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

haha

8. Outkast - Aquemini [19 votes, 581 points, 5 mics, 1998]

http://vacuipleni.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/1234058089636_f.jpg

http://clatl.com/atlanta/the-making-of-outkasts-aquemini/Content?oid=1552576

3 feet high has always bored the shit out of me tbh

glad there's 8 records above it

hoos, seriously?

BUDDDY!

bah okay yeah, I can't get too mad about Aquemeni, shit is legit

that making of article is great

never read that! cheers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNLQeohXew

where the fuck is LONG LIVE THE KANE?

top 5 prediction

36 chambers
ready to die
nation of millions
illmatic
the chronic

xp placing that song high on my traxx ballot E_3

there's no way Kane's gonna place now. Seriously unforgivable album artist omissions so far:

E-40
Too $hort
Big Daddy Kane
Kool G Rap
Geto Boys

7. Dr. Dre - The Chronic [19 votes, 591 points, 1992]

http://idbuythatforadollar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the-chronic.jpg

Wooden (Wooden) wrote this on thread Celebrities' Favorite Bands (real or imagined) on board I Love Music on 14-Oct-2004
John Malckovich - Dr. Dre. It's true.

I guess the pimp trick gangsta clique alb isn't gonna place either huh

I can't even listen to the Chronic, totally hate it, tbh

oh i know he wont place, but seriously not having that album on the list is complete horse crap.

im with shakey.

sorry guys 'let the rhythm hit em' is >>>> paid in full, overall

i mean, the group's big impact was on the 1st one no doubt, but the 3rd record is front->back classic

about the omissions.

ok wtf SOC is yr favourite rap album and you can't listen to the chronic? what is wrong with your ears?

FUCK WIT DRE DAY

36 chambers
ready to die
nation of millions
illmatic
the chronic

this is solid but somebody's getting screwed, illmatic or paul's boutique or OB4CL

I will post the full list of votes later btw.

i don't think i've ever heard paul's boutique is it really one of the top 5 best rap albums of all time ever

no.

k

yes it is.

so confused

yes

no..

we can debate top 5 all day but saying PB isn't one of the top 100 rap albums ever made seems wrong

yes it is

top 20 maybe, not top 5.

and not better than low end.

Shakey, I reckon those lost out to vote-splitting. There must be votes for multiple albums in each case.

Looking forward to seeing the full results. Brand Nubian is the omission that really surprised me.

imo Paul's Boutique is more 'Odelay precursor' than 'great rap record' but I dunno much about anything when it comes to this so...

not even the second best beasties album imo

Pau's B>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Odelay

Paul's Boutique>Ill Communication>Check Your Head>Licensed to Ill

check your head better than pauls imo.

if check yr head makes this list and paul's boutique doesn't, I dunno what to make of that

xp lol

ok wtf SOC is yr favourite rap album and you can't listen to the chronic? what is wrong with your ears?

SOC is seminal, groundbreaking, and sonically it's pretty different from the Chronic. Chronic is way less sample-based and Dre had moved into this synth-heavy "interpolation" style of producing tracks that I quite frankly just don't like as much. and the nihilism/mysogyny/stupidity of a lot of the lyrics just comes off as grating to me, it had lost it's novelty for me by the time this came out (and fwiw I find it more tolerable on Doggystyle where I think the songs are just better and Snoop is more focused/sharper). I like what came before and what came after the Chronic a lot better. At the time I found Ice Cube's career path way more interesting than Dre's, which just seemed to get stupider and more one-dimensional, whereas Cube was getting more complex and nuanced.

xp

check yr head has like 3 rap songs on it

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Therealness.jpg

woula voted for :/

coming next is the last album not to get a #1

. Brand Nubian is the omission that really surprised me.

oh yeah definitely, knew I left someone off that list (d'oh!) I voted for it fwiw.

I'm with shakey on the chronic, I'm a bigger fan of doggystyle but the chronic was more landmark so w/e

props bnw. i voted for 'the true meaning'

Shakey, I reckon those lost out to vote-splitting. There must be votes for multiple albums in each case.

yeah at first I tried to guess which E-40 & Too $hort records others might vote for in hopes of ensuring they would get on the list for SOMETHING, but in the end I just gave up and voted for the ones I listen to the most

wait sorry its not, i thought i'd already posted #6 :S