haha i'll bite
Sometime in 2003 (3rd grade)- up until this point in my life I listened to country and classic rock because thats what my parents played me. But one of my friends dad played me Get Rich or Die Tryin in the car on a road trip and I loved it and pretty much became a rap fan from then on.
2003-2008 (3rd grade-8th grade)- I pretty much just listened to whatever was on the radio. I really fucked with Lil Wayne, even bought the Carter III and still have it, but Chingy, Yung Joc, Dem Franchize Boyz, Trick Daddy, Soulja Boy, T.I., etc, were all the artists I listened to.
Sometime in 2008 (8th Grade)- I remember this plain as day lol I downloaded "I'm With Whateva" because I was stanning Lil Wayne hard but it was a "new" Biggie track off that duets album but it was so good I downloaded the rest of the album and ended up falling in love with Biggie. So I downloaded his old shit and a bunch of other older albums so I had a little period where I started getting into Illmatic & Pac and other old albums
2008-2010 (End of 8th, 9th Grade & beginning of 10th Grade)- I also remember this plain as day. SSLP was one of the older albums I was listening to and discovered something that would change my life while listening to As The World Turns. I noticed that he rhymed Jenny Craig with Skinny Twig. Not just one syllable but multiple syllables. As I paid more attention he did this in every line. That's when I started stanning Em and listened to nothing but his music for about 2 years straight with a little bit of the classics stuff I mentioned in the last paragraph. Also found Tr during this period.
2010-2011 (10th grade & 11th Grade)- Well at this point I was beating off to rhymes and punchlines almost as hard as Elision does and I hated Recovery so I moved on from Em and started getting into underground stuff. Vinnie Paz, Apathy, Copywrite, Diabolic, Immortal Technique, Rhyme Asylum, you name it and I listened to it. Was a real douche but was really angry and depressed irl so I connected to the more angry and underground image of these rappers more.
2011-2012 (11th & 12th Grade)- At this point my life was better and I was happy and all that blah blah blah so I was moving on from that part of the underground scene and getting into the other side of it and listening to Atmosphere, Eyedea, Sadistik, etc from the white emo rapper scene. Started getting into the actual lyrics more than rhymes
2012- present (Freshmen and Sophomore year of college)- Started partying more and having fun so I started getting into a lot more mainstream rap. Kendrick, Kanye, Jay-Z, Lupe, etc. Still listen to all the Rhymesayers esq rappers cause I still fuck with lyrics but I also can appreciate a good 2 Chainz song. Listen to more varied rap now than I ever did before when I would just stan one style of rap. Don't rly listen to any of the fuck wack mainstream rappers I'm a lyrical murderer shit anymore cause that's all corny to me.
