JAY: Too many album releases? Nahhhh.

To me, you can never have enough good music. If one of my favorite artists drops an album, I’ll spend at least a week or two weeks digesting it, listening to it over and over again, etc. After that 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of intense listening, I’m ready for something new. That’s exactly what 2015 did for us — constantly gave us something new.

Don’t get it twisted, I’m not suggesting that after those 2-4 weeks, I’ll never listen to that album ever again. That’s nonsense. If another one of my favorites drops an album a week or so after the first one, guess what? I’ll still have enough hours in the day to listen to that one as well. We should be thankful to have gotten the amount of albums we have this year.

Another positive aspect of the surplus of albums this year is the level of accountability and competition rises — the essentials of hip-hop. If only 5 artist dropped an album this year, there would naturally be much less criticism then if 20 artists dropped. Did you guys forget how saturated the industry currently is? We’ve seen several artists fizzle out of the spotlight because their album didn’t compare to the rest of the industry’s. That’s how it should be.

Do I think certain artists should’ve held off this year in order to stand out more? Absolutely. But was there too many album releases in 2015? Absolutely not. The more the merrier, as far as I’m concerned.