Best Ever Albums

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Hayden — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:30:35 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/19/2015 04:30

Below The Heavens wins!

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Hayden — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:55:47 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/18/2015 19:55

Poll will close tonight. Get those final votes in 😄

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Jimmy Dread — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:15:47 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 02/18/2015 19:15

Follow The Leader

Keepin' it old skool, innit.

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Norman Bates — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:10:11 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/18/2015 19:10

benpaco wrote:

I think Follow The Leader is the more important album, certainly, but I think I just like Follow The Leader more. (...) I'm leaning towards Below The Heavens.

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Anyway, voting for Follow the Leader.

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

benpaco — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:29:54 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 02/18/2015 00:29

One of these is an album I wrote about in my essay on hip-hop, the other is something I'll listen to for fun. I think Follow The Leader is the more important album, certainly, but I think I just like Follow The Leader Below The Heavens (I'm good at things) more. I need to re listen to both one more time, I think, but I'm leaning towards Below The Heavens.

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Skinny — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:19:35 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/18/2015 00:19

I voted for Follow the Leader in order to stop this being a complete battering. Rakim is the father. That said, Below the Heavens had a profound impact on me growing up, and I'm very happy it'll be in the final of this tournament. It's one of the albums I've promoted heavily ever since I arrived on the site (I may even have been responsible for it being added to the database), so its near-universal popularity here feels like a small personal victory.

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Necharsian — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:13:24 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 02/18/2015 00:13

haven't listened to Below the Heavens in a while but my impression has always been its good but not great. Follow the Leader is maybe my favorite hip hop album and also my nom here so obvs I think it should win..

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:00:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/17/2015 19:00

Puncture Repair wrote:

I really dig Follow The Leader, it's very dated, but in a really appealing way. Shame, since Below The Heavens is Below The Heavens and all..

pretty much this.

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

WindowAbove — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:28:35 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 02/17/2015 18:28

Below the Heavens would be a worthy tournament winner.

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:48:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/17/2015 17:48

I really dig Follow The Leader, it's very dated, but in a really appealing way. Shame, since Below The Heavens is Below The Heavens and all..

Re: 750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

denmarkman — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:40:27 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 02/17/2015 17:40

Below the Heavens. Maybe I just need to listen to it again, but based on one listen I don't really see why Follow the Leader is semi-finals material.

750: Below The Heavens vs. Follow The Leader CLOSED

Hayden — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:19:52 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/17/2015 16:19

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Below The Heavens by Blu & Exile

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Follow The Leader by Eric B. & Rakim