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

'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

yeah i know it wasn't the proper cover but I <3 that one while the actual one was shit.

this is for my people my ecstasy people come on

also <3 y'all for voting missy

great album. i should have voted for it

(tie w/ #61 and #60) 59. Goodie Mob - Soul Food [5 votes, 175 points, 1 first place vote, 1995]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/809376596_3bdc35eff6.jpg

fuck yeah

I need to play that Goodie Mob again soon. Such a solid record.

but every now and then i wonder if the gate was put up to keep crime out or to keep our ass in

I voted for a different Missy album, but that one is great too. her album covers are so random, not sure what undersea mines have to do with ecstasy lol... both those Ghost albums are great but am holding out hope that his actual best album will place higher. Tuomas totally off the money about the best album artist of the 00s btw.

Lauryn Hill album is tiresome bullshit.

I think I voted for a different Goodie Mob record too

58. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown [8 votes, 177 points, 1988

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L0deb0c7_Rs/SAY9__tokaI/AAAAAAAAAO0/Zf9bmmjJx1Y/s400/Ultramagnetic%2BMcs%2BCritical%2BBeatdown--f.jpg

never got into this one..shrug

really? it may be the best album of 88, which is saying something. it is totally worth its left field charm cult as well

the artwork for the next record still makes me giggle.

Ultramags is some kind of pinnacle - also a great bridge record between old and new school stuff at the time.

57. Clipse - Lord Willin' [6 votes, 186 points, 2002]

http://nects.net/slogg/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lord-willin.jpg

The production on Critical Beatdown was eye-opening at the time Ced Gee was making magic.

oh wait i lie, the best 88 record is where the thread title comes from

Crtitical Beatdown is pretty great, though I actually like the other rapper (Ced Gee?) better than Koo Keith on it. Keith's flow is especially weak on it, it's all start-stop-start-stop, as if he constantly has to pause to think what to say next. Beatwise, though, it's one of the top 20 rap albums of all time.

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Keith's flow is especially weak on it, it's all start-stop-start-stop, as if he constantly has to pause to think what to say next.

uh this is just wrong

yeah <3 u tuomas but between hating on ghost and calling keith weak you have just been RONG right here :)

Clipse, ugh. All the beats on that album sound like cellphone ringtones. I've no idea why The Neptunes thought those kind of a cheap, plasticky, high-pitched sounds would be good on a rap album, it definitely ruins it for me.

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I was gonna overlook complaining about Ghost's voice (eh, okay you think it's thin/whiny = whatever) but Keith was inventing whole new rhyme patterns on CB, stuff that was copied endlessly afterward - he knew exactly what he was doing

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Keith's flow is especially weak on it, it's all start-stop-start-stop, as if he constantly has to pause to think what to say next.

uh this is just wrong

Have you listened to the album? He's constantly pausing between lines. It's not like this is some kind of a subjective opinion, anyone can hear it.

and he continues. lord willin has grindin'! and whens the last time! how can you call them cheap?!?!

anyway, the next album has possibly the best guest/debut verse in the history of rap music. not exactly a clue. but they came for that and stayed, for the jams, it's...

56. Main Source - Breaking Atoms [7 votes, 188 points, 1991]

http://www.tobitobsucht.de/wordpress/img/mainsource_breakingatoms.jpeg

I heart 1991

iirc there was some interview when Keith boasted that, a few exceptions aside (*RAKIM* cough) prior to him most rappers just stuck to placing the rhyming syllables at the end of each line. But Keith put his rhymes all over the place - at the beginning of the lines (he does this a lot actually) or in the middle - he was really innovative on this record in terms of odd rhyme schemes, internal rhymes, etc.

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He's constantly pausing between lines.

this was not a mistake!! it's called a NEW STYLE sheesh - he was breaking away from just doing A/B/A/B rhymes

i never got into kool keith at all but i get that he's a big influence for ppl

'lord willin' + 'breaking atoms' are both classic 4 me great picks

54. Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous [7 votes, 192 points, 1995]

http://mp3get.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Big-L-Lifestylez-Ov-Da-Poor-Dangerous-1995-VBR.jpg

guys, berating a non-English speaker for missing the nuances displayed by someone playing with English cadences is nagl

♫♫ looking at the front door ♫♫

oh shit i did it again. i missed #55! it's a stonking great fucking classic too!

Good to see Soul Food, they pulled off conscious southern raps like no one else. The Day Afteris my jam.

i can't remember what that big l album is like at all

ive been meaning to check out "breaking atoms" for the last 15 years but i havent got around to it yet. anyone else think "marshall mathers" should have been higher. i know his shite now but its a staggering record. it was my #2

who had 'soul food' as their number one btw?

sweet ass countdown so far.

Flockaveli will be the most recent album on the list.