How many classic albums does The Game have?

[Taadow]

It went gold before IWW dropped.

Us two weren't talkin' about gold, doe...we were talkin' about platinum.

What do R Kelly and Brandy have to do with anything?

The streets was bumpin' their albums more in 1994 than Illmatic.
That's what was having impact, not Nas.

 

[mobbinfms]

Us two weren't talkin' about gold, doe...we were talkin' about platinum.



The streets was bumpin' their albums more in 1994 than Illmatic.
That's what was having impact, not Nas.

I know. I brought up Nas going gold because it's relevant to measuring impact.

I'm still not sure what the relevance of Brandy or R Kelly is? A lot of artists made an impact in 94. The streets, as a whole, would be mostly casual hip hop fans. Nas made more of an impact with serious hip hop fans.

 

[Taadow]

I know. I brought up Nas going gold because it's relevant to measuring impact.

...But it's not relevant to when he went platinum. lol

I'm still not sure what the relevance of Brandy or R Kelly is? A lot of artists made an impact in 94. The streets, as a whole, would be mostly casual hip hop fans. Nas made more of an impact with serious hip hop fans.

So basically Nas didn't resonate with the masses in 1994, which means he didn't have much of an impact.
Thanks for making my point.

 

[WestS1de]

Documentary, Documentary 2, Doctor's Advocate.

Game always puts out dope shyt regardless your just some haters.

 

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

Nothing he's ever released besides The Documentary ever impacted hip hop where you could it a classic.

Nobody would ever think of a classic album and then name something by the Game other than maybe his first album.

He barely has singles that did any thing outside of the documentary besides My Life, Wouldn't Get Far & One Blood.


That only 3-5 hits off 9 Released albums

I fukk with game heavy but this is true.

Although IMO I say DA is a personal classic, but can see why someone would disagree

My answer is 2 classics

 

[BO BARON]

That 1st album was 50's, game ain't got no classics. Sorry.

Games pen made that album what it was & that album single handedly catapulted compton & brought LA back to into hip hop prominence

50 wouldn't have did anything with those beats & the few hooks that wouldve made a differents from his other albums

 

[Ronnie Lott]

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A good album is not equivalent to a classic album.

Stop.

Documentary is an undisputed hip hop classic

 

[Ronnie Lott]

He's got 3 imo
Documentary
Documentary 2
RED album

Doctors Advocate is a west coast classic

 

[BK The Great]

The second one proved he was for real to me..

I beg to differ

Exactly, he kept pushing creating music and giving the West Coast something they didn't have for a while so hard that Dr. Dre had to go back and work with him again

 

[scarlxrd]

Only the Documentary for me

 

[Mr. Negative]

one and a possible, like spades.

 

[mobbinfms]

..But it's not relevant to when he went platinum. lol

But you brought up how long it took for Illmatic to go platinum after another poster disagreed with you initially stating that the album had no impact upon release and after.
So it is relevant to impact which is where the conversation started.

So basically Nas didn't resonate with the masses in 1994, which means he didn't have much of an impact.
Thanks for making my point.

Other rappers and singers had more of an impact with casuals fans (or "the masses"). Nas definitely made an impact though.
It seems we have different thresholds for impact

 

[Taadow]

But you brought up how long it took for Illmatic to go platinum after another poster disagreed with you initially stating that the album had no impact upon release and after.
So it is relevant to impact which is where the conversation started.

No - that other poster brought up Illmatic going platinum, like it went platinum quickly or something.
I just pointed out that that was not the case. So how long it took to go gold would only matter if gold
was better than platinum.

My point of disagreement with his claim of Illmatic's impact was not that "it had no impact",
but that it didn't have much impact UPON IT'S RELEASE, which is what he said.

Other rappers and singers had more of an impact with casuals fans (or "the masses"). Nas definitely made an impact though.
It seems we have different thresholds for impact

It's people who never heard of Nas until It Was Written dropped.
So, the impact Illmatic had could not have been that great.

To bring it back to the thread topic, even "casual" fans knew of The Game when The Documentary dropped.

 

[1thouwow]

None

 

[Maude]

The second one proved he was for real to me..

I beg to differ

It's better than the documentary to me. Both are great