best verse on black sunday imo
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:53 (thirteen years ago)
in 93/94 i was still years away from having a car and i sat home all summer watching cypress hill videos on THE BOX
― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:54 (thirteen years ago)
fwiw me n my friends vibed to the first cypress hill in cars but not really black sunday
what's funny is that black sunday is in some ways a track-by-track remake of the first one but just more amped up and, uh, booming or something
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:55 (thirteen years ago)
the box was the shit!
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:56 (thirteen years ago)
only place to see wu tang videos
ive havent heard it in years but at the time i felt like they just got too goofy re black sunday
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:57 (thirteen years ago)
feel like we get into a THE BOX tangent at least once a year but hell yeah, the box was the shit
― There's gotta be an opposition party or something in Russia, right? (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 August 2012 01:58 (thirteen years ago)
no jaymc but i used to memorize all the video numbers
― There's gotta be an opposition party or something in Russia, right? (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:00 (thirteen years ago)
videos you used to see on THE BOX all the time
― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 02:05 (thirteen years ago)
the box was the first place i heard vanilla ice's first cypress hill bite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i30kpGeIeM
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:45 (thirteen years ago)
the box was suuuuper important to my understanding of teh cultcha
the early 90s were an era of such blatant trend hopping
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:46 (thirteen years ago)
what era of rap since hasn't been, though?
― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 02:48 (thirteen years ago)
i dunno, i feel like it was so obvious when a rapper made a blatant stylistic departure over the course of like a single year back then
now the production style might shift but the rapper stays more or less consistent
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:52 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, true, not as much image makeovers/rapping style. back then it was like, rap like das efx this year, rap like nas the next.
― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 02:53 (thirteen years ago)
like gucci over mike will vs. gucci over zaytoven is nothing like big daddy kane dropping "groove with it"
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:54 (thirteen years ago)
vs. aint no half steppin or whatever
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:55 (thirteen years ago)
uh ... please to break that sentence down for the n00bs
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 02:55 (thirteen years ago)
oh you're talking about shifts in production style, not image makeovers
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 02:56 (thirteen years ago)
i think
i'm saying ppl don't really do image makeovers now
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:56 (thirteen years ago)
they don't really change how they rap, either.
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 02:57 (thirteen years ago)
the big daddy kane example might be a bad one i was a lil young, I just remember ppl talking about how pronounced his falloff was
to be fair, i was like 4-5 yrs old during that era
― There's gotta be an opposition party or something in Russia, right? (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 August 2012 03:04 (thirteen years ago)
he didn't fall off so suddenly so much as it suddenly wasn't cool to wear a leather trenchcoat and wraparound shades instead of like, jeans and a rugby shirt
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:06 (thirteen years ago)
between hardcore and afrocentrism there was no more room for shiny clothing
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:07 (thirteen years ago)
whoops wrong thread
― There's gotta be an opposition party or something in Russia, right? (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 August 2012 03:07 (thirteen years ago)
wait a second, i'm not even talking about bdk, i'm talking about kool moe dee
i'm going to go eat dinner now
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:08 (thirteen years ago)
LL in 93 is an hilarious cultural document
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RFvqfCWU__4
― lag∞n, Monday, August 20, 2012 4:22 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:27 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkFSQfE2Bc
remember when house of pain dissed marky mark
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Monday, 27 August 2012 03:41 (thirteen years ago)
ha i didn't realize there was a rung below 3rd bass going after the beasties
― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:43 (thirteen years ago)
think this is generally true & is an interesting thing to think about even though the "why" of it is probably just market forces
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 27 August 2012 03:45 (thirteen years ago)
on a comedy level i'd call it a cut above rather than a rung below
― the late great, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:51 (thirteen years ago)
true
― some dude, Monday, 27 August 2012 03:54 (thirteen years ago)
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)
whooops forgot to vote
it would have been 1 for cypress hill i guess
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:03 (thirteen years ago)
Guru - Jazzmatazz Volume 1 2
we need to stop letting europeans vote in rap polls
― jjjdoom (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:04 (thirteen years ago)
yeah that gravediggaz victory was unacceptable
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 02:43 (thirteen years ago)
wish non-new york shit would get more love in general, but i'm not mad at this victory, even if it is a bit overwhelming, that's a dope record
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 02:46 (thirteen years ago)
if i was gonna take a 4th record out of the poll options it definitely would've been the De La, definitely is in the top 4 of a lot of lists out there and this being ILM after all.
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 02:50 (thirteen years ago)
no matter how far we drill the poll down i think ilm will be ilm
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 03:39 (thirteen years ago)
These results seem spot on to me (at least until Guru's Jazzmatazz).
Didn't know Buhloone Mindstate had such a high standing---it always seemed like the De La Soul album casual fans couldn't name---but I do love it. I'd rank it above Midnight Marauders, probably.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 03:43 (thirteen years ago)
yeah but there are a lot of not-just-casual de la fans here
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 03:49 (thirteen years ago)
top two are both super dope gj ilx
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 04:20 (thirteen years ago)
where are the 17 ilxors who listened to black sunday?
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 04:33 (thirteen years ago)
Yo-Yo - You Better Ask Somebody 1
who was this...? even I don't think this record is that good
― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:04 (thirteen years ago)
Missed this one, but mad props to the three who voted for the Jungle Brothers' third!
― broom air, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
that Erick Sermon has a dope verse from Keith Murray
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:57 (thirteen years ago)
is there any album besides The Chronic that's widely loved enough to be worth considering excluding from a '92 poll? Pharcyde, Pete Rock, Gang Starr?
― some dude, Thursday, 30 August 2012 17:52 (thirteen years ago)
some dude deej and whiney should have their own board where only they are allowed to vote in rap polls. board should also be invisible to everybody but the three qualified posters
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 30 August 2012 18:02 (thirteen years ago)