In response to a thread in GD bout having sensible Hip Hop debate. Ill try and start one.

How many rappers/rap groups have made more than one really good LP (I'm not counting groups who have then done solo projects)?

I can only think of:

Public Enemy
De La Soul
Tribe Called Quest

There also some underground artists from back in the day I could name but 90% of people here would not have heard of them, but my point is there aren't many.

I'm sure there are more but those are the only I can think off the top of my head.

Damn that all you can think of

Nas ............Illmatic, Stillmatic, Godson, Lost Tapes, SD, It Was Writing
Jayz............ RD, Vol 2, Blueprint
Dre .......Cronic, Cronic 2000
Tupac...........To many to name all, but deff My Aginst the World, and All Eyes on Me
Biggie..........Both he would have been more but that nigga got shot
Ice Cube......Death Certificate, Amerikkkas Most Wanted
Mobb Deep......Juvenal Hell, THe Infamous
Outcast...............To many to name
DMX...............ITs Dark, Fleash of My Fleash
Jada...............Both albums
Snopp Dogg............Doggy Style, Last Meal + Both East Sider albums
Dj Quick (the most underated rapper and producer)...............Safe + Sound, Rhythm-al-ism, Balance & Options

yeah, this is a silly thread
it woulda been more legit if ya said who got 2 or more CLASSIC albums
but even that aint exactly an all exclusive club





whatever








Cormega - The Realness (classic), True Meaning (classic), Testament (woulda been classic if it got released 8 years ago like it was supposed to), Urban Legend (gonna be classic)

is urban legend a good album?

Ice Cube, Mobb Deep & Dre & Outkast maybe DJ Quik are I agree are possible but I only think are only very good not great. But I aint gonna argue with you on those.

Also DJ Quik is not that well known and I could list loads of underground artists who I think have great albums but because not that many people know of them I felt it would be pointless. I only listed artists that are relatively well known/commercially successful.

This is probably a really stupid reason. But how many people here have heard of King Sun, Double X Posse or Show & AG.

This is a really stupid reason but I just want to concentrate on Albums that have had some sort of commercial impact

Also:

IMO Nas, Snoop & Biggie (life after death is shite) has only ever released 1 great album.

As for Jay Z and Tupac I dont think theyve released one great album.

As for DMX & Jada (is this Jada kiss) I've never listened to any of their songs.

I would add BDP & Run DMC too.

To everyone else when I say underground artists I'm talking about indie artists who sold virtually no records.

Not artists today who are considered underground today like Jedi Mind Tricks. Who are considered underground but are still on major distribution labels.

Damn that all you can think of

Nas ............Illmatic, Stillmatic, Godson, Lost Tapes, SD, It Was Writing
Jayz............ RD, Vol 2, Blueprint
Dre .......Cronic, Cronic 2000
Tupac...........To many to name all, but deff My Aginst the World, and All Eyes on Me
Biggie..........Both he would have been more but that nigga got shot
Ice Cube......Death Certificate, Amerikkkas Most Wanted
Mobb Deep......Juvenal Hell, THe Infamous
Outcast...............To many to name
DMX...............ITs Dark, Fleash of My Fleash
Jada...............Both albums
Snopp Dogg............Doggy Style, Last Meal + Both East Sider albums
Dj Quick (the most underated rapper and producer)...............Safe + Sound, Rhythm-al-ism, Balance & Options


i disagree with alot of them

WTF????

Whys it a fucking silly thread its better than the usual 'Whos ur favourite rapper' or 'Eminem has retired/fucked his mum/died'.

When I say great I mean great not classic. I albums thats are in your opinion have amazing lyrics, delivery, beats, productions etc.

Hip Hop is to young to have many classic albums.

Well Dj Quick is well know here because well i Watts is basiclly Compton.

You Say

This is a really stupid reason but I just want to concentrate on Albums that have had some sort of commercial impact

Also:

IMO Nas, Snoop & Biggie (life after death is shite) has only ever released 1 great album.


IF you think that Nas Bigge and Snopp Hasnt had an commercail impact then you on the wrong Web site. You need to go to an Rand B web site or some shit.

Cause i dont think no rapper has had the impact that Snopp has not even Jay Z

i disagree with alot of them

Which ones.....................

Vanilla Ice :D

Royce Da 59-Death is certain and Build and destroy

Nas-It was written, illmatic and lost tapes

Onyx-Bacdafucup, Shut em down, all we got iz us

Eazy e-Eazy duz it, its on (dr.dre) 187 um killa

GZA-liquid swords and ledgend of the liquid sword

Kurupt- Streets iz a mutha and Kuruption
Dre-Chronic and Chronic 2001

Bone thugs-Art of war and e1999 eternal

BIG-both
Eminem-Eminem show, marshall mathers LP and Slim Shady LP

MObb Deep-Murda Muzik, Infamous and hell on earth

Wu tang-Wu tang forever and 36 chambers

meh thats all i can think of now

Gangstarr - Deadly Operations, Hard to Earn, Moment Of The Truth
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubts, The Blueprint
2Pac - Me Against The World, All Eyez On Me
Nas - All Albums except for Nastradamus & SD
Notorious B.I.G - Ready To Die, Life After Death
Talib Kweli - Quality, The Beautiful Struggle
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides, The New Danger
Dr Dre - The Chronic, Dre 2001
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Death Certificate
Common - Ressurection, Be
Eric B & Rakim - All Their Albums
Big Daddy Kane - All of His Old School Albums
LOX - Both of their albums
Redman - WUut The Album, Muddy Waters
Xzibit - At The Speed Of Life - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz, Restless

all i can remember at the current time

LOL Fuck R&B

I never said Snoop Dogg, Nas & Biggie never had a commercial impact I just dont think they released more than 1 great album.

@MC Ice

Eric B & Rakim and Gangstarr 4 sure. I dunno why I didnt put them too. Also Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

is urban legend a good album?



it aint out yet.......but word from Mega himself is thats its gonna be
way better then anything before.......I dont really know how you can
get better then The Realness......but hey, his shit, I'll take his word for it

its gonna have CRAZY productions on it


Mega and Premo are finally hooking up
one of their tracks already leaked, i think its up at hip hop game.com



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both of Biggie's albums were DOPE as fuck
I dont know how anyone can disagree
ya dont gotta like him but give him his credit for putting out quality music



Nas put out Illmatic and It Was Written which again I dont really know
how anyone can say those were not great albums
ya gotta be able to seperate preference and truth

Nas may be a homo but he got a bunch of great albums out

LOL Fuck R&B

I never said Snoop Dogg, Nas & Biggie never had a commercial impact I just dont think they released more than 1 great album.


I guess i dont know what to say Stillmatic, Illmatic Were two classics
Illmatic Probable one of the greatest rep albums of all time.

Doggy style and Last meal Great albums. And im not even go start on biggie.
But to each his own. Thats IMO.

I guess i dont know what to say Stillmatic, Illmatic Were two classics
Illmatic Probable one of the greatest rep albums of all time.

Doggy style and Last meal Great albums. And im not even go start on biggie.
But to each his own. Thats IMO.

It was written is more of a classic than stillmatic.

I was feeling you untill this



Nas may be a homo but he got a bunch of great albums out

But most Mega Fans are disgruntled Ex Nas fans. So I see Why you think that illmatic and It was writting were great albums cause mega was on them shits

NAS > Mega

I was feeling you untill this



But most Mega Fans are disgruntled Ex Nas fans. So I see Why you think that illmatic and It was writting were great albums cause mega was on them shits

NAS > Mega

Of course nas>mega

But mega didnt rap on illmatic, he was only on one track of it was written, But yeah. Im stickin to it was written etter than still.

It was written is more of a classic than stillmatic.

What the Fuck. Lost Tapes was better than it was writting. WoW

^^^

@WattsGod

Illmatic is one of the best ever. But he never made an album to match it. The problem with me is that I've listened to so much rap over about a 15 year period and hold it to such a high standard I'm rarely completely satisfied with an album.

But as this is purely my opinion and I aint gonna say anyones wrong just that I disagree.

@Halftime I disagree with all your choices.

What the Fuck. Lost Tapes was better than it was writting. WoW

You're kidding me right?

It was written has to be one of the best nas albums avail (next to ill)

Listen to:
Take it in blood
Affirmitive Action
If i ruled the world
Watch dem niggas
I gave you power
The set up
Live nigga rap
Black Girl Lost
Shootouts then come back to me

@MC Ice

Eric B & Rakim and Gangstarr 4 sure. I dunno why I didnt put them too. Also Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

Lmao

yeah for sho'

*rep Giving*

^^^
Fuck a rep. Naw I just feel like a dick coz I didnt put them in my original post.

^^^

@Halftime I disagree with all your choices.

Im not suprised

not many people fuck with onyx (that i know of)

The fact you are barley satisfied with an album now adays

you may not like eminem or royce

But you disagree with BIG and my pac choices,

Some people think wu tang forever is overrated

Ledgend of the liquid sword got mixed review

You probably dont like mobb deep?

any way those are my guesses

EDIT: tbh i havent been listening to rap for a long time, Or know much but those are my opinions so meh.

I know the track on the album. Putting the tracks up there dont prove its better than still Sorry!!!!!!!

I know the track on the album. Putting the tracks up there dont prove its better than still Sorry!!!!!!!

I dont know how to put it, Ill have to bump lost tapes again, But seriously. Even if lost tapes is better than it was written. It was written is still better than still.

Which ones.....................

oh nvm..............

@Halftime

I aint saying your wrong. I'm just really difficult to please because I've heard Hip Hop at what I think is its greatest like PE, Main Source, Scientifik, KMD,Kool Keith, Showbiz & AG's, Pete Rock, Preemo etc etc.

I love Mobb Deep & Onyx all their albums which I think are tight but I dont consider them great.

I think Liquid Sword is dope as fuck legend was shiite. i think Ready to Die was tight but Life after Death is pure shite.

Eminem made some good albums especially his 1st two. Maybe his Marshall Mathers LP too. But nothing great.

Havent listened to enough of Royce 5'9 so I might be wrong on that one.

2pac made alright albums some were quite good.

But most Mega Fans are disgruntled Ex Nas fans. So I see Why you think that illmatic and It was writting were great albums cause mega was on them shits

NAS > Mega


:(



I like Nas and I like Mega. I also love Lost Tapes, Stillmatic was aight, his last one was decent too. I just mentioned his first two cause those are like automatically classic and 95% of people would agree.

So dont make ya assumptions no more on me.






And yeah I might see how someone can like Lost Tapes better then It Was Written
Lost Tapes got a better feel and vibe to it, its more chilling.

I dont know how to put it, Ill have to bump lost tapes again, But seriously. Even if lost tapes is better than it was written. It was written is still better than still.

Yeah. Not to me it over.

What about scare face

The Diary, Last of a Dying Breed, The Fix

@Halftime

I aint saying your wrong. I'm just really difficult to please because I've heard Hip Hop at what I think is its greatest like PE, Main Source, Scientifik, KMD,Kool Keith, Showbiz & AG's, Pete Rock, Preemo etc etc.

I love Mobb Deep & Onyx all their albums which I think are tight but I dont consider them great.

I think Liquid Sword is dope as fuck legend was shiite. i think Ready to Die was tight but Life after Death is pure shite.

Eminem made some good albums especially his 1st two. Maybe his Marshall Mathers LP too. But nothing great.

Havent listened to enough of Royce 5'9 so I might be wrong on that one.

2pac made alright albums some were quite good.


alright i get ya see, its easier when you explain yourself. BUt yeah i havent been into rap too long. I cant believe im 23 and barley know shit (i blame my bad memory). But yeah I thought legend was dope though.

@Halftime

I aint saying your wrong. I'm just really difficult to please because I've heard Hip Hop at what I think is its greatest like PE, Main Source, Scientifik, KMD,Kool Keith, Showbiz & AG's, Pete Rock, Preemo etc etc.

I love Mobb Deep & Onyx all their albums which I think are tight but I dont consider them great.

I think Liquid Sword is dope as fuck legend was shiite. i think Ready to Die was tight but Life after Death is pure shite.

Eminem made some good albums especially his 1st two. Maybe his Marshall Mathers LP too. But nothing great.

Havent listened to enough of Royce 5'9 so I might be wrong on that one.

2pac made alright albums some were quite good.

I guess I was jus listing to main source yesterday and that shit no were as good as just about nothing 2pac did but i guess. And Life After Death was the shit not shit. I mean that cd had so many hits its rediculus. That and All eyes on me

92-98 hiphop golden era, Golden era

I guess I was jus listing to main source yesterday and that

92-98 hiphop golden era, Golden era

finally we agree on somethin...or sort of, I kinda think 91-99

Urban Legend is out.

So many rappers have made more than one good rap album. I'm gonna talk about only mainstream artists, cause underground is a whole differnt story

Eminem, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop Dogg, D12, etc.

mine is 88-94

all my fav albums got released during that era

Urban Legend is out.

So many rappers have made more than one good rap album. I'm gonna talk about only mainstream artists, cause underground is a whole differnt story

Eminem, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop Dogg, D12, etc.


all have already been said

Urban Legend is out.


no its not............you prolly thinking TI's one

no its not............you prolly thinking TI's one
Oh, you talking about the other one, I was thinking TI's.

Part 1.... (No time to do it all in one post)

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory, People's Instinctive Travels and... Beats, Rhymes and Life
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane, It's a Big Daddy Thing, Prince of Darkness, Veteranz Day
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment, Yeeeah Baby
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill, Temples of Boom, Skull & Bones
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
EPMD - Strictly Business, Unfinished Business, Back in Business

Part 2 on it's way....

this is a very tough question to answer, but the way you asked it provides MANY answers.

yea you shoulda said CLASSIC albums.

cause theres way too many great albums to level it down to only 4 or 5 artists that have more than 1 great one.

at least its a start to get a good discussion and it has been good so far...

Yeah i beeen the best hip hop disccusion in a min. Dj Quick is still the most underated. Alot of the beats Dre gets cred for was done buy quick

Nas - Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic can be argued...

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint

Wu-Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers

Method Man - Tical

Eminem - Slim Shady LP

Dr. Dre - Chronic, Chronic 2001

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Biggie - Ready 2 Die

2pac - Me Against The World, All Eyez On Me

Common - Ressurection

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Big Pun - Capital Punishment

Rakim (& Eric B.) - Paid In Full, Follow the Leader

Wu-Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers

Method Man - Tical

Eminem - Slim Shady LP



Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Biggie - Ready 2 Die



Common - Ressurection

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Big Pun - Capital Punishment



Wasnt the topic title, more than one great album?

Jay Z
reasonable doubt, The blueprint, the black album
Nas
Illmatic, Stillmatic, stretts disciple
Dre
chronic, chronis 2001

when u say great do u mean great by how many copies it sold or great on what ur taste of music is?

when u say great do u mean great by how many copies it sold or great on what ur taste of music is?

your taste