Let's stick to the numeric time when putting songs and discussing it to avoid confusion. Everyone has different opinions of culture so it would make sense to reference the late 2000s as the actual numeric late 2000s to be objective and avoid debate. Here are my favourites.

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Let's stick to the numeric time when putting songs and discussing it to avoid confusion. Everyone has different opinions of culture so it would make sense to reference the late 2000s as the actual numeric late 2000s to be objective and avoid debate. Here are my favourites.

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How is Don't Matter hip-hop? ???

What are some of your favorite rap songs from the late 2000s?

Well the title of your thread is "Favorite late 2000s hip-hop?" -- Remember: RAP IS NOT HIP HOP.. Rap is GOOD music. TODAYS HIP HOP is utter trash!!!

Worst music on the radio...... 80s hip hop was good though (Tone loc,etc)

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How is Don't Matter hip-hop? ???

Uh because it is?...??? R&B is part of Hip Hop just as much as rap is. Akon was a Hip Hop/R&B artist. Not to mention Akon is actually rapping in the song, in his own style.

Uh because it is?...??? R&B is part of Hip Hop just as much as rap is. Akon was a Hip Hop/R&B artist. Not to mention Akon is actually rapping in the song, in his own style.


Their similar but, to say apart of? I like to think of them as separate entities. R&B is slower paced while Hip Hop can also be slow paced, isn't as slow as an R&B single.

Their similar but, to say apart of? I like to think of them as separate entities. R&B is slower paced while Hip Hop can also be slow paced, isn't as slow as an R&B single.

Well I consider some R&B as part of Hip Hop. Akon certainly is and he also raps in some parts. But some R&B isn't like the Weeknd for example (though some may argue it is). Akon is definitely part of the Hip Hop sphere though. I've always considered him that especially with all the collabs he did with Eminem and other artists.

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00's rap feels so distant from rap of today. It's sad. :\'(

Sometimes I go on a 00's HipHop marathon to remind myself of what good mainstream HipHop once sounded like.
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Damn! Most of the late 00s rap was packing! :).


Uh because it is?...??? R&B is part of Hip Hop just as much as rap is. Akon was a Hip Hop/R&B artist. Not to mention Akon is actually rapping in the song, in his own style.
Sorry for the late response, but I have never read that Akon was considered a Hip-Hop artist. Most of his songs tend to be R&B.

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Sorry for the late response, but I have never read that Akon was considered a Hip-Hop artist. Most of his songs tend to be R&B.

R&B and Hip Hop sometimes blends together. In the case of Akon it definitely did blend together. I've always seen him as a hip hop artist who constantly collabled with rappers too. He is sort of like Nelly was, half rap half R&B. Plus he was rapping in that song too. So I definitely do consider him hip hop.

R&B and Hip Hop sometimes blends together. In the case of Akon it definitely did blend together. I've always seen him as a hip hop artist who constantly collabled with rappers too. He is sort of like Nelly was, half rap half R&B. Plus he was rapping in that song too. So I definitely do consider him hip hop.
I see your point. Yeah, there have been singers who collaborate with rappers, but it shouldnt mean that Akon was hip hop. I understand what you're saying though since a few of his songs DID blend both together.

Both of these are from 2008 and I'm honestly surprised by how different they sound compared to now. It makes 2008 seem dated
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Both of these are from 2008 and I'm honestly surprised by how different they sound compared to now. It makes 2008 seem dated
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See, I hate it when people overestimate how early '10's 2008 was. These hip-hop songs sound nothing compared to 2011's and 2012's hip-hop. 2008 was a late 2000's year. Period.

I personally think 2008 was very '00s still and I was 21 then. Yeah there was some proto '10s characteristics in 2008, but that doesn't make it 2010s. Most people had flip phones and did not have a smartphone in 2008, and social media wasn't everywhere yet. I still used AIM in 2008 actually. HDTV had just recently become mainstream. Southern rap was still very popular.

See, I hate it when people overestimate how early '10's 2008 was. These hip-hop songs sound nothing compared to 2011's and 2012's hip-hop. 2008 was a late 2000's year. Period.

Not period. I think late 2008 was early 2010s culturally.

Not period. I think late 2008 was early 2010s culturally.


Late 2008 was sort of early 2010s like yeah. Early-mid '08 was clearly more '00s still though I think. Most of 2008 except the last ~3 months is '00s I think.

See, I hate it when people overestimate how early '10's 2008 was. These hip-hop songs sound nothing compared to 2011's and 2012's hip-hop. 2008 was a late 2000's year. Period.
This! I have listened to hip-hop songs from both periods, and they don't sound nearly the same.

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No one else here will probably know that song. I remember when it came out.

No one else here will probably know that song. I remember when it came out.

It was actually the first song I heard from them. It was their 'breakthrough' song mainstream wise, even though they'd been huge on Triple J since 2003.

It was actually the first song I heard from them. It was their 'breakthrough' song mainstream wise, even though they'd been huge on Triple J since 2003.


Me too. If I remember correctly, I think it was also used in an Alianz ad on TV?

See, I hate it when people overestimate how early '10's 2008 was. These hip-hop songs sound nothing compared to 2011's and 2012's hip-hop. 2008 was a late 2000's year. Period.

Exactly. The big changes came in 2009. 2008 was nothing like 2011. The musical sound was different as demonstrated in this thread, politics were very much stuck in the mid 00s, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Kickstarter, Steam and Snapchat were not relevant then. And internet celebrities treated youtube like a alternative outlet rather than a serious platform(uploading videos months/years after their website). 2008 was very much core 00's, just the end of it.

Exactly. The big changes came in 2009. 2008 was nothing like 2011. The musical sound was different as demonstrated in this thread, politics were very much stuck in the mid 00s, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Kickstarter, Steam and Snapchat were not relevant then. And internet celebrities treated youtube like a alternative outlet rather than a serious platform(uploading videos months/years after their website). 2008 was very much core 00's, just the end of it.

I agree.

See, I hate it when people overestimate how early '10's 2008 was. These hip-hop songs sound nothing compared to 2011's and 2012's hip-hop. 2008 was a late 2000's year. Period.

I agree. 2008 didn't feel the same as 2011 let alone 2013. (a transitional year into real 2010's culture) Honestly, by the time we got to like 2012, 2008 was already starting to feel a bit distant.

I agree. 2008 didn't feel the same as 2011 let alone 2013. (a transitional year into real 2010's culture) Honestly, by the time we got to like 2012, 2008 was already starting to feel a bit distant.

I agree.

I'm listening to hip-hop songs from 2008 AKA a decade ago. They all sound so different from today.
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I don't remember any hip hop in Japan, but I do remember being real upset when W disbanded due to one of the girls smoking under the legal age and going to a hot spring with a guy over 18  :\'(

In 2008-2010, I remember hearing a lot of Lil Wayne and his Cash Money buddies. Drake and Nicky Minaj became big around this time. Remember the song "Bedrock"?

Usher produced two albums over that two-year span. T-Pain, who had risen to prominence in 2005-2007, was beginning to lose favor as autotune wasn't perceived as hip anymore.

I know this thread is about hip hop, but no one can argue that this was the era of Lady Gaga-esque electropop. And let's not forget David Guetta.

Other notable songs:

Day n Nite by Kid Cudi
Airplanes by B.O.B.
Heartless by Kanye West
Dead and Gone by T.I. and Justin Timberlake