The Music Thread

[SkipToMy_Lou]

This thread has gone waaay off topic, people gotta get back to the hip hop here...

[Dramacydal]

as for best hip-hop albums this year:

1. Cormega - The Testament
2. Common - Be

those 2 are for sure the best.

[Matt]

i liked Geto Boys- The Foundation, Pimp C's album and a bunch of other stuff.

right now im listening to Guerilla Maab

[SkipToMy_Lou]

Matt check the underground section on hip hop cartel, theres some good albums there (all the ones I made topics off are good)

[Colin]

Common - Be
Cormega - The Testament
Geto Boys - The Foundation
Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming
and I guess Guru - Version 7.0 haven't listened to that much though.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

Edan - Beauty and The Beat is probably the album of the year so far (not just me that thinks this either) everyone really needs to check that out.

[Colin]

I thought it was pretty good, but I don't know about the best. Haven't listened to it a lot either though.

[Dramacydal]

^as long as its not a classic its not the best album of the year since The Testament and Be are both classic releases. lyrically by far the best albums in about 2 years (or even more than that).

[XianeX]

^as long as its not a classic its not the best album of the year since The Testament and Be are both classic releases. lyrically by far the best albums in about 2 years (or even more than that).

I don't understand how you can judge whether an album is a classic or not within the same year. I have to listen to the album YEARS later to see if it's even worth mentioning as a classic. It can be a great album but the term "classic album" is thrown around like a baseball.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

Edan - Beauty And The Beat is classic...check some hip hop review sites they all agree with me.

Probably the most mind blowing release for a few years, and I wouldn't say The Testament or Be are classic. They are both great albums, but I don't think I'd call them classic.

Imo The Realness was better then The Testament, and no one really considers that a classic.

[Colin]

I do. Testament and Be are both around 4.5 for me. Probably about the same for Beauty and the Beat. I'll give it another listen tommorow.

I don't know when this is from, but I got this stuff by Typical Cats which I love. If it was from 05 then I would put it right up there. I thought I saw you get it Skip, you know when you were at the store.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

I don't know when this is from, but I got this stuff by Typical Cats which I love. If it was from 05 then I would put it right up there. I thought I saw you get it Skip, you know when you were at the store.

Oh yeah I remember getting that

That album was released in 2001 though I think, but it's a great album.

[Matt]

scarface' Balls & My Word is the best album i've heard in the last 2 yrs.....i think it was released in 2003, may have been 2002 though.

[Dramacydal]

Imo The Realness was better then The Testament, and no one really considers that a classic.

are you kidding? of course The Realness is considered a classic, its Megas first officially released album and almost everyone that knows something bout rap considers this album a classic.

btw, i just found this SICK freestyle by Immortal Technique on the net and thought id share it.

download here

[Jackal]

Yeah, that was so sick I got nautious. Why would he want to fuck my woman like Kobe?

On another note, will you folks make up your mind about the album of this year so I can see if it's worth the listen?

[Dramacydal]

I don't understand how you can judge whether an album is a classic or not within the same year. I have to listen to the album YEARS later to see if it's even worth mentioning as a classic. It can be a great album but the term "classic album" is thrown around like a baseball.

The Testament is from the 90s and it was supposed to be Megas debut album. in my eyes its simply a classic, it was kinda revolutionary for that era and its still amazing today.
as for Be bein a classic, its just that these days so much shit is released these days and rap needs to head into a different direction and then Common comes along who was kinda out of the spotlight but released amazing shit in the 90s and puts out an album at such a high level lyrically, which is like an answer to all the bullshit the industry has been putting out lately, which is real talk and which is deep and everything so its gotta be a classic in my eyes.

and no im not calling every single album thats above average a classic.

[Matt]

i give Commons album a 4. It's just another good album that'll probably get played out and shelved for a while. A Classic for me is something i listen to all the time years down the road.

Why would he want to fuck my woman like Kobe

because Kobe's the master of the back door cut? that's an enviable skill

[SkipToMy_Lou]

are you kidding? of course The Realness is considered a classic, its Megas first officially released album and almost everyone that knows something bout rap considers this album a classic.

Trust me, I know I'm in Australia but I post on ALOT of rap forums and The Realness isn't considered classic by most hip hop heads.

as for Be bein a classic, its just that these days so much shit is released these days and rap needs to head into a different direction and then Common comes along who was kinda out of the spotlight but released amazing shit in the 90s and puts out an album at such a high level lyrically, which is like an answer to all the bullshit the industry has been putting out lately, which is real talk and which is deep and everything so its gotta be a classic in my eyes.

Check the underground rap homie, peep my top 10 albums and see if you can get any of those albums (some of them you will already have, but the ones you don't go out and see if you can get them)

[Dramacydal]

Realness got all the recognition it deserved and IS considered a classic by alotta peeps, esp by those who do know shit about rap, for those who dont i dont really care what they think about it.

[Old School Fool]

Anyone catch Jowe's Avatar? That's fucking stupid, right there.

[Jackal]

Why's that? Because he has an opinion?

Oh yeah, your last post was stupid, it's your opinion so it's stupid.

[Matt]

anyone else there should be more jazz influenced rap ala The Roots.

Skip you going to The Roots, tix are $69....213 are coming later in the year and Lloyd Banks should be in Aus w/in a few months.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

Yep definetely seeing The Roots will probably check out Guru this month too, hopefully I got enough cash.

I'm on 56K for the next 5 days as I exceeded my download limit

So won't be around as much, caus I can't stand pages taking 5 minutes to load up

[Matt]

haha, thats what i feel like EVERYDAY, NLSC is a bitch to load.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

Lmao Hip Hop Cartel is way worse, only just released it now caus of the 56K but shit takes sooooo long to load