Hip-Hop Music: Competition and Discussion

RoundTheBend · 2018-08-03T00:34:03-04:00

Welcome to what might become the ultimate Hip-Hop Music thread. This thread is not only to share your favorite/best Hip-Hop Music records to compete in the Genre Olympics, but also to learn and share all you want/can about Hip-Hop Music and all it's sub-genres. Please see the links below for a couple ways this "genre" can be viewed. And the medals go to: Gold Illmatic by Nas Silver Aquemini by OutKast Bronze Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G. Let the Games Begin! Alright everyone. I don't think I screwed up the final calculations, but please feel free to correct me if I did. Here are the top 10 finalists for the Electronic Genre Olympics. Next steps are for anyone and everyone to rank the following albums (even if you didn't submit during the original qualifications to rank the following albums. See OP on how the point system works (#1 weighted with 10 points and #10 with 1 point). Many of you have given commentary on why you love the albums you do, so if you haven't maybe vote why? Enjoy! Semi-Finalists: Ties are in no particular order when points are the same. 1. 29 glynspsa, Stover75, Patman360, Tha1ChiefRocka Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G. 2. 26 Skinny, Kool Keith Sweat, sethmadsen, glynspsa, stover75 Illmatic by Nas 3. 21 Patman360, baystateoftheart, Stover75 Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan 4. 20 AfterHours, sethmadsen, stover75 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West 5. 19 Stover75, afterhours, glynspsa The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem 6. 18 AfterHours, Kool Keith Sweat, bobbyb5 Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow 7. 17 Skinny, Patman360, baystateoftheart Aquemini by OutKast 8. 16 Kool Keith Sweat, Patman360, Stover75 3 Feet High And Rising by De La Soul 9. 16 baystateoftheart, Patman360 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar 10. 16 dividesbyzero, AfterHours The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox Competition: Submit nominations of your top 10 albums (with which region it comes from) - where #10 = 1 point and #1 = 10 points. The ten albums with the most points from these nominations will be in the running for the Olympic medal for the genre and then people could listen to all ten and rank the ten with the same points structure to determine the winners. Timeline to be determined. Discussion: 1. Social/historical/cultural significance 2. Some kind of question you want answered/discussed 3. Thoughts on the production/recordings 4. Analytical critique 5. Interesting stuff about the band/artist 6. Anything else you want to share/ask Generic Info: RYM's Take: https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Hip+Hop https://rateyourmusic.com/customchart?page=1&chart_type=top&type=album&year=alltime&genre_include=1&genres=Hip+Hop&include_child_genres=t&include=both&limit=none&countries= Wikipedia's Take: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_music_genres#Hip_hop

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RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
Ground Control

I was in South Central at a 7-Eleven once and dude's were free styling outside and were really good. I wanted to stay and listen but stuck out like a sore thumb.

Also I was wondering when someone was going to put Kendrick in the running.

Luigii Profile

Bay already did.
Also this album is an underappreciated gem.

Link

RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
Ground Control

I started thinking to myself, why do I like Wyclef's effort so much, and nearly everyone else thinks it's sub-par.

I read this, and I'm like, well I dig Paul Simon and part of why I dig this is the diverse landscape he, imo, masterfully put together:

Quote:

"The Carnival is a post The Score vaguely sequel-like solo outing in which he packs on acoustic guitar slurs, third world harmonies and grooves, and Latin beats as though he were the Paul Simon of hip-hop."

Kool Keith Sweat

Kool Keith Sweat wrote:

1. Illmatic
2. everything else

Here's everything else

1. Nas - Illmatic
2. Biggie - Ready to Die
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
4. J Dilla - Donuts
5. Freddie Gibbs/Madlib - Pinata
6. De la Soul - 3 feet high and rising
7. DJ Krush - Kakusei
8. Madlib - Shades of Blue
9. DJ Screw - 3 'n the Mornin
10. Ata Kak - Obaa Sima

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New York

Riddim Warfare by DJ Spooky

2.

覚醒 [Kakusei] by DJ Krush

3.

Black Elvis/Lost In Space by Kool Keith

4.

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

5.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

6.

So... How's Your Girl? by Handsome Boy Modeling School

7.

Reconstruction. (Theories Explained) by DJ Vadim

8.

Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys

9.

ATLiens by OutKast

10.

Kollage by Bahamadia

Patman360 Serenity Now Moderator Profile
Cork, Ireland

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan

2.

Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim

3.

Aquemini by OutKast

4. (Debatable...)

Original Pirate Material by The Streets

5.

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar

6.

3 Feet High And Rising by De La Soul

7.

Strictly Business by EPMD

8.

Liquid Swords by GZA

9.

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

10.

Let The Dead Bury The Dead by Rusangano Family
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baystateoftheart Neil Young as a butternut squash Profile
Massachusetts

Fixed a mistake in my list. Can be found in the original post.
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RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
Ground Control

baystateoftheart wrote:

Fixed a mistake in my list. Can be found in the original post.

Thanks for the update - you mind pming me what your first vote was so I can figure out what points to subtract?

RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
Ground Control

Same goes for you Bobby. I'm cool with votes changing, but if a vote is voted for twice, I don't keep track of your original point you gave.

RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
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Perhaps I just need to remind myself to not tally up the final score until it's done, then it'd be easy to not get things mixed up... but it's exciting to see how things shape up with each vote! 🤣

Thanks for all the votes ya'll.

Any cool songs/stories on why you love stuff/stuff you've learned you want to share?

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