nice! I voted for this cactus album.
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
ICE-T really has some clunkers
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted Viktor Vaughn and 3rd Bass.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Cactus Album is an undeniable classic.
Love the cover of Home Invasion
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
really suprised home invasion made it, hope that means power, OG, and freedom of speech made it
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
also glad to see two last minute ones i had to cut: son of bazerk and 3rd bass, make it :)
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Home Invasion isn't on the list, someone just posted the cover art to make fun of it
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, I also cut the Cactus Album at the last minute; voted 3rd Bass on my singles list though
― Euler, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't vote for any of these, love the thread title
― marc gasloi (symsymsym), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:43 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ah duh! ok that makes sense that would have been a pretty o_O result
i'm really feeling bad about cutting cactus album now, production is so perfect on that album from front to back. sam sever, simulated dummies rule
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
son of bazerk might be the ultimate bomb squad album in some ways
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Yah that Ice T image threw me too, lets not post pictures in here anymore yah (besides hoy hoy, obv)?
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
So happy to see Son Of Bazerk and The Cactus Album. Son Of Bazerk needs a nice reissue to focus some light on it.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember walking down to the Cellar, where I used to eat lunch in college, and finding 3rd Base signing autographs while Tim Dogg was performing Fuck Compton on the dinky little stage.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:49 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
omg this sounds like heaven.
sorry, had to pop out to see my mum. let me boot up excel and we can continue.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Quick. I have to go out soon so this is my last chance to cock up the thread with confusing jpegs of bad album art.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
95. Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost In Space [4 votes, 122 points, 1999]
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7oORHEsI5cs/TWbUcv1jkaI/AAAAAAAAAxs/9ZyaWx-gNXU/s1600/Black+Elvis-+Lost+In+Space.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
first record i've never heard. and having been put off by many kool keith records, i'm not sure i'm gonna bother.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
The way this is going I'm expecting a Def Jux record soon
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
And so it begins.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
lol the rest record is about as anti-def jux as they come :D
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
one might even say that instead of being a def jux it is a def jam
94. LL Cool J - Radio [7 votes, 125 points, 1985]
http://crocmusic.com/images/albums_large/725/ll_cool_j_radio.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a classic but not the ll i voted for
― shalmaneser (tpp), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
this one got cut from my list in the final editing stage - I rationalized giving it the axe by putting a lot of weight behind Rock the Bells in the trax poll.
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
One of two LL records to make my ballot. Huge touchstone for me and my friends.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I've just noticed 94/93 are a tie, sorry.
93. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena [4 votes, 125 points, 1990]
http://www.lyric2go.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Gang-Starr-Step-inot-the-Arena2.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
sign o the times = in the sleeve photo, guru is sporting Patrick Ewing-brand sneakers
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
(tie w/ #91) 92. Pete Rock & Cl Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother [5 votes, 128 points, 1992]
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RkPV80RMXDQ/TOLtMLtPgPI/AAAAAAAAAB8/japGr7ncuFQ/s1600/Pete%252BRock%252B%2526%252BCL%252BSmooth%252B-%252BMecca%252BAnd%252BThe%252BSoul%252BBrother%252BCOVER.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
ooh that's a good one
― marc gasloi (symsymsym), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I prefer The Main Ingredient, but that's generally considered blasphemous.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Mecca has TROY on it which makes it better than most records ever made but overall, TMI is most prob better.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
(tie w/ #92) 91. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II [5 votes, 128 points, 2005]
http://www.rapartists.com/_files/albums/full/1317_tha_carter_ii.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
is that unexpectedly low or unexpectedly high? not that I voted haha
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
About right i think? It's not a record I care for but it's strong points are ridiculously great.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
first one i voted for! i'm happy that it placed period.
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i like things that ramble and i have no probs with it but it is the archetypal "woulda made an incredible single album" joint
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
lol it is a single album
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
also voted weezy & PR/CLS
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
is it? lol mp3 era, i always thought it was a double
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Glad to see Step into the Arena make it but I really hope that's not the only Gang Starr album to place.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
archetypal "would have made an incredible EP" joint
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Gang Starr voting threw me tbh
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
(tie w/ #89) 90. Scarface - The Fix [5 votes, 129 points, 2002]
http://cdn.sk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/scarface-fix1.jpg
look kids when i were young that were enough tracks for a double vinyl never mind these 70-odd minute CD bollockses
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Mr. Scarface is Back will still place tho, right?
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
(tie w/ #90) Cypress Hill - Black Sunday [6 votes, 129 points, 1993]
http://image.lyricspond.com/image/c/artist-cypress-hill/album-black-sunday/cd-cover.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
The Diary > The Fix > Mr Scarface is Back
Glad to see Face place tho.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I <3 The Fix, maybe Kanye's best work. Or up there with the first Cam Roc-a-fella record anyway.
Never actually listened to Black Sunday, even though I love the debut. Have seen it in too many collections of teenage friends with horrible taste to have ever thought about hearing it.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Wish I'd voted in this, but excited to see the results. Never even heard of Son of Bazerk!
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
88. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides [4 votes, 130 points, 1999]
http://talcy.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mos_def_-_black_on_both_sides.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't vote but enjoyed this poll v. much. So thanks a hoy hoy.
I only ever buy 'canon'ised rap CDs but staggered at how many of these I own. Will check out the remainder no doubt.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
I have to confess here that while I love De La Soul as singles artists, I've never really enjoyed their albums at all. Maybe it's cause I started becoming a rap nerd at a time when certain reverent cats were busy running De La's innovations to the ground and I heard a lot of that shit before I got around to checking out their own albums? It's not so much that I feel like I don't "get" their albums as I feel like there isn't that much for me to get that isn't already present in their standout best songs. Probably serves me right for not finally tracking down their albums until a few years after I was most into that type of rap. But I played 3 Feet High and Rising the other day after not listening to it for years and it left me just as cold as before except for the few songs I already knew I loved.
― The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
see i've barely ever even experienced their music as singles outside of "Me Myself & I" (and to a lesser degree "Buddy" and "Oooh") so they're totally an albums act to me
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
entirely possible this is just a "had to be there" thing but the first time I heard that album when I was 14 (or 15?) it just seemed like it was from another planet. had never heard anything even remotely like it before, much less wrapped up in such a long, in-jokey concept album format
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
2nd and 3rd de la are 100% classic
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
dunno what you have against the first, but yeah
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxp Yeah, I first really heard them (other than "Me, Myself, and I") in the early 2000s, by which time my friends had already foisted Jurassic 5 et al on me. And then never actually copped any of their albums except for a greatest hits comp I had til around 2005 or so.
― The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
in retrospect it is pretty weird/funny that they would get all butthurt about being called hippies after putting our videos showing them in paisley shirts tossing daisies around
xp
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
none of which are on youtube apparently...?
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
the 2nd and 3rd one seem more like bona fide rap albums to me - like, they slot more comfortably into the larger fabric of hip hop culture and the time period. 3 Feet High is more like an epic comedy album or something
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
I saw them with the Black Eyed Peas as an opening act like right at the absolute last moment that would have ever happened haha. BEP even performed "Where Is the Love" iirc.
― The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
pro tip: if u do not want ppl to call u hippies, prob best to make sure yr debut album sleeve does not look like this:
http://newyork.timeout.com/sites/default/files/images/blogs/thevolume/2009/04/383853a09da0795a7c3d4110l-300x300.jpg
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Friday, 10 June 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
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they were the Tyler of their era, finding a way to get mad at a mountain of good press
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
pro tip: if u do not want ppl to call u hippies, prob best to make sure yr debut album sleeve does not look like this
I know rite? there's a peace sign RIGHT IN THE BAND LOGO
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
When I started watching Yo MTV Raps when I was 14 in early 1989 - the video for Me, Myself and I was so weird and different and goofy and I loved the "Not Just Knee Deep" sample despite having no idea who Funkadelic was. I bought the tape from Columbia House and my friend always made fun of me for liking it but that and the next two are all-time forever classics for me.
― joygoat, Friday, 10 June 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Buhloone Mind State is a good rec for the Rev to try and crack De La as an albums act
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link