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Changed my vote to yes.
Long Live the Kane is so GOAT
Okay, imma have to go there...
I've been listening to rap music all my life, mayne...but yet and still, I didn't know who Kool G Rap was until
my mid-teens...and I was pretty up on my chit. There isn't that much that got by me, especially if it was mainstream
or common knowledge.
So if Kool G Rap was that major and I don't know his work, i'd be hard-pressed to call any of it "classic" in this discussion.
I know he was influential because I've heard that from (many) other rappers' mouths, and I know he is great because I've
gone back and listened to some of his work - but I've never heard of anyone (much less a bunch of people, which is what
this discussion is about) speak about a particular album of his being his magnum opus, or being in the realm of the elite
albums.
Like - I know the "greatest songs" of Kool G Rap...but I couldn't tell you what albums they were on.
Any album can't be classic, if the lions' share of folks don't know that chit.
That's why I fell back from voting in this thread.
I've listened for most of my life and I found out about G Rap pretty early on
I know he isn't on the same level of exposure as the other 3 'Mt. Rushmore' rappers but he was still a member of one of the biggest crews that existed.
I mean I can see your reasoning but tbh this is a hip-hop circle discussion not a mainstream one so people like G Rap should be rewarded, especially when as you said, other rappers' mouths were uttering these words.
Regarding a stand-out album, you're right. Also I'm not about giving every album a classic, that's the point of these polls, to reward the ones that genuinely deserve such status. I just feel that Live & Let Die is one of those albums.
This is the same forum that gave Common 0 classics smh...I'm still salty about that.