I bet half of the people voting for The Diary are mute posters who don't even listen to that album nor own it. They just heard "it's classic" and voted.
34 people voted, and yet I don't see multiple explanations for why Diary is a beloved classic?

Part of this process is going off consensus though. They should be voting yes if they've heard its a classic.I bet half of the people voting for The Diary are mute posters who don't even listen to that album nor own it. They just heard "it's classic" and voted.
34 people voted, and yet I don't see multiple explanations for why Diary is a beloved classic?![]()
I bet half of the people voting for The Diary are mute posters who don't even listen to that album nor own it. They just heard "it's classic" and voted.
34 people voted, and yet I don't see multiple explanations for why Diary is a beloved classic?![]()
I'm not saying he should have had mainstream producers. Just good producers. Dude did way too much work with NO Joe and Mike Dean. How do you have the same mediocre producers for 3 straight albums? They occasionally made great shyt, but there's a lot of songs between those 3 albums that had meh beats.
Since beats are the foundation of this hip hop shyt, the first thing I notice when we talk about whether something's a classic or not is the production. If the production's not there, it's not a classic to me. The only exception is if the rhyme content is so revolutionary (e.g. Amerikka's Most Wanted, It Takes A nation of Millions) that I can let those albums slide, even if I personally never play them.
The Diary is a good album. Mr Scarface is also a good album. So is The Fix. But great the whole through? I dunno about that.
another great song:
Did you just imply that AMW and Nations both have wack beats?
yep. have I blasphemed?
I'm not a fan of the production. not a fan of Bomb Squad style in general (I respect the shyt out of it tho - without Bomb Squad there's no RZA.)
nikka Ya Love To Hate is a fire beat though. Can't remember any other beats off AMW.
Are you a fan? You listen to those albums all the time front to back?
Been a fan practically since I started listening to Hip Hop. I listen to both of them all the time front to back, AMW in particular stays on my iPhone, it's one of my fav albums ever and Cubes best IMO. Nation they hadn't fully hit their stride with their signature sound (I think AMW and FOABP do that) but Nation is probably when they first got that signature sound that they're known for and people love so much.
What don't you like about the production?
I think it should be Mr. Scarface is Backed.Live in a world where Face has 1 classic and Pac has 3 brehs
I want this to be Fixed....geddit?
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