top 3 hiphop albums...ever!

remedy · Post by **remedy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:28 am

ginsu wrote:
remedy wrote:
ginsu wrote:you must have low standards.
clearly...I mean anyone who likes an album by de la soul, tribe, cypress, beasties, roots manuva etc...has low standards...?????
yeah if you like all the filler on those albums. why buy an album when only 3 or 4 cuts are on point?.

man...clearly your just hard to please if thats what you really think

moujah · Post by **moujah** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:00 am

if I should pick just one it would be Liquid Swords, that one really deserves so many mentions here. apart from that, there is too many of them. surprised no one mentioned The Score by Fugees. surely it's become too obvious because of its success but those few hits and awards don't change the fact it's an amazing album from start to finish. for me at least.

chester perry · Post by **chester perry** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:07 am

EPMD-Business Never Personal.
Rass Kass-Soul On Ice.
The GZA-Liquid Swords.

godflesh fiend · Post by **godflesh fiend** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:24 pm

human? wrote:1. Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language
2. Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language
3. Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language

Personally I believe Acey's "A Book Of Human Language" is the greatest album ever created. Good to see someone else bigging it up as it really is something special.

Have you heard the new Mumbles album? Acey is on one (maybe two?) tracks. I've only heard a few snippets but it's very lush sounding.

Here's a few other albums I believe rule the roost in the Hip Hop world....

And of course..............

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:16 pm

human? wrote:
ginsu wrote:
remedy wrote:
ginsu wrote:hip hop is all about the singles. i cant even think of a hiphop album thats solid all the way through.
sorry but i totally disagree with you on this...I think some of the best albums to listen to from start to finish exist within hip hop...too many examples to choose from but de la soul, tribe called quest, beastie boys, cypress, roots manuva etc. have all made albums like this...plus all the other ones people have metioned...
you must have low standards. I cant think of an album from de la soul, tribe called quest, beastie boys, cypress, roots manuva that matches your description. dela and quest are very spotty. the first side of the first cypress is tight. dont remember license to ill but cant think of another bboys album anywhere close to being solid. dont know roots man - he has a strong voice but his lyrics never did anything for me. the first wu album has nice skits and a nice tone but they never made good on teh lyrics. half the first gravediggaz is good. illmatic has like 3 good cuts. ready to die (the unreleased uncensored vers) has a few good cuts. the geto boys second album (the first released by def american) has a strong side, same with eze's solo, and ice cubes first solo. dr octogon or the first ultra have a lot of good cuts. the first eric b and rakim the first epmd & jungle bros have hella good cuts.

but at a time where you can buy tracks ala carte - f buyign hip hop albums. sorry
lol. just lol.

wait did that dude say wu's lyrics aint on point?

godflesh fiend · Post by **godflesh fiend** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:21 pm

ginsu wrote:hip hop is all about the singles. i cant even think of a hiphop album thats solid all the way through.

You need to check out Aceyalone's "A Book Of Human Language".

There's a few others out there that are solid all the way through too but that one in particular is a gem.

Coppola · Post by **Coppola** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:26 pm

Diss04 wrote:
human? wrote:
ginsu wrote:
remedy wrote:
ginsu wrote:hip hop is all about the singles. i cant even think of a hiphop album thats solid all the way through.
sorry but i totally disagree with you on this...I think some of the best albums to listen to from start to finish exist within hip hop...too many examples to choose from but de la soul, tribe called quest, beastie boys, cypress, roots manuva etc. have all made albums like this...plus all the other ones people have metioned...
you must have low standards. I cant think of an album from de la soul, tribe called quest, beastie boys, cypress, roots manuva that matches your description. dela and quest are very spotty. the first side of the first cypress is tight. dont remember license to ill but cant think of another bboys album anywhere close to being solid. dont know roots man - he has a strong voice but his lyrics never did anything for me. the first wu album has nice skits and a nice tone but they never made good on teh lyrics. half the first gravediggaz is good. illmatic has like 3 good cuts. ready to die (the unreleased uncensored vers) has a few good cuts. the geto boys second album (the first released by def american) has a strong side, same with eze's solo, and ice cubes first solo. dr octogon or the first ultra have a lot of good cuts. the first eric b and rakim the first epmd & jungle bros have hella good cuts.

but at a time where you can buy tracks ala carte - f buyign hip hop albums. sorry
lol. just lol.
wait did that dude say wu's lyrics aint on point?

just because they don't talk about current world issues doesn't make their lyrics wack.
anyone dissing the wu tang gonna get a smack

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:26 pm

Godflesh Fiend wrote:
ginsu wrote:hip hop is all about the singles. i cant even think of a hiphop album thats solid all the way through.

You need to check out Aceyalone's "A Book Of Human Language".

There's a few others out there that are solid all the way through too but that one in particular is a gem.

illmatic
36 chambers
shit even new stuff like madvillainy...

ginsu · Post by **ginsu** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:39 pm

i like aceyalone's flows. not his verbage. that all balls dont bounce stuff puts me to sleep. freestyle first album has like one cut im feeling.

i prefer gravediggas lyrics to wu lyrics. at least theyre entertaining and conceptual. i swear the wu is a management company crew. yunno the style where a manager assembles his rappers and makes them form a crew.

prince paul is the producer that actually tries/tried to create actual hip hop albums. his skits are an attempt to congeal and unify random de la singles into an album. 36 chambers follows that trad. i like the wu's concept and schtick etc but yes i think theyre lyrics are lazy and borish. not tight.

ginsu · Post by **ginsu** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:42 pm

im not saying anything new. its standard wisdom about hip hop. but glad everyone likes everything. must get expensive though.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:50 pm

ginsu wrote:i like aceyalone's flows. not his verbage. that all balls dont bounce stuff puts me to sleep. freestyle first album has like one cut im feeling.

i prefer gravediggas lyrics to wu lyrics. at least theyre entertaining and conceptual. i swear the wu is a management company crew. yunno the style where a manager assembles his rappers and makes them form a crew.

prince paul is the producer that actually tries/tried to create actual hip hop albums. his skits are an attempt to congeal and unify random de la singles into an album. 36 chambers follows that trad. i like the wu's concept and schtick etc but yes i think theyre lyrics are lazy and borish. not tight.

you. leave right now.

you calling methods and ghostfaces' lyrics lazy and borish?

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:52 pm

ginsu wrote:im not saying anything new. its standard wisdom about hip hop. but glad everyone likes everything. must get expensive though.

oh you are funny.

gravediggaz over wu? everyone knows that the wu are just a wack crew formed by a manager, right?

remedy · Post by **remedy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:47 pm

ginsu wrote:im not saying anything new. its standard wisdom about hip hop. but glad everyone likes everything. must get expensive though.

yeh the way you just ripped apart some of the best hip hop artists/ albums of all time in a few paragraphs is a sure sign of your wisdom...

so whens your album coming out ginsu...I expect nothing short of perfection from you...

p.s I probably wont buy it though cause I'd rather rip you off and download it for free

dj crump · Post by **dj crump** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:58 am

Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
EPMD - Business As Usual
Raekwon - Cuban Linx

ginsu · Post by **ginsu** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:51 am

the conventional part was about hip hop being a singles genre rather than an album genre. its pretty standard. but youre free to have your own opin.

it must be terribly upsetting that i dont like %1000 of everything your fav artist does.

remedy · Post by **remedy** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:00 am

ginsu wrote:it must be terribly upsetting that i dont like %1000 of everything your fav artist does.

i couldn't care less if you don't like what i like ginsu...the thing is i just don't get why you would bother posting in a thread titled 'top 3 hip hop albums ever' if you don't rate any?

godflesh fiend · Post by **godflesh fiend** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:02 pm

Another of my all-time fav Hip Hop albums is by the awesome UK crew Parlour Talk. The album was released in 99 and called "Padlocked Tonic". I absolutely loved the whole thing and just thought it was the beez kneez! Sadly I don't really think they lasted long??? Anyone here familiar with them???

Another awesome UK Hip Hop album was Gunshot's "International Rescue"....

Also you can't go wrong with one of the greatest lyricists of our times.........

Saul Williams

my_war · Post by **my_war** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:29 pm

couldn't narrow down to 3, sorry guyz.

safe.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:28 pm

labor days would be my no. 4

jim · Post by **jim** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:00 pm

top 3 hiphop albums...ever!

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