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Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« on: November 12, 2004, 04:30:06 AM »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Picking the greatest ever hip-hop album is a tall order and Entertainment Weekly admits its list marking 25 years since the birth of mainstream rap is subjective, with Eric B & Rakim at No. 1.

"Eric B. & Rakim's 'Paid in Full' made hip-hop a true art form, doing for rap what Bob Dylan (news) did for rock in the mid-'60s," the magazine said of the 1987 album which it praised for its technical intricacy and poetic metaphors.

Some of today's big names such as Outkast and Jay-Z may be disappointed not to make it into the top 10, although the former makes it to 11 with "Aquemini" and Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" is listed at 15. Eminem (news - web sites) is at 17 for "The Marshall Mathers LP."

"It's not a record sales list," said Neil Drumming, one of the writers at Entertainment Weekly who picked the top 25.

"Most of the people you find on the list or not on the list, rappers in general, are going to reference Eric B. & Rakim as a seminal rap group," he said.

In second place the magazine picked the 1989 album "3 Feet High and Rising" by De La Soul, followed by "Ready to Die" by Notorious B.I.G. from 1994. Public Enemy and Run-D.M.C. make up the rest of the top five.

"It's an endless source of debate even after it's published," Drumming said.

The publication of the list on Friday marks the 25th anniversary of hip-hop as a mainstream phenomenon, which the magazine dates from 1979 when the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" landed on the R&B charts, making it hip-hop's first hit single.

"A lot of people didn't believe it would last, what people are acknowledging now is that it's not a fad," Drumming said.
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2004, 04:44:42 AM »
i"ll take 7 Mc's put them in a line
and take 7 more brothers that think they can rhyme
well it'll take 7 more before i go for mine
now that 21 mc's ate up at the same time.

Wasn't NOBODY spittin like that before Rakim. He transcended the game.
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2004, 07:00:02 AM »
2nd greatest in my opinion. Absolutely incredible album.
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Most hip-hop is now keyboard driven, because the majority of hip-hop workstations have loops and patches that enable somebody with marginal skills to put tracks together,...

Unfortunately, most hip-hop artists gravitated towards the path of least resistance by relying on these pre-set patches. As a result, electric guitar and real musicians became devalued, and a lot of hip-hop now sounds the same.

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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2004, 08:30:08 AM »
Quote from: Lincoln The Mental Traveller on November 12, 2004, 07:00:02 AM
2nd greatest in my opinion. Absolutely incredible album.

What's 1st?
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2004, 08:35:35 AM »
Quote from: *Jamal* on November 12, 2004, 08:30:08 AM
Quote from: Lincoln The Mental Traveller on November 12, 2004, 07:00:02 AM
2nd greatest in my opinion. Absolutely incredible album.

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy.
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Most hip-hop is now keyboard driven, because the majority of hip-hop workstations have loops and patches that enable somebody with marginal skills to put tracks together,...

Unfortunately, most hip-hop artists gravitated towards the path of least resistance by relying on these pre-set patches. As a result, electric guitar and real musicians became devalued, and a lot of hip-hop now sounds the same.

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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2004, 08:54:02 AM »
Paid In Full is one of the most fundamental bricks of modern Rap...I think his choice is understandable.







p.s as for Arafat's pic in your sig(as disturbing as it is), When Arafat does "V" it don't mean "peace" it means "Victory"
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2004, 09:04:19 AM »
Quote from: I TO DA GEEZY on November 12, 2004, 08:54:02 AM
Paid In Full is one of the most fundamental bricks of modern Rap...I think his choice is understandable.







p.s as for Arafat's pic in your sig(as disturbing as it is), When Arafat does "V" it don't mean "peace" it means "Victory"

Thanks, I'll change it.
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Most hip-hop is now keyboard driven, because the majority of hip-hop workstations have loops and patches that enable somebody with marginal skills to put tracks together,...

Unfortunately, most hip-hop artists gravitated towards the path of least resistance by relying on these pre-set patches. As a result, electric guitar and real musicians became devalued, and a lot of hip-hop now sounds the same.

Paris
 

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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2004, 09:25:46 AM »
Quote from: Lincoln The Mental Traveller on November 12, 2004, 09:04:19 AM
Quote from: I TO DA GEEZY on November 12, 2004, 08:54:02 AM
p.s as for Arafat's pic in your sig(as disturbing as it is), When Arafat does "V" it don't mean "peace" it means "Victory"
Thanks, I'll change it.

LOL.. I thought you were going to change the pic, but instead you just changed the word under it...
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2004, 10:20:00 AM »
lol @ mmlp and blueprint

fuck outta here
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2004, 11:08:46 AM »
Quote from: smartass on November 12, 2004, 10:20:00 AM
lol @ mmlp and blueprint

fuck outta here

blueprint................o....kay...........................MMLP NEVER
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop al
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2004, 11:12:03 AM »
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If Ready to Die is in the top 3 then MMLP should be in the top 25. Impact means as much as quality.
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2004, 11:56:10 AM »
^ what about all the cds that paved the way for eminem... its not even considered a classic.. its not flawless.. its a good cd thats it
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Re: Entertainment Weekly: Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is greatest hip-hop album
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2004, 11:59:43 AM »
Paid In Full is a great choice.  (It's my #1)
I'm surpised De La and Biggie made it over Nas and Dre.


Top Five:

Paid In Full
Illmatic
The Chronic
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The Low End Theory
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« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2004, 12:05:21 PM »
Quote from: white boy on November 12, 2004, 11:56:10 AM
^ what about all the cds that paved the way for eminem... its not even considered a classic.. its not flawless.. its a good cd thats it


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« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2004, 12:06:02 PM »
Quote from: Shallow on November 12, 2004, 11:12:03 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If Ready to Die is in the top 3 then MMLP should be in the top 25. Impact means as much as quality.

impact = sales ??
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