most defensible album in Complex's The 50 Worst Rap Album Fails

17. LL Cool J, 14 Shots To The Dome (1993)
47. LL Cool J, Walking With A Panther (1989)

"How I'm Comin'"
"Buckin' Em Down'"
"All We Got Left Is the Beat"
"Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"
"Ain't No Stoppin' This"
"Diggy Down'"
"Crossroads"

vs

"I'm That Type of Guy"
"Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?"
"Going Back to Cali"
"Crime Stories"
"It Gets No Rougher"
"Big Ole Butt"
"Jingling Baby"
"Def Jam in the Motherland"
"Jack the Ripper"

i didn't say Gang Star SHOULD have been on the list, just pointing out that they WEREN'T, duh.

it's not like either of Biggie's albums is bad, clearly the list of names wasn't meant like that

oic

Actively enjoy the Eric B and the Tribe albums. Like parts of the Raekwon, Common and PE. Voting Eric B because Complex are idiots for singling out Casualties of War as a dud track.

Never having followed Mystikal's career that closely I didn't realise Tarantula was a flop. Assumed it was big at the time because of Bouncin' Back.

Every album here is more defensible than a feature spread across 50 pages with pop-ups.

Tarantula is the best Mystikal album.

i love Let's Get Ready, really need to check that one out

voted Beats Rhymes & Life

Don't Sweat The Technique

Don't really see how Fuck What You Heard was much of a fail. Was anyone expecting great things from Main Source minus Large Professor?

Think not Heard, sorry

well i think the point is that the group as an entity fucked up big time. i'm sure there were a few fans of Breaking Atoms who bought the album on name recognition alone and were sorely disappointed.

But only the single dropped. The album was shelved.

when i was younger i almost copped that main source record on name recognition

Deej, surely you have some love for Doggfather?

yah its a good record in my memory but i havent listened in a long time. the snoop record ive spent a lot of time w/ post-doggystyle was no limit top dogg

I was so disappointed with Da Game Is Te Be Sold... at the time that I kind of lost track of Snoop from there until R&G.

da game is terrible -- yeah i hated that too. i have vinyl & cd copies of 'top dogg' tho

will check it out

the song w/ dude from onyx & the song w/ suga free are A+++

But only the single dropped. The album was shelved.

― President Keyes, Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:25 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark

oh ok if they're listing a record that was never even released that's a little sketchy (although i guess a follow-up to a pretty well regarded album being shelved is inarguably a fail)

all the No Limit-era Snoop albums are good imo

Doggfather has like two good tracks on it

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Listen to Doggfather again and tell me it only has 2 good tracks on it. The back half of it is all good, not a stinker in there. Tracks 10-20 minus the skit. Plus a couple good front end tracks; Up Jump The Boogie, Gold Rush.

Lethal Injection and World Party are both really solid albums, same with Walk Like a Panther

Lethal Injection is in no way a bad album, but coming after Compton->Amerikka->Will->Death->Predator it's completely worthless as another document of that songwriter

What the hell is Electric Circus doing on here???

worst attempt at trolling ilm in history, well done there snrub.

God, that Leaders album!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxL1qB8TI5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZMqwb3mliM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtXwVPnk4o

Well, I just bought that album on Amazon for $1.29, thanks guys :D

only good song i remember from world party is chain swang. remember thinking the album was not what i wanted when i got it but i might like it more now.

http://bastardswordsman.tumblr.com/post/9548557138/25-hip-hop-album-fails-complex-forgot-to-mention

I decided to post up 25 album fails that Chris Yuscavage completely missed for whatever reason with explanations as to why they’re mentioned on this list. Maybe Complex would be better served writing lists about Drake’s top 25 sweaters worn out in public or something to that effect? Whatever man! © Redman

Haven't heard most of those but The Dynasty and Tical 0 are indeed terrible. I like Street's Disciple though, as far as inevitably bloated double CDs go.

That post mentioned some good ones but a bunch of shit that doesn't belong anywhere near a "fails" list. Fucking dynasty? I am? Gtfo

the dude who did that list is a boom nap nyc centric dinosaur

"dart adams"

yeah dissing The Dynasty is horseshit, people who love The Blueprint and claim it sucks aren't listening to it.

the one on that list that probably most deserves to be on the Complex list is the Pras album

dude didn't exactly invent the idea of I Am being disappointing

I remember Dynasty being a mess that was too interested in showcasing other Roc-a-Fella MCs. Certainly don't recall it being a proto-Blueprint. But it's been over 10 years since I heard it.

Whiney's right. Not liking I Am is hardly a gtfo offence. That and Nastradamus are famous (though not worthless) duds.

"I Am" has some great tracks on it, fuck that

every nas record has some great tracks on it imo

this list is just trolling bullshit mostly

half of The Dynasty is the exact same kind of soul beats by the same trio of producers that did 2/3rds of The Blueprint, the whole aesthetic associated with The Blueprint started on The Dynasty.

like, including more than one Nas album would be stupid anyway. "Nastradamus" is the consensus 'worst' of his albums so it makes sense that you'd include that one & not any others.

but yeah fucking ... that fabolous album is a "fail"?? wtf

from his blurbs u can tell he has an anti-pop / anti-jiggy / rap nerd bias that makes his opinions suspect imo

wouldn't exactly call anyone riding for Kid N Play's "Funhouse" "anti-pop"

plus his blurbs are all on one page, so i'll actually read them

^^

his Monie Love blurb is OTM

lol yeah dude his idea of 'pop' is two decades old