Timlaska's Top Ten-est Albums - Number 1 (New-3/18)

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:32 pm

Alaska gets gully to cinematic albums while hes all alone.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:36 pm

Dids wrote:I assume it's Jon Brion who is to blame for fagging up Hey Mama to such a degree. The leaked versions of that song >>>>>>>>>>>> what ended up on the album. I think all of Late Registration is equally over produced.

College Dropout is a much better, much more organic, honest, album. Don't understand this choice at all.

Both are much worse records than Ready to Die, which it seems you're clearly excluding, which is weird.

I also don't understand excluding pre 1998 content. 'Cause like, that's when all the great records were released.

its pre 88. not 98.

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:37 pm

ALASKA wrote:
AWAE wrote:lol at kanye but ready to die isn't 'transcendent' enough...

did u make this list on ecstasy?

smh
you make shitty remixes (fail), your name is a weapon against evil (fail), you have a picture of bruce lee as your sig(fail) and you are from canada(fail)

lol

Windnbreeze >>>>>>>>>>>you

ObeseJesus · Post by **ObeseJesus** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:42 pm

catfish hunter wrote:Alaska gets gully to cinematic albums while hes all alone.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:42 pm

AWAE wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
AWAE wrote:lol at kanye but ready to die isn't 'transcendent' enough...

did u make this list on ecstasy?

smh
you make shitty remixes (fail), your name is a weapon against evil (fail), you have a picture of bruce lee as your sig(fail) and you are from canada(fail)
lol

Windnbreeze >>>>>>>>>>>you

i couldnt agree more.

that doesnt change the fact that you make shitty remixes (fail), your name is a weapon against evil (fail), you have a picture of bruce lee as your sig(fail) and you are from canada(fail)

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:42 pm

Ready to die , while unquestionably a dope album, is insanely over rated. nowhere near 10 ten (IMO).
but yeah, it's definitely better than any kanye album.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:43 pm

Blockhead wrote:Ready to die , while unquestionably a dope album, is insanely over rated. nowhere near 10 ten (IMO).

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:45 pm

disagree. Ready to Die > Kanye

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:45 pm

Wow... Kanye at 10 and over ready to die...

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:48 pm

naturalborn103 wrote:Wow... Kanye at 10 and over ready to die...

dont you have something to cry about in sports bar?

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:53 pm

A lot of list-makers seem eager to pick off-beat choices and write about them as if they were producing literature, instead of making credible solid picks.

You have talked about this album a lot so I guess you're serious. Certainly not a 'best' but moreso a 'favorite' choice.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:57 pm

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:A lot of list-makers seem eager to pick off-beat choices and write about them as if they were producing literature, instead of making credible solid picks.

You have talked about this album a lot so I guess you're serious. Certainly not a 'best' but moreso a 'favorite' choice.

I think its definitely the best album of the decade. will it hold up, i dont know. i think so, but again, with all lists its just one mans opinion. I did run the total list through a few people who's opinions i respect and this was the only one that raised eyebrows. i knew i would get shit for it but i feel that it deserves to be on here, if only for the mushrooms experience.

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:59 pm

interesting read in a Mein Kampf kind of way.

I am wondering which J-Dilla produced album will be your #1 pick.

catfish hunter · Post by **catfish hunter** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:00 pm

you want to tell us more about your mushrooms

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:05 pm

catfish hunter wrote:you want to tell us more about your mushrooms

got them in austin, they were in the form of a candy bar, each square on the bar was supposedly an 8th. i ate 4 squares. it was amazing.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:06 pm

cenzi wrote:interesting read in a Mein Kampf kind of way.

I am wondering which J-Dilla produced album will be your #1 pick.

who is j-dilla?

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:07 pm

ALASKA wrote:
cenzi wrote:interesting read in a Mein Kampf kind of way.

I am wondering which J-Dilla produced album will be your #1 pick.
who is j-dilla?

some dude who killed Tribe Called Quest and Pharcyde before he died.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:08 pm

ALASKA wrote:
naturalborn103 wrote:Wow... Kanye at 10 and over ready to die...
dont you have something to cry about in sports bar?

... Your whole Philaflava career is based on crying about poster you don't like and fishing for compliments. Either way.. Horrible way to start off the list.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:11 pm

naturalborn103 wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
naturalborn103 wrote:Wow... Kanye at 10 and over ready to die...
dont you have something to cry about in sports bar?
... Your whole Philaflava career is based on crying about poster you don't like and fishing for compliments. Either way.. Horrible way to start off the list.

i see you have been keeping up with all my posting habits, do you like the way i post, man i hate posters who post things.

faggot.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:13 pm

late reg musically is one of the best hip hop albums ever. kanye studied and perfected progression in his tracks. for example, 'gone' features a cello/viola type looped cut sample, some kind of xylophone like wind-chime like jawns, and drums. but then he starts the movement (progression), he comes in with the orchestral rise, cuts out elements that began the song, brings them back later in a perfect, seamless mesh, he has three maybe four different MOVEMENTS in the song...we're talking classical music structure

musically this album is next level imo

but kanye is a faggot rapper and i would never put an album of his in the top ten all time for RAP albums...top ten produced? hell yea

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:16 pm

Reason wrote:late reg musically is one of the best hip hop albums ever. kanye studied and perfected progression in his tracks. for example, 'gone' features a cello/viola type looped cut sample, some kind of xylophone like wind-chime like jawns, and drums. but then he starts the movement (progression), he comes in with the orchestral rise, cuts out elements that began the song, brings them back later in a perfect, seamless mesh, he has three maybe four different MOVEMENTS in the song...we're talking classical music structure

musically this album is next level imo

but kanye is a faggot rapper and i would never put an album of his in the top ten all time for RAP albums...top ten produced? hell yea

would you put gangstarr albums in the top 10? because guru is really a subpar rapper as well, and if you are basing it on that criteria no gangstarr album should ever be top ten. Im looking at the album as a whole, not historical significance or what writers or other people think, or the impact on the culture. just the album solely based on the music on the album.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:19 pm

ALASKA wrote:
would you put gangstarr albums in the top 10?

no.

but i make lists like these based on personal tastes and could care more what people think about my own opinion. i wouldn't make the list considering some things you considered which is your right/criteria (such as album sales)

amerikkka's most wanted is top ten all time. musically AND rapping-wise.

bomb squad progression/3 movements on nigga you love to hate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

add cube's amazing rapping and there you have a classic top ten

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:21 pm

Reason wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
would you put gangstarr albums in the top 10?
no.

but i make lists like these based on personal tastes and could care more what people think about my own opinion. i wouldn't make the list considering some things you considered which is your right/criteria (such as album sales)

amerikkka's most wanted is top ten all time. musically AND rapping-wise.

bomb squad progression/3 movements on nigga you love to hate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

add cube's amazing rapping and there you have a classic top ten

well stay tuned. i think you will be ok with the list. this is just the first salvo...and probably most controversial.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:25 pm

Reason wrote:late reg musically is one of the best hip hop albums ever. kanye studied and perfected progression in his tracks.

What is the world coming to? Are you fucking high, man??

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:29 pm

Employee wrote:
Reason wrote:late reg musically is one of the best hip hop albums ever. kanye studied and perfected progression in his tracks.
What is the world coming to? Are you fucking high, man??

did you ever take a music theory class or play an instrument? i was concert master in my district in 6th grade and 2nd chair 2nd violin in nassau county, long island

i'm talking about kanye's music from that perspective. just the music (not his rapping). in terms of the way he started, progressed, and ended his songs, he is on a different level and thinks about certain details the vast majority of producers don't even consider

:smugkid:

times a billion

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:29 pm

I endorse the pick. I am also from Chicago and have a fondness for ghey nerd rapz. Production on this album is perfect from start to finish, like you said the guest spots are done right, and I like Kanye as an emcee. To me he has "erick sermon" appeal. Meaning despite some corny lines and a sense that he is trying to hard and often failing...I'd still rather listen to him over 90% of rappers. Also, this album still sounds great, College Dropout has nostalgia going for it but it isn't nearly as good. I'm also a big fan of Graduation, but this album is way more complete.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:29 pm

ALASKA wrote:
Reason wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
would you put gangstarr albums in the top 10?
no.

but i make lists like these based on personal tastes and could care more what people think about my own opinion. i wouldn't make the list considering some things you considered which is your right/criteria (such as album sales)

amerikkka's most wanted is top ten all time. musically AND rapping-wise.

bomb squad progression/3 movements on nigga you love to hate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

add cube's amazing rapping and there you have a classic top ten
well stay tuned. i think you will be ok with the list. this is just the first salvo...and probably most controversial.

i'm not hatin anyway. and i will stay tuned

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:30 pm

"late reg musically is one of the best hip hop albums ever. kanye studied and perfected progression in his tracks. for example, 'gone' features a cello/viola type looped cut sample, some kind of xylophone like wind-chime like jawns, and drums. but then he starts the movement (progression), he comes in with the orchestral rise, cuts out elements that began the song, brings them back later in a perfect, seamless mesh, he has three maybe four different MOVEMENTS in the song...we're talking classical music structure

musically this album is next level imo "

Ehhhh....

I think that's probably all true, but the end result is a really overwrought album that's way too busy in a lot of uninteresting ways. I think "Gone" is probably one where it worked better than post, but overall I think that it's not an album that's nearly as fun, musically, as Kanye's earlier work.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:31 pm

Reason wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
Reason wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
would you put gangstarr albums in the top 10?
no.

but i make lists like these based on personal tastes and could care more what people think about my own opinion. i wouldn't make the list considering some things you considered which is your right/criteria (such as album sales)

amerikkka's most wanted is top ten all time. musically AND rapping-wise.

bomb squad progression/3 movements on nigga you love to hate >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

add cube's amazing rapping and there you have a classic top ten
well stay tuned. i think you will be ok with the list. this is just the first salvo...and probably most controversial.
i'm not hatin anyway. and i will stay tuned

i didnt think you were.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:34 pm

Dids wrote:"late reg musically is one of the best hip hop albums ever. kanye studied and perfected progression in his tracks. for example, 'gone' features a cello/viola type looped cut sample, some kind of xylophone like wind-chime like jawns, and drums. but then he starts the movement (progression), he comes in with the orchestral rise, cuts out elements that began the song, brings them back later in a perfect, seamless mesh, he has three maybe four different MOVEMENTS in the song...we're talking classical music structure

musically this album is next level imo "

Ehhhh....

I think that's probably all true, but the end result is a really overwrought album that's way too busy in a lot of uninteresting ways. I think "Gone" is probably one where it worked better than post, but overall I think that it's not an album that's nearly as fun, musically, as Kanye's earlier work.

minimizing works wonders in hip hop music.