This might be true of every album they have except Lord Willin'. This was The Neptunes at their peak. Malice and Pusha T (especially Malice) were killing it. This put The Clipse ON.
Hell Hath No Fury didn't elevate them and it wasn't exactly an album that had much impact. They didn't expand or do anything better on this album that didn't already do and did better on Lord Willin'. I get that they went for a darker, more minimalist sound, but "Virginia" was THAT on Lord Willin' and none of the songs on HHNF match the atmosphere or the poignant lyricism of bars like "it's ironic the same place I'm making figgas at, that is the same land they used to hang nikkas at".
I Really Mean It
Veteran
No. A classic, to me, is a flawless effort that bangs from beginning to end. They have never put out an album that meets that standard, though Lord Willin and HHNF are both dope in their own separate ways. 
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
Heartbreaking like loving a whore, might love her once but never no more ..
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
This song never gets it just due
Rhyme 4 Rhyme
Pro
Way off on HHNF not having a big impact. Big deal when it came out. Particularly with the 5 mic rating from XXL, the Wayne beef, the Jive situation, etc.
Rhyme 4 Rhyme
Pro
None of this was impact. "Grindin" was a bigger deal than that whole album without a magazine rating, a beef, or a label situation passing for impact. That song alone had producers making their own version of that beat for years. It was a freestyle staple. Lord Willin' was critically acclaimed. Album was far more of a classic than HHNF.
Pegasus Jackson
Trump's Amerikkka
HHNF was a cult classic but didn't really make any noise on the surface like Lord Willin did. All of the singles pretty much flopped.
Still.. i prefer it over the debut.
Still.. i prefer it over the debut.
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Lord Willin and Hell Hath No Fury
and if you wanna argue mixtapes we got it for cheap
and if you wanna argue mixtapes we got it for cheap
lol I bought this album the week it was released and I just caught this line
"car turn tricks"
I knew he was talking about the stash box but I always missed "whether bytch hop out" double entendre
CLASSIC
I think all three of the albums, with maybe the third being a slight exemption, sound too dated to truly call classic, however we are qualifying that indefinable word.
They are good albums, even great, in spots, but Lord Willin suffers from too much Neptunes, and too many for the label tracks, (ode to weed, and a cheesy JD record, Faith Evans feature), not to mention, even the stronger tracks, (not great ones), but When Was The Last Time, haven't really aged well, and sound very much stuck in an era, with lower tier Neptunes beats and mundane lyrics. They really shine on the Intro, Virginia, Grindin, Young Boy, Comedy Central, I'm Not You. Unfortunately, this is the fault of the labels and seeking the mainstream success, which ironically was only found in Grindin.
Hell Hath, to me, is very much the same, I never liked the production much, though it had it's moments.
They are good albums, even great, in spots, but Lord Willin suffers from too much Neptunes, and too many for the label tracks, (ode to weed, and a cheesy JD record, Faith Evans feature), not to mention, even the stronger tracks, (not great ones), but When Was The Last Time, haven't really aged well, and sound very much stuck in an era, with lower tier Neptunes beats and mundane lyrics. They really shine on the Intro, Virginia, Grindin, Young Boy, Comedy Central, I'm Not You. Unfortunately, this is the fault of the labels and seeking the mainstream success, which ironically was only found in Grindin.
Hell Hath, to me, is very much the same, I never liked the production much, though it had it's moments.
Daytona is better than ant Clipse album. Lord Willin and Hell Hath no Fury are both 4 mics. I said what I said.
