Greatest Rap Album of all Time?

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― trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

I may have found a new contender... Last friday I was at a local record store, and spotted "Homecoming" by Tahir in the used records bin. Tahir is of course known for his production work for the Dead Prez, but his solo record is perhaps even better than those of his People's Army compatriots. There's party tracks, political tracks, innovative synth-based backgrounds and beats to die for. The only possible flaw is the bonus track "Flanks", which is an absurd 13-minute posse cut with 31 rappers! (The whole People's Army, I guess.) But even that one somehow fits the picture ("see how strong we are"). Anyway, it's probably the best hip hop record I've heard since "Let's Get Free" itself.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 21 July 2003 08:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...

some of the greats

Ghostface - Supreme
Babu - Duck Season (cuz i played it to death)
Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Bumpy Knuckles AKA Freddie Foxxx - Industry Shakedown
Quasimoto - The Unseen

― DJ NODIS, Monday, 27 September 2004 06:47 (twenty years ago) link

illmatic

― Symplistic (shmuel), Monday, 27 September 2004 07:55 (twenty years ago) link

Hmm, I was a bit over-excited about the Tahir LP upthread, it's good but definitely not one of the greatest rap albums ever. Currently, my top ten rap albums would be as follows...

Outkast - Aquemini
Nas - Stillmatic
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Gza - Liquid Swords
Divine Styler - Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directrix
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
Eve - Let There Be Eve... Ruff Ryders' First Lady
Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
Gravediggaz - Six Feet Deep

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 27 September 2004 08:39 (twenty years ago) link

ten combining long-term faves and stuff wot i'm playing a lot currently...

ghostface - supreme clientele
notorious big - ready to die
dmx - and then there was x...
petey pablo - still writin' in my diary: the 2nd entry
lil wayne - tha carter
gza - liquid swords
rza - as bobby digital in stereo
geto boys - we can't be stopped
snoop dogg - doggystyle
jay-z - vol 2: hard knock life

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 27 September 2004 09:08 (twenty years ago) link

tuomas' list is very good, except for that silly dead prez album

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 27 September 2004 09:11 (twenty years ago) link

What can I say, I like preachy leftist rap, if only the beats and the lyrics are good enough - and that's definitely the case with the DPz. I like nihilist gangsta rap too, but I can never relate to it as much as much as to the more political stuff. Also, even if I try, I can never completely write off the chauvinism or misogyny a lot hardcore rappers revert to, which is why it's nice to listen to pro-woman rappers like Ded Prez or The Coup for a change.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 27 September 2004 09:50 (twenty years ago) link

Gangstarr - "Daily Operation" (didn't see this mentioned, WTF?)
Tribe - "Low End Theory" (easily)
Missy Elliot - "Under Construction"
Pharcyde - "Bizarre Ride"
Jay-Z - "The Blueprint"
Wu-Tang - "36 Chambers"
Digable Planets - "Blowout Comb"

― supercub, Monday, 27 September 2004 12:02 (twenty years ago) link

And if I had to name only one... "Low End Theory"

Quite possibly the album I've listened to the most times in my life (like everyday from 8th-11th grade)

― supercub, Monday, 27 September 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link

Oh and,

De La Soul - "Bahloone Mind State" (is that misspelled correctly?)