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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Some of these albums seem years apart in my mind.
― The Merch Seat (admrl), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 22:56 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Blackout! >>>>> Tical
― 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
the hammer album had a few good tracks
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:09 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Cleeeeeeeeaveland
Definitelyyyyyyy
in the
house
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
I f/w that Hammer album
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
sorry for not funky headhunting guys
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 01:17 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
i know right!?
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 15:00 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
that album is totally solid!
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:40 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
bump
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
bump-skiggidy-bump
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:40 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:01 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
For fuck's sake, how did Muse Sick beat Resurrection? Have you people heard that album?
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
seriously
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Good point xp, I do like the idea of these yearly ones.
― n00bs on my damn chain (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
ilx has the weirdest taste
― max, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
ilx has the taste of borks
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
i think i'm going to do non-Wu polls of '93 and '95 -- dunno if anything else is obvious enough to take out (Doggystyle? Midnight Marauders? The Infamous?)
cuban linx
― max, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh non-wu
how did whiney get 3 votes?
― balls, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
gotta say i am impressed by the spread of the votes -- lotta albums nobody even posted about got multiple votes!
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
tbh i have no clue what i wouldve voted for in this poll if id known about it. scarface probably
― max, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
― balls, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:29 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark
http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
i'd say exclude cuban linx and liquid swords from 95 and doggystyle and midnight marauders along w/ 36 chambers from 93, maybe infamous if it's that apparent it would win
― balls, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
yeah definitely excluding all Wu solo albums -- wouldn't trust some of y'all not to put ODB at #1 tbh
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
forgot to vote. happy to see Extinction Agenda placed fairly high. Pharoahe Monch is one of the best to ever do it.
― visions of kreayshawn with joanna newsom (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago) link