The Battle of '97

[stype_ones]

Pencil one in if you want to throw a vote to something not up there..

[Versive]

Forever
Funcrusher
Uptown

[Spartan]

War Report

[step one]

then: Royal Flush
now: Jay Z (with a few tracks removed)

others not on the list

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

Still a lot of good shit here, but you can see the drop off in 97 from previous years in the 90's...

[admiral]

War Report is a top 10 album of all time for me

[Philaflava]

Comes down to Jewelz, WTF and War Report. Went with War Report today.

[stype_ones]

Voted Biggie. I personally think that album is a masterpiece that gets slightly hated on for one reason or another. I think it's the most complete double album of all time filled classic after classic. Has something for everyone and Big just kills it verse after verse.

If this was 97 I probably would have picked CNN or maybe the Beatnuts. Maybe even Royal Flush. But that Big album is just amazing to me.

Love every album here, though. But like Gucci said, this is where shit just shifts.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

Voted Biggie. I personally think that album is a masterpiece that gets slightly hated on for one reason or another. I think it's the most complete double album of all time filled classic after classic. Has something for everyone and Big just kills it verse after verse.

If this was 97 I probably would have picked CNN or maybe the Beatnuts. Maybe even Royal Flush. But that Big album is just amazing to me.

Love every album here, though. But like Gucci said, this is where shit just shifts.

werd. wu tang forever is prob the second best. both actually justify using two discs.

surprised war report is beating both these rn......

[Rhyme 4 Rhyme]

Forever
Funcrusher
Uptown

Replace Uptown with War Report in that order.

[Kool Max Power]

97 was so boring except for some underground stuff. most albums sucked ... imo, it was the first year of the 90s singles outdid full-length albums, just like 86, 87.

anyways, voted for funcrusher+ because it was a start of the rawkus movement (that got me very much after the first few releases, too).

the last emp or natural e should have come out with an official album in 97...

[Kool Max Power]

...and if it hadn't been for trag, the war report would be a mediocre piece of music with some nice beats.

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Last Emperor and Natural Elements being 1997's saviors

Get that Company Flow Bullshit outta this poll. Replace it with the CRU album or Juvenile's Solja Rags.

Voted Camp Lo but the best album of 1997 is #actually Suga Free's Street Gospel.

[Yohan]

Out of this list, War Report over Uptown, but agree with IDAL, Solja Rags and Street Gospel are absolutely in the convo.

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Best indie 12" of 1997 is Godfather Don's Piece Of The Action/Seeds Of Hate.

[unclebengi]

Tough one here. I want to vote OC and Funcrusher, but if I'm being honest w/ myself it's Biggie one and Wu-Tang two.

[ardamus]

Something about In My Lifetime Vol. 1 really influenced me. That's my pick. Still a tough vote though because that's good list of albums that came out.

[djjeffresh]

this was a really tough one for me. wu tang just edges out sex styles, biggie, funcrusher and common, my other faves from that year.

[KhillA]

The dual discs really throw a monkey wrench in an already complicated situation imo. Probably going with war report.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

...and if it hadn't been for trag, the war report wouldn't exist

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

Get that Company Flow Bullshit outta this poll.

[madstadik]

Camp lo!

[Versive]

I do not like Life After Death at all.
Actually, that's a lie. But I'd rank every album on here, except for Jay-Z, Slum Village and Royal Flush, above it.

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

I'm surprised people actually like Life After Death so much. Sure, it has it's high points, but it has plenty of low points as well.

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

Best indie 12" of 1997 is Godfather Don's Piece Of The Action/Seeds Of Hate.

You ain't never lied, bruv.

[step one]

Lots of good tracks on LAD, and it had more classics than most albums, but I don't think I've ever listened to it all the way through in one sitting.

Also, 1998 >>> 1997.

[hellriser]

funcrusher
war report is my second favorite

[907]

Still a lot of good shit here, but you can see the drop off in 97 from previous years in the 90's...

You're really up on 90's shit for someone ho was born in 1990.

[step one]

He's been 26 for about 2 years now.

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

Still a lot of good shit here, but you can see the drop off in 97 from previous years in the 90's...

You're really up on 90's shit for someone ho was born in 1990.

You know, the Internet really is a wonderful thing, you can gain knowledge on a plethora of topics, such as 90's hip hop...