It's October 13, 2025, 06:30:37 AM
Who cares how many mics each album got in The Source and which ones are classics according to them. We, the fans, decide which albums get to be called "classics". And it can't be done over a week or two after an album's release, oh no. Look into Stillmatic or Blueprint or whatever album after, like, a year or two. THEN, if those discs are still in your CD player and you still can't get enough, THEN it's a classic. The Chronic, All Eyes on Me, Doggystyle, Chronic 2001, Illmatic and so on are classic albums 'cause people still buy them, people still listen to them and people still talk about them. A magazine can't say what's classic or not with listening to the album a few times. Only YOU can tell a classic, over time.
Confirm These Source Ratings NowThe Chronic:Doggystyle:36 Chambers:E.1999 Eternal:Cuban Link:2001:ALSO...I need someone to name some albums that got some ratings that aren't deserved...like Made Men.
Chronic--4.5 mics [shoulda been 5]Doggystyle--4 mics [shoulda been 5]36 Chambers--4.5 mics I think, [shoulda been a 5 in anycase]E.1999 Eternal--4 mics [shoulda been 5]Cuban Linx--4.5 mics [shoulda been 5]2001--4.5 mics [shoulda been a 4 at the most]
im pretty sure e.1999.eternal was 3.5 mics an 2001 one wit out a doubt deserved 4.5 mics if not 5
Are you sure E.1999 Eternal got only 3.5?? I coulda sworn it was 4. But if it indeed only got 3.5, that has to be one of The Source's top 3 fuck ups.......thats just inexcusable.
Snoops Da Game only got 3.5...Both Top Dogg and Last Meal got 4 mics...Doggystyle got 4 and Doggfather wasn't reviewed...E.1999 Eternal got 3.5...The Art Of War was the one they gave 4 mics...The Source seems to underrate mostly West Coast shit I think the only artist to get 5 mics was Cube...
In all honesty, I think the Source has underrated far more albums then they have overrated. They are NOT good at recognizing classic material, as seen by the fact they've only give 5 mics to like 12 albums or some shit. But in reality, there are at least another 50 albums that didnt get the 5 mics but deserved it, including all the ones I named in my last post [except 2001]. But, here are some OVERRATED albums:Hot Boys Guerrilla Warfare--4.5 mics [shoulda got a 3 at the most]Life After Death--5 mics [4.5 mics is more accurate]The Blueprint--5 mics [again, 4.5 is more accurate]I Am--4.5 mics [this is a 4 at the most]Supreme Clientele--4.5 mics [this is about 4 mics]Bulletproof Wallets--4.5 mics [this is closer to 3.5 mics]Great Depression--4 mics [this is a 3.5 tops]Hardknock Life--4.5 mics [this is TRASH, shoulda got 1 mic]Dynasty--4.5 mics [3 mics tops]Life And Times Of S. Carter--4 mics [2 mics tops]