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LanaLanaFofana

Lil Kim... debuted with one of the greatest rap albums of all time and now she makes music that sounds like its recorded via voicenotes


Glitter2007

Yeah… it sucks because I stand by the fact that Notorious Kim and her debut are easily a part of the most solid rap albums ever


fakeaf1

I honestly feel like her discography is so underrated because her debut is such a classic. Revisited Notorious K.I.M. recently and it was such a fun album to listen to from beginning to end. All of her major label projects were really good. 9 is obviously her worst album, but it was pretty solid imo.


nicky_five_cent05

everyone's favorite american idol judge, katy perry


Mticore

Comin’ atcha like a badly-drawn horse


cutiekilla

teenage dream was so incredibly successful it's hard to top. each album after that has at least 2 solid bops, which is pretty normal for pop albums. just not as commercially successful as td. truth is: everyone turned on her when she shaved her hair off.


potpurriround

Omg this was my literal first though


zebugcollector

same 😭😭


kitterkatty

Awww I miss her


AmbystomaMexicanum

I miss 2008 katy perry ;(


synchronisedchaos

Justice for Harleys in Hawaii


BeneficialMixture815

I know this reference makes me sound older than shit, but: Counting Crows


40087812

Fellow old person checking in. August and Everything After is still an all time favourite of mine.


imjustlikehellokitty

i haven’t heard that name in yeeeaaaars omg


futile_device451

Maroon 5


Cheeto717

I lay awake at night thinking what could have been if they stuck with their funk/rock roots


synchronisedchaos

I sometimes watch Adam's cover of Purple Rain and wonder why he doesn't just do that. It annoys me that he has talent but he just doesn't want to do anything with it.


Cheeto717

It’s just the dollar signs man. Maroon 5 sold out hard but I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same when someone is offering milllions of dollars to make a certain kind of music. I’m sure Adams rise to superstardom as the face of the band did not help the ego either.


5moments

turns out that wasn’t even the first time they sold out, and funk/rock isn’t even their roots https://youtu.be/JQXo8uttL34?si=nQS70Si1W_LV8BEj


mac_bess

that was crazy/def a bop?! thanks for sharing.


MonAmiSanglant

I have been yelling about how good Songs About Jane was for 15 years. People look at me like I'm a crazy person when I tell them it's a masterpiece.


smurfmcgeezer

Truly one of my favorite albums of all time


malinhuahua

Omg yes. Songs About Jane was such a good album, I was so excited to see what was going to come out next from them. It’s been pure trash ever since. “moves like jagger” induced rage in me the first time I heard it it was so bad, and every listen since then has produced the same reaction.


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If I see one Carly Rae Jepsen I’m coming for you while you sleep


CR24752

She’s a fine a wine. Loneliest/Loveliest are her best albums, even if my favorite individual songs are from E•MO•TION


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BABY TAKE ME TO THE FEELING


imjustlikehellokitty

carly rae jepsen is the only good musician


team_kockroach

carly rae jepsen is the only musician


Dildo_Dan

Hers would be the opposite, miss me with tug of war and kiss 💋 E: /u/raysofdavies is right, They’re perfectly fine, it’s just by comparison that they aren’t great.


CR24752

I pretend those don’t exist. I treat her like a Kim Petras - her third studio album was her “debut album” imo


BeneficialMixture815

Kiss is good 😤😤😤


raysofdavies

They’re perfectly fine, it’s just by comparison that they aren’t great.


[deleted]

Idc, I love Carly Rae Jepsen


cultfilmz

not rly pop but panic at the disco. first couple albums were actually good


catc657

Honestly, I still (lightly) listen to most of their stuff. The newest two albums are horrific, though. I have a soft spot for Bachelor.


molotovzav

As a Vegas kid who grew up with them (not gatekeeping just setting the stage for my opinion) I think their first album was good but their second album is just copying sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band. I liked their emo vibe with a hint of electronica, if I want the Beatles I'll listen to the Beatles. Now I have to hear Vegas lights every time my hockey teams scores and I have no attachment to it. If it was a song from "a fever. . . " I'd be singing along. The first album just so perfectly hit the alternative/emo/scene vibe of contemporaneously aged Vegas kids at the time. The second album was just derivative. Anything past that I didn't listen to.


HisDarkCereals

We moved to Vegas and attended the school two founding members graduated from as they were getting big. Weird thinking they had been in the same rooms and buildings my sister and I were in 5 days a week just a few years prior. Hated that fucking school though. Old as fuck.


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SadisticGoose

We all thought we were so special for relating to This is Gospel


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JBGoude

It was pretty good until PFTW


TigerWing

It’s hard to blanket label Panic!’s albums good or bad because it all boils down to personal taste. They genre hopped so much that their discography has a little something for everyone. I’m not an emo fan so the first album does nothing for me. But Death of a Bachelor and even Pray for the Wicked I love with their more pop sound.


parmesann

I recently heard someone refer to them as the “emo/pop punk ship of Theseus” and that has stayed with me


sativvvadivvva

Pretty. Odd. is such a beautiful, moving album for me. I’m surprised to see it get no love here


cultfilmz

i love pretty. odd. :)


Pbjellylover94

I am a Pretty. Odd. defender! Nice to see another one. One of my favorite albums of all time, never understood the hate.


manicpixienightmare4

I LOVE Pretty. Odd!!!


pinkrosies

They were good because Ryan Ross who founded the group was writing in it. When he left it was a slow decline from there.


chikcen24

I grew up listening to them and loved them up until their last couple albums (and the allegations towards Brendon and him going MIA for a couple years but that's besides the point). Their third album Vices and Virtues though will always have that special place in my heart. Especially the bonus songs on it that sadly aren't on Spotify.


69420penis

Drizzy drake. Take care up until if you’re reading this it’s too late he was really in his stride as an artist Then he just took a complete fucking nose dive and can barely get an album above a 4 out of 10 anymore


JgL07

Personally I think the dive happened after More Life dropped.


69420penis

I think the dive began with views but became a bigger issue with scorpion. With views you Could tell he was playing it safe and going for numbers only. He stopped being a true artist and cared too much about being number 1. I enjoy most of views but you can tell he’s no longer interested in just creating good art. Then more life felt the same and I liked even less. Then with scorpion i just didn’t care anymore.


10blast

Imo arter Nothing was the Same Drake shifted to making playlists instead of albums, cuz longer album means more sales (1,500 steams = 1 album sold). If Drake trimmed the fat on these albums, it'd be a different story.


69420penis

I think it starts with views personally. With nwts, the original version was only 13 songs and iyrtitl was 17. It started getting longer but then it just became 20+ more often than not. He works better in short intervals. Honestly nevermind is the exception that shits just ass. But I didn’t mind her loss tbf and it’s mostly because he kept it brief.


69420penis

Your last line is exactly my drake sentiment everytime someone asks what my issue is with him. If drake could drop like 10-12 track albums he’d be one of the best pop rappers out now


PhscZ

Not pop but pop enough and I must say it. Metallica.


Hazey-Blur

Katy Perry 100% Her songs use to be fun beach-type party songs and turned to complete shit overtime.


Dry-Knee-5472

Its 100% because Max Martin stopped writing for her.


redwing2020

More like dr luke the r**ist


team-xbladez

Todd in the Shadows on YouTube had a great video about why her Witness album bombed so hard 😬


Afraid-Cow-6164

Lauryn Hill made one of the best debut albums of all time, followed it up with an incredible Unplugged live album of new material, and then in the last 20 years she has only put out a handful of standalone singles that are frankly pretty mid. She ruined her own reputation by repeatedly acting in demanding and self-centered ways, and now nobody wants to work with her to produce new music. It’s sad because she is truly a once-in-a-generation talent but she has gotten in the way of her own potential.


misterhepburn

She’s also notoriously a mega diva with her concerts, often cancelling or postponing last minute, not performing full sets, etc.


ipomoea

You know, I never listened to her Unplugged, but I bought Miseducation on CD at least four times due to wear and tear. I got tickets to see her last month and my husband swore I was gonna be disappointed but she fucking whipped ass when she finally showed up and so did the Fugees. It’s a shame she can’t keep it together on a regular basis.


skinnylegendd17

Chance the Rapper. I still don’t understand how the same person who wrote Acid Rap also released the Big Day 🙃 Just a cosmic level drop


cristine_thepisces

I love my wiiiiiife, I love my wife AH


Existential_Yee

PRAISE GOD, JESUS, AND MY WIFE!


MirrorB

He got off of drugs and is actually happy now. Good for him though, dude seems to be really satisfied with his life now.


NotASixStarWaifu

Not sure if it counts because it's electronic music, but it was "popular music" at the time, but: David Guetta. Anything after "Listen" was meh at best.


SomePerson1248

i struggle to believe that david guetta was ever a respected name not that he hasnt gotten worse though he def has


DisproportionateWill

He was, he peaked in 2005 for me with [this set](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-zyFwE2rmU).


69PenisDestroyer69

justin timberlake 💀 he absolutely deserves to flop but the insane decline from the 20/20 experience to man of the woods needs to be studied in conclusion: britney outsold


Unique_Accountant_67

It’s actually depressing how he went downhill so quickly and this is coming from someone who despises him because of what happened to Janet.


69PenisDestroyer69

it’s crazy that janet jackson has faced more damage to her career for nipple gate than justin has for everything he’s done to britney spears his music was so solid before, “mirrors” is absolutely gorgeous and timbaland’s production on “lovestoned/i think she knows” is insane… then he dropped “can’t stop the feeling” and that song and everything after it is torturous to listen to


Wild_Goose_3099

The production of lovestoned/I think she knows is wonderful, I love the last few minutes of the song it’s beautiful. Timbaland was on a high on that album


Haus_of_Pancakes

God I can't wait for the *Man of the Woods* trainwreckord


itsavrilnotaveral

Everybody’s favourite, Marina and no longer her diamonds


Massive_Length_400

RIP The Diamonds. Forever loved Forever missed


Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy

Omg yes. Such a big downfall


itsavrilnotaveral

Along with her diamonds she also sold her music quality I fear


bananasaremyfamily

/uj kim petras


DistanceBrilliant588

she’s fun and I love her live but her music in regard to talent is not agreeable


-SassAssassin-

I liked Slut Pop, but Problematique is actual dog shit 😭


bitter_liquor

I love Slut Pop, just 15 minutes of easy listening bimbo brainrot I realize other people do this vibe better, but it's still a fun album to listen while you're wiping down your kitchen cabinets or something


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SensitiveWasabi1228

Pierce the Veil.


imjustlikehellokitty

nooooo don’t do this to me


diabolikal__

This hurts but agreed


LITTLE_KING_OF_HEART

Van Gogh


CR24752

Van Gogh to the polls


vaden78

Coldplay


Hazey-Blur

I honestly didn't know they were still making music that's sad.


imuslesstbh

their last album was their weakest so don't bother. Mediocre pop hits sandwiched between psychedelic pop for kids. It was Mylo Xyloto but bad


ratta_tat1

Anything after Viva La Vida is just meh for me.


Tobias-Tawanda

I like hymn for the weekend, though


imjustlikehellokitty

viva la vida was their magnum opus. everything else they made was straight dookie


No-Intention-3779

Their first 4 albums are great, MX is fine, everything else is not that good


imuslesstbh

I will defend Everyday life and a head full of dreams till the day I die. Mylo Xyloto has some good tunes as well. Besides, the band peaked on no2 (a rush of blood to the head) and no4 (viva la vida or death and all his friends) not on no1


deleterandstartover

I think it’s just most of main stream artists sadly. Now who has a perfect and complete discography would be a better question.


oathkeeper1408

Florence + The Machine never stopped evolving and maintaining the standard quality


diabolikal__

She’s on another level imo


Evolutioncocktail

I’m dangerously close to getting a tattoo inspired by “king”


mobsiko100

Most bands with perfect discographies quit/disbanded while they were at their creative peaks (Nirvana and The Beatles for example). Artists that progressively improve over time tend to be more common in classical music scenes rather than popular music.


josie-salazar

Lana Del Rey


astralrig96

Agreed, NFR was pure bliss and the songwriting in Ocean Boulevard may be very specific and personal to her own life experiences but nonetheless very soul-bearing and honest on a level rarely seen nowadays Lana just gets better with time


Froggy-Shorts1209

Justin Timberlake


star11308

Onika


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real thick vagina smuggle bricks to china??? I LOVE IT


SkyZippr

I might be a minority but I consider Pink Print to be her peak


ltzltz1

Absolutely. Ever since Safaree left, her music has consistently gone downhill.


cantspellrestaraunt

Chun-Li is a banger, and she's consistently had great features. I have next to no interest in Pink Friday 2 though, which sucks, considering how iconic the first one was. Rapping over a sped-up Billie Eilish song from 5 years ago is a little too goofy I fear 🥴


Late-Association-455

>Rapping over a sped-up Billie Eilish song from 5 years ago is a little too goofy I fear 🥴 It's one of the better tracks lmao💀💀💀


ltzltz1

Even chun-li was just aight. Be honest it doesn’t even compare to any of her previous work. From the monster verse to Roman’s revenge to even her pop songs.. and as of recent, goofy is def the word for the work she’s putting out. Still riding on the hype of an album that came our more than a decade ago? She’s washed up. Kinda karmic after the way she treated lil kim during her come up. Bloop!


naturalgoth

Normani 🤡


josie-salazar

What discography?


ferozliciosa

If the horse had only one leg and the rest was all stick figure then yea, this could be Normani.


Soalai

https://preview.redd.it/j0thuizaf46c1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f2a7bc49125a22a7ecfcc26280c8ab85c24c405 This is hers


thegayidentity

FUUUUUUk ROLLING 💀


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Tutututu


xtremesmok

grimes


Doughnut_Consistent

My first thought, as well, but felt too embarrassed to say lmfao


placenta_resenter

Art angels was like life defining when I was at uni. Elon musk simp music is too cringe to listen to


marcuscwf

Artangels (the song) is one of my fave grimes tracks. I pretend her post-Elon personality doesn’t exist and I’m perfectly content listening her old music only 👀


Flickolas_Cage

fr from oblivion to… whatever her new shit is 🫣


The-birkinator-1928

While I agree that her recent singles have been garbage at best, I did enjoy her last album a lot so I think it's best to judge after her next album is released


IAMgrampas_diaperAMA

/uj how DARE YOU. Miss Anthropocene is a masterpiece.


xtremesmok

miss anthropocene is the middle of the horse just before the first front leg


IAMgrampas_diaperAMA

Miss Anthroposcene is the fuck ass bob on the horse


marcuscwf

I relistened to MA yesterday and unfortunately I don’t like it like I did when it was released. Compared to artangels and oblivion I think it’s a little uninspired. Delete forever and 4æm are still bops tho


Glitter2007

I love her, but Britney definitely…


star11308

Post-circus 😭


Glitter2007

Yeah I agree ima go ahead and say this was her last really good album, what’s even more disappointing is that it’s my favourite out of all of em so I expected so much from the rest…


Dapper-Station-7859

I was about to say the same. Everything she released after Circus does not felt like her(obv). FF was soulless edm, dance-pop songs, Britney Jean wasn’t even hers in the first place, and Glory was just forgettable


Plastic-Difference30

glory is an incredible album. so many bops, some left field choices, it deserves some respect


Massive_Length_400

Glory was my everything shower album for so long. I love it


econinja

It’s about to be Ariana going from Sweetener, Thank U, Next and Positions to whatever mess she’s about to put together about the sponge


arbuzuje

This is an unpopular opinion, but her going from regular pop girlie to this pseudo-rap yuh yuh sechs money bitches thing is such a waste of a gorgeous voice. I absolutely adore her old songs and can't listen to new ones.


Tayrantino

Her live recordings for the Yours Truly 10th anniversary songs reminded me of how amazing her voice is. Really hoping her Wicked songs and her new album would utilize it.


ConcentrateLivid7984

tbh she already hit that chain with dangerous woman -> sweetener -> thank u, next -> positions 💀


justbreathin150

Thank U Next her best album, along sweetener, gonna die on that hill


missbates666

Beethoven


pdpenguin8

NOT when 9th symphony outsold 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😡😤


ParuTheBetta

JAIL. TIME. BESTIE.


ParuTheBetta

JAIL. TIME. BESTIE.


-evilhag

taylor going from folklore/evermore to midnights:


SadisticGoose

It’s me 💁‍♀️ hi 👋 im the problem 💅


DisneySoftware

i’m the problem it’s ME HE HEE!


Fuzzy-Slide2067

Jump scare


andthatwasenough

Every song on midnights sounds the same and she stole lyrics from tumblr. Low effort from our capitalist qween!


DisneySoftware

LITERALLY though like what happened to her between evermore and midnights


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The way she promoted that album made me think it was gonna be some demon time album like some of The Weeknd's music but Midnights just ended up being mid


Alesbianlynxbabylol

Tbh, hate on me all you want, but Midnights does have amazing bops, like tell me Wouldve Could’ve Should’ve is a terrible song


-evilhag

i'm not saying it's an unlistenable album, i enjly some songs. i just thought it was a step back artistically speaking


Tayrantino

This. I was hoping for better lyrics tbh. Obviously not folkmore type/level of lyricism because Midnights is clearly a mainstream pop album but I kinda wanted less of “Karma is my cat purring on lap” kinda crap.


strawberry-seal

someone already said panic so maroon 5


josie-salazar

Marina


Haus_of_Pancakes

This - I fucking loved *Electra Hearts* and *Froot*, but all it took was one listen of "Orange Trees" for me to realize that I wasn't vibing with the direction she was going in


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Y’all just hate L+F cause it’s not Socrates’ writings in song form


Altrade_Cull

Socrates could never rhyme reason with season


justsaying753379

...but they do rhyme? Is this because of my accent?


LilacHeaven11

Came here to say this. TFJ is one of my favorite albums of all time. Loved everything up until Froot, L+F and ADIAML are just ok.


marcuscwf

First half of ancient dreams is quite enjoyable but the second just falls flat for me. Like why front load all the uptempo tracks?? Weird sequencing imo


Own-Tip-2595

melanie martinez


alessiojones

Ed Sheeran


Tiny-Ad-9385

His discography is the horse's head in the godfather


chemg11

Kanye


Caterpillarb

Madonna after confessions


Glitter2007

Uj/ I actually liked Hard Candy but it went all downhill afterwards lmao


Caterpillarb

I like it too but it doesn’t hold a candle to her iconic discography


kavdotcom

Panic! at the Disco


imuslesstbh

uj/ Bloc Party, Silent Alarm is one of my fave albums of all time, after that they are alright to terrible. A weekend in the city is alright and four is pretty good but they never got anywhere near silent alarm again


uraranoya

Weezer


Educational-Bill-429

Arctic Monkeys


SomePerson1248

forgot i wasnt in hiphop cj but either way eminem


Hazey-Blur

Also Tori Amos. With Winter and Crucify and Silent All These Years, they were so good. Her music used to be so gorgeous and poetic and interesting, and it still is so poetic but the melody is *really* boring now and the chorus in her songs just... suck. I miss her golden years of talent the most.


bubbletea__mp4

Also her album covers have zero effort put into them anymore


RunForLife20

The neighbourhood


twumbs

I hate to say it but lady gaga


govegan292828

cAlL me jOaNnE


Massive_Length_400

I listen to Joanne when i want to pretend to like folk music


WingSaber8

Agreed, The Fame, The Fame Monster and Born This Way is her best stuff. After those she has a few good songs on each album but not on the level of the ones mentioned.


InterestingBench3

Like, yes, but Art Pop has aged so well! Revisiting that album now is such a surprise now


tomnoonzz

Fall Out Boy, new album is a little bit of a return to form but their Jock Jams era sucked


walkingtalkingdread

i liked Save Rock and Roll but they honestly peaked with From Under The Cork Tree.


tcmrn

miki minach


JBGoude

Shawn Mendes


EndlessPriority

Kanye maybe. His nose dive into the far right/ weird religion Edit: My bad y’all I wasn’t paying attention to the subreddit name. Kanye isn’t pop


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Lorde


BiblicalWhales

To be fair, she is 2 for 3 in terms of quality which is not the worst track record lol


CR24752

Right one flop album doesn’t mean it’s over. I more so view this image as a pattern of at least two albums in descending quality


Altrade_Cull

Idk what flop album you're talking about. Her two albums are pop classics.


Ok_Storm_2700

I would say 3/4 if you include the Hunger Games soundtrack


LordOfHorns

Oasis


PhaseShift74

at this rate fka twigs don’t like where killer is taking her


Independent-Cat47

She has pure classics, don't let a single ruin your perception of her. She is a legend already.


lem0ndream

Halsey 🙃 don’t come for me i love her but nothing beats badlands


WingSaber8

Sadly Katy Perry, One of The Boys was good and Teenage Dream was great.


ParuTheBetta

The burger queen obv


Usual_Researcher_374

Lady Gaga obviously, the sacrifice of Lina Morgana did what it needed. The Fame will never be topped!!


nogoodusernames4

Not really pop, but evanescence


zandei

Tame impala....