Best Ever Albums

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:45:01 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 14:45

lethalnezzle wrote:

My favourite rapper is God, and my favourite album is The Bible.

Of the four albums God made, I must say I like The Quran the best.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:29:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/15/2012 14:29

My favourite rapper is God, and my favourite album is The Bible.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:33:53 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 13:33

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

:P

That was the answer I was expecting really. Still amazes me though.

Many things that other people say amaze me, but it doesn't mean that it's impossible that they really do believe in what they say.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

HigherThanTheSun — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:16:25 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 06/15/2012 13:16

😜

That was the answer I was expecting really. Still amazes me though.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:26:48 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 12:26

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

I reckon Paid In Full is one of those albums people say they love, but don't really. I hear people rave about this album but it just does virtually nothing for me, it's boring. Do you really like it more than Illmatic? Is that possible?

It's entirely possible. Just because you think it's boring, doesn't mean that others can't think it's not boring.

Currently, yes, I like Paid in Full more than Illmatic.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

HigherThanTheSun — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:09:36 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 06/15/2012 12:09

^^ Waiting for someone to tear this apart.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

HigherThanTheSun — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:03:07 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 06/15/2012 12:03

I reckon Paid In Full is one of those albums people say they love, but don't really. I hear people rave about this album but it just does virtually nothing for me, it's boring. Do you really like it more than Illmatic? Is that possible?

Top 5:
Illmatic
36 Chambers
Ready To Die
Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are Blackstar
College Dropout

In that order.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:12:24 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 04:12

lethalnezzle wrote:

Same here. For me, Illmatic stands for a purer time, when it was all about boom bap and charismatic multisyllabics. It's concise nature, with no less-than-great beat or line out of place, make it an almost 'pure' representation (and culmination) of golden-era NY hip-hop. After 1994, hip-hop splintered off in a variety of directions. It was almost as if Illmatic perfected what NY hip-hop was, and from the moment it came out new territories had to explored as everyone else knew they couldn't top it.

That's a good explanation, even if I don't think it makes the album better in my view.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:57:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:57

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

That's why I wrote that sentence at the end 😜
And I'd argue that all of those albums (though I'm having my doubts about Marshall Mathers LP a bit) are better than Illmatic.

It's all just opinion anyway.

Same here. For me, Illmatic stands for a purer time, when it was all about boom bap and charismatic multisyllabics. It's concise nature, with no less-than-great beat or line out of place, make it an almost 'pure' representation (and culmination) of golden-era NY hip-hop. After 1994, hip-hop splintered off in a variety of directions. It was almost as if Illmatic perfected what NY hip-hop was, and from the moment it came out new territories had to be explored as everyone else knew they couldn't top it.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:49:46 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:49

lethalnezzle wrote:

Boy in da Corner isn't hip-hop. And I'd argue Illmatic is a better album than every one of those. Although those in bold come very close.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:41:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:41

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Paid in Full
cLOUDDEAD
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Paul's Boutique
The Cold Vein
The Low End Theory
3 Feet High and Rising
The Marshall Mathers LP

Above: a list of hip-hop albums I like more than Illmatic. And if you consider Boy in da Corner a hip-hop album, then add that to the list too.

Boy in da Corner isn't hip-hop. And I'd argue Illmatic is a better album than every one of those. Although those in bold come very close.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:39:41 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:39

lethalnezzle wrote:

Probably not. There's a strong argument to say it is though.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:31:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:31

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

Other than that, Illmatic is not the greatest hip-hop album of all time.

Probably not. There's a strong argument to say it is though.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Facetious — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:30:11 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/15/2012 03:30

All four are good albums and worth your time.

Other than that, Illmatic is not the greatest hip-hop album of all time.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Hayden — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:25:18 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/15/2012 01:25

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

Illmatic greatest rap album ever IMO.

Obvs.

And, yeah. Good purchases....I like Illmatic....that's about it of the 4.... 😨

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

junodog4 — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:18:55 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 06/15/2012 01:18

$6.97 for Nas? Bargain!

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:08:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/15/2012 00:08

I like the first three. Utterly indifferent towards Interpol.

And if you don't like hip-hop after hearing Illmatic, you should just give up on the genre.

Re: Purchases I made on my birthday!

HigherThanTheSun — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:06:43 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 06/15/2012 00:06

Sweet. Psychocandy and Illmatic are on my chart, both very good investments.

Illmatic greatest rap album ever IMO.

Purchases I made on my birthday!

revolver94 — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:57:58 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 06/14/2012 19:57

My parents let me spend some money on my birthday for new music!

This is what I ended up getting:

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