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

I think the only ppl who really REALLY dig The Roots are other musicians

I should do a crazy ass singles ballot, you know the rapping duke will be top 10

I would likely have voted Things Fall Apart had I gotten my shit together

i voted Things Fall Apart!

ILM: "i didnt know ilm hated _____ so much! damn"

ilxor: "hey i voted for that!"

2 (!) kane albums come above lltk

― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Friday, June 3, 2011 7:01 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

DUMB.

pardon my expression but i'm a tear shit up.

as a consolation prize to nas fans here's #76-100 of the complex's top 100 nas tracks

http://www.mediafire.com/?cfu5f2vd0sl5vwa

tbrr the only thing REALLY wrong with this poll in a "that should not be there" sense is DJ Shadow but since that gave me a great lol I don't mind

, it's interesting to see how NYC rules even now

NY hasn't produced a great rapper in 10 years

(Nicki Minaj being the possible exception - too early to tell really)

my point being nobody's come along and knocked these albums out of the top spots

I mean, aside from tyler the creator obv

and Insane Clown Posse

ICDJP

aaaargh

Wait a second! I just realized that Resurrection didn't place! WTF! Heathens!

Top muthafuckin 10 IMNSHO

Wait a second! I just realized that Resurrection didn't place! WTF! Heathens!

ILX in uncommon results shocker.

uncommon like a case of leprosy

uncommon, get it

I voted for illmatic, I would vote for it a million times. I can't even say how important it is to me.

common being better in theory than reality because in reality he's kinda dull shockah

My mom hired me to paint the garage the summer that illmatic was out, I was p bad at painting so it took me forever. I listened to illmatic over and over imagining queensbridge. Who was ill will? Who was cormega? It felt like a whole world existed inside your headphones.

fuck that hoy hoy Common has one classic album and it's way better than Black Elvis and Hell Hath No Fury

Tracks reveal is gonna be FUN FUN FUN FUN

/rebeccablack

i was pretty much resigned that Genocide & Juice or Steal This Album by the Coup weren't going to make it--but go check those out everyone. Treat city.

Is it too late to do a jokey number one?

still have a lot of time to vote for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbiot-mH0EQ

Have to post this great Nas moment from the movie Fish Tank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxBeiHzEC9k

its never too late kjb

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But, seriously, "Life After Death" vs. "some 'grime' album" is no argument that any grown man should engage in.
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Tuomas, I'll stan for the CanOx album, keep ya head up.
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yeah i'll still think it placed in the top ten and go ape shit.

"Me & Jesus the Pimp" probably the best written rap song of all time, or close second to "Fats Cats and Bigga Fish"

Whiney whines from beyond teh grave

what else is new.

1. Shanté - The Bitch Is Back [1 vote, 1,000,000 points, 1992]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/The_Bitch_is_Back.jpg

Jungle Brothers - J. Beez Wit the Remedy 3 76

^^^big ups whoever else voted for this

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 3, 2011 2:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

sup!

kinda glad hoy did albums first -- feel like the tracks poll is gonna feel way more laid back and fun by comparison

are people cool w/ tuesday-friday again next week? i've got to work sunday but i've got the rest of the week off, so i figure monday for that horrible task of tallying.

T-F sounds great.

yeah whatever works for you is fine by me

yeah, 4 days is better than 5. tho i'll be on vacation next week so you may not get the benefit of my whining

Final 50-1 playlist - quite a few missing but still 700+ tracks worth

http://open.spotify.com/user/onimo/playlist/5tbEzPPYonijZURIGjZcfm

and 100-51

http://open.spotify.com/user/onimo/playlist/6wBgdIntW7HS5LN5LsQokj

Divine Styler - Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light 1 1
The Brotherhood - Elementalz 1 1

AKA the Tuomas vote

I did actually vote for Elementalz (the best straight British rap album I've ever heard), but Spiral Walls is way too rock for me to ever rate it. Divine Styler's Wordpower 2 was my #16 though, as far as dystopian synthetic sci-fi rap goes, that one is almost as good as Can Ox.

Might as well post my full ballot:

ILM rap music album poll: post your ballot

says the guy who doesn't care for the chronic or ready to die

― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Friday, 3 June 2011 19:46 (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so ilxor can understand

fwiw while I don't have any use for the chronic or ready to die I'm not really complaining about their being on this list. anyone who follows hip hop knows these are canonical works that had a massive impact, are beloved by many, and have been referenced/copied/paid homage to countless times. it's all the other small potatoes bullshit on this list that annoys me more tbh.

Great work A hoy hoy. You are an 'energy magnet, human conductor, rap maniac and female seducter' as Tunes so rightly pointed out.

Awesome work and entertainment A hoy hoy!

Funny that I'm the only vote for Long Live the Kane given all the love. I'll put it on right now in the air conditioning!

It's A Big Daddy Thing did better, only 11 spots from making the list