Not for nothin, it was also the Source's album of the year.![]()
@bigbadbossup2012 you just left out the part about quik and eiht being dissed by Star and Buc?If you remember that, then you also remember who wrote it- Star and Buc Wild's monthly column where they dissed and clowned A LOT of muhfukkas, cause that's what Star does. But I guess it's OK if he disses Heather B's video for being a piece of shyt or Parrish Smith for makin' a solo album (just two of MANY examples)... but Quik and Eiht off-limits, eh?
Ur only supposed to play ur regions music
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is a consensus G.O.A.T. contender and the greatest Wu solo a great album from beats, concepts, skits and rhymes get the fukk outta here.
Wasn't that the Benzino era? If not, when did the Zino era end?
I think you're misunderstanding what I'm getting at. I'm saying that your tournament is credible b/c Wu won. It's a joke.
And as far as the rigging - it was a whole different ballgame. Don't make me pull up all relevant posts from the Mobb/Wu thread and the EPMD/Bone thread.
Redman, EPMD, BDP, Enter the Wu
What else? And which ones do you disagree with? Other than EPMD - I think you said that album didn't deserve 4.5.
Every time they rank hip hop albums that's in the top 10yea, in the eyes of '90s east-centric rap fans.
its not even a consensus top 10.
Theres a consensus top ten?its not even a consensus top 10.
The Eminem beef went on for years and 2005 was definitely still the Benzino era.well, benzino was there darn near the whole time, so there really is no such thing as a benzino era. but i was referring to like the late '90s thru the eminem beef.
So 99?nah. im comparing made men to albums that got high ratings from THEIR e
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is by far the best rap group album no doubt
ovrl top 10 top 15
Every time they rank hip hop albums that's in the top 10
Theres a consensus top ten?
What is it? And is the Infamous #1?
The Eminem beef went on for years and 2005 was definitely still the Benzino era.
The Source staff's objections to Mays and Benzino
In 2005, after Kimberly Osorio had been unlawfully fired, Mays and Benzino appointed Joshua "Fahiym" Ratcliffe to the E.I.C. post at the publication. That same year, however, he abruptly resigned after he was ordered to lower the rating of Little Brother's The Minstrel Show from four-and-a-half to four. Lil' Kim's release, The Naked Truth, received the five mic rating instead. Although critics speculated that Lil' Kim's manager was dating Dave Mays, this was the first time that a female rapper ever received the highest rating in the magazine.[5] In 2006, Benzino formally announced that he was resigning as chief operations officer and co-owner of The Source," stating that his battle with Eminem and the magazine's publishers were hurting the revenue of The Source." But a few days later, Benzino announced that he had returned to The Source as co-owner. Industry insiders believed that The Source had staged a fake event in order to encourage advertisers to invest in the controversial magazine. The rapper refuted his claims about saving The Source, and instead blamedInterscope's chairman Jimmy Iovine. Benzino believed that Iovine was pressuring to fire rap mogul L.A. Reid if he didn't have Def Jam advertising removed from The Source. The reason why Benzino stepped down was to save Reid's position as president of Island Def Jam, or so he claimed. Benzino then went on radio denouncing Def Jam's founder Russell Simmons for not participating in his smear campaign to expose Eminem. He had used racial comments about Simmons in the past, forcing Def Jam to pull a vast majority of their ads from The Source. Later that year, Benzino and David Mays were forced out of The Source by its private-equity investors Black Enterprise / Greenwich Street Corporate Growth Partners.
So 99?
who are THEY?
let magazines dictate hip-hop to you brehs.
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You were the one that said it wasn't a consensus top 10. Who else ranks albums other than magazines and websites?
And among the people Cuban Linx is always top 10 if not top 5who else ranks albums?
gee i dont know.........rap fans?
magazines & websites dont represent the people. they represent themselves and a certain demographic.
And among the people Cuban Linx is always top 10 if not top 5
Personally its in my top 3 with the Chronic and Illmatic but if you are a hip hop fan of a certain age you cant deny that albums greatnessdk bout top 5
But its in the top 10
some ppl mite even have it top 15
Bottom line is its 1 of the greatest albums ever