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
I know egotism is an essential part of rap, but the biggest reason I never really cared about Eminem is that all his songs (or at least the singles I've heard) seem to be about him as a celebrity. And the woes and worries of a celebrity are basically the most boring lyrical subject matter in pop music: who the hell can identify to that, except other celebrities?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Aside from the continuation of the storyline in "Kim", the best thing about "Stan" is the production touches, from the scribbling pencil sounds to the screaming and thumping in the trunk. It's really amazing to me that this was a huge mainstream single.
"Kim" is a much better song, though; real horror movie vibes from that and the student-made video for it Youtube is kind of amazing.
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
xp: Tuomas, you should track down "Kim". I'm certain you will despise it.
Stan is great but I'd never think to vote for it. Em is like Kanye - he mnay have been classic once upon a time but having to put up with them in 2011 is enough to put me off ever going back to those records
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
^yeah, I voted for one song from both Kanye & Em, and I think in both cases it was the one that p much never had a chance to place...
but I gave a lot of points to the Em song
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Voted Gold instead of 4th Chamber. No strategy, as per.
I voted for Stan because it's just a great piece of storytelling. The narrative side of rap isn't particularly well-represented on the poll so far. Plus it involves Eminem displaying empathy for someone other than himself, which is a small miracle. Placed it near the bottom of my list though, for the reasons a hoy hoy said. It's not like the song's got any weaker but Eminem's whole thing is so wearying now.
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, June 9, 2011 10:06 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
― 51 Cent (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Loving the images, good work guys, and thanks Matt DC for the Spotify playlist, will be listening as the countdown continues...
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I gave Stan some points because it was a huge hit (which deserves recognition in itself) despite being pretty horrific (nice blend of sweetness and horror, or great storytelling you could say), and because it's great. I wish Dido had never made it big though, hearing it forever announced as by 'Eminem & Dido' from about six months afterwards was most annoying.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Dido way more tolerable than a lot of pop stars
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree, but in general Rollo > Dido
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
if there were no em on this list or, like, "my name is" in the bottom 50 I'd be fine but I kinda expect him to be all over the top 50 so w/e
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah now we're getting an idea where the LOL is coming from
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
the next track isn't on youtube but i presume you all own a copy anyway and if you don't fuck you
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Dido might be alright I don't know, she's barely reachedmy consciousness except via Stan - I just took huge exception to once seeing a Daily Mail feature about her succeeding against the odds in the working-class-dominated music business.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
stan is dope
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Wasn't Dido's song a hit before it was sampled on Stan? I certainly remember hearing it before the Eminem version came out.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
46. The Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint [7 votes, 203 points, 1981]
http://i55.tinypic.com/anlmjd.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Now we're talking!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
only in Scandinavia Tuomas xxp
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Yay! My #12, highest of mine to place so far other than 'World Is Yours'.
xp iirc Dido made it big in the US before the UK, so I certainly had the impression of her getting big off the back of Stan (against all the odds, etc.)
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link