Polls weak like clock radio speakers - VOTING THREAD for the ALL TIME RAP MUSIC POLL OF THE GODS (poll ends 25 May 2011)

Done and sent! Unranked except for number 1's and that alone caused enough problems, I swear my copy of Shook Ones II skipped when I tried to play it earlier 'cos it missed out on the #1 spot by a whisker

man this is overwhelming i have no idea how to do a ballot for this

i made ballots for this the other night, i think i'm just gonna send them now before i start second-guessing myself into oblivion

Do it. I've been regretting ever since I sent, but better that than endless tinkering.

I voted! the only way I was able to narrow down the tracks list in a way that didn't feel impossible was by limiting myself to only proper singles and cutting it off at nothing after 1999. was fun, though, can't wait to see the results!

nothing after 1999? not even like b.o.b. or southern hospitality or takeover etc.?

nothin! i have '90s jay and kast on there though.

and '00s jay and luda on my albums ballot

probably won't vote. don't feel competent enough to do the albums ballot (though I fear LL, Reachin and OG will miss my votes) or mentally stable enough to do singles.

tbh I narrowed down my ballot to things I actually still own and listen to

feel free to vote for less than 50 ballots gospodin! don't fear them missing your votes when they are only an email away from having the,

daily bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDoQ2wGT6-k

10 votes in so far. <3

it's a daily bumperation

So excited for this shits.

I went through both ballots and made a good first shift. Will ponder on this and re-listen most the coming weeks. I am hardly into modern day hiphop, 90% of my votes will probably be from before 2000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upy3ZkVEdjQ

I am wondering if this beaut can make the top 50?

I slung it a few, but will be surprised to see it in there.

no Looking for the perfect beat?

not one dj screw album, lame.

Everyone had the chance to nominate albums for a month.

3 in tha mornin is on the nomination list

ballot sent--very difficult

Also, Big Moe - City of Syrup is nominated. That's practically a DJ Screw album.

daily bump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENTHVf8Rif0

i nominated a dj screw album

daily bump for a bald guy who could potentially end up king of (b)r(itain)ock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzWlPL_TKw

What's a "britainock"?

Just vote, Finn.

For your consideration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCo_lR3Pp0

And of course, Hip Hop's finest 4:13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opWYnUpNtG8

odd squad - fadanuf fa erybody

Hearing this for the first time today, and it's a trip!

daily bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izuMg1GGnMc

BTW the original (I think even greater) "Crooklyn" is up there.

if we're electioneering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFbLRZCExBk

damn "ante up (remix)" wasn't nominated

remixes are going to be added into og versions unless radically different or more popular (say 'shut 'em down' isn't for the og or mixtape freestyles etc.) in which the og versions will have their points added to the remix!

different bump

appropriate band for daily news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmI1P3r1w4

Man i swear i miss this kind of hip hop music. Todays music is freaking crap. The late 90's to like 2004 were the golden days of hip hop.
Sonicfanallways 4 days ago 3

bad thread ideas: seeing how recent a video you can find comments complaining that hiphop isn't what it used to be.

lol

Another purchase thanks to this poll: Masta Ace Inc 'Slaughtahouse'.

Wicked.

daily bump: VOTE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XvSJ8jiWIU

Hadn't heard this in almost 20 years before this poll. Even better - and bleaker - than I remembered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFs6lM7cpEY

Glad there's so much time left. Making an albums ballot is way harder than my trax ballot was.

Hope everyone else is thinking like that too - we need more votes!

I keep putting this off. Need to get on it. Meanwhile... mini side poll; which version of 'Tonights the Night' is better to you?

Redman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBhrqL6VnWQ

vs

Kriss Kross (Redman remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck5lYs9OZXA

og!

Glad there's so much time left. Making an albums ballot is way harder than my trax ballot was.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 4:34 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

opposite for me -- wasn't too hard to sort out my personal canon of top 50 rap LPs but narrowing down 50 tracks out of all the thousands of songs i've loved felt impossible.

For me, rap is much more a singles genre (is that rockist? who cares.) and, as such, I have a much firmer grasp on which songs have meant the most to me over the last 25 years or so. As for albums, I really only have a total of 20 or 25 albums that I return to time after time and stretching that list out to 50 (which I may not even end up doing) is going to be more of a task.

I've pretty much decided my Top 50s but I'm enjoying listening to all the nominations so much that I'm going to hold off submitting for a while yet. I've listened to nothing but hip hop since Sunday - this poll is a total joy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQY3taMhYNo

Kinda tempted to place this as my #1 track... It starts all cool with some well put slice-of-life storytelling, but the way everything leads to the epiphany at the end - damn, just damn!

And yeah, choosing just 50 track seems like an impossible task, albums were much easier to narrow down.