Classics Discussion: Kool G Rap & DJ Polo; Kool G Rap

[Inspect Her Deck]

Ok so some of y'all will be familiar with a project I'm deciding to run. I made this thread: The Official 'Classic Album' Discussion Thread, trying to reach a conclusion as to what defines a classic album. After much discussion, I am running with this definition personally, so take it as you will when you consider your classic albums. But this definition in particular was most agreed upon.

Classic: 1. An album considered by consensus of the core hip hop community to be of the highest quality (doesn't have to be perfect or flawless, just an album that the consensus deems the shyt).
2. Assuming that condition 1 is met, is this an album that has stood the test of time amongst the core hip hop community? Is that an album still held in high regard, still referenced at least ten years after its release? By a consensus of the hip hop community?

Props to @mobbinfms for the definition and also for his help generally in helping me with ideas to create these threads.

So I'll be going through one artist per day, and I will list out all their discography or close to all of it until the year 2005, as we decided that an album needs at least 10 years of existence before it can be called a classic or not.

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To help bring even more attention to these threads, I'm gonna create a hashtag (again props to mobbinfms for the idea) and I urge you guys to click on the tag and click on the option to watch the tag.

Here it is: #coliclassics

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Today we got G Rap both with DJ Polo and as a solo act.

Begin!

I will be making a POLL. For each album I will present a YES or NO option so if you think that particular album is a classic, you click 'yes' on the poll for THAT album and vice-versa. The acceptance rate for an album to be deemed a CERTIFIED classic is 80%.

If you don't think an album is a classic, DO NOT LEAVE THE POLL BLANK. You vote NO for that album instead so at least we register your vote.

I will NOT count any comments in the thread as votes, you must use the poll. The comments section should be used for discussion only.

Tagging some mods:

@FreshAIG @That Singer Guy... @hustlemania @houston911 @SoulController

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

#coliclassics

voted for Live & Let Die, his best album imo all things considered and influential as fukk

4,5,6 is a debatable but saying no for now unless convinced otherwise

the first two lacking in quality slightly, a little barebones

G Rap is top 10 DOA

 

[mobbinfms]

I've got to think about this one. My initial inclination is to say none of them

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I've got to think about this one. My initial inclination is to say none of them

don't you even think about it....

so help me God bruh...

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

#coliclassics

voted for Live & Let Die, his best album imo all things considered and influential as fukk

4,5,6 is a debatable but saying no for now unless convinced otherwise

the first two lacking in quality slightly, a little barebones

G Rap is top 10 DOA

4,5,6 is a classic to me the late night cruising sessions

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

4,5,6 is a classic to me the late night cruising sessions

what did it bring other than quality? has it remained relevant? i feel it's been overshadowed by other mafia/street albums, and it even came out after Cuban Linx

quality is certainly there. G Rap was a monster with the lyrics

 

[str8up]

Live & Let Die and 4,5,6

Nearly voted for everything except the last 2, some really good albums

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

what did it bring other than quality? has it remained relevant? i feel it's been overshadowed by other mafia/street albums, and it even came out after Cuban Linx

quality is certainly there. G Rap was a monster with the lyrics

The quality beats flow and lyrics this whole pushing the genre forward is not what I look for most of the time. I voted for live and let die too just so you know.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Live & Let Die and 4,5,6

Nearly voted for everything except the last 2, some really good albums

I was tempted to vote the first one for what it brought to the table in terms of displaying multi-syllabic rap that hadn't been seen before and has one or two standout songs.

The second was kinda the ugly stepchild. Not saying it was a worse album, but the rapping was established by then, and like the former, didn't really flesh out the mafia theme bar the occasional reference.

Live & Let Die saw that theme come to fruition way more, with many a song dedicated to it, and it almost played out as an album as such.

By the time 4,5,6 came around, it had been set in stone, but Cuban Linx maximised the formula a few months prior, so it rightfully gets all the credit for being the first mafioso COHESIVE project.

The rest of the stuff was solid, G Rap's rhyming arguably peaked in the late 90s tbh. Some of the shyt on Roots of Evil was absurdly good.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

the quality beats flow and lyrics this whole pushing the genre forward is not what I look for most of the time.

fair enough

 

[Figaro]

That retail version of Giancana Story

The bootleg version though

 

[str8up]

I was tempted to vote the first one for what it brought to the table in terms of displaying multi-syllabic rap that hadn't been seen before and has one or two standout songs.

The second was kinda the ugly stepchild. Not saying it was a worse album, but the rapping was established by then, and like the former, didn't really flesh out the mafia theme bar the occasional reference.

Live & Let Die saw that theme come to fruition way more, with many a song dedicated to it, and it almost played out as an album as such.

By the time 4,5,6 came around, it had been set in stone, but Cuban Linx maximised the formula a few months prior, so it rightfully gets all the credit for being the first mafioso COHESIVE project.

The rest of the stuff was solid, G Rap's rhyming arguably peaked in the late 90s tbh. Some of the shyt on Roots of Evil was absurdly good.

To me the first 2 are pretty much equal.

4,5,6 was a little better and good enough for me to consider classic. Live & Let Die is a good ways ahead of everything

After that it just is a big step down

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

That retail version of Giancana Story

The bootleg version though

have you got the bootleg?

or my man @str8up?

 

[Figaro]

have you got the bootleg?

or my man @str8up?

Not no more but I'll have a look on my past hard drives I've got.

 

[str8up]

have you got the bootleg?

or my man @str8up?

I don't have it right now but I can check later, site is down for maintenance atm