Every mainstream rapper was dropping at least solid projects (many could even be considered their magnum opus) that year

TPAB
IYRTITL
Summertime 06
Dark Sky Paradise
Cherry Bomb (wouldn't put it up there but I know you and a lot of other Tyler fans would)
IDLSIDGO
Tetsuo and Youth
ALLA
Rodeo
DS2
GO:OD AM

Definitely the most consistent year in rap I've seen

ngl no 2016 is way better than this

2006 was good but 2016 was great

SoundCloud startet break thru to people online.
A new and defining genre of music, that came out of nowhere and took over mainstream culture.

I had never experienced anything like that before, last it had happened was in 1991 when grunge broke into the mainstream.

like ngl that top row is hard to beat

2016

2006 and 2016 were both glorious years and big turning points for their decade.

2006 started the shift from hip-hop dominance to electropop.

2016 started the shift from EDM-pop to trap and hip-hop

that Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Timberlake wave was craaazy futuristic even for today's standards. s*** still sounds cool af.

2006 was this tiny little interesting intermediate year between rap domination and Gaga-esque Electropop. It gave room for artists such as Gwen, Fergie, Nelly, Justin to shine and prepare the pop world for what's to come.

Ciara sophomore slump vs TLOP, Lemonade, A Seat at the Table, Blonde, Anti, A Moon Shaped Pool... lol

2005>

no

You're focusing on one album I pointed out, there's 49 others in OP That album also has Promise and Like a Boy, so it could be worse

Not saying 2016 was a bad or even average year. But it gets overhyped, we've had better years over the past 2 decades but 2016 is always the one year that people love reminiscing over

Blackstar, bon iver, coloring book, a tribe called quest, the last year George Michael, Bowie and Prince were with us. The list goes on and on. I can understand why folks think 2016 was special. It's kinda the last year of the 'old world'

just realized op put kingdom come and a girl like me in there but not the sweet escape by gwen, lowkey bannable offense

Yeah, 2016 clears

2006 was such a good year though! It's good to give 2006 its flowers

We all already know 2016 was an unprecedented 12 months

kingdom come 100% sneak but the rest is crazy good damn

2011 was the best year in recent memory. MBDTF(dropped late 10'), WTT, Take Care, Cole World, Trilogy by Weekend etc... s*** was insane

Donuts better than all these combined

Now that was a great year from last decade

kingdom come is so overhated smh

Lotta great years. 2013 was great, 2004 was amazing, 06 was good but it was a transitional year rather than a classic year i feel

2015 had generational rap classics 06 was great for pop

Jay’s “bad” albums are just bad by his standards or victims of the times they were made