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In the late 1990 Eminem would take part in a rap contest he would end up in second but he got the attention of someone with his demo tape. This person would later recoment him to Dr Dre a famous rap producer. then in 2002 he would release a album called "The Marshall Mathers LP" whic was a massive suscess breaking many records for fastest selling rap album in the US making eminem one of the most popular artist in the early 2000's -
In 2003 beloved rapper Jay-Z would annonce his retirment on Tv due to burn out many wouldnt belive it as Jay z was one of the most popular artist in the 2000's being such a dominat force in hip hop he would later unretire but it still left many in shock -
Outkast a rap duo won a grammy for album of the year in 2004 making it the first rap album to win album of the year which was a major milestone -
Kanye west would release his first album after a lot of struggle mainly having many record lables saying his music wasnt good enough because there was nothing like it at the time however kanye was arragont and belived his music would change rap. He would later get in a car crash and would need his jaw wired shut and 2 weeks later he would record a song with his jaw still wired shut called "Through the wire" He would later Drop hi first album "The college Dropout" and have major sucess -
J Dilla was legendary producer who influnced many producers and rappers including Kanye West, Tundercat, Tyler the creatorD'Angelo, J Cole, Q-Tip, Madlib, MF Doom, Pharrell Williams and many others He was very innovative in his sampling techniques and he didnt just influence rap he also influenced modern jazz and was considered a pionner of the lofi hip hop sound -
In 2006 Three 6 mafia won an Oscar for best original song for "its hard out here for a pimp" from the movie "Hustle Flow" becoming the first rap group to win an Academy Award for best origonal song -
Lil wayne woudl release one of his most popular albums "Tha Carter II" which established him as one of the most popular rappers of the early 2000's due to his growth as an artist compared to his more early work "Tha Carter II" had mature lyriccism and a wide range of styles making it a fan favorite -
In 2007 Kanye west and 50 Cent's we two new popular rappers and they had a a compentation on where the rap genere would go if it would stay as gangster rap as it had been with 50 winning or kanye winning and letting rap grow into something new
kanye woudl end up winnger selling over 957 thousand copies of his album first week and 50 selling only 691 thosand thus shifting the mainstrream rap style and inspuring many other rappers -
The reasong Soulja Boy is important is because he became famous without a label and grew as an artist by using the internet by posting his rap music on YouTube, Myspace, and SoundClick and even had people using his songs as rintones which made him even more popular along with him interacting with fans online he made an online fan base very quickly and popularlised the Do It Yourself or DIY aspect of the internet -
In the early 2000's everyone would hate autotune saying it was cheating and was for people who lack vocal talent however 2 artist would popularize it kanye west who made a whole album using it and Tpain who would master autotune in his songs and help and teach kanye how to use it and with kanye's 2008 album 808's and Heartbreak more people would became open to hearing it seeing it was used as a tool to make the vocals better and now its used in almost all rap and hiphop