best 1994 rap album besides Illmatic and Ready To Die

im kind of an o.c. stan, i feel like there's no reason that it should be ahead of a few of the records i left off but i think its a great lp & underrated

Gravediggaz, Method Man and Organized Konfusion basically impossible to choose.

The Diary

I like the beats on Blowout Comb a lot but there really isn't a whole lot going on lyrically.

Jeru is a classic too imo

organized konfusion, outkast, tical, or jeru

gonna throw a vote to o.k. cuz i'm afraid no on else will

creepin on ah come up is great too

this is all great! we used to have it so good

Ah, it's not just me weighing up Jeru then. Love that album. In fact my top four are the same as strongo's.

control the mic like Fidel Castro IMO

Casual - Fear Itself was a good Heiro album....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svGt7XeBwkw

Close call between Scarface and Jeru The Damaja. Gang Starr and Gravediggaz would be up there too.

jt the bigga figga was good too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RZVNOfylBU

Organized Konfusion

Weak spot for jeru, brand nubian, and Scarface, but I've always loved 6ft Deep.

I Didn't Mean To Remix is so hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Enh-_ZpHQ

damn paris on the list too

gotta go Hard to Earn

^^

actually no im going w/ tical but hard to earn gets more listens these days

top 10 (not in order) would be .... Hard to Earn, Tical, Beatnuts, Blowout Comb, Brand Nubian, Gravediggaz, Jeru, Organized Konfusion, OC Word...Life, Outkast

would also stan for:

Tical
Don't Fight the Feelin'
The Main Ingredient
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
AmeriKKKa's Nightmare

don't think I've ever heard the Mailman

― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, July 16, 2012 2:08 PM (3 hours ago)

shakey you've heard the coup right?

what a year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TNXoH7EYWY

was disappointed to find out Kam's records were '93 and '95, i love both those

ha yes speaking of shakeybait

just listened to neva again this morning

I don't think I've heard that particular Coup album, no

Kam was underrated!

xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf68J5iqK6g

O.C. had a lot more depth than just 'times up'

also dunno why I left Hard to Earn off my list, just an oversight

Close call between Jeru/Method Man/Gravediggaz for me.

im surpried to hear tical is so acclaimed round here i never liked it much past the singles & a few select traxxx.

maybe that's an overstatement. but its def a kind of low-key record to me idk

i like jeru & always will altho i def feel like his rap style has aged kinda poorly. the guys he inspired were so much worse than him. i still remember ethan calling afu ra "jeru's jeru" lol

well you DO remember how absurdly wu-centric that all-time rap albums poll we did was, right? this is how it ranked 94:

84. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda [4 votes, 134 points, 1994]
51. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East [8 votes, 204 points, 1994]
47. Method Man - Tical [8 votes, 208 points, 1994]
25. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep / Niggamortis [10 votes, 317 points, 1994]
5. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die [21 votes, 749 points, 1994]
2. Nas - Illmatic [24 votes, 3 #1 votes, 901 points, 5 mics, 1994]

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ha wow. alrighthen

still pissed about that poll

yeah deej i feel you, i think it's weird that ppl are acting like OH OF COURSE tical is the runaway winner...

tbh at the time it seemed like it was perceived as a relative dud compared to the rest of the first round of Wu Tang solo albums

i guess i've always thought of it as underrated, but maybe it's overrated.

fuckin a that keith murray album is fucking great too i listened to that so much

i think i'm gonna vote for keith so it gets one vote

My top 5

Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
UGK - Super Tight
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn
Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside

smh at Whiney hating on SPCM

actually, wait, put Bone at #5

dare iz a darkside is a stong contender....i think ppl got used to redman as sort of a snoop/willie nelson/ludacris/busta "welcome guest appearance" guy for so long that they forget the first two albums are super powerful dark funk with red rhyming his ass off

first album is my fave

A lot of albums on this list are better than Illmatic, real talk

not too early for challops anymore eh

list them xp @ Whiney

Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
Method Man - Tical
Odd Squad - Fadanuf fa Erybody
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
UGK - Super Tight

but i thought Outkast was for herbs

hahahaha

outkast is an amazing group. thinking outkast made the greatest album of 1994 or any year is for herbs

unless you count big boi solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A__90V2h_9o

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voting Hard To Earn obv

oh obv their word doesn't really mean anything and anyway they gave it 3 1/2 stars. i just thought the "white european max tundra fans calling deltron 3030 the truth" line was bullshit coming from someone who picked a UK critical darling like Gravediggaz over Gang Starr/UGK/Scarface/etc.

3 1/2 stars was a good review score back then

lol stars

haha mics sorry

what u do w/half a mic

all i need is one half mic

lol