Truly's question got me thinking about making this list, and I thought it might provoke a good discussion....
1. Life After Death
2. The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Stillmatic
4. The Blueprint
5. It Was Written
6. All Eyez on Me
7. Champion Sound
8. The Chronic
9. Madvillainy
10. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Hon. mention to Doggystyle and Raising Hell
By no means am I saying any of these are bad albums (except for Champion Sound which is why it's so high on my list), but IMO the praise these albums receive from hip-hop fans is WAY higher than the quality of music.
And I'm obviously not including flavour of the month albums like The Carter III which will fade into obscurity in a few years like Nelly's Country Grammar did.
Thoughts?
1. Life After Death
2. The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Stillmatic
4. The Blueprint
5. It Was Written
6. All Eyez on Me
7. Champion Sound
8. The Chronic
9. Madvillainy
10. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Hon. mention to Doggystyle and Raising Hell
By no means am I saying any of these are bad albums (except for Champion Sound which is why it's so high on my list), but IMO the praise these albums receive from hip-hop fans is WAY higher than the quality of music.
And I'm obviously not including flavour of the month albums like The Carter III which will fade into obscurity in a few years like Nelly's Country Grammar did.
Thoughts?