most defensible album in Complex's The 50 Worst Rap Album Fails

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most defensible instead of best because i don't expect a lot of people to have heard tons of these or necessarily think any of them is a masterpiece, so "that had a dope single" or "the cover art is hilarious, though" is a good enough criteria

Poll Results

OptionVotes
49. Eric B. & Rakim, Don't Sweat The Technique (1992) 10
13. A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes, & Life (1996) 7
41. Lil B, I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (2011) 7
23. Ice Cube, Lethal Injection (1993) 5
47. LL Cool J, Walking With A Panther (1989) 5
43. Mystikal, Tarantula (2001) 4
28. Eazy-E, It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993) 3
19. Goodie Mob, World Party (1999) 2
16. Common, Electric Circus (2002) 2
30. Public Enemy, Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994) 2
45. Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, BTNHResurrection (2000) 2
1. Nas, Nastradamus (1999) 2
29. Mase, Welcome Back (2004) 1
25. Mos Def, The New Danger (2004) 1
36. Hammer, The Funky Headhunter (1994) 1
46. Leaders Of The New School, T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind's Eye) (1993) 1
40. Juvenile, Project English (2001) 1
7. The Firm, The Album (1997) 1
38. Mobb Deep, Blood Money (2006) 0
42. Das EFX, Straight Up Sewaside (1993) 0
50. Jay-Z, Kingdom Come (2006) 0
31. DMX, Year Of The Dog...Again (2006) 0
32. Boogie Down Productions, Sex and Violence (1992) 0
33. Three 6 Mafia, Last 2 Walk (2008) 0
48. Lil Jon, Crunk Rock (2010) 0
34. Main Source, Fuck What You Think (1994) 0
35. Master P, Only God Can Judge Me (1999) 0
39. Kris Kross, Da Bomb (1993) 0
37. MC Serch, Return Of The Product (1992) / Prime Minster Pete Nice, Dust To Dust (1993) 0
44. Brand Nubian, Everything Is Everything (1994) 0
27. Shyne, Godfather Buried Alive (2004) 0
11. Wyclef Jean, The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book (2000) 0
10. Raekwon, Immobilarity (1999) 0
9. Snoop Dogg, Tha Doggfather (1996) 0
8. Ja Rule, Blood In My Eye (2003) 0
6. Puff Daddy, Forever (1999) 0
5. Lauryn Hill, MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002) 0
4. Lil Wayne, Rebirth (2010) 0
3. Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath (1996) 0
12. Jay-Z & R. Kelly, The Best Of Both Worlds (2002) 0
14. T.I., No Mercy (2010) 0
26. Erick Sermon, No Pressure (1993) / Parrish Smith, Shade Business (1994) 0
24. Black Sheep, Non-Fiction (1994) 0
22. Run-DMC, Back From Hell (1990) 0
21. Souls of Mischief, No Man's Land (1995) 0
20. Noreaga, Melvin Flynt—Da Hustler (1999) 0
18. Boot Camp Clik, For The People (1997) 0
17. LL Cool J, 14 Shots To The Dome (1993) 0
15. Big Daddy Kane, A Taste of Chocolate (1990) 0
2. Canibus, Can-I-Bus (1998) 0


some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tempted to vote for Forever, way too high on this list.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

what a dumb ass list, most of these have some good songs at least.

I will defend:

Unplugged 2.0 (getting my voice, some wonderful stuff on here... if a lot of this material was recorded in a studio/arranged properly it would've been a worthy follow-up to miseducation. "Gotta Find Peace Of Mind"? Come on...)
Blood Money (obviously not their best album but it has some incredible production.... "Pearly Gates" is one of my favorite beats ever,
Nastradamus (it isn't THAT bad)
Kingdom Come (there are so dope songs on here contrary to popular belief... "Oh My God," "Trouble," "Lost Ones," etc.)
Best of Both Worlds (COME ON... so many jams on this)
Beats Rhymes & Life (...)
I'm Gay/Happy (I don't even like this album but it doesn't deserve to be on this list)
The Firm (this album has CLASSICS on it... come on. And all the Trackmasters hate is ridiculous to this day)

my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

my vote*

my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wait, wtf, didn't see Walking With A Panther at first glance. Definitely that one. That album was one of the first dubbed rap cassettes I had, without that and Too Short it would have probably been another couple years before I got into hip hop.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

this thread is basically bait for a long dylannn post about nastradamus haha

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Beats Rhymes & Life is probably objectively my fav but i think i'm gonna vote for Best of Both Worlds, really does have some jams on it

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

also >>> Watch The Throne

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

A few of these aren't bad at all (I don't know all that many of these albums though) but Don't Sweat The Technique is great wtf

The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

I voted Lethal Injection. One of my fav Cube songs ever is on that

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'm Gay/Happy (I don't even like this album but it doesn't deserve to be on this list)

^^^I kind of like that it did. I think the album is wack & am glad someone was willing to say so ... like I've never been that into B but '6 kiss' would have been ridic, "i'm gay" is pretty weak tho imo

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

'worst album fails' is such a weird title, i kno what they mean but it implies that the failing failed or something

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

I think this is a good mix of received wisdom & mild challops

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

i do like that Black Sheep record too, never got why ppl hated on it but Im a big Dres fan

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

43. Mystikal, Tarantula (2001)

WHOA WTF

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

beats rhymes and life is so good

 (gr8080), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

I think this is a good mix of received wisdom & mild challops

― funky house septics (D-40), Friday, August 26, 2011 9:05 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah totally...i kind of like the idea of trying to cement the canon of infamous rap fan backlashes/disappointments, and the top 10 is pretty spot-on in that regard

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

i kind of like the idea of trying to cement the canon of infamous rap fan backlashes/disappointments,

yeah, don't like this idea one bit... especially because I'm like 90% the people who compiled this list haven't even listened to most of these. though I guess if the canon is established there's always room for a critical re-evaluation or w/e

^^I kind of like that it did. I think the album is wack & am glad someone was willing to say so ... like I've never been that into B but '6 kiss' would have been ridic, "i'm gay" is pretty weak tho imo

yeah I get what you mean, especially considering the fact that a certain sect of 2dopeboyz/Okayplayer-rap fans really took a liking to the album because of it's more "traditional/backpacker0y sound" I guess it's cool for Complex to be like "no dudes, this actually sucks"

my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

pfork BNM'd it too

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

the 1st acclaimed lil b record

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

thank god someone FINALLY came out and said that lil b is wack

J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

anyway, putting the mystikal album on this list invalidates the whole thing

J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

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some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

well it's more that B's good material supposedly sucks/is killing rap but when he makes a backpack-type album it's TOTALLY AWESOME/WOW HE CAN ACTUALLY RAP/etc.

my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

aw man cuz man i didn't even know of that wheelie sn

J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

thank god someone FINALLY came out and said that lil b is wack

― J0rdan S., Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:23 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its more that they said the right record was wack

funky house septics (D-40), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

well it's more that B's good material supposedly sucks/is killing rap but when he makes a backpack-type album it's TOTALLY AWESOME/WOW HE CAN ACTUALLY RAP/etc.

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Friday, August 26, 2011 8:25 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

exactly

D-40, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

I mean, imo tarantula is a step down from the LP before but its also 10x as good as a bunch of this stuff

D-40, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

i also like can-i-bus in a challop-y sense

D-40, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah tarantula was the first one where i really raised my eyebrow like really you're gonna pick on that record

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

is immobilarity actually bad? ive never listened to it

back in a .gif ;) (flopson), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

some challoptimists on soulstrut were repping for that erick sermon record too, i havent heard it though

D-40, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

challokayplayer

J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

tarantula easily

frogsb (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

lethal injection was another one like tarantula where it's a step down but still a really solid album

D-40, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm upset that lil b is on the list too because now instead of discussing the career lowlights of actual legends we have another thread about the pomplamoose of rap's most adowable wittle pubwicity stunt yet

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

the world would be a better place if lil b had a song in a ubiquitous car commercial

J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

obv

my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

give it a year, every fresh young executive in the media industry is currently scheming how they can use their job to meet lil b and/or tyler and hand them a bag of money

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

These are actually pretty dope:

13. A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes, & Life (1996)
19. Goodie Mob, World Party (1999)
23. Ice Cube, Lethal Injection (1993)
28. Eazy-E, It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993)
46. Leaders Of The New School, T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind's Eye) (1993
49. Eric B. & Rakim, Don't Sweat The Technique (1992)

President Keyes, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Pocket Rebecca de Mornay (Eazy), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

theres a few in here (Cube, Eric B & Rakim come to mind) that could be described as 'gradual fall-off becomes apparent' records rather than records that were expected to be huge & flopped a la the firm

D-40, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah a lot of these seem like basically victims of the rap world turning a page and the artist suddenly seeming passe even if they're doing the same thing that made them hot 2 years earlier

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

they really messed up not putting Kingdom Come higher

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Kingdom Come (there are so dope songs on here contrary to popular belief... "Oh My God," "Trouble," "Lost Ones," etc.)

i'm glad there's at least one person out there who will say this, esp "lost ones"

dammit xp

dj roombahton (zachlyon), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha

i do like "Trouble" and the Just Blaze tracks, but i mean that's the album that even BP3-defending stans will still shit on, so it definitely should be in the top 10 pantheon of high profile fails

some dude, Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

President Keyes has a good list there.

Dude, I bought that Canibus LP back when it dropeed, album cover looks like some silly condom packaging. I remember not caring about any other song on there for about 3 months cos I just rinsed the absolute shit out of 2nd Round KO. Still listen to that song. Hype-Nitis is a jam, album isnt that bad really, was just a let down in the sense that he was supposed to come through on some M.O.P. hyped up aggressive type raps, but it just wasnt close to that all.

Electric Circus has some jams.

Taste of Chocolate being on here is just madness, MADNESSSSSS, even if it is his worst album.

Straight Outta Bill Compton (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

*dropped

Ghetto Bird through What Can I Do? is a fantastic stretch on Lethal Injection. What Can I Do? is my fav cube joint.

Straight Outta Bill Compton (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

This Erick Sermon track will snap your neck, but that LP isnt that great overall.

Straight Outta Bill Compton (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

I have some major love for Doggfather as well, just may get my vote. I pretty much love any pre overdubbed vocals Snoop. That album is kind of a personal classic of mine really. Doggfather eats it alive of course, but it holds up, and has aged well. Up Jump The Boogie, Vapors, Snoops Upside Your Head, Doggyland, Blueberry and Groopie are all pure.

Straight Outta Bill Compton (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

dude didn't exactly invent the idea of I Am being disappointing

cream of some young dude (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

I remember Dynasty being a mess that was too interested in showcasing other Roc-a-Fella MCs. Certainly don't recall it being a proto-Blueprint. But it's been over 10 years since I heard it.

Whiney's right. Not liking I Am is hardly a gtfo offence. That and Nastradamus are famous (though not worthless) duds.

Now he's doing horse (DL), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

"I Am" has some great tracks on it, fuck that

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

every nas record has some great tracks on it imo

this list is just trolling bullshit mostly

velvet underground - reloaded (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

half of The Dynasty is the exact same kind of soul beats by the same trio of producers that did 2/3rds of The Blueprint, the whole aesthetic associated with The Blueprint started on The Dynasty.

✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

like, including more than one Nas album would be stupid anyway. "Nastradamus" is the consensus 'worst' of his albums so it makes sense that you'd include that one & not any others.

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

but yeah fucking ... that fabolous album is a "fail"?? wtf

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

from his blurbs u can tell he has an anti-pop / anti-jiggy / rap nerd bias that makes his opinions suspect imo

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

wouldn't exactly call anyone riding for Kid N Play's "Funhouse" "anti-pop"

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

plus his blurbs are all on one page, so i'll actually read them

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

his Monie Love blurb is OTM

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol yeah dude his idea of 'pop' is two decades old

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

poisonousparagraphs.blogspot.com/ was his site

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

also while a commercial flop, Nice & Smooth's Jewel Of The Nile is like all-time rap-nerd "slept-on canon" fodder so whatev

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

some of those blurbs are v. otm -- im just saying hes one of those dudes whose idea of contemporary rap is narrow & in hock to 90s idealism

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

he does say "jiggy" a lot

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

deej, what would you say your single favorite rap album of all time would be if u had to choose one

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

i couldnt really answer that but for whatever reason the thing that popped into my head was 'hard to earn'

kind of modest for a 'FAV ALBUM EVER' but its one ive come back to for years so its kind of comfort food

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

I was working on a theory that you could tell what type of rap fan someone was by their favorite album. I bet Bastard Swordsman is an Illmatic guy.

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

not really following the current strain of conversation but that Lauryn Hill album is simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious when she starts ranting

now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

mine is Low End Theory -- should this be a thread (or possibly a 'what Sex And The City character are you' type web quiz)

✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

some dude OTM, although sometimes it's De La Soul Is Dead or Fear of a Black Planet

now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

(but usually LET)

now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dan def strikes me as the type of dude who fav rap album is De La Soul Is Dead, no offense

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

none taken! luv that shit

now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah i mean it's hard to turn that into an insult. "you like old stuff...really really great old stuff, but old stuff"

✇ ruehl (some dude), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

xp Hmm, sounds like I should go back to Dynasty. Back when he was putting out an album a year it was easy to dismiss the weaker ones.

Now he's doing horse (DL), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

wait how the shit did Tical 2000 not make any of these lists? Just because it had 5/25 dope songs doesn't mean it wasn't the biggest mess and FAIL

gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mines is probably ATLiens.

markers aurelius (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

^my #2 Rhythm-al-ism is #1 for me.

Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

cuban linx for me.

gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

the infamous.

(⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

28. Eazy-E, It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993)

۩ (crüt), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

۩ (crüt), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

sex & violence by bdp is kinda up and down, but so is every bdp album after criminal minded

love "duck down" off that

velvet underground - reloaded (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

41. Lil B, I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (2011) 7

are you guys just that big of stans for this guy or is everyone on this site secretly 17?

delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

whiney otm x10000

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

is there a CD on this list that got a vote that isn't better than "i'm gay (i'm happy)"

D-40, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

is there a CD on this list that got a vote that isn't better than "i'm gay (i'm happy)"

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Electric Circus.

gay socialists smoking mushrooms with their illegal gardeners (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Voted Cube iirc. Lol @ lil b, some of those votes should have gone to Big Daddy Kane.

Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

the thing about meme rap is that you can never feign too much enthusiasm

✇ ruehl (some dude), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 00:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

u sure never have that problem

zvookster, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 00:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

good zing but really, al otm

D-40, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 00:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

wow, didn't see this. I have a beef w/ the following inclusions:

13. A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes, & Life (1996)

Man, Beats Rhymes and Life is like a Dean's List student suddenly getting straight Bs one semester. I mean it's a huge dropoff from Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders, but it's still an enjoyable listen, even if arguably not essential. Just not as focused and the inclusion of Consequence (whom I like) was weird.

41. Lil B, I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (2011)

I like "I'm Gay" -- and I also like shit like Blue/Red Flame. Don't think it's impossible to like both 'sides' of the artist. Think this is just too easy of a potshot.

43. Mystikal, Tarantula (2001)

This is by far the biggest pile of bullshit in the entire list. The defense of its inclusion is very vague and lacking in detail, and makes me wonder when the last time the author listened to this album was. "Pussy Crook" is a great song, yea, Mystikal's later actions do make it a bit o_O, but it's a fucking banger of a song when removed from that. And the entire album is fucking fire -- I mean loving Let's Get Ready and hating Tarantula to me is like loving Super Tight and hating Ridin' Dirty. I prefer Let's Get Ready, but Tarantula ain't much of a dropoff.

36. Hammer, The Funky Headhunter (1994)

I thought this list was supposed to be for awesome rappers making wack albums? If anything, the only Hammer album that is still listenable (even if it is admittedly corny and phony sounding) is this one.

27. Shyne, Godfather Buried Alive (2004)

Man gtfo with this. I actually prefer this to his debut as he actually manages to evolve beyond generic gangsta tropes on several tracks on this one and come up with some semblance of identity. I like the debut too but it isn't like it was a classic or anything.

Neanderthal, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'm not necessarily excusing the rest, there's a few I haven't heard.

Neanderthal, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 02:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

i didn't even notice mystikal was on there. i voted for the winner but now i wish i could change my vote.

billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 05:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

36. Hammer, The Funky Headhunter (1994)

I thought this list was supposed to be for awesome rappers making wack albums? If anything, the only Hammer album that is still listenable (even if it is admittedly corny and phony sounding) is this one.

Let's Get It Started is p dope, fuiud

all shitley (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 05:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

Maybe 70% of this list could be repurposed as "Actually Kind-of-Dope Albums You Can Get Used on Amazon for $1.99"

Fareed Zaireeka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 25 August 2012 15:27 (9 months ago) Permalink


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