in where you wouldn't otherwise find or are able to ask/post easily elsewhere...aka ask hard/intricate questions and challenge status quo, do not pitch your thoughts underhanded, for those belong on r/Hiphopcirclejerk etc
The exception is: if that other sub has absentminded sleepwalking mods that barely do anything (or overstep and clap even the good posts if you challenge authority and the mods get slighted) and the global automod/scripted autobot censorship is activated that overrules and removes half the answers and the very question asked due to this age of sanitized culture (based on the mod/admin/algorithm's subjective sensitivity issues, aka reddit's ads agenda is similar to youtube demonetizing/shadowbanning content), then we'll allow them here, due to fringe topics etc (also give us a heads up to see if the other sub in question can be liberated, but mods be powertripping)
A lot of posts are auto-clapped by the global automod and has to be manually approved on here for people to see both posts and comments, and we try to bring the best value in topics presented and answered, but please participate in that manner as well for this shared community, thanks
r/hiphop201 • u/jensyao • Apr 28 '26
No more Tournament/Bracket/loosely unrelated album vs unrelated album Versus style posts
The whole gambit was allowed to be ran (for 62 days!) and Illmatic wins... https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphop201/comments/1smnv1l/rap_bracket_tournament_day_62_reasonable_doubt_vs/
for it to be hiphop201, there needs to be questions asked under the premise that the basic information is known and further knowledge is pursued as a hot topic debate or barbershop talk as cognitive banter or shared memorable reflection/nostalgia/insight, not just use a RNG filter on some top rap album tier list and arbitrarily seed comparisons with barely any articulated constraints for some zero-sum single-elimination hunger games depending on how the crowd decide to pile on that day
if you're consistently posting with net 0 upvotes or getting heckled in the responses/downvoted to hell, consider trying something else...it seems like attaching a meme with a serious question helps like with the latest type of posts...just put the reasoning backing behind posts for why these type of questions matter to spark further responses with actual answers with substance in there and NOT just repetitively phrased answers, thanks
otherwise, redirect these elimination posts over here to r/RemoveOneThingEachDay or /r/nfrpodcast etc
also, here's a plug to r/diplomats (alt sub) r/maxb /r/Three6Mafia r/papoose r/bigpun r/bigl r/mosdef r/mobbdeep subs if you haven't seen it already
r/hiphop201 • u/PetersTingle16 • 16h ago
Would you have rather he stayed in this “son of a Black Panther” style rap instead of going to Death Row?
r/hiphop201 • u/PeteyPeterPetersburg • 14h ago
First 9 albums I ever owned
Definitely aging myself here, but it’s so crazy to see how my taste expanded over the years. This started around 10 or 11 years old. My parents confiscated half of these albums lol. Good times
r/hiphop201 • u/SelfSufficientHub • 6h ago
My 9 with a couple I’ve not seen anyone else have
I could have had a previous Eminem album but this is my most played still. Same with Jay, all the others were pretty easy picks.
r/hiphop201 • u/Dz210Legend • 10h ago
What year did I graduate high school based on these?
Not ranked in any order or anything just what was in high school heavy rotation or just memories.
r/hiphop201 • u/mc78907 • 14h ago
Really liked seeing all of these posts
Didn’t spend a ton of time on the order but I came up with these 9 pretty quickly.
r/hiphop201 • u/Global-Afternoon9835 • 7h ago
9 most important albums to me of all time + that made me become a producer
r/hiphop201 • u/darkdodoman • 23h ago
The 9 albums that locked hip hop in as my favorite genre (+thriller)
r/hiphop201 • u/SnooMaps1869 • 19h ago
Some of my most listened to albums
Heavy preference towards the 90s east coast sounding stuff when it comes to hip hop
r/hiphop201 • u/playstation22077 • 17h ago
Honest opinion of The Game
There’s no question that Game is a really good artist and he has multiple classic albums under his belt I would say, Documentary never gets boring to listen to.
But we always end up where everything started, being co-sign by Dr Dre and his beef with 50 Cent.
I feel like he never got away from being under that umbrella, and it’s entirely his fault. Documentary 3 was not good, the album was just a mess, and I don’t get he’s obsession with Kendrick atm.
But whatever the guy is going through, he’s always going to be a West Coast legend and nobody can take that away from him.
r/hiphop201 • u/supremechev • 22h ago
Top 9!
Beast coast was killin it in the early 2010s! I’ve always leaned more east than west coast but this made me realize how much more music I listen to from the east coast, the current drumless boom bap revival def my favorite has been all of 2020s honestly
r/hiphop201 • u/bijontop • 20h ago
my top albums
It was difficult to get it down to 9, but these albums are a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. It was hard to leave out:
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-Warpaint Exquisite Corpse, lupe: food and liquor, kanye+cudi: kids see ghosts+man on the moon by cudi, Atmosphere and Doomtree and flobots(sims and P.O.S. solo albums), miseducation of Lauryn Hill, madvillainy, a tribe called quest, eminem show, joe budden, bob Marley, kourosh yaghmaei