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Quality-wise, there are NOT 27 albums better then this....maybe 10-15 albums. And based on impact ALONE with nothing else considered, this album is top FIVE all time (theres only a handful of hip hop albums that had more impact then this one)
Quote from: ImmortalOne on August 12, 2005, 03:45:43 PMQuality-wise, there are NOT 27 albums better then this....maybe 10-15 albums. And based on impact ALONE with nothing else considered, this album is top FIVE all time (theres only a handful of hip hop albums that had more impact then this one). AEOM was a dope album, extremely well known and sold, but musically it was in no way groundbreaking, it didn't bring anything new to the table, neither established anything that wasn't yet popular.
Quote from: Niyasin on August 14, 2005, 06:25:25 PMQuote from: ImmortalOne on August 12, 2005, 03:45:43 PMQuality-wise, there are NOT 27 albums better then this....maybe 10-15 albums. And based on impact ALONE with nothing else considered, this album is top FIVE all time (theres only a handful of hip hop albums that had more impact then this one). AEOM was a dope album, extremely well known and sold, but musically it was in no way groundbreaking, it didn't bring anything new to the table, neither established anything that wasn't yet popular.AEOM brought several new things to the table.First, it was the rap's first double cd ever. Nobody even thought about making a double album until Pac did it and sold 7 million+......year later everyone and their mommas are releasing double albums.Second, musically it wasnt groundbreaking, but it was the first album to put up MC Hammer type numbers AND maintain hip hop respect. Also, it is arguably the most COMPLETE rap album ever made, the mainstream album every MC that has come out since dreams of making. It was an album made to appeal to a broad audience yet still be loved by street cats. You can say what you want about all the albums that came out before it, but bottomline, this is the blueprint (sorry Jay) for how a mainstream rap album is made nowadays, been that way since 97'. Its just that todays cats dont do it nearly as well as Pac did. Most of the albums on Knuckles list only had impact in the hip hop world....they didnt have the universal appeal that Pac's albums, in particular this one, had. Im not saying its the best rap album ever but its by far the most COMPLETE hip hop album ever made.Hip hop has been through so many different trends in the last 8 years and yet this album continues to be a standard regardless of how much the rap landscape changes.
^^^Yea, but Pac's fanbase is just a *LITTLE* larger then Brother Lynch's fanbase
Id have said Safe + Sound was better than 2001
Ok..I know it's YOUR opinion..But how can GZA'S - LIQUID SWORDS not be in your top 10 Same goes for Doggystyle and No One Can Do It Better
Quote from: Fressh_Deini on August 19, 2005, 12:27:04 PMOk..I know it's YOUR opinion..But how can GZA'S - LIQUID SWORDS not be in your top 10 Same goes for Doggystyle and No One Can Do It Better hahahaWhich three albums in my top ten would you take out to get these in? Let's see your top ten.
Yess..Pretty Toney Album is easily the best album of the last 5 years
My top 101. 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me2. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle3. Dr. Dre - The Chronic4. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better5. TQ - They Never Saw Me Coming (not really rap..but yeaah)6. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)7. GZA - Liquid Swords8. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth9. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx10. Ghostface (Killah) - The Pretty Toney AlbumOther Notable Mentions:Murs - 3:16 (the 9th Edition)Westside Connection - Bow DownN.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton!Nas - Illmatic2 Pac - Me Against The WorldGhostface Killah - Supreme ClienteleOk..I gotta agree I never really listened much to groups like A Tribe Called Quest, Boogie Down Productions etc. etc.
Quote from: Fressh_Deini on August 20, 2005, 10:41:40 AMMy top 101. 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me2. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle3. Dr. Dre - The Chronic4. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better5. TQ - They Never Saw Me Coming (not really rap..but yeaah)6. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)7. GZA - Liquid Swords8. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth9. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx10. Ghostface (Killah) - The Pretty Toney AlbumOther Notable Mentions:Murs - 3:16 (the 9th Edition)Westside Connection - Bow DownN.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton!Nas - Illmatic2 Pac - Me Against The WorldGhostface Killah - Supreme ClienteleOk..I gotta agree I never really listened much to groups like A Tribe Called Quest, Boogie Down Productions etc. etc. hahahahaYou got me. That is a superior list.