Liquid Swords holds up very well today. It is definitely "out there" though, and for some reason that's more conspicuous now

Anyway, my original comments were not about the influence of these recordings, just my current desire to hear them again. The fact of the matter is that most people here have not given Tribe's debut a fair listen. It's just a little too old for most here to have their fondest adolescent music nerd m...

His flow is way dumbed down but this sounds good overall.

Modern acapella battle rap > sifting through a folder of mp3s downloaded from half-hearted blogs of artists who manage to be "trendy" while still in what used to be understood as a demo phase and having no actual fans.

Deal with it.

From the list: Sunshine.

What did you guys think of Charlie Clips's obliteration of T-Rex?

Not much replay value but I don't think Illmaculate was exactly "terrible."

Yeah Illmaculate definitely made light work out of "of the top of the dome" Charlie. Bruh, we can tell.

I need to peep this later. It seems so improbable but I haven't heard a contrary report.

So when you listen to the instrumental for "buggin' out" what exactly do you hear?

As far as Outkast vs Mobb Deep, I think it might ultimately come down to your general music preferences. If you really like the blues with your soul, Outkast is pretty much the best thing on earth. If you're into jazzy-soul moods that have practically had all obvious blues influence ripped right out...

Other than "We Can Get Down" and "Steve Biko" none of the tracks from Marauders get any burn from me these days.

I'd rather be mauled by leopard seals than have to hear "Electric Relaxation" ever again.

As far as a bassy NY street sound where super hard drums are placed under tweaked obscure jazz fusion samples that you would never think could sound menacing, yeah The Infamous is better.

Yep, seriously. Mobb Deep's sophomore album has aged better than any post-debut Tribe album, and is a better executed realization of Q-Tip's vision.

Other than Tribe's debut, they don't have any albums that I want to listen to front to back anymore. Low End Theory is just ... loungy and pretentious sounding now. You'd fully expect to hear some alt-dude bro philosophy major type douchebag playing it while slurping obscure coffee and pretending to...

One thread is a bad idea but posting every battle that happens as a poll isn't working either. I think we can try starting threads that would lead to some debate/schooling.ike for example you could start a thread about hilariously one sided battles and have people post the ones they think fit that d...

Mobb Deep. No hate for Outkast, though.

Yeah but he's dying in the ring if he goes against Cortez.

Lavoz. Jae Laww is atrocious.

Swave, obviously.

This was uncomfortable to watch. Get some air conditioning for god's sake.

Prez quite easily. Mr Wavy was punching soft.

[quote="Blockhead"]This one struck me as song by a totally lame rapper who made one good song…but it also may be the case of a dude who only made one song. 7kJVRe_bpJc Was his shelved album ever excavated? I thought he was dope in an unconventional way. Cool voice, weird bragadocio lyrics... What di...

This should be the battle of the stretches.

Well yeah, Head I.C.E. can enunciate and project. But he's so lame with the sole exception of his battle with Pat Stay.

Head I.C.E. is god awful.

I don't hate Real Deal, I think he's dope, but lately his angles/approach have been ass. I'm not suggesting he didn't have any good moments in the battle, but it wasn't enough. Chilla anticipated and delivered.

Cortez.

So how is it debateable?

Chilla gave Real that work. 3-0.

This is my favorite Eric B and Rakim album. "Teach The Children" and "Casualties Of War" are his best "serious" songs, "The Punisher" and "Pass The Hand Grenade" are the ultimate realization of his "voice so cold it's terrifying" approach, "Relax With Pep" is crazy smooth, plus you got "Know the Led...