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

i honestly have no idea what #1 will be. could be PE, could be Nas, could be Dre, could be Wu.

― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Thursday, June 2, 2011 6:47 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ah shit this is ILM so maybe 36 chambers

I'm thinking PE will take #1 now--though people maybe split votes between Black Planet and Nation. Paul's Boutique dark horse for top 5.

Doubt Blowout Comb, Cube or One For All will hit top 25.

Ice Cube will DEFINITELY place come on now

Hopefully. Death Certificate was my #1.

it wasn't my number one, but it was way up there, and I'm sure others voted similarly

i voted for amerikkka's most wanted over death certificate

uh liquid swords ppl

We shall see. Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure 36 Chambers or Illmatic is a lock for #1.

I always forget people rate Liquid Swords so highly

Also, no Too $hort. Get In Where You Fit In almost cracked my top 10.

liquid swords ain't in contention for #1, don't be ridiculous

I could maybe see OB4CL edging Enter the Wu.

a hoy hoy at the end can you publish what the list would have looked like without any Americans voting so we can see where Tunes would have placed?

some dude do u know where you are

I ain't saying it's right, it's ilm

Forget it, Jake. It's ilmTown.

Truly hoping for no Stakonia or The Streets

i know Wu is running this poll but Liquid Swords prob won't even be the highest or 2nd highest Wu album

think stankonia is a given and it's already been established that the british are ruining our poll in fact bangers & mash may place top 10

of all the things to hate on in this list some dude chooses blowout comb, smh

it's already been established that the british are ruining our poll in fact bangers & mash may place top 10

You sound like a 13-yr old who's just been told by his dad that Slipknot's masks look "a bit lame".

and you sound like you can't distinguish jokes from butthurt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8BqSK1qL-g

^#1 in my forthcoming traxx ballot

(two days & some hours...not too bad...)

weird that the brits wouldnt get behind slick rick

I voted for Slick Rick.

I'd suggest that if there's an album that clearly doesn't belong on this list, it's not Boy In Da Corner but Endtroducing. And I know that was a much bigger deal in the States than it was here.

Blame Ira Glass

of all the things to hate on in this list some dude chooses blowout comb, smh

― lebroner (D-40), Thursday, June 2, 2011 8:27 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark

we don't know if it's in the list, and i was mainly saying that i doubt it will be

http://www.complex.com/music/2011/05/the-100-best-nas-songs/

100. Son of Bazerk - Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk (4 votes, 108 points)
99. Kanye West - Graduation (5 votes, 109 points - 2007).
98. Quasimoto (Madlib) - The Unseen [4 votes, 112 points - 2000]
97. Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom) - Vaudeville Villain [5 votes, 114 points, 2003]
96. 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album [4 votes, 119 points, 1989]
95. Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost In Space [4 votes, 122 points, 1999]
94. LL Cool J - Radio [7 votes, 125 points, 1985]
93. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena [4 votes, 125 points, 1990]
92. Pete Rock & Cl Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother [5 votes, 128 points, 1992] (tie w/ #91)
91. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II [5 votes, 128 points, 2005] (tie w/ #92)
90. Scarface - The Fix [5 votes, 129 points, 2002] (tie w/ #89)
89. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday [6 votes, 129 points, 1993] (tie w/ #90)
88. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides [4 votes, 130 points, 1999]
87. Wu-Tang Clan - The W [4 votes, 132 points, 2000] (tie w/ #86)
86. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage [7 votes, 132 points, 1993] (tie w/ 87)
85. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal [4 votes, 133 points, 1996]
84. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda [4 votes, 134 points, 1994]
83. Kanye West - Late Registration [6 votes, 138 points, 2005]
82. Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing [6 votes, 139 points, 1991] (tie w/ #82)
81. DJ Quik - Rhythm-al-ism (5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 139 points, 1998] (tie w/ #81)
80. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary [4 votes, 141 points, 1988] (tie w/ #78 and #79)
79. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night [5 votes, 141 points, 1997] (tie w/ #80 and #78)
78. Run-DMC - Run-DMC [8 votes, 141 points, 1984] (tie w/ #80 and #79)
77. Big Pun - Capital Punishment [6 votes, 142 points, 1998]
76. Devin The Dude - Just Tryin' Ta Live [5 votes, 143 points, 2002
75. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please [7 votes, 148 points, 1999]
74. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill [6 votes, 151 points, 1986]
73. Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion [5 votes, 154 points, 1991] (tie w/ #72)
72. MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday [6 votes, 154 points, 1999] (tie w/ #73)
71. T.I. - King [7 votes, 156 points, 2006]
70. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm [6 votes, 158 points, 5 mics, 1990]
69. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded [3 votes, 159 points, 1987]
68. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader [8 votes, 162 points, 1988] (tie w/ #67)
67. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP [5 votes, 162 points, 2000] (tie w/ #68)
66. DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout [7 votes, 164 points, 2009]
65. Ice-T - O.G.: Original Gangster [6 votes, 167 points, 1991]
64. J Dilla - Donuts [7 votes, 168 points, 2006]
63. Ghostface Killah - Ironman [8 votes, 173 points, 1996]
62. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [7 votes, 174 points, 1998]
61. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale [7 votes, 175 points, 2006] (tie w/ #60 and #59)
60. Missy Elliott - Miss:E So Addictive [7 votes, 175 points, 2001] (tie w/ #61 and #59)
59. Goodie Mob - Soul Food [5 votes, 175 points, 1 first place vote, 1995] (tie w/ #61 and #60)
58. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown [8 votes, 177 points, 1988
57. Clipse - Lord Willin' [6 votes, 186 points, 2002]
56. Main Source - Breaking Atoms [7 votes, 188 points, 1991]
54. Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous [7 votes, 192 points, 1995]
55. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill [8 votes, 189 points, 1991]
53. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star [7 votes, 197 points, 1998]
52. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 203 points, 1996]
51. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East [8 votes, 204 points, 1994]
50. Ol Dirty' Bastard - Return of the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version [9 votes, 206 points, 1995]
49. Dr. Dre - 2001 [8 votes, 207 points, 1999] (tie w/ #48)
48. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick [9 votes, 207 points, 1988] (tie w/ #49)
47. Method Man - Tical [8 votes, 208 points, 1994]
46. De La Soul - Stakes Is High [4 votes, 213 points, 1996]
45. Madvillain - Madvillainy [11 votes, 216 points, 2004]
44. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death [9 votes, my #1 vote, 217 points, 1997]
43. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner [9 votes, 222 points, 2003]
42. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me [8 votes, 225 points, 1996]
41. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate [9 votes, 225 points, 1993]
40. EPMD - Strictly Business [10 votes, 230 points, 1988]
39. The Beastie Boys - Check Your Head [8 votes, 239 points, 1992]
38. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album [9 votes, 245 points, 2004]
37. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... [8 votes, 247 points, 1996]
36. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out [8 votes, 1 #1 vote, 249 points, 1990]
35. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever [8 votes, 253 points, 1997]
34. Run-DMC - Raising Hell [9 votes, 259 points, 1986]
33. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 262 points, 1998]
32. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele [11 votes, 263 points, 2000]
31. UGK - Ridin’ Dirty [7 votes, 272 points, 1996]
30. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead [10 votes, 276 points, 5 mics, 1991]
29. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury [12 votes, 284 points, 2006]
28. Kanye West - The College Dropout [10 votes, 289 points, 2003]
27. Digital Underground - Sex Packets [10 votes, 310 points, 1990]
26. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein [10 votes, 312 points, 2001]

http://www.complex.com/music/2011/05/the-100-best-nas-songs/

― President Keyes, Thursday, June 2, 2011 8:31 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

HOLY SHIT this is awesome...so many unreleased demos and bootlegs so far, amazing classic era shit...damn

no Too $hort, no E-40, no Mac Dre :(

Can't say I expected Mac Dre or e-40, but I had hopes for $hort dog.

lol at all the bitching in this thread. i voted for Slick Rick, B.I.G., Gang Starr etc. and Dizzee, Clipse, Cannibal Ox all at the same time, who says they can't coexist?

good results so far btw. my #1 hasn't shown yet, i thought it had no shot at top 25 but would be surprised if it didnt show somewhere in the 100 so who knows?

congrats on epitomizing the banal consensus of ilx bro

in my world of banal consensus

maybe someday i'll be cool enough to disown rap albums i have played a lot "bro"

sigh

i don't think it's the fact that clipse or can ox or dizzee made the list, just the placement

like, i reserve all right to call you a complete idiot if you think 'boy in da corner' is better than 'life after death' or 'hell hath no fury' is better than 'ridin dirty'

i'd place Ridin Dirty higher than HHNF if i ranked 'em on my own, but i also know which i've played more times and it ain't UGK, sad to say

(i've played UGK s/t double album the most of theirs, and think i voted for that, btw)

i don't think mc tunes got a vote. paul barman on the other hand may yet still make an appearance...

i dont give a fuck about ilxor's last fm i just think the rankings suck

but tbh hhnf shouldnt have made it

i don't think mc tunes got a vote

whoa. ppl saved their votes for the Dust Junkys? another sad testimony to ILM's population with newjacks ;_;

xp- luckily there was a GOON POLL that put elite deej-taste front and center, amirite?

agree HHNF should be lower but i still <3 that record; agree it's a step above Lord Willin so at least ilm got that part right

how many records listed have you heard ilxor

i would count 'em up but you'd make fun of me for counting

alright, i caved (surprise!) - the albums i've NOT heard from the list so far -

100. Son of Bazerk - Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk (4 votes, 108 points)
96. 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album [4 votes, 119 points, 1989]
89. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday [6 votes, 129 points, 1993] (tie w/ #90)
86. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage [7 votes, 132 points, 1993] (tie w/ 87)
85. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal [4 votes, 133 points, 1996]
79. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night [5 votes, 141 points, 1997] (tie w/ #80 and #78)
76. Devin The Dude - Just Tryin' Ta Live [5 votes, 143 points, 2002
56. Main Source - Breaking Atoms [7 votes, 188 points, 1991]
54. Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous [7 votes, 192 points, 1995]
55. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill [8 votes, 189 points, 1991]
51. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East [8 votes, 204 points, 1994]
42. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me [8 votes, 225 points, 1996]
27. Digital Underground - Sex Packets [10 votes, 310 points, 1990]

heard all the others front to back, own 44 of 'em on CD (i.e. have paid $$ not downloaded), don't have the other 18

perhaps the 13 i've not heard are your 13 favorites?