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

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]

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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.

55. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill [8 votes, 189 points, 1991[]

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nice

there are not 54 better rap albums than the first Cypress Hill

There's loads, but it is THERE best album.

THEIR

I really don't like that Big L album. Hadn't even heard it until a couple years ago (thx to some Kool G Rap vs Big L poll) and yeah, just couldn't get into it. Nihilism was just too overbearing, I think.

Yah he was angry, still like it tho.

that Cypress Hill album has held up really well imho. Muggs' beats are such a strange intersection of east coast boom bap and west coast proto-psych-funk or something.

yeah it has

despite their best efforts

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 know this, but you can still do internal rhymes and stuff like that without the constant pauses; Rakim had already done that. Compared to him, Keith's flow on CB sounds weak. If you listen to people who have never rapped before trying to rap, they almost always pause between rhymes. It sounds amateurish, you have to practice your technique to make make the raps flow better from one line to another.

lol yeah what the fuck happened

53. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star [7 votes, 197 points, 1998

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uh oh who let the Post-College White Indie Hipsters up in here

Few great tracks and that's it on Black Star.

the good tracks are nice tho

okay I am retracting my halfhearted defense of Tuomas

i wish they never went with the 'rework old classics on every track' thing because the beats are nice and those dudes are talented

I went with great, still stands.

AStronomy
Defintition
Respiration
K.O.S. (Determination)

The rest is passable.

52. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 203 points, 1996]

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haha

I cant even see listening to that today

ugh.

Tuomas thinks Kool Keith needs to practice... I will let him know

Black Star is totally boring, altho I like Mos Def well enough

never really cared for post-ultra keith. it was either too knowing for its own good or like on dr. octagon, a man who ate a thesaurus without using it to any real effect that would spawn countless imitators who were similarly kinda shitty at pretending they were smart.

1 more album today but its so hot it'll set fire to yr building [clue]

The Prince Paul 'Blue Flowers' mix is the only thing from that project I can get down with still.

51. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East [8 votes, 204 points, 1994]

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cool to see Missy on here, although i voted for Supa Dupa Fly and Da Real World instead

Come Clean <3

Dr. Doom album and Sex Style are underrated imo

Think I went for 'Wrath..' with my Jeru vote.

"Come Clean" melted my brain when I first heard it

okay this list is officially too backpacker heavy sorry guyz

xp

freaky freaky freaky freaky flow

Dr. Doom album and Sex Style are underrated imo

^^^^this

I never listen to Octagon these days really. it's great but it's sort of... limited? Also I hate Dan the Automator.

control the mic like fidel castro

Primo and jeru went so well together

also from way way way upthread, have now actually listened to Camp Lo 'Uptown Sat Night'. Wonderful. So many thanks to all who voted for it and thus brought it into my life.