No 90s Hip Hop Album has Stood The Test of Time Quite Like Mobb Deep’s The Infamous - GOAT Album

[mobbinfms]

27 years today

As time passes, it becomes more and more clear that this is the GOAT album

Now we have empirical data to back it up, in the form of Spotify streaming numbers

Amongst 90s hip hop albums, it has the 12th highest number of streams

The other albums are commercial juggernauts:
2001
AEOM
LAD
RTD
Gangsta’s Paradise
Big Willie Style
The Score
Miseducation
Predator
36 Chambers
Slim Shady LP

Infamous had an underground NY sound.

The album only went gold during its run (Platinum now )

They were on Loud records which only had a corner on a floor in the RCA offices

No top 40 singles from the album.

In spite of all of this, it’s streaming today like it had a #1 single and went 5x platinum

Legacy.

It outstreams Illmatic

All the 90s Outkast albums

All the 90s Jay albums

Bone’s two quadruple platinum albums

No Way Out (7x Plat)

GOAT album

RIP Prodigy
Hav the GOAT producer

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[THE 101]

Hell on Earth is better though

 

[Asiatic Black Hebrew]

The Infamous is the greatest hip hop album of all time IMO. It's not even debatable.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Thread title is a lie but expected from op

 

[Deltron]

P

 

[Ziggiy]

Illmatic

PERIOD

 

[Kliq_Souf]

You ride for Mobb like @Juggalo Fred rides for ICP.


I respect your dedication even if i disagree

 

[mobbinfms]

Hell on Earth is better though

Was not expecting this to be the first post
But you make a compelling argument

 

[mobbinfms]

The Infamous is the greatest hip hop album of all time IMO. It's not even debatable.

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

Legendary album.

 

[mobbinfms]

Thread title is a lie but expected from op

Men lie
Women lie
Spotify streaming numbers are unassailable
I can assure you my jaw was on the floor when I started reviewing all the data
I wouldn’t have expected Infamous to crack the top 50 because it only went gold
But this is legitimate data as to what people are listening to now, in the streaming era. From the largest streaming service. What better evidence is there as to whether an album has stood the test of time then whether people actually listen to it?

 

[semicko82]

Dope album, but OP is going overboard

 

[mobbinfms]

Illmatic

PERIOD

Illmatic is only about 50 million behind Infamous.
Plus it only has 9 songs
It was also not a commercial juggernaut during its initial run.
You can make a strong case for Illmatic
I just did

 

[mobbinfms]

Dope album, but OP is going overboard

This isn’t me saying it. This is pure data. Pure facts.
Infamous is a gold album out streaming 5x platinum albums
That’s amazing

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

This isn’t me saying it. This is pure data. Pure facts.
Infamous is a gold album out streaming 5x platinum albums
That’s amazing

What data are you using?