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

raekwon is one of the best rappers o.a.t

(np: "My Brother's A Basehead")

top 5 is pretty much on point, whatever the order

one of the best nas verses on this album too

Like SOC, the first half of the Chronic is totally amazing and hugely a part of my life - but there's a lot of stuff I just don't care about afterwards, and nothing on the Chronic is as good as some of the stuff on side two of SOC (I ain't the one, Dopeman).

Also realizing that for a lot of these records I still think very strongly in terms of side one and side two.

not a big OB4CL fan tbh

and I rep for raekwon always, like, I dug immobilarity

and OB4CL part 2 is one of my fave rap albums of the past 5 years

xpost When I saw Wu-Tang live a few years ago Raekwon spent all his time between verses sitting on the side of the stage scowling and swigging from a bottle. Then Method Man invited some women up on stage and it was mostly white girls and Raekwon got pissed and grabbed the mic and shouted/slurred, "Yo yo, where all the black pussy at?" Lost a little of his mystique that night, I have to say. Still GOAT, as tpp says.

xpost OTM Chronic does drop off after Lil Ghetto Boy, but still some great stuff. Bitches Ain't Shit is garbage tho

5. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die [21 votes, 749 points, 1994]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IlsYqVEhf5w/TPz_wntEInI/AAAAAAAAASE/XZ-qosS6hqQ/s1600/the+notorious+big-ready_to_die.jpg

holy shit i only thought there was a LAD one but now I'm going to go read http://www.xxlmag.com/magazine/2006/03/the-making-of-ready-to-diefamily-business/

RIP

I understand why RtD beat TLET and can live with the placement, grudgingly

in life there is never a bad moment to spontaneously burst into rapping along to 'juicy'

^^^my #2 and #5 if i had voted

urgh. my number 1.

ok so we are all in agreement that Paperboy is number 1.

Ditty4Life

reminds me i really wanted 'no way out' to place...

wait RtD didn't have a #1 vote? you sure your ballot was counted bingo?

http://hiphopcollector.com/test_bestanden/Paperboy_-_The_Nine_Yards.jpg

i voted for paid in full as the number one, RTD was my number one out of the remaining.

lol, you know one of the reasons I hated Ashanti so much is because she reappropriated the beat to "One More Chance" remix and I would always get happy when it started, and then get really mad when Ashanti started whining

Paul's Boutique is going to be too high - should be a 10-15 album, not better than Ready to Die and OB4CL.

4. Lady Sovereign - Public Warning [25 votes, 1 #1 vote, 780 points, 2006]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/Ladysovereign_publicwarning.jpg

lol e3

NWA does kinda suck,

NO YOU SUCK

didn't vote Illmatic

from the age of about 16 to 21, Ice Cube was the greatest songwriter on the planet. don't think anyone in any field has ever given up so young when they were so great before.

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

new king of challops

no Junior Mafia on this either huh.

4. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [21 votes, 3 #1 votes, 787 points, 1988]

http://www.recordsale.org/cdpix/p/public_enemy-it_takes_a_nation_of_millions_to_hold_us_back%282%29.jpg

BLACK BEYONCE wrote this on thread People who use the phrase "Uncle Tom" should be beaten senseless on board I Love Everything on 09-Jul-2008

freedom is a road seldom travelled by $RANDOM_WHITE_DUDE

lol that quote

I approve of this album ranking this high; I would have put it somewhere between #2 and #4

LADY SOVEREIGN? SERIOUSLY? oh man.

3. Big Bear- Doin Thangs [210 votes, 20 #1 votes, 7370 points, 1998]
http://www.woosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bigbear.jpg

more challops: I never gave a fuck about RtD either. The first time I saw the video for "Big Poppa" I distinctly recall thinking "wow, if this is where hip hop is going, I just don't care anymore"

PE was my #1. It's all gone horribly wrong.

WGW would approve of this album

PE should have won this

so wrong if 36 chambers is #1

xp you sure, ilxor? never woulda pegged Whiney a Big Bear fan

and the beastie boys i don't even know

#1 is going to be Tea Bag Boyz: http://youtu.be/VzsFJolrYuI

im sorry, but WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!

and how does lady sovereign rank higher than...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Jp3CKb0Tf9c/SdBEG4LlbOI/AAAAAAAAFAE/M3epVd1n_BA/hhir-samples-mc-lyte-as-a-rock-large.jpg

not enough jay-z on this list either

was anyone here born before 2000?

lol Chris Lady Sovereign was a joke

lol @ thebingo

Lmao at shakey hating on rtd

thank christ, i was getting red in the face.

The first time I saw the video for "Big Poppa" I distinctly recall thinking "wow, if this is where hip hop is going, I just don't care anymore"

I was the same way, I just couldn't stand it and hated anything Puffy was remotely involved with. But I got into a couple of years ago when all the things I hated about it had become commonplace enough that they didn't stand out as obnoxious anymore, or were now quaint and charming compared to even more obnoxious things.

Chuck D, all-time voice of authority.

RtD isn't exactly my thing, but I recognize that it is great

TEEEEA BAAAAG!

i almost put my fist through the screen of my pc.