Sirens sounded, they seemed astounded: THE ILM RAP MUSIC OF THE GODS ALL TIME 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OFFICIAL THREAD

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So far I have a lot of overlap w/ this poll, which is p cool

Voted For
3rd Bass
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Lil Wayne
Black Moon
Kanye - Late Reg
Run DMC

cut from initial shortlist
Kool Keith
LL Cool J
Black Sheep
Big Pun

Voted for another album by same artist
Doom
Gang Starr
Scarface
Mos Def
Wu
Organized Konfusion
Devin the Dude

Have not heard, but will seek out post-haste
Bazerk
Quik
Camp Lo

i always meant to check out the fat boy's "rapera" concept album

rapera

that fat boys album is p fucked up & not really at all good iirc

I haven't seen underlining in a post for an age, good work Pillbox

Have not heard, but will seek out post-haste
Bazerk
Quik
Camp Lo

Lucky you.

underline/strike-through = same thing

voted for
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
Scarface - The Fix
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Devin The Dude - Just Tryin' Ta Live
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night

5 classic albums right there. i dig these out all the time except maybe Stress but i used to listen to that all the time when i was younger + angrier.

dope things that didnt make my ballot:
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album
LL Cool J - Radio
Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
Pete Rock & Cl Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Quasimoto (Madlib) - The Unseen
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

was quite tempted to put black moon on my ballot used to be so into those guys + that whole sound but when i listen now i just don't feel the same way.

stuff i've heard but i'm not into / never listen to
Kanye West - Graduation
Kanye West - Late Registration
Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom) - Vaudeville Villain
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Wu-Tang Clan - The W
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
Run-DMC - Run-DMC

never heard aka suggest ban corner
Son of Bazerk - Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk
DJ Quik - Rhythm-al-ism
Big Pun - Capital Punishment

space shit that don't even make no sense
Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost In Space

ha! oh i checked and turns out i did leave black moon on...

might have to try and find room for 'leflaur leflah eshkoshka' on the tracks

86. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
85. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
84. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda

I have never even heard of the last 3 albums

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:43 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

Wait, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

well okay, minor clarification I know Organized Konfusion

I have their first album but not that one

it always surprises me when shakey doesnt know big canonical ish just bcuz hes always so opinionated in the rap threads

lol it is a single album
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 02:50 (7 hours ago)

Noodle's right, Carter II is a double LP

It's like 75 minutes, which is double LP long but not double CD long. Life After Death is about 110 minutes.

Yeah and Life After Death was a triple

A1 Tha Mobb
A2 Fly In
A3 Money On My Mind
A4 Fireman
A5 Mo Fire
B1 On Tha Block #1
B2 Best Rapper Alive
B3 Lock & Load
B4 Oh No
B5 Grown Man
B6 On Tha Block #2
C1 Hit 'Em Up
C2 Carter II
C3 Hustler Musik
C4 Receipt
C5 Shooter
D1 Weezy Baby
D2 On Tha Block #3
D3 I'm A D-Boy
D4 Feel Me
D5 Get Over
D6 Fly Out

List is kinda killing it so far. High fives all around.

surprised how high the big pun is tbh. ahead of some better records

nah pun not high enough

pun way too low, how can anyone hate on capital punishment? i put it top 5

big ups on 'tha carter II'

pun is the sickest

Pete Rock & CL Smooth way too low, i voted for 4-5 things here i think, good list so far

voted for quasimoto, pete/cl, mos def, kanye (late reg.), dj quik. might have voted for viktor vaughn, cant remember. voted for other albums by gang starr, wayne, wu-tang. almost voted for that kool keith, so so good. like a bunch of the others. haven't heard 5-6 or so, will check 'em out.

The results look cool so far, the run from the 90th place to 84th is especially worthy. Out of the 25 albums I voted for these:

89. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (#13 in my ballot)
87. Wu-Tang Clan - The W (#23 in my ballot)
85. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal (#8 in my ballot)
84. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda (#9 in my ballot)
77. Big Pun - Capital Punishment (#47 in my ballot)

Yeah, I was one of those savages who voted for Black Sunday, even though I didn't include the first Cypress Hill album in my ballot at all! There are two reasons for this: 1) Black Sunday was one of the first rap albums I was really into, me and my friends were listening to it all the time when we were 14. 2) I just like beats on Black Sunday better. The first album is still much influenced by the early 90s "jazzy" sound, whereas Black Sunday was (alongside 36 Chambers) a herald of a new murky, weeded-out production style. Muggs took this sound even further on Temples of Boom, but the raps on that album are somewhat inferior to Black Sunday, that's why I voted for BS.

I also placed The W above 36 Chambers in my ballot, again because of the beats. RZA had some great ideas for 36 Chambers, but some of the beats still sound weak, especially the drum parts. (Even though RZA imitated Muggs' style on "Protect Ya Neck", in 1993 Muggs was still a better producer than him.) Whereas The W has some incredibly crisp, innovative and off-kilter beats - soundwise, nothing on 36 Chambers compares to, say, "Careful (Click, Click)". And of course The W also has "I Can't Go to Sleep", the best Wu single of all time (alongside "Triumph"). Don't get me wrong, I still love 36 Chambers, especially the raps, but I thought that since it was a lock for the top 5, I might just as well give The W a few more points.

Fair reasoning, cant argue with the context/history of the listener. These are the kind of points that make these kind of threads worth while, even if I disagree.

With polls, everyone has different reasons and styles for/of voting. Like you kind of knew deep down that 36 Chambers is better, but you figured it would place high, so you in turn "threw some points" at something else. Not sure I agree with that line of thinking, but it probably makes for a more unique outcome (maybe worse, idk), like we have so far. I feel like 20-100 will have some wtf moments, but doubt there will be any big surprises (other than specific placement) in the top 20.

never even heard of son of bazerk, feeling fucking BLINDSIDED!!!!

Yeah and Life After Death was a triple

Maybe on vinyl but it was only a double CD/tape.

yeah its not like everyone was clamouring for lil wayne on vinyl

75. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please [7 votes, 148 points, 1999]

http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/30if4pj.jpg

rmde

74. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill [6 votes, 151 points, 1986]

http://mimg.ugo.com/200808/16335/Licensed-to-ill.jpg

why rmde?

I always kind of avoided Licensed to Ill because of Fight For Your Right but in the past year I have had my eyes open to its greatness. The New Style, Girls, Slow & Low - that record is an all time great.

Back with the classic artwork too. Great sleeve.

xpost Interesting, I have never listened to it for the very same reason despite being a big fan of the three albums they made after it.

(tie w/ #72). Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion [5 votes, 154 points, 1991]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eSzTgDTdB54/SxG-iMDHchI/AAAAAAAAEDA/Hwkn5hXoIPg/s1600/Organized+Konfusion+Front.jpg

as much as i love stress and solo monch&po - for some reason i've never listened to other ok.

Slow and Low is probably their finest moment for me. A Run DMC cast off.

(tie w/ #73) 72. MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday [6 votes, 154 points, 1999]

http://theovun.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/51x0oz6azl_ss500_.jpg

I only voted for my #1 btw. I planned to figure it all out but I got so pissed off after doing the tallying within two days that i never did. If I did - Operation Doomsday would have easily been top 10.

Yeah, I've never picked up the first OK album either, despite owning Stress and The Equinox (which is a very good case for why rap albums should never have skits). The few tracks I've heard from it I liked okay, but somehow they sounded too "goofy" compared to the more dark and ponderous stuff on the latter two albums... Maybe I'm wrong and I should check out the debut though?

(xx-post)

71. T.I. - King [7 votes, 156 points, 2006]

http://www.mixmatters.com/hot/images/ti_king.jpg

70. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm [6 votes, 158 points, 5 mics, 1990]

http://design-milk.com/images/2009/11/tribe-called-quest-1.jpg

(tie w/ #67) 68. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader [8 votes, 162 points, 1988]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PZYScm1NuZ4/S7P6m32PhsI/AAAAAAAAAZg/ImEqzwNWo7c/s1600/B0008KLVUU.jpg

^^^not that good tbh, even if it has Microphone Fiends. Pt. 2 in 'i want that old school rapper jacket' tho.

(tie w/ #68) 67. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP [5 votes, 162 points, 2000]

http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/502qc1t.jpg