Which album is NOT classic material?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:41 am

NOT.

Obviously pick the one you feel the most strongly about.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:47 am

Snoop. Fuck whiteys.

Guun · Post by **Guun** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:57 am

eminem.. doesn't have the replay value of the rest and i'd take his first lp over this.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:05 am

eminem and 2pac

DJSoulClap · Post by **DJSoulClap** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:07 am

I voted for Em, just not feeling the album as much as all the others...

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:17 am

drizzle wrote:eminem and 2pac

Galapagos4 · Post by **Galapagos4** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:20 am

Me Against The World

cuz I don't know every track front to back and like it more now than I did when it dropped.

I woulda chose ATLiens as a close second, cuz some tracks to me are boring and again, I like it more now that I did when it dropped. I was stuck on the 1st album.

this was weird cuz when i listen to Mecca & The Soul Brother nowadays, start to finish, i get bored. but when it dropped, i wore the fuck outta that tape, back and forth.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:31 am

I realize so many people on here hate 2Pac and I suppose it's expected and to an extent a validation of your hip-hop membership these days, but Me Against The World is easily his best album. It was also his most honest album before all the Death Row bullshit. Easy Mo Bee handled a lot of the production and direction of this album.

Pac was far from a lyricist but he was one of the few rappers that could really interject deep emotion from track to track and paint vivid pictures. This was the westcoast Ready To Die album. Again, before all the thug fuckery and Suge Knighting that went on in his career, this was the last real piece of music he's ever made.

If you don't like Pac you don't like him. He's not for everyone but this album had some serious bangers on it

Dragondude R · Post by **Dragondude R** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:42 am

mmlp sucked compared to sslp

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:46 am

I will say that "Old School" is a dope song and even with all its corniness I still like "Dear Mama" (but keep it on the down low).

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:49 am

Fuck I actually meant it to be SSLP not MMLP.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:51 am

tupac in the notorious movie > real tupac

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:52 am

everyone but boom bap and critical beatdown.

Galapagos4 · Post by **Galapagos4** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:56 am

Philaflava wrote:I realize so many people on here hate 2Pac and I suppose it's expected and to an extent a validation of your hip-hop membership these days, but Me Against The World is easily his best album. It was also his most honest album before all the Death Row bullshit. Easy Mo Bee handled a lot of the production and direction of this album.

Pac was far from a lyricist but he was one of the few rappers that could really interject deep emotion from track to track and paint vivid pictures. This was the westcoast Ready To Die album. Again, before all the thug fuckery and Suge Knighting that went on in his career, this was the last real piece of music he's ever made.

If you don't like Pac you don't like him. He's not for everyone but this album had some serious bangers on it

i like it, just didn't bump it all that much when it dropped. on the other hand, i played 2Pacalypse and Strictly 4 in the whip for like 3 years straight when i was 15-17... so those always seemed like the classics to me, even though when i peep the 2nd one now, it's not that tight and the production quality is mostly shitty, sound wise.

step one · Post by **step one** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:57 am

Philaflava wrote:Fuck I actually meant it to be SSLP not MMLP.

bit pointless changing it after it had polled half the vote though.
I own SS but not MM. I'd prob have voted for 2Pac instead off the amended list. I like Temptations off that album and Old School but its not a favourite of mine (and I dont hate 2Pac).

Slim Shady LP isnt a classic but I prefer it out of the 2

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:01 am

Not pointless. This poll has been up for 30 minutes. In 4 days those 8 votes will be pointless or will it?

step one · Post by **step one** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:06 am

Philaflava wrote:Not pointless. This poll has been up for 30 minutes. In 4 days those 8 votes will be pointless or will it?

im at work. those 30 minutes seemed like 3 hours!

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:46 am

The Blueprint

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:46 am

Several of those are not classics, but SSLP is the least classic-est of the bunch.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:53 am

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:Several of those are not classics, but SSLP is the least classic-est of the bunch.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:01 pm

Employee wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:Several of those are not classics, but SSLP is the least classic-est of the bunch.
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Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:16 pm

i don't think these are classics:

tupac
not a pac fan.

eminem
someone said before, the replay value is kinda weak

krs one
one of the most over rated albums of all time. people act like this is as good as classic BDP material and it's not even close.
i voted for this.

with that said, these all have good joints on them and aren't bad but they aren't classics.

also, whoever voted for "straight out the jungle" is a piece of shit.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:35 pm

Blockhead wrote:krs one
one of the most over rated albums of all time. people act like this is as good as classic BDP material and it's not even close.

Agreed. Nice to hear from someone else who feels this way (I still think it's a very good album though).

It bears repeating that these Eminem, Jay-Z, and 2Pac albums are nowhere near classic.

And while the Snoop album might be considered classic due to historical context, the quality of the music doesn't hold up at all next to some of these other albums. That stuff has not aged well at all.

Any person who votes for Critical Beatdown here needs to get eaten by a shark. Fuck classic, that shit is canon.

Quotashun · Post by **Quotashun** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:40 pm

5 stupid fucks voted for Street Level??? Wow.

The Rapping Coffin · Post by **The Rapping Coffin** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:51 pm

Quotashun wrote:5 stupid fucks voted for Street Level??? Wow.

the definition of "classic" is really vague in this thread.

I assume Gloss means

1) Cultural Impact
2) Influence on genre
3) Collective critical praise then/now
4) Iconic Songs

Based on this criteria Street Level is easily the least "classic"- and that has nothing to do with the quality of music.

If this is a "what album I like least" thread than it would come down to personal taste since these were all well received albums, and I would pick SSLP as my least favorite.

Galapagos4 · Post by **Galapagos4** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:02 pm

Combo7 wrote:
Blockhead wrote:krs one
one of the most over rated albums of all time. people act like this is as good as classic BDP material and it's not even close.

Agreed. Nice to hear from someone else who feels this way (I still think it's a very good album though).

i don't know ya'll. maybe, again, it's the time it came out for me. and it was nowhere near as great as "Sex & Violence" which preceded it, not to mention all of the other BDP albums (all 5 beyond classic but all had their weak moments too)... but "Boom Bap" was like nothing else that had dropped at that time, people hate the beats but i think those shits are super fucking hard. i like every track on that record. i like it better than the "KRS-ONE" LP and i love that shit too. but anything and everything after 1996 was total un-listenable garbage, somehow.

MD · Post by MD » Tue May 19, 2009 1:27 pm

"Boom Bap" is classic because it gave us the greatest cameo in Hip-Hop video history.

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zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:49 pm

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:a couple of those are not classics, but SSLP is the least classic-est of the bunch.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:00 pm

I prefer Return Of The Boom-Bap to every BDP album except for Criminal Minded. The beats are a solid and bang in the whip , KRS modernized his style and flows with ferocity ... you guys really like the deep album cuts on all of those BDP albums that much?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:07 pm

Higher Level > your favorite song