see i love it was written a TON (my challops is i like it almost as much as illmatic)
― rawkan the chief (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i personally can't stand a lot of nas' 00's output in particular that pseudo-historical/intellectual bullshit thing he does
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yea but he mostly does that on his s/t and Stillmatic, and even then on the latter it doesn't comprise the entire album. Besides, even if he's misguided on many things, I admire him for at least reaching beyond the standard base rap topics.
(I still LOL at him for thinking William Cooper was some kind of martyr and not just a complete lunatic).
― turn in yer badge (San Te), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't heard Nastradamus or I am, but I like It was Written a lot. Still, though, God's Son and Stillmatic are top notch for me, and I really like all of his 00's output, to varying degrees.
so I'd say it was a valid point.
― turn in yer badge (San Te), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
his verse on 'in between us' is totally classic actually
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
iww is better than any album he's released since
― flaccid house (The Reverend), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
It is underrated, that's for sure. I mean it did get critical recognition but gets hated on in way too many circles.
― turn in yer badge (San Te), Monday, 20 September 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
arguing about which of nas' albums post-illmatic is the least shit is a rap nerd argument that's gonna be going on when all of us are dead, isn't it?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 September 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread is bonkers.
agree w/100%:I think Scarface's voice is at its most powerful on Diary
basically listened to the untouchable all weekend. the subtle production on it really reminds me of the angle chronic 2001 works. it's so smooth and laid back that it's easy to gloss over the details at first. but there's a lot of depth there and I feel like I hear new things each time I spin it. and it just sounds fucking classy as hell.
― original bgm, Monday, 20 September 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
90s: One dope album, three unlistenable shit albums00s: Five pretty solid albums in a row
― the perry bubble fell-off-ship (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, September 20, 2010 11:25 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is challop b.s.
― if you can put a ceiling fan in your van (deej), Monday, 20 September 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it was written & i am >>>> anything in the 00s
I love it was written
― original bgm, Monday, 20 September 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
alright it's hard to even call out deej when I think jordan is implying that nas hasn't had a good album since illmatic
― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Monday, 20 September 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
one hot album every ten year average iirc
― samosa gibreel, Monday, 20 September 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I've got this killer up inside of meI can't talk to my mother, so I talk to my diary
face is so goth
i love it
― p.m.s.b. (pre-mall smoke bomb) (zorn_bond.mp3), Monday, 20 September 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Monday, September 20, 2010 4:55 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
um no i'm just tired of reading arguments about which nas albums are actually the bad ones
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 September 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Last of a Dying Breed is sooooooooooo slept on.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 10 August 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
yeah totally. obviously there's a high baseline of quality for pretty much all of his albums, but i think conventional wisdom about their relative quality could really stand to be reevaluated. The World Is Yours and The Untouchable are probably my favorites, Last of a Dying Breed totally doesn't deserve to be forgotten like it has, and The Diary kinda leaves me cold.
― some dude, Saturday, 10 August 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
man Bun B guest in his prime.....miss that Bun
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 10 August 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
diary picks up something it needed in the s+c version, the regular one always seems a little too bright-sounding
― j., Saturday, 10 August 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
poll results OTM
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062302632/diary-of-a-madman
About the Book
From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include "On My Block," "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" and "Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta" (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he's collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as "Guess Who's Back" feat. Jay-Z and "Smile" feat. Tupac. But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS.
In Diary of a Madman, Scarface shares how his world changed when he heard Run DMC for the first time; how he dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started selling crack; and how he began rapping as the new form of music made its way out of New York and across the country. It is the account of his rise to the heights of the rap world, as well as his battles with his own demons and depression. Passionately exploring and explaining the roots and influences of rap culture, Diary of a Madman is the story of hip-hop-the music, the business, the streets, and life on the south side Houston, Texas.
― j., Wednesday, 22 April 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Cool, deej, I'll junp on board your "mixtapes ARE albums" bandwagon once we start letting them have a critical shelf life of longer than nine months unless it's lil wayne.
― kenanpolaris (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 18 September 2010 20:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
Lol
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
man the hissy fit in the middle of this thread is lol
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
scarface was on the nightly show the other night and he was ... odd. made a left-field analogy comparing the Baltimore water company and residents who can't pay their bills to hawks/squirrels, then refused to answer the "keep it 100" question. also wore a backpack the entire time.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 April 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
<3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Czdg8e8UX4
― Spottie, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
jumping between reading "Diary of a Madman" and Dylan "Chronicles"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 October 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
interesting that Face also considers the Fix his best album
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8WQvmEjjN0
such a thrill in this day and age to suddenly stumble on an unexpected scarface guest verse
― j., Friday, 27 December 2019 04:47 (four years ago) link
Scarface recently came very close to winning a Houston City Council seat, sadly losing in the runoff election.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 December 2019 06:16 (four years ago) link
face/run/off
― brought a kiss to the knife fight (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 27 December 2019 07:55 (four years ago) link