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

DJ Quik & Kurupt will totally be the most recent album to make it. Unless Cuban Linx II sneaks in there (or MBDTF, which knowing this crowd won't).

I will be stoked if Late Registration and Graduation make it, but College Dropout doesn't.

did Last Train to Paris get nom'd?

sam you know you're doing the first part of the list at like 730 am american time right? and like 430 am shakey time - not going to get a lot of discussion

interesting list so far tbh - nothing out and out terrible, altho some of the placings are kind of weird

also deej not sure what you were referring to upthread as "canonical" (Black Moon? OK?)

fwiw I am very curious about the Black Moon album, dunno how that one passed me by at the time - very strange

more albums i left off, more i voted for...p good list so far.

black moon is pretty boom bap backpacker roots canonical imo.....

it gets props iirc

I was hoping Eminem would somehow not show up.

x-post Didn't Buckshot once claim that the Backpacker thing started because he and his crew used to wear backpacks so they didn't have hide their guns in their pants?

I listened to Marshall Mathers and Slim Shady Lp for the first time in 3 years this morning. Thought they were both still pretty fucking great tbh.

Never liked either.

that Marshall Mathers LP cover is some silly-ass emo nonsense btw

(fwiw I don't like Eminem at all apart from some of the singles)

Same here, but maybe only like one or two album cuts, not the singles.

"Kim" and "Stan" are both fantastic IMO

gtfo with that Dido nonsense

you gtfo

*arms crossed*

Guilty Conscience is classic

It's always bugged me that none of the stuff in 'Guilty Conscience' is about conscience at all - does he know that?

isn't the Em voice a conscience?

I mean Dre

The way I remember it, it's about not getting caught, not doing the right thing.

isn't the Dre voice a conscience?

that's nonsense

haha

Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition, or judgment of the intellect that distinguishes right from wrong.

Dre:Yo! This girl's only fifteen years old
You shouldn't take advantage of her, that's not fair

What am I missing?

Marshall Mathers LP is all over the place, but totally a landmark album. Deserves to be exactly where it is. "Kill You" is unfuckwithable.

sam you know you're doing the first part of the list at like 730 am american time right? and like 430 am shakey time - not going to get a lot of discussion

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Wednesday, June 1, 2011 11:38 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark

hey if hoy wants to post albums when i'm up giving the baby his breakfast i will discuss them

sam you know you're doing the first part of the list at like 730 am american time right? and like 430 am shakey time - not going to get a lot of discussion

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:38 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol my bad. that will just be for today - my week has all been out of wack w/ work n shit. and to continue...

is it just me or is this pretty backpacker-heavy so far

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63. Ghostface Killah - Ironman [8 votes, 173 points, 1996]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M3IX8kShhGE/TT3wVVBDhNI/AAAAAAAAALs/68dp8ktQEoc/s1600/Ghostface%2BKillah%2B-%2BIronman.jpg

Lol @high ranking for quik and kurupt

A lovely one to resume with.
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supreme clientele was my ghostface pick but i would have expected ironman to place higher

62. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [7 votes, 174 points, 1998]

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/l/lauryn-hill/album-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill.jpg

I am now kind of mad at this album for breaking Lauryn Hill

btw 'the fix' also got 5 mics. eagerly anticipating 'trill o.g' placing

lol yeah i only thought about doing that post-fix.

my first pick of the day! remember my friend's sister forcing me to buy this in hmv. thanking u friend's sister

(tie w/ #60 and #59) 61. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale [7 votes, 175 points, 2006]

http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/images/fishscale.jpg

'ex-factor' is such a perfect song

whaaaaaaaaaaaat

i'll rep for 'pretty toney' but fishscale shouldn't be on this list at all

I will never ever be able to tolerate Ghostface's screechy voice and offbeat flow for the length of a whole solo album... I do like Bulletproof Wallets though, partly because it has so many guests (so less Ghostface).

love that cover for some reason

am i imagining it or was there a much more funny cover for fishscale that they didn't use?

DJ Quik & Kurupt will totally be the most recent album to make it

Flockaveli?

XP: Fishscale is top notch.

Also, "The Forest" is one of the few tunes where his eccentric rapping style really fits.

ph hold that one u posted is the good one (got images off). the one they actually used was shit

(tie w/ #61 and #59) 60. Missy Elliott - Miss:E So Addictive [7 votes, 175 points, 2001]

http://letrasmp3.com/images/discos_l/miss-e-so-addictive.jpg