My three votes go to Enta Da Stage, Mecca and the Soul Brother and GraduationIf you don't like it, check your soul and your ass
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
DJ Quik - Rhythm-Al-Ism 5 (1) 139
sympathetic to whiney's post but i'm voting for this
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 1 June 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
Voted Mecca, now I'm off to psychiatrist, ta ta
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 1 June 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
Not a boomer therefore going with Mos Def.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
That Heltah Skeltah is one of the most underrated albums of the '90s and pretty much my favourite rap album of that decade, so I gotta go for that. Especially with the lyrics Ruck and Rock are just straight on fire: too witty and sarcastic to be hardcore, too aggro to be backpacker, too idiosyncratic to fit into any pigeonhole.
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
I’ve been listening to this list for a bit before I posted it, think I’m going for Gang Starr
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5R69r75IJBK1fV9MWlkIT8?si=bkvBqRCMTwWBq0WBUwGhTw
Only the few usual suspects not available
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
Almost all of these records aren’t perfect, and a couple have aged really badly. It’s a case of what you find in the collective whole LP (the Black Sheep record for example) or forgetting about the filler/lows (the second half of that MF Doom record being an obvious one).
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
first instinct is rhythm-al-ism but thinking about throwing a vote to the mighty mos. black on both sides' highs are crazy high (umi says, habitat), lows can be pretty low (rhcp interpolation, rock interlude on rock n roll) but i played the hell out of that record
18-year-old me would vote graduation, but that boy is dead
― voodoo chili, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
Step In The Arena for me, it blew my 17 yr old mind at the time. I actually have fond memories of that 3rd Bass album but haven't listened to it in decades. I think I had a green vinyl 12 inch REMIX of the Gas Face and recall thinking it looked quite magic while I was stoned. KRS One was good, but he always sounded like a complete wanker when he did that fake ragga Yard accent nonsense, but that was more on his Edutainment album!
― calzino, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
That Edutainment album is trash iirc.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
other 80's/90's US rappers that did appalling mock ragga that i sort of liked more than KRS1's version of it even though it was still shite: Just Ice, Grand Daddy I.U. .. erm I'm stuck now sure there was more!
― calzino, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
There is one killer KRS/Just Ice fake ragga record
https://youtu.be/xNhIQMs1HyY
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
also famously sampled in 1-800 suicide, fantastic track!
he did a killer tune called Welfare Recipients on The Desolate One album with Krs1 production as well, lol that would go down well with pro-Trumpist rap these days!
― calzino, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
Eurgh yeah I listened to Big Daddy Kane track about people on welfare the other day and lost my shit.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
big pun is way too low
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:09 (three years ago) link
the Black Sheep is one of those ingrained in my dna due to overplaying so not sure how to respond here
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
this was a hard choice, but i went with the underdog uptown saturday night because it's such a feel good album. one of the best produced albums of its era, for sure. and the slight de la connection has certainly always worked in its favor.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
Weezy slightly over Graduation and Vik Vaughn.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
oops i didnt see carter 2 here that should have been my vote
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
rhythmalism always
― Spottie, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
Black Sunday
― Dan S, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
Mecca and the Soul Brother, closely followed by Black Sunday
― paolo, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 08:15 (three years ago) link
Yeah, rhythmalism my personal fav here. Hard choice, obviously.
― Mule, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 09:43 (three years ago) link
Listened to Rhythm-Al-Ism yesterday. The slick funk beats are cool and the prod glorious, but the second half is not consistent compared to the first. Then again, I've never been crazy for West Coast or pussy-smanging music.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:52 (three years ago) link
Mos Def over Gang Starr and 'Late Registration' for me.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
devin
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
The album drags but voting for this just for the single which was one of the best Bomb Squad obscurities. When Ice Cube heard the beats, he wanted it but they'd already promised it to Son of Bazerk. I think Ice Cube did the Kill at Will EP right around then and used a very similar loop in one of the songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5l2gS_q4l4
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 5 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
ayyyyyyy
― Spottie, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
Black Sunday has associated memories that I will always like to recall
will listen to Rhythmalism again
― Dan S, Saturday, 6 June 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link