nice tits
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
anyway, my favorite herb tits = gen & juice, blowout comb, 6 ft deep, tical and southernplayalistic
went with gravediggas because i have nostalgia
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
tical isnt even in my top 20 prob
― google deeznuts (D-40), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
I think I like it more in theory than in actuality - the first few tracks are so murky and clouded they kinda leave the false impression that the whole record is some sludged-out bleary-eyed stomper, but the more uptempo stuff doesn't work imho
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i love Meth and WANT to be able to go "best Wu solo album fuiud" etc. but i just can't, it ain't that hot
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
it does have a very unusual sound - it's interesting to chart the gradual shift in production from 36 Chambers to Tical to The Dirty Version and then there is just a huuuuge leap with the Raekwon and GZA records
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
Blackout! >>>>> Tical
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp to be honest I can't really remember the uptempo stuff. It mostly just strikes me as an odd record (esp. so since Meth is really the most conventional of the Wu-Tang). If Meth was less of a face (and minus the Wu-Tang connection, of course) it's hard to imagine it coming out on a major label.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
I Get My Thing in Action, Release Yo'Self, Stimulation... they're okay but they aren't great or unusual or anything
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
keep beating that "tical ain't all that" dead horse guys
― am0n, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
hard to earn is p rad
― Lamp, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
The uptempo parts are the GOOD parts of Tical!
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
O.C. - Word...Life
boring album but this is classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJ6f5VnVVo
― am0n, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
nah my fave tracks are Tical, What the Blood Clot, Biscuits, PLO Style
xp
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
― am0n, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:30 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yet still better than tical :D
― google deeznuts (D-40), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j70w-I5Utx8
also the reason i was always a lil underwhelmed when blaze/jay flipped this sample :(
― google deeznuts (D-40), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
word...life isn't boring, but the songs are all super tight and flawless in the same way so it doesn't feel like there are any high points
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
we should have a thread about rap albums from '93-'96 that were wack. It seems like there were none. Almost.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Some of these albums seem years apart in my mind.
― The Merch Seat (admrl), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for Blowout Comb, but if you asked me IN 1994, I would have probably said Method Man or Outkast. Main Ingredient is great too
― The Merch Seat (admrl), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
Also the Public Enemy seemed good at the time, I probably haven't heard it in ten years though
― The Merch Seat (admrl), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
i've still never heard that PE album. A slave to the critics, I guess
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'm listening to the albums I've never heard on spotify:
Big Mike- Somethin' Serious is pretty dope.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, listened to that one and Fadanuf Fa Erybody!! today. Love the track with Pimp C on the Big Mike (the drums!) and the Odd Squad is downright brilliant
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
having thangs by big mike is a classic off that
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:41 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
qft
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
― President Keyes, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i filtered Vanilla Ice, Hammer and ICP albums out of the poll options btw
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
the hammer album had a few good tracks
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
my fav rap singles of 94:
Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Gin And Juice"Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"Wu Tang Clan - "C.R.E.A.M."Craig Mack - "Flava In Ya Ear"Gang Starr - "DWYCK"Queen Latifah - "U.N.I.T.Y."Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot"Sagat - "Why Is It? (Funk Dat)"Domino - "Getto Jam"Jeru The Damaja - "Come Clean"Heavy D & The Boyz -"Black Coffee"Nas - "Ain't Hard To Tell"Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - "Thuggish Ruggish Bone"Ahmad - "Back In The Day"E-40 f/ The Click - "Captain Save A Hoe"Hammer - "Pumps And A Bump"Nas - "One Love"Da Brat - "Funkdafied" Keith Murray - "The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World"69 Boyz - "Tootsee Roll"Domino - "Sweet Potato Pie"Beastie Boys - "Root Down"Common - "I Used To Love H.E.R."Scarface - "I Seen A Man Die"Outkast - "Player's Ball"Lady of Rage f/ Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Afro Puffs"Gang Starr - "Mass Appeal"Lucas - "Lucas With The Lid Off"
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Cleeeeeeeeaveland
Definitelyyyyyyy
in the
house
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
I f/w that Hammer album
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
sorry for not funky headhunting guys
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
man I just listened to "U.N.I.T.Y." for the first time in a looong time; that shit is great
― that one guy (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
i know right!?
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
I freely admit one of the reasons I like Tical so much is because of the Prodigy remix of "Release Yo (DS)elf":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uivw43LOwKo
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
alright partly strategic but i voted 4-tay. i'm not sure people know how consistent that album is... to me it's up there with kast and scarface
― een, Thursday, 19 July 2012 06:49 (eleven years ago) link
that album is totally solid!
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
Gravediggaz, along with regulate and doggystyle was my intro to hiphop. It was my fave then and remains to be to this day. Pretty much every track a banger. Prince paul's beats, the funky flows, rza in raw mode and the hilarious lyrics make it a classic. Still get's listened to on the reg.
― KitevsPill, Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
prodigy remix of release yo delf is basically one of my top
― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
...10 singles ever
that was much better than I expected. never heard it before
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
in retrospect, that remix feels like it sucked the last remnants of Howlett's Jilted Generation energy, leading him to write the same single three different ways and poop out some truly horrible album tracks for Fat of the Land
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
bump
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
bump-skiggidy-bump
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know any of these well enough to vote, but I'm looking forward to the results to guide my future exploration.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
Cant go wrong with the majority of that list. Don't have a clue how to pick just one! My list runs pretty parallel with deej's.
I have major feelings for Word Life, Spice 1 and the Diary. Tical is also great, I think its aged pretty well, love the overall gloomy vibe, it sounds so deep at times. MC Eiht - We Come Strapped is kind of a personal classic for me as well.
Would be interested in a 93-98 countdown poll.
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
considering that the big rap albums ballot poll we did was pretty heavy on 93-98 i think that might be a little redundant. i'd be happy to organize more yearly polls like this, though, with or without Illmatic/Ready To Die type exceptions to make things more interesting.
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
you'd have to exclude enter the wu tang from '93
xpost fuck you wu heads
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link