today i voted for:
64. The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize [6 votes, 180 points, 1997]60. Juvenile - Ha [6 votes, 185 points, 1999]54. Clipse - Grindin' [8 votes, 189 points, 2004]
if 'in da club' doesn't place i'll be pissed. never knew that abt quik - kewl fact!
smh @ '99 problems' too. hate that song cos when jay-z weirdly blew up here (like a few years ago) that seems to be considered his masterpiece.
i used to like kanye fine, but i can't remember 'flashing lights' and i associate 'gold digger' with shitty student nights. trying to work out which kanye song i would vote for (if i had to) - maybe slow jamz?
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yah eric b was a sketchy character. no idea where i heard that though
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Marley produced most of the first record, Adams most of the second, Paul C and Large Pro on the third, I can't remember on the last - maybe Rakim on his own?
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:09 (thirteen years ago) link
hey guys the top 50 today should include graphics done by our one and only spottie, so i'm going to have the youtube clips as links.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:16 (thirteen years ago) link
let's try our best to make the thread more interesting for floppy k?
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Hoy, just sent you an email through gmail from my popthelevels @ gmail account.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:22 (thirteen years ago) link
ok god damn they are dope!
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Alright cool, just wanted to make sure you got em before I crashed.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't want to speak for everyone who likes it and/or may have voted for it, but there's a reason it crossed over to the mainstream (not that Jay isn't mainstream already, but you know what I mean). It's got an insanely catchy hook and vintage Rubin production. Oldnicks like me are reminded of the early Def Jam days and RUN DMC when we hear it, and that warms the cockles of our beating hearts. The youngs (and those who almost exclusively listen to rap) find it corny and lame. I wouldn't and don't fault them for it, it's just generational.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link
That song is a massive stomper.
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 9 June 2011 10:39 (thirteen years ago) link
99 problems is dope the thing i just don't understand is why it became the black album stable over PSA
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Can we have more of the results?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
wait for americans to wake up.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Yah I mean I remember thinking this beat was easily the best on the record when it first leaked, before it was a single. I don't think that any more but I think we're def underrating it if u think poppin them things is better
― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
"in da club" was never not a single though! it was a hit from like day one
― 51 Cent (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm awake, hoy, post at least one and i'll argue about it with myself for a couple hours
― 51 Cent (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
50. T.I. - What You Know [8 votes, 195 points, 2006]
http://i52.tinypic.com/117cmld.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:54 (thirteen years ago) link
damn i shouldve voted for that
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
seems about right
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i approve of the new format
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
49. Three 6 Mafia ft. U.G.K. and Project Pat - Sippin' on Some Syrup [6 votes, 196 points, 2000]
http://i55.tinypic.com/15p672c.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Hell yeah, top ten for me
― Number None, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
So Stay Fly is still to come then?
I genuinely have no idea what's going to top this poll. Exciting, given that the albums list felt like a bit of a foregone conclusion.
I can't get Mike's Spotify playlist to load, or it seems to be emptying, but I've put my own up here. Almost everything is there, except De La Soul, weirdly.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
not nyquil motherfucker. codine syruptigersmores 5 days ago
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
"what you know" #50 on my ballot too
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
ahhhh big ups on the images!!
'sippin on some syrup' was my #3 -- pimp's verse is the best ever
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
still in search of more beats that sound like that (and 'feelin on yo booty')
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah these images are sweet btw tbh
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a classic
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
thought that would have got more than 6 votes actually
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That's wrong al, the full lp leaked before "in da club" was released as a single
― lebroner (D-40), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
(tie w/ #47)GZA ft. Ghostface Killah, RZA and Killah Priest - 4th Chamber [6 votes, 201 points, 1995]
http://i54.tinypic.com/ao9rvm.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
48. sorry
and now we arrive at the section of the poll where I reach for my TOO LOW
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
#4 on my ballot, GOAT wu track for me
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
ehh
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
It's good, but it's no "Duel of the Iron Mic" or "Cold World". The latter, I'd assume, is still to come...
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
It's better! Best track on the album imo along with shadowboxin
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe I'm wrong but I think GZA's done here
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
find it hard to explain why i don't like that gza album. it feels so dense thematically but i don't really understand any of it?
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
that's part of the appeal of the early wu shit, impenetrable word salad
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― lebroner (D-40), Thursday, June 9, 2011 9:37 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
can anyone verify this? i don't remember that shit at all -- like as soon as "In Da Club" dropped in January it was on radio countdowns and then the album leaked not long before the Feb release
― 51 Cent (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
why is the sky blue? why is water wet?
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i remember burning the leak of 'get rich...' and not taking it out of my car for weeks and weeks. classic album
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Re. the Spotify list - yeah, there's some protracted non-synching weirdness, apols for that. My playlist is on the laptop, but it opens on the phone with 0 tracks. So, ta for duplicating.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
(tie w/ #48) 47. Eminem ft. Dido - Stan [7 votes, 201 points, 2000]
http://i56.tinypic.com/2gv66bk.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Did not expect that
― Number None, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
turd
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
re gza album - prob my fav method verses are on that album tbh
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
stan actually a decent song but meh
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Stan above 'just don't give a fuck' or 'kill you' or 'criminal'. Really?
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link