Cold Truth
IllMuzik Moderator
here are mine, in no particular order.
-Fugees, The Score
say what you want, but NO album has made the overall impact that this one has. over ten million sold worldwide, gave the underground a taste of its own sound blowing up HUGE on radio and mtv, provided commentary- intelligent commentary without selfrighteousness- and in general made one of the most brilliant albums EVER. this one trancended genres.
-Nas, Illmatic
Yeah, i know- this one is on several lists. who cares? it was relevant to the moment..... if there was ever an album where the artsist "kept it real", this was it. No bangin or slangin on wax, just details of the world around him at the time. i must say that while his other albums had moments, none are anything close to classics....
every album by canibus. everything he has released has been nothing short of amazing. this is the greatest hip hop artist ever- hands down. period. if you think otherwise, you MUST be stupid. if you dont agree with me, then it looks like i am talking to you.
ok.....back to reality.
-Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar
great beats, great lyrics, great subject matter, this whole frickin album was the epitome of the term "skills". absolutely everything. anyone heard "twice inna lifetime"? this song is essentially a NICE cypher session caught on tape..... resperation, brown skin lady, definition, re:definition.... this was a masterpiece that was overlooked by many and still largely unknown. (i'm sure most of you here at least know of it.)
this one probalbly wot count, but.......
-about 2/3 of Soundbombing 2
i have yet to here any underground compilation (or any compilation for that matter) that matches some the overall depth of the jewels on this album. besides the fact that it laid claim to several classic underground bangers, these being common, sadat x, and hi-tek's 1-9-9-9, mos and hi-tek for universal magnetic, kweli and hi-tek (along with bahamidia) on chaos, eminems anyman, and el-p's patriotism, this was the album that proved to be the jumpoff of these artists going to the next level.. mos a nd kweli both went gold with their subsequent albums, common got real close to gold with his, and el-p pretty much owns the underground right now. need i say more?
last and certainly not least is outkast's Atliens...
nothing but classics, yada, yada, yada... this album was actually very simple in terms of production.... but sometimes less equates to more. the sound of this album just can not be duplicated. they had so much to say on this album and it was all loud and clear. also, this is the only album i can think of that actually topped is classic predecessor. it was and remains their greatest achievement. (aquemini, minus, oh, 4 songs, is right on its heels.)
there. i gave my justification for each.
-Fugees, The Score
say what you want, but NO album has made the overall impact that this one has. over ten million sold worldwide, gave the underground a taste of its own sound blowing up HUGE on radio and mtv, provided commentary- intelligent commentary without selfrighteousness- and in general made one of the most brilliant albums EVER. this one trancended genres.
-Nas, Illmatic
Yeah, i know- this one is on several lists. who cares? it was relevant to the moment..... if there was ever an album where the artsist "kept it real", this was it. No bangin or slangin on wax, just details of the world around him at the time. i must say that while his other albums had moments, none are anything close to classics....
every album by canibus. everything he has released has been nothing short of amazing. this is the greatest hip hop artist ever- hands down. period. if you think otherwise, you MUST be stupid. if you dont agree with me, then it looks like i am talking to you.
ok.....back to reality.
-Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar
great beats, great lyrics, great subject matter, this whole frickin album was the epitome of the term "skills". absolutely everything. anyone heard "twice inna lifetime"? this song is essentially a NICE cypher session caught on tape..... resperation, brown skin lady, definition, re:definition.... this was a masterpiece that was overlooked by many and still largely unknown. (i'm sure most of you here at least know of it.)
this one probalbly wot count, but.......
-about 2/3 of Soundbombing 2
i have yet to here any underground compilation (or any compilation for that matter) that matches some the overall depth of the jewels on this album. besides the fact that it laid claim to several classic underground bangers, these being common, sadat x, and hi-tek's 1-9-9-9, mos and hi-tek for universal magnetic, kweli and hi-tek (along with bahamidia) on chaos, eminems anyman, and el-p's patriotism, this was the album that proved to be the jumpoff of these artists going to the next level.. mos a nd kweli both went gold with their subsequent albums, common got real close to gold with his, and el-p pretty much owns the underground right now. need i say more?
last and certainly not least is outkast's Atliens...
nothing but classics, yada, yada, yada... this album was actually very simple in terms of production.... but sometimes less equates to more. the sound of this album just can not be duplicated. they had so much to say on this album and it was all loud and clear. also, this is the only album i can think of that actually topped is classic predecessor. it was and remains their greatest achievement. (aquemini, minus, oh, 4 songs, is right on its heels.)
there. i gave my justification for each.
