― trife (simon_tr), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Evan (Evan), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 00:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 00:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 00:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
Does anyone actually think Common now is anywhere near as interesting an MC as he was at Resurrection?
― Matt Kasper..., Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
I've never even heard two of the things I listed. (Gangstarr, Black Moon.) And I don't like All Eyez on Me. I don't understand why I would lie about that. I wanted to seem worldly or something, I guess.
― d k (d k), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
The thing about picking "greatest" things and just making canons in general is that there's always these albums that, while you'd never want to put them in that Greatest position, they'd always win if you listened to them end-to-end with any of the albums one would want to canonize. Like Dead Prez's "Let's Get Free".
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
Yeah, I don't understand the the Dead Prez hate I've been seeing here; are they becoming the new PE? In my opinion, "Let's Get Free" is one of the best rap albums of recent years, and it would definitely make into my canon.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 07:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
My choices are all fairly typical, I suppose...Illmatic as #1, followed by Liquid Swords, 36 Chambers, Nation of Millions...and the first Gold Chains EP as the darkhorse.
― Clay, Tuesday, 15 July 2003 07:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 07:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
or, yeah, clouddead
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 08:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 10:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ron (ron), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 14:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
An oft overlooked super-classic great-from-beginning-to-end album chock fulla great lyrics, beats, & interludes = Kool Keith's Sex Style. Unfuckwithable. To the MAX.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 14:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
ATLiens: strong from start to finish and the production gels perfectly with Andre/ Big Boi's flow. Deserves the modifier "dope" more than any hip hop record in recent memory.
― Will (will), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 14:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
actually every Outkast album is perfect (except the best of)
― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sean g, Tuesday, 15 July 2003 15:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
i think what tuomas was saying is that hank shocklee was involved with engineering both records but under a different guise (ts: bomb squad vs. lynch mob) and that several people on this thread prefer his work with ice cube vs. public enemy.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 17:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
Oh shit, I forgot about that album! Ice Cube's cousin Del(aka -tron aka -Tha Funky Homosapien) was on it too! That was a great album.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
chilly chill was the DJ for the Lench Mob and if you haven't heard Ice Cube's "jackin' for beats" (and you love mid-school rap), you should... It's a really funny song (musically, not literally).
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 20:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Evan (Evan), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
A beat.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
(That's what I get for playing devil's advocate.)
So... greatest album of all-time...
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 21:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 22:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 22:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 22:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 22:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 22:22 (twenty-one years ago) link