Classics Discussion: Notorious B.I.G., Digable Planets & Mos Def

[RichForever]

Voted Yes for Ready To Die, Life After Death, and Black On Both Sides. Can't speak on Digable Planets.

 

[StraightUpMenace]

Voted yes for Ready To Die.

 

[Deltron]

Black on Both Sides and biggie are certified..throw in Black Star too

 

[RichForever]

Black on Both Sides and biggie are certified..throw in Black Star too

He already did Black Star.

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/classics-discussion-eric-b-rakim-rakim-black-star.394888/

 

[I love Latina women]

mos got black on both sides
biggie got ready to die and life after death
digable got refuge and blowout comb

 

[Ian1362]

Both Big records and Black on Both Sides

Blowout Comb while cool wasn't even a top 10 NY album in 1994.

 

[Taadow]

Both B.I.G. albums and that's it.

 

[Ian1362]

I feel Blowout Comb has more than enough quality but not much past that...

Albums (off the top of my head) from 1994 that I regularly play more than the Digable Planets album:

Illmatic
Ready to Die
Sun Rises in the East
Stress Extinction Agenda
Beatnuts album
Main Ingredient
Hard to Earn
World Life
Keith Murrary debut
Dare Iz A Darkside
Da Bush Babees debut
Il Al Skratch album

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Albums (off the top of my head) from 1994 that I regularly play more than the Digable Planets album:

Illmatic
Ready to Die
Sun Rises in the East
Stress Extinction Agenda
Beatnuts album
Main Ingredient
Hard to Earn
World Life
Keith Murrary debut
Dare Iz A Darkside
Da Bush Babees debut
Il Al Skratch album

Those for sure and even The Diary (Scarface) but the rest...idk tbh

Either way it has the quality to contend with those albums, no matter the preferences. It is exquisite, but what does it bring to the table other than quality?

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Ladybug Mecca is so beautiful

 

[Hamza B.]

My favorite Guru verse is on Blowout Comb…

 

[IAmListenin']

I am cooking dinner tomorrow night
LAD > WTF
It's the GOAT double album to me. What do you think is filler?

fukking You Tonight
I Love the Dough (kinda, love Jay)
Another
Nasty Boy
The World is Filled (kinda, less than the rest)

So let me get this straight.

By it's omission, "Playa Hater" isn't filler to you?

(No judgment, just curious.)

 

[Ian1362]

Those for sure and even The Diary (Scarface) but the rest...idk tbh

Either way it has the quality to contend with those albums, no matter the preferences. It is exquisite, but what does it bring to the table other than quality?

I don't like the emcees. Too many Q-Tip/Special Ed esque flows, they all sound like less talented amalgamation of the aforementioned + Camp Lo. Didn't the Boogiemonsters drop that yr too? Literally interchangeable with them except with less jazzy production and better rhyming.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

So let me get this straight.

By it's omission, "Playa Hater" isn't filler to you?

(No judgment, just curious.)

I guess I enjoy it more than the songs listed but it can constitute as filler, good point

I don't like the emcees. Too many Q-Tip/Special Ed esque flows, they all sound like less talented amalgamation of the aforementioned + Camp Lo. Didn't the Boogiemonsters drop that yr too? Literally interchangeable with them except with less jazzy production and better rhyming.

fair enough. They aren't stand-out tho I think Ladybug Mecca was pretty good. idk about Boogiemonsters tho.

 

[Ian1362]

idk about Boogiemonsters tho.

just checked it dropped in 94



NYC excellence