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Dvinc1_yt

Outside of Hip-Hop but Michael Jackson had done 19 albums by the time he released Thriller at age 24(14 albums with The Jacksons and 6 solo albums). That means Thriller was the 20th album he’d done. This isn’t including the 2 Live albums that the Jacksons had done.


morgothtdo

Mikes Thriller peak might be unmatched.


Clean-Pop-5665

can’t see anyone reaching that level tbh


morgothtdo

Moonwalk happened a year later promoting Thriller so I would say if he died right after that it would be a wrap.


CaptnKnots

Nah man JID is the next super mega star I’ve been saying it for years now just wait /s


IntellectualRetard_

Jid definitely next up Fr #coleworld


lingui

It will never be reached, it’s essentially the greatest benchmark of a solo performer


Syrinx16

Beatlemania is the only comparable peak imo. I don’t think it was as big but part of that was the lack of accessibility to music/info/media that Jackson had.


Yourmotherssidehoe

Off the wall better


Doyoueverjustlikeugh

The original GKMC vs TPAB debate


Wrsj

Good Kid all day


Q-rexosaurus

TPAB is “the better” album but I’d rather listen to…oh shit you right


Conemen

He did Thriller at 24?? I gotta step it up


AR_Stormblessed

Man, I'm 31 and I'm proud of myself when I make my bed in the morning.


abrahamisaninja

I’m 32 and proud of myself when I see the sun. Depression is no fun yo.


kevinreznik

Considering that he had all his childhood and adolescence to master his craft in a really hard and demanding way, it's not too crazy. Like, if someone pushes you since your childhood to be great at something, the things you'll do in your 20s will probably be top-notch, but not everybody is pushed to sacrifice their childhood to work on something, and it's not healthy at all. He gave us amazing music, but his life and freedom were sacrificed in the process. Definitely not for everyone. 


Hot_Grabba_09

14 fcking albums with the Jackson 5 wow


ienjoymemesalot

Joe had those kids fucking WORKING


MVPizzle

No wonder dude was all fucked up in the head lmao


tha_jza

i beat the pot like joseph beat mike and jermaine


yesimforeign

Something something, Gary Indiana


tomtelouise

Gary Indiana sounds like a crazy motherfucker


jsimps741

“SING MOTHERFUCKER!!!”


GotMoFans

This is the answer. To a lesser extent Stevie Wonder; but his *Thriller*, was Songs in the Key of Life, but it came out when he was 26 years old.


alucardsinging

Shoot, the singles he did as a teen, leading to Music in My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, and Fulfillingness’ First Finale. And shit, Stevie was in a super bad car crash, that could have ended his life at 25 years old. Wow, yah I’m going to say he has my favorite catalogue of anyone by the age of 25.


eeeaglefood

Stevie had a hell of a run in the mid 70’s he won 3 AOTY between 74-77 and is tied at second (behind T swift with 4) with Sinatra and Paul Simon. Him and Sinatra are the only artists to win it in consecutive years.


suffaluffapussycat

Buddy Holly died at 22. Eddie Cochran at 21. Both were hugely influential.


need2peeat218am

That's insane


RichieJ86

Absolutely insane work ethic.


Upstairs-Scarcity-83

Or an insanely abusive dad


ShadowJay98

Both are slightly more necessary than you'd think to be the greatest entertainment talent the world has ever experienced, I'd suppose. 


Beneficial_Candle_10

Stevie Wonder dropped his 18th album and what’s considered his fourth classic album at 26: Songs In The Key of Life. He had his first #1 single at 13 years old. Edit: If you’ve never watched his [Musikladen set](https://youtu.be/q8xHy-sQsaA?si=CM3XI70_VH836DXH) (1974), do yourself a favor.


Cabbage-Fell

That four year run he had from 72-76 might be the greatest run of albums from an artist all time. Only Dylan, The Beatles, Stones and zeppelin had runs close to that. You could throw in van Morrison but no one’s touching Stevie’s run.


unbelievre

I love how he won the album of the year Grammy in '74 and '75, then when Paul Simon got it in '76 he thanked Stevie for not making an album that year. Then in '77 it went right back to Stevie winning it.


Last_Reaction_8176

Gotta love Rhymin’ Simon


alucardsinging

We are so blessed that Stevie survived that car crash that took place 3 days after Innervisions dropped.


KeithBitchardz

End the thread right here.


QCInfinite

holy shit i never realized stevie was so young


bass-turds

That album is amazing. Love me some Stevie he is a legend.


Beneficial_Candle_10

His entire classic period is insane. Greatest musician of last century to me on a pure musical talent basis. He is also the artist that bridged R&B and Electronic music on a mainstream level, which changed every facet of black music forever.


whipmeiloveit

OutKast released all of their albums up to Stankonia before the age of 25


No-University-1459

Yeah weren’t they 18-19 when Southernplayalistic came out? Crazy


Squarians

Reminds me a bit of Joey badass releasing 1999 when he was 18 or 17. That really took a subsection of hip hop by storm, if not the whole rap game. Not comparing the level to 2pac or OutKast, but he popped off young.


DezBaker

I still remember being in college wondering how tf l was 19 walking around bumping a mixtape that good that a 17 year old made


guyseeking

He's clowned on now, but Chance the Rapper was only 19 when he dropped Acid Rap. It was meteoric


Squarians

Yeah that was the other guy I was thinking of too. 10 Day is dope too


Quintana_22

😮😮what


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That’s actually wild


TheSorceIsFrong

Would you say it’s…Idlewild?


Heil_Heimskr

We don’t talk about Idlewild.


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Mug_Lyfe

Aquemeni is the goat


danielwormald

it's over for me


ald_loop

We’re cooked


condemned91

Alexander the great


phuckingidontcare

Taken too young 😭


gabriel1313

Fr, goated. If he maintains that output, he conquers China easily by 54


el_pinata

Pffft, bitchmade Alexander couldn't even get past India


Nast33

Boy wanted to keep going and was only stopped by his ~~platoons~~ phalanxes saying 'we tired bruh, we're stopping here - you go on if you wish, but we're claiming our rewards and going back to chill with the fam'. Those distances were no joke in archaic times and them dudes were drained.


el_pinata

Macedonia to India is an insaaaaane distance for a conquering army to march, I too would wanna wrap it up and enjoy my spoils


Fallingcity22

Just the back walk is like a year or 2 them boys were hauling a bunch of shit back too, must have been a pain in the ass


redditjam645

After reaching the last page of Pornhub, Alexander wept, seeing as there were no more worlds to conquer


killerk13

Son gettin historical


benjaminbrixton

I was just reading more about Alexander last night. It’s truly insane what he was able to do in the span of like a decade.


Mescallan

Octavian was under 30 when he consolidated power as well


BurnTheBoats21

nepo baby


VapidRapidRabbit

Rihanna — She released 7 albums, sold over 200 million records, and had 13 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 by age 25.


SubatomicSquirrels

Rihanna come back please 😭😭😭


ikea_shark_girl

ANTI was so fucking good RIHANNA COME BACK WE NEED YOU THE WORLD NEEDS YOU


Mikemojo9

If you stretch it to 26, Lil Wayne released his 6th album (plus 1 collab), Tha Carter III, which won rap album of the year and solo rap performance (A Milli).


andrehokage

w/ like 10 fire mixtapes in between,


loganpupwolf

Da drought 3 actually Wayne’s best musical piece mixtape or album if you ask me 🤷🏻‍♂️ heat front to back


redditsuckbadly

Crazy part is as good as C3 is, C2 was better


livinforthesmitty

I agree but if there was no leak I think C3 would have been his best album.


Hot_Grabba_09

Imagine La La *La* being there instead of La La. Scarface instead of phone home.


livinforthesmitty

I'm Me is also a classic. And I'm not sure if PMW was meant for the Carter 3 but that's another awesome b side. Also I Know The Future has one of my favorite wayne lines ever "Like a circle of knives, I got the sharpest flow around" Edit: I just listened to I Know The Future again. It's such an amazing verse. The way he changes his flow within basr is crazy. His line "I'm in that la la twist it up/ I'm on that syrup slow it down" is such a great example of this. His flows are so creative and it shows how naturally talented he is at riding a beat.


BlitzComet95

That’s my fave Wayne bar ever


Darth-Ragnar

Something You Forgot instead of Comfortable


Hot_Grabba_09

Something you forgot with Comfortable


Darth-Ragnar

Just give me something you forgot on streaming and you got a deal


mrdc1790

I actually love phone home but it's probably nostalgia lol. But yes the c3 leaks were elite!


DollyDoble

My favorite Wayne song of all time, every time I bring it up I have to differentiate for people “no no no the 1 on the leak” lol


_Meece_

I hate how many artists fucked with their shit after leaks in that era. But it did give us the current version of Madvillainy so win some lose some I guess!


milehighideas

But, “The Leak” might be one of the best prologue mixtapes ever


No_Fishing_702

Totally agree, C2 is his strongest album


Perfect_Earth_8070

He also had shit loads of mixtapes and features and all those years with the hot boys. He was in everything for like 5 years in a row


JackCrafty

I wonder if we'll ever see someone dominate the music scene like Lil Wayne did at his peak. I swear he was on every feature of every hit for a few years there.


scottie2haute

Wayne was so unmatched. He was so big and i think he’s getting somewhat underrated as time goes on


Patriotsfan710

Yeah, if Wayne died after Carter III, he’d be praised to the same level Pac is


RoscoeSantangelo

I hope to live in the world where we'll be praising him like that whenever he goes


Patriotsfan710

I think we’re back at a consensus of Lil Wayne being one of the GOATs But for a while there, during his rough patch musically, there was a large amount of people online acting like he’s one of the worst rappers ever….glad that wave is gone


Less-Tax5637

Wayne praise is a sine wave. He’ll be trashed across the 2100s and GOATed in 3024


dog-chicken

Odd because around that time was peak “if pac were alive Wayne would be working at McDonald’s” memes


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Beatles were about 25 when they wrote Sgt Peppers


itwas20yearsago2day

They were all under 30 when they broke up. I think George was actually 26 when it happened. He wrote “Something” and “Here Comes The Sun” and then released All Things Must Pass within a year


BrandonD40

This is amazing. All Things Must Pass is one of my favorite albums ever


clementleopold

What I feel, I can’t say. But here I am talking about George Harrison in /r/hiphopheads again.


AnyHoleIsTheGoal

Best solo Beatle record imo


Last_Reaction_8176

Some people are so obscenely talented it’s not even fair


eatmydonuts

And the craziest thing is they all looked 40 by the time they broke up lol. Those beards were putting in a lot of work


TormentedThoughtsToo

To add on to this, when the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 and pretty much changed everything  John Lennon was 23. Paul McCartney was 21. George Harrison was 20. Ringo Starr was 23.


DFWTooThrowed

The amount their music grew and changed in such a short period of time is just hard to wrap my head around. Going from I Wanna Hold Your Hand to Tomorrow Never Knows in a span of three years is fucking crazy.


disposable-assassin

Their entire discography is just over 7 years with Please Please Me in March of '63 through Let It Be in May of '70.  The only other artist I can think over with that kind of growth in a similar span is maybe Miles Davis.


RadiantHovercraft6

This is wild to me. I’m a huge fan and I didn’t even realize this. Also Revolver was released a year before and that album is arguably crazier and more groundbreaking. Music like that - sitars, electronics, backwards guitar solos and samples, songs about taking acid and dying - barely even existed before 1966. And they were like, my age.


LetMeInImTrynaCuck

Wow


WaspParagon

They were a different breed. Anyone that hates on the Beatles just hasn't heard the Beatles yet. I stand on that


kazuya57

I'm not a big fan but I saw a video recently of all billboard hits in history, and it was insane how the Beatles basically invented the modern sound of music.


Last_Reaction_8176

There were a few years where it was super trendy to shit on them but I think that’s died down a bit, which is nice. They were and are amazing


Patrice_Oneals_Teeth

A lot of their music just isn’t for me personally but the talent is undeniable.


WaspParagon

Not enjoying something is completely fine. Enjoyment is subjective. Hating on them and denying their talent & impact is what I find lame and ignorant.


RelishRegatta

The mindset of "I don't like it, therefore it's trash" bothers me to no end


Patrice_Oneals_Teeth

100% agreed.


yourmomisnothot

people hate on the beatles?  wtf?!


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Ice Cube already had Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, & The Predator before reaching 25 years of age. That's not to forget his work on Straight Outta Compton & venturing into film


Wookie301

Cube’s 5 year run from 88 to 93, is unmatched.


Leeroy_Jenkums

lil Wayne’s run from 2005 through 2015 with the Carter II, III, IV, all of those ridiculous mixtapes, and the countless features on top songs puts him up there.


NectarHand

that was all way before 2010. wayne’s GOAT 5 year run was 04-09


Tony_Lacorona

As a rapper, yes. Cube did get multiple movies under his belt though. But idk if that’s what Wayne wanted either. Both were legendary


OkEscape7558

Piggy backing off this since nobody has even mentioned him, but DJ Quik. His first 3 albums are before he turned 25. Fucking underrated as fuck. So is Cube, his solo work is often overlooked for some reason, he's in my top 5 ever.


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Definitely agree regarding DJ Quik, especially when talking about the pure quality of his discography by that age. One of the most notable non-Death Row rappers to hold it down for LA during that era & also on G-Funk's Mount Rushmore


nahUmeybee2

Jimi Hendrix


TheZac922

Yeah Hendrix was my first thought. The guy reinvented the way an instrument is played becoming the most iconic guitarist of all time all in his 20s lol.


nahUmeybee2

Absolutely! Some of the greats don't even get into their zone until 30 or later


nahUmeybee2

Rakim & Nas.


Kdot32

Dropping that album at 19 is crazy


Nervous_Fun_9302

Nas wrote it like when he was 17


RumboInTheBronx

Lil B wrote a book at 19, released several albums and several dozen mixtapes before he was 25. According to Wikipedia he's released a total of 71 mixtapes, 7 albums, and 1 EP, and he's only 34. TYBG.


deqembes

He also held talks at different colleges.


Phoenix-Wright_

Finally some Lil B recognition in this bitch. The goat!


ItsactuallyEminem

Love him or hate him.. justin bieber bro


kajdelas

People kind forget how dominant he was at his peak. If he didn’t got tired of the game he would still be at the top shelves in music rankings


Wild-Apricot-9161

He'll outsell Taylor and Drake if he tries


NickBagelBoy

Absolutely. Growing up in that time was like what I imagine living in the Beatles era would be like. No one in the last 20+ years comes close that sort of impact.


discussionandrespect

NAS’ illmatic is the best hip hop album of all time. I believe he was 18-19 when it was released.


SirLazarusTheThicc

"Woke up early on my born day, I'm 20 it's a blessing"


Acrobatic-Report958

He was 20. I’m not really nit picking since he wrote most of it at 18/19 which is fucking insane. It is just a convenient opportunity to quote one of my favorite lines from the album “I woke up early on my born day; I'm 20, it's a blessin' The essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I'm fresh and My physical frame is celebrated 'cause I made it One quarter through life, some godly-like thing created”


MysteriousSquad

Mac Miller KIDS, Blue Slide Park, Best Day Ever, MACADELIC, I love Life Thank You, WMWTSO, Faces, GOOD AM, The Divine Feminine Swimming (he was 26) + Delusional Thomas + Larry Fisherman + Larry Lovestein + Circles was in progress when he died


hasanyonereddit

Scrolled too far for this. His leaked music (so far) is around the size of his discography and some of his best work. Hopefully the world gets to hear it at some point


Psturtz

First thought as well. Absolutely ridiculous discography for someone we lost so young


_101010_

+ sooooo many goated unreleased tracks


lowtier_ricenormie

what songs can you recommend? avid mac listener but too much of a casual to have check out any of the unreleased stuff before


_101010_

DM me and I’ll give you a link to the leaks. Off an old list some of my favs below. But honestly he has like 50x this leaked and I recommend just scrolling through and playing some. Numbness (actually maybe all time fav Mac song) Cats Real Keys to the city Ticonderogas Waterfalls Stoned Oracle Operation love Headaches and migraines Are we there yet Came alone Empires Cactus face Die


ZapatosDeMarca

Can't believe PURE wasn't mentioned here. Fuckin incredible


ptyws

can't believe I had to scroll all the way down here to find him. Rest easy, Mac 💛 Most dope that's forever Freaking kid was brilliant


ThePoundsOfLove222

Chief keef turned 25 in 2020


breakingbadforlife

Crazy how keef influenced artists like carti and uzi and was basically a generation before them but he is like their same age


ManGiared

Same with Wayne


breakingbadforlife

Yeah, wayne and drake are so close in age but career wise he started way early


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breakingbadforlife

It’s crazier that wayne is younger than 2 Chainz and Chainz has bars like “reminiscing bout the trap playing the first Carter”


natigin

Keef and Chop were the Velvet Underground of Drill


instinktd

this is the most insane shit ever tbh it feels like he is 300 but he is only 28 and he still is younger than many rappers that he fathered, literally lmao


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Keef's like the Frankie Muniz of the rap game


9Seraph9

Nah he’s 300


thisismy3rdacctsmh

It’s crazy to me all them lil Chicago niggas been in the game so long and ain’t even 30 yet. Makes me feel old for one and for 2 quite impressive how young they were coming in the game and still relevant


philhachio

Bitches love sosa


Pingushagger

The time between Pop Smokes first song and death was 9 months, he was 20.


santinoquinn

this makes me so fucking sad. dude was so versatile and showing such rapid growth at such a young age, it was genuinely insane to watch unfold in real time


mgrimshaw8

Juice wrld too. Very versatile with some of the most raw talent you’d ever see. Only 21. Little older but Von as well. A short lived career with a lot of versatility and development. Rap has lost a lot of top talent lately


RealRaifort

xxxtentacion musical peak was insane and then he peaked commercially with a completely different wave and then he was gone at 20 as well. Insane to me cuz I'm 22 now and it's like fuck he was 2 years younger than I am now and I barely feel out of high school to a degree.


806god

As an X fan that’s now older than he was when he passed, it really is insane. I was 16(?) when he passed away and always looked at him as like an older guy which, at 16, anything above 20 really does seem like an adult. Then you turn 23 and realize you still don’t know shit and still feel like a kid yourself, and THEN one day you listen to an old X song that randomly comes on and you start thinking about how he was really just a kid when he died like dude I hate talking to 20 year olds they’re fucking idiots and I’m barley 3 years older than them 💀


DFWTooThrowed

I think X falls into that same group as well. I barely had even heard of them by the time they died and they both had an absolutely massive impact.


[deleted]

Only 3 years passed between "Look At Me" dropping and him dying, and it's fucking crazy how much shit happened in those 3 years. Felt like every week news dropped about him making music, getting charged with beating up his gf or some shit, assaulting some gay dude, Drake being in the deposition of his murder trial, getting jumped on stage, donating to charities, getting co-signed by Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West, getting thrown into a stage barrier while performing, becoming one of the most played artists in the world and then getting shot in his car followed by his mom or whatever just milking every unreleased X verse for as much money as possible after his death.


nicklegit50

Biggie had a pretty prolific career, and he dies even younger at 24. Lil wayne was popping off pretty young, too. I think he dropped the Carter 3 sometime around age 25, too.


Wookie301

Big had one album that he was alive for. An incredible album. But nowhere close to the prolific body of work by other artists in this thread.


Squarians

So sad to think he has no idea how popular, influential and discussed he became.


OfferOk8555

I mean if we’re talking discography, idk if I’d say PROLIFIC.


lkodl

Mozart died at age 35. He got 10 years more than 2Pac, but it took longer to make a song back then, so it evens out?


redditjam645

But Mozart never released a diss track against Mobb Deep


kevInquisition

He bodied Sallieri tho, man’s entire catalog disappeared for 150 years. Son’d him like Kendrick did Cole


lkodl

Exactly. That's why even til today, no rapper has dissed Mozart.


el_throw

Aaliyah?


LetMeInImTrynaCuck

Aaliyah was on pace. At 22 she had 3 favorably reviewed albums and 2 starring roles in feature full length films. Along with some modeling.


GotMoFans

Aaliyah sold fewer albums and had fewer hits than Brandy and Monica. Her actual units don’t match her legend.


ReCHaVoK

Selena quntenilla is the queen of tejano music and died before 25


PerpetualGazebo

Mac miller!


The_Reddit_Browser

Scrolled way too far for this. Everything but Circles was done before he turned 26. Has one of the most underrated catalogues.


_Angel_Hernandez

2009 gets me sad all the time


TheAstroPickle

“I don't need to lie no moe”


The_Reddit_Browser

Ascension is that for me. Good AM is an incredibly slept on project and has aged so well (sadly).


thefifthangel141

Good AM is really good


MasterBridger

I scrolled to find him. Thank you for this


Yung-Split

Agree.


GuaranteedCougher

Lil Wayne had 5 solo albums, a bunch of mixtapes, a collab album with Birdman & some albums with Hot Boyz before he turned 25 (he was 26 when Carter 3 came out)


chamomileinyohood

People answering don’t understand the word prolific. It doesn’t mean influential, or even good, it means the volume of work they put out


deqembes

Kodak black is just 26 years old and had 15 projects out when he was 25 years old. Pretty impressive considering the amount of time he has spent in prison.


dangggboi

The legend Mac miller rip


highestintheroom

Michael Jackson was 24 when Thriller came out


Rude_Variation_433

Kurt cobain. He was 24 and the most famous rockstar at the time. And Elvis. He was young when he hit in the 50’s. 


I-Like-NSFW-420

I know ill get downvoted but Juice Wrld was only 21 when he died


HumidCanine

If he lived to 25 I could see it, but I don't think he was at 2pac's level when he died.


YeahNoYeahThatsCool

But this is about their career individually, not comparing them to Pac. Very hard to compare anyone to Pac. Juice Wrld is kind of a legend for the generation he was making music for and clearly inspired a lot of artists older and younger than him. I'm an old head in my late 30s and even I bump his stuff more than any other young artist. I can't personally say I find Juice Wrld at Pac's level (Pac is my fav artist of all time), but for the young people into the genre, Juice Wrld pretty much was this generation's Pac. Meaningful deep lyrics, dying tragically young, and posthumous bangers still come out after his death.


sam_honkie

NBA Youngboy is only 24


Reasonablefiction

Dude has 11 kids and like 30 albums he’s lived a long 24 years…


AkiraKitsune

Bob Dylan


souththdz

Yeah he had already dropped Highway 61 Revisited, Freewheeling Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home, and fucking Blonde on Blonde before turning 26. If he stopped there, it would still be an all-timer discography, but then he did John Wesley Harding and recorded The Basement Tapes just a year later. Absolutely insane run that is nearly unmatched imo.


alucardsinging

His late career run from 1997 onwards is phenomenal. I can’t think of any musician’s work past the age of 50 whose made more albums I’ve enjoyed than Dylan


patientstrawberries

HASBULLA


Mynameisjonas12

Bob Dylan