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

so I guess I can stop hoping for a surprise showing from The Predator

also I coulda sworn I voted SOC as my #1...?

re: Doggystyle, I remember really hating "What's My Name?" and actively avoiding any and everything related to the album when it first came out as a result, which meant that when a friend played the entire thing for me and I heard "Gin and Juice" for the first time several months later it was my first real "holy shit what the fuck was I thinking hating on this?" moment with an artist

18. Jay-Z - The Blueprint [17 votes, 427 points, 5 mics, 2001]

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also I coulda sworn I voted SOC as my #1...?

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 June 2011 17:19 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it was and the points were counted, i just forgot to write it in.

oh okay good

(thx for all the hard work btw!)

get your comedy #1 fakeouts ready kids

Got one!

17. Mobb Deep - The Infamous [14 votes, 1 first place vote, 457 points, 1995]

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17 is a tie w/ 16 btw.

Infamous beating the Blueprint is kinda funny

considering Jay's beef w/ Prodigy

next is Nas right lol

i'm flabbergasted by dizzee

You know what song rules? Compton's In The House

Infamous is way better than blueprint

Infamous has possibly my favourite verse in rap history - big noyd on give up the goods

hey Blueprint, we don't believe you, you need more people

I prob would've voted for murda muzik but door nonetheless

Rofl

DOPE nonetheless

"just a very door album"

lols i think we need to appropriate 'door'

(tie w/ #17) 16. Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted [15 votes, 457 points, 5 mics, 1990]

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RIP The Predator

I understand why everyone didn't vote for you but I love you anyway

huh, kinda surprised that people rate that over Death Certificate. is it the Bomb Squad angle?

Predator's great but I think it's really weighed down by the skits and some of the weaker stuff on the second half

how many votes did you get overall, sam?

I voted for Predator but much lower than the other two. Highs are freakin' high on it.

Predator has a bunch of great songs ("When Will They Shoot" is maybe my favorite Cube song) but I felt it was a slight comedown from DC--not quite as cohesive.

I voted for The Predator more for the memories - played it to death in 92.

I got The Predator first and worked backwards through Cube's solo stuff, so there is a lot of "first full album by that artist" nostalgia tied up in it for me

also, "When Will They Shoot?" is fucking perfect

hitler was a clever motherfucker too

I'm liking this top 25 run so far

"My Summer Vacation" on DC is also perfect IMO

35 i think? also dc may get downed by hating koreans

next record may have a cover worse than doggystyle

Stalkin' walkin' in my big black boots...

(tie w/ #14) 15. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full [18 votes, 473 points, 1987]

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yeah When Will They Shoot is easily the best opening track on any of his albums. I remember reading a review (Time magazine, I think?) of that when it came out and it was all about the lyrics - how angry/hateful they were, Rodney King trial, etc. - and not a SINGLE WORD about the music. This seemed par for the course for a lot of Ice Cube reviews iirc. Which struck me as really strange because if nothing else that first blast of the Queen sample + X-Clan + Club Nouveau is such a holy shit moment, what a monster sound.

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a big old plate of fish, which is my favorite dish

Infamous beating the Blueprint is kinda funny

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 3, 2011 12:30 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

considering Jay's beef w/ Prodigy

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 3, 2011 12:30 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, but the top 20 is full of NY rappers who've feuded with each other, and i'm assuming Reasonable Doubt beat Infamous

thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me

if number one is Odd Future im gonna lose it.

I'm sorry but every time I see that picture of Eric B I kind of laugh

yeah that's not gonna happen

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hahahahahaha omg the idea that Odd Future is gonna be anywhere near this poll

I mean, there's hype and then... there's reality

I think Cube was really pissed after the Predator came out and no one in the rap world had his back against all the criticism--plus the decrease in political content in rap overall. Probably explains his retreat into G-Funk and dumb ass West boosterism.

So did Eric B actually do anything on that album?

held the money

No arguing with these. Every time I think "too low" something else great comes along.

xp For me The Predator is inextricably bound up with seeing the LA riots on TV (though obviously it came later) - moreso even than PE, it gave me the sense that hip hop was both predicting and reflecting on real-world events (although, as Keyes just said, that turned out to be the end of an era). Such an intoxicating sensation. Also, great skits. "You won, G." "Won what?" "The wet T-shirt contest motherfucker!"

did strictly business make this list? im too lazy to view the entire thread.

I was listening to eazy-e a lot before I heard straight outta compton, and even though I knew what to expect from nwa it was still completely shocking + unprecedented. I remember my buddy running into the radio station preview room waving it in the air and dashing for the turntables, we couldn't get it on fast enough.

so yeah, it's way uneven, and I kinda hated how it stomped the variety out of hip-hop for years, but as a cultural hand grenade you can't front on it.

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