yeah BO2 was pretty good!
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:56 (eight years ago)
#10 Ol' Dirty Bastard — Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Versionhttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51mErOnfYcL.jpg10 votes 59 points
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:00 (eight years ago)
this next one is TOO LOW
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:45 (eight years ago)
#9 Wu-Tang Clan — Wu-Tang Foreverhttps://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/ar0/d9218d08725343839af3ff15e1133c36 10 votes 60 points
waaaaaaht that is def too low
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:46 (eight years ago)
It's acutally tied with the next one but the next one had a first place vote and more voters(!). this run are all within a handful of points.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:49 (eight years ago)
i def waited in a long line at Sam Goody for the midnight release of that one.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:02 (eight years ago)
feel like thats a common story for that album tho
#8 Wu-Tang Clan — The Whttps://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0001/426/0001426441.jpg12 votes 60 points 1 first
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:14 (eight years ago)
Didn't expect that!
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:29 (eight years ago)
who put that as no. 1 lol
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:35 (eight years ago)
yeah that first place vote propelled it
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:39 (eight years ago)
#7 Ghostface Killah — Fishscalehttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51gibBHeI%2BL.jpg 9 votes 61 points 1 first
― Spottie, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:54 (eight years ago)
last two are too high for me
yeah
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)
otm, i never understood the amount of acclaim that fishscale gets. It has good moments for sure, but a good chunk of the rapping on it feels kind of enervated and lifeless to me, at least compared to the ghost albums that preceded it
― intheblanks, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:10 (eight years ago)
it's good but yeah the preceding ones are all better imo (ok maybe not Wallets)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:16 (eight years ago)
#6 Ghostface Killah — The Pretty Toney Albumhttp://s3.amazonaws.com/hiphopdx-production/2016/04/Ghostface-Killah-The-Pretty-Toney-album.jpg7 votes 64 points
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:21 (eight years ago)
not a lot of votes but those that did ranked this high (myself included).
Fishscale was very high on my ballot, propelled by the Dilla and DOOM beats, plus Shakey Dog, Kilo, The Chanp to start it off
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:22 (eight years ago)
the w over wutang forever is nuts
― marcos, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:30 (eight years ago)
your vote would've saved it lol
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:43 (eight years ago)
:(
― marcos, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:52 (eight years ago)
fuuuck... guys I’m the #1 for The W but only bc I assumed it would be unfairly overlooked. If I’d known there would only be 17 ballots I would have voted Forever easy.I broke the Wu poll ;_;
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:56 (eight years ago)
Both of the last 2 woulda been higher if I’d voted
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:57 (eight years ago)
haha it's more fun this way. unpredictable
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:58 (eight years ago)
I prefer “The W” to “36 chambers” even though the latter is more consistent
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:59 (eight years ago)
that's crazy talk
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:02 (eight years ago)
it's easily my least fav of their first 4
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:04 (eight years ago)
it's so disjointed. four standouts (gravel pit, cant go to sleep, hollow bones, jump off and I like the monument too) and the rest is just... ok
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:07 (eight years ago)
put pretty toney in my top 5 iirc, i love that whole damn sloppy emotional album
― intheblanks, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:07 (eight years ago)
I don’t think it’s *better* than 36 Chambers
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:10 (eight years ago)
I'm interested in why you prefer it.
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:22 (eight years ago)
Oh by “last 2” I meant W and Fishscale, never really got into Pretty Toney the way other people seemed to. Felt like it was a step down both lyrically and beatwise. I realize this is not a popular take.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:25 (eight years ago)
W is just so grimy and weird, I dunno. A lot of it has to do with timing, too; between the time I first thought I was going to buy 36 Chambers and when I actually did was about 5 years, by which point it had accrued such mythos that it could never live up to what I had imagined it to be.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:33 (eight years ago)
that makes sense
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 03:18 (eight years ago)
#5 Ghostface Killah — Ironman https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61dzXALUL5L.jpg14 votes 108 points
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 03:21 (eight years ago)
^^ amazing album, RZA's masterpiece
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:16 (eight years ago)
yeah front to back
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:19 (eight years ago)
#3 GZA — Liquid Swordshttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/619Rol9S6VL.jpg15 votes 151 points
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:28 (eight years ago)
lol whoops skipped one
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:30 (eight years ago)
HERE is #4
#4 Ghostface Killah — Supreme Clientelehttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51RbUZW2T9L.jpg 11 votes 114 points 3 firsts
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:31 (eight years ago)
4 ghost albums in a row
Supreme clientele is my number one. Gloriously soulful word salad
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:37 (eight years ago)
man for a few months there Liquid Swords just owned me
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:23 (eight years ago)
the lone wolf and cub samples alone...
that said, there's at least one track on Ironman that had a shot at #1 on my ballot
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:24 (eight years ago)
#2 Raekwon — Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61o3G-Ixn%2BL._SS500.jpg15 votes 167 points 6 firsts
#1 Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambershttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51EKcrTjiqL._SS500.jpg15 votes 174 points 4 firsts
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:54 (eight years ago)
not much between the top 2, which seems fair. Cuban Linx is the Wu solo album I go back to most, but I voted 36 Chambers as my #1, on the unimaginative basis that it's where it all began
― Neil S, Thursday, 16 November 2017 07:28 (eight years ago)
hardly surprising, but a beautiful top 5
― niels, Thursday, 16 November 2017 08:18 (eight years ago)