Best 4 ALBUM run by a rap SOLOIST

[Hair of the Dog]

I may get some shit for this....but Common has a decent run with

Can I Borrow A Dollar?
Resurrection
One Day It Will All Make Sense
Like Water For Chocolate

I'm not saying its the best but worthy of mention

[EichTurner]

ice cube..

[TheTed]

Whilst certainly not the best run, Kool Keith did alright with his first 4 solos:

Dr. Octagonecolegyst/ Sex Style / First Come, First Served / Black Elvis/Lost In Space

[sleazy_j]

i'm not too familiar with krs's career, and despite the fact that he isn't even on the poll list, i gotta ask:
is "by all means necessary" such a bad album that everybody is skipping it on the list?
i mean, "my philosophy" was the first BDP song I heard, and thought the video was dope at the time it came out.

[Jaz]

kanye

college dropout
late registration
graduation
heartbreaks & 808s

>>>>>>>>>>>

[Jaz]

[Blockhead]

i'm not too familiar with krs's career, and despite the fact that he isn't even on the poll list, i gotta ask:
is "by all means necessary" such a bad album that everybody is skipping it on the list?
i mean, "my philosophy" was the first BDP song I heard, and thought the video was dope at the time it came out.

I always thought it was his weakest album by far. My philosophy might be his best song ever though.
Kinda like , outside the three first tracks on "Follow the leader" , that album is fairly spotty as well.

[Gregg Popabitch]

How is this not Rakim?

[Employee]

Voted Scarface for accumulation of cool points.

[Employee]

Sole should be on this list.

[ALASKA]

Voted Scarface for accumulation of cool points.

bro 35 more points and you can get anything on the bottom shelf from the hello kitty pencil case to the hula girl novelty lighter.

[Employee]

Voted Scarface for accumulation of cool points.

bro 35 more points and you can get anything on the bottom shelf from the hello kitty pencil case to the hula girl novelty lighter.

I want the backpack, bro: THE BACKPACK.

[ALASKA]

Voted Scarface for accumulation of cool points.

bro 35 more points and you can get anything on the bottom shelf from the hello kitty pencil case to the hula girl novelty lighter.

I want the backpack, bro: THE BACKPACK.

the hello kitty one of the n'sync one? either way you better start swearing on the merits of rick ross bro.

[Mindbender Futurama]

I may get some shit for this....but Common has a decent run with

Can I Borrow A Dollar?
Resurrection
One Day It Will All Make Sense
Like Water For Chocolate

I'm not saying its the best but worthy of mention

No way, I'm totally with you, mang. And the OLD Common Sense is WAAY more than the guy who just barfed some wannabe trap rap verse on Big Sean's latest number. 'Can I Borrow A Dollar?' is one of the most experimental vocal albums in that era, and barely anyone checks for it.



this was my JAM.

"Resurrection" was a classic album, but lots of people think Common's career kinda started with "I Used to Love H.E.R." and don't know about "Soul By The Pound (Remix)" or Blows To The Temple", where Com was still squeaking words when he rapped, LOL! Wow, those were the days...

"One Day It Will All Make Sense" is fucking great and has so many timeless collaborations (Common & Cee-Lo, Canibus, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Black Thought, etc.) and "Invocation". A hip hop prayer. And "Like Water For Chocolate" is basically all made by J Dilla, so fuck it, it's sacred.

Petey Wheatstraw kinda jumped the shark around that "Universal Mind Control" album... but his first 4, 5 and even first 6 (!) albums are ALL worthy of the time it takes to hear them... EVEN 'Electric Circus', which would have been A HIPSTER WET DREAM MASTERPIECE if it was released 3 years later. The song 'I Am Music' with Jill Scott on 'Electric Circus' is another timeless musical prayer.

He should be on the list... but whateves, I would have still voted

[ackbar]

2Pac
1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
1995: Me Against The World
1996: All Eyez On Me
1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Mac Dre
2002: Thizzelle Washington
2003: Al Boo Boo
2004: Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics
2004: The Genie of the Lamp

Too $hort
1992: Shorty The Pimp
1993: Get In Where You Fit In
1995: Cocktails
1996: Gettin' It

E-40
1993: Federal
1995: In a Major Way
1996: Tha Hall of Game
1998: The Element of Surprise

Spice 1
1992: Spice 1
1993: 187 He Wrote
1994: AmeriKKKa's Nightmare
1995: 1990-Sick

Cam'ron
2000: SDE
2002: Come Home With Me
2004: Purple Haze
2006: Killa Season

all completely valid inclusions.

[Tweak Da Leak]

Redman had a 3 or 4 album run that was pretty great.

[Larry2times]

Too $hort
1992: Shorty The Pimp
1993: Get In Where You Fit In
1995: Cocktails
1996: Gettin' It

You really wouldnt go Life Is... Too Short to Get In where You fit In? Short Dogs In The House is better than most dudes lives.

[Versive]

Beating a dead horse here, but:






and you could extend that another 2 albums (not counting the greatest hits album)

[ackbar]

Too $hort
1992: Shorty The Pimp
1993: Get In Where You Fit In
1995: Cocktails
1996: Gettin' It

You really wouldnt go Life Is... Too Short to Get In where You fit In? Short Dogs In The House is better than most dudes lives.

doesn't really matter. anything between born to mack & album #10 would do.

[Larry2times]

Too $hort
1992: Shorty The Pimp
1993: Get In Where You Fit In
1995: Cocktails
1996: Gettin' It

You really wouldnt go Life Is... Too Short to Get In where You fit In? Short Dogs In The House is better than most dudes lives.

doesn't really matter. anything between born to mack & album #10 would do.

He does have a formula in fairness. Wasnt Cocktails the one where he finally ran out of old school rhymes to reuse? Spice 1s like Ball & G imo, first 3 are great but the 4ths relatively patchy

Schoolly 100%, the classics are classics but I heard Am I Black enough recently enough and its amazing.

[drizzle]

Cam'ron
2000: SDE
2002: Come Home With Me
2004: Purple Haze
2006: Killa Season

all completely valid inclusions.

would make a better case if you started the streak with Confessions OF Fire imo

[Mindbender Futurama]

one of the worst decisions of my life was standing in a record store as a teenage child, and only having 15 bucks.

I looked at two albums I wanted but didn't have Schoolly D's "Am I Black Enough For You?" and EPMD's "Business As Usual" as I loved EPMD's singles, but didn't own the first two albums.

I bought Schoolly D's "Am I Black...?" cause "Smoke Some Kill" had a great reputation. Took it home. Listened to it. Didn't like it too much.

A few months later, I ended up getting "Business As Usual". After hearing the FIRST song, "I'm Mad", I WAS MAD THAT I BOUGHT SCHOOLLY D INSTEAD OF EPMD THAT DAY

Don't mean to shit on your nomination bid, homie... but I've never told that story, and it was something that bothered me for a long fucking time when I was young, LOLOL

It really is kinda silly to not have Redman on this list. He was one of the first superstar solo MCs from the East Coast.

[ackbar]

Cam'ron
2000: SDE
2002: Come Home With Me
2004: Purple Haze
2006: Killa Season

all completely valid inclusions.

would make a better case if you started the streak with Confessions OF Fire imo

maybe. i still like killa season more

[Mindbender Futurama]

Cam'ron
2000: SDE
2002: Come Home With Me
2004: Purple Haze
2006: Killa Season

all completely valid inclusions.

would make a better case if you started the streak with Confessions OF Fire imo

maybe. i still like killa season more

SO ackbar *thizz*

[Larry2times]

long as we all agree Come Home With Me is his masterpiece.

[Gregg Popabitch]

Cam'ron
2000: SDE
2002: Come Home With Me
2004: Purple Haze
2006: Killa Season

all completely valid inclusions.

would make a better case if you started the streak with Confessions OF Fire imo

Seriously.

[Versive]

Cam'ron
2000: SDE
2002: Come Home With Me
2004: Purple Haze
2006: Killa Season

all completely valid inclusions.

would make a better case if you started the streak with Confessions OF Fire imo

maybe. i still like killa season more

Agreed. Actually I'd start withe Come Home and end with Crime Pays. SDE has a few classic songs but i prefer Crime Pays overall. There's some early '00s-type production on SDE that hasn't aged well at all.

one of the worst decisions of my life was standing in a record store as a teenage child, and only having 15 bucks.

I looked at two albums I wanted but didn't have Schoolly D's "Am I Black Enough For You?" and EPMD's "Business As Usual" as I loved EPMD's singles, but didn't own the first two albums.

I bought Schoolly D's "Am I Black...?" cause "Smoke Some Kill" had a great reputation. Took it home. Listened to it. Didn't like it too much.

A few months later, I ended up getting "Business As Usual". After hearing the FIRST song, "I'm Mad", I WAS MAD THAT I BOUGHT SCHOOLLY D INSTEAD OF EPMD THAT DAY

Don't mean to shit on your nomination bid, homie... but I've never told that story, and it was something that bothered me for a long fucking time when I was young, LOLOL

It really is kinda silly to not have Redman on this list. He was one of the first superstar solo MCs from the East Coast.

Yeah, I actually think Schoolly's 5th album Welcome to America is one of his best, definitely better than Am I Black Enough. In any case, the last of the 4 is usually the weakest in the streak, as we're seeing.

[ANU]

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[ANU]

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Am I Black Enough For You? is by far the best album Schoolly D ever made. Smoke Some Kill sucks other than 2 songs.