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

Agree that people shouldn't worry about listening to everything on the list. You don't have to be a rap scholar, just VOTE for the shit you already LOVE. This isn't Rolling Stone's Most Important Rap Albums poll. Personally, my lists skew pretty recent because I was born in 1984 and never really got super heavy into the "classic" pre-1992 foundational stuff. In conclusion, fucking VOTE and give props to a hoy hoy!

Yeah, I'm going to try to eventually listen to all the songs nominated, but not for voting purposes.

I didn't even think for a second to consider listening to all the songs nominated cuz uh some of the nominators have terrible taste lol

that 90210 clip is incredible

also not trying to be a dick, sorry! just saying that doing both tracks and albums in one poll is such a monumental task that it's no wonder ppl have vote fatigue.

(and it all comes from frustration at not having time to compile my votes!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5h8jrceec

and also ku fucking dos to a hoy hoy for doing this, seems like a lot of work so don't hate congratulate

― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, May 24, 2011 1:07 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

voting in this thing is impossible

just use my noms list

surprised how much stuff nominated i'm not into. still have more than 50 on my long lists but plenty of that is multiple entries for the same artist. some stuff i used to be into & expected i'd be voting for doesnt resonate like it used to, like i used to love the jeru tha damajah album but didn't feel much listening to tracks off it just now. id probably still love most of the production on the album but jaylib - the red is not as good as i once thought. should've been more alert during nominations i just figured everything ever would be nominated

torn bw voting #1 for something that CHANGED MY LIFE when i was 13 but has ossified a bit & something ive gotten into & been listening to obsessively lately like dah shinin or hell on earth or ridin dirty

Doran check yr email. deej check your facebook messages.

flop i'm cool with you voting hell on earth #1 :DDDDDDD

Following up on my comment that I missed out on a lot of 80s foundational stuff, I've been listening to Strictly Business in its entirety for the first time lately and daaaaaaaaaaamn, that shit should have been on my ballot.

I've got my tracks list cut down from 143 to 54, it's getting pretty painful to trim these last four

I've been listening to Strictly Business in its entirety for the first time lately

Ha, I had the same experience. Leapt up my ballot - can't believe I'd never heard it all the way through before.

Obviously you don't have to work through the noms list - impossible with albums and time-consuming with tracks (though quicker with Spotify than YouTube). But it was something I'd wanted to do for so long - check out all those records that other people loved and I'd never gotten around to. I ended up not only with tons of great discoveries but a much clearer understanding of what I look for in hip hop - what thrills me, what leaves me cold. I'm looking forward to seeing what people like Lex and deej champion from the 00s because it's slim pickings from me.

I was also reminded of one of my favourite threads:

Things that don't get rapped about anymore

lol for my daily bumps of this thread i considered finding a months worth of classic rap threads including that, sonned in an aol beef, rap's best banalities etc.

im thanking this poll for getting me to download the juggaknots albums- shit is crazy

agree that no one should worry too much about what they vote for, just vote! Thanks AHH for organising! I'm looking forward to hearing a lot of stuff I haven't heard as a result of this poll.

For Britishers and other Europeans, I will at some point (probably in a week or two) attempt to do a Spotify playlist of tracks. If only there was a Spotify API...

bump

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

Following up on my comment that I missed out on a lot of 80s foundational stuff, I've been listening to Strictly Business in its entirety for the first time lately and daaaaaaaaaaamn, that shit should have been on my ballot.

so good to hear! this was *almost* my #1..... almost.

Epmd holds up so well, originally had the first threr on my albums ballot, had to cut down to one went with unfinished business

Come on!

Submitting tonight, but I'm 8 hours behind UK time. Hopefully that'll work

Did noms but I'm just not gonna make it tonight ;_;

i'll most probably start the countdown monday, so maybe, if you are nice to me, i'll give you till sunday.

Us Yanks won't be at work on Monday. It's cool with me, but some people will probably want to be in their cubicles for countdown discussin'.

I'm going to send my albums in ASAP, I hope they still count...

plz don't start countdown on Monday

And many thanks to A Hoy Hoy for a sterling job, I'm looking forward to seeing the results. If you want them stats - gun butt them twats. Or something.

i'll most probably start the countdown monday, so maybe, if you are nice to me, i'll give you till sunday.

Us Yanks won't be at work on Monday. It's cool with me, but some people will probably want to be in their cubicles for countdown discussin'.

― President Keyes, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 23:33 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oooh explain

btw i'm still taking ballots. i was going to start it monday, meaning i'd take ballots up till sunday but if starting monday doesn't work for americanos, i may push the deadline back even further.

Monday in the US is Memorial Day where we (officially) remember our war dead and (unofficially) get drunk and grill meat.

Thx for bumping today with Cocoa Brovaz btw. That was one of my noms! I feel like a winner already!

oooh ok. will people be at work/on ilx on tuesday then? what about the top 100 albums 25 a day tuesday-friday?

Yah good plan, Tuesday should be business as usual.

i like that plan! excited to see results!

25 is a lot, feel free to pace it out and let some discussion froth

did this get more votes than the Blur poll?

The deadline has been extended til Sunday night.

so, will this get more votes than the Blur poll?

i dunno, who cares about weak ass britpop?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6HmDr5hqfw

lol

decided to break my ballot down my decade for the hell of it

albums: 8% from the 1980s, 68% from the 1990s, 20% from the 2000s, 4% from the 2010s
tracks: 34% from the 1980s, 66% from the 1990s

which 2 albums from the past 2 years

Flockaveli and Revenue Retrievin' (SPOILER)

;) good pix will be hilarious & great when flockaveli places

Getting really excited for this. Come quick, Tuesday!

decided to break my ballot down my decade for the hell of it

albums: 8% from the 1980s, 68% from the 1990s, 20% from the 2000s, 4% from the 2010s
tracks: 34% from the 1980s, 66% from the 1990s

this is fun!

mine looks like this (i'm young okay?)

12% - 80s
38% - 90s
48% - 00s
2% - 10s

albums?

appreciate the extra time b/c I've had more leisure time this weekend to pare down my tracks ballot. fucking impossible. the last 10-20 esp.

trax stats:

I unwittingly ended up w/ some very clean & orderly orderly percentages (but def appropriate w respect to my listening habits)

70s/80s - 30%
90s - 50%
00s/10s - 20%

7 trax from 1988
6 apiece from 1991 & 1994