Most overrated classic album?

[DoomzdayzV]

speaking of Jay....in retrospect....volume 1 has gotta be the most irrelevant album ever released, possibly in any genre. I have not heard one reference to this album since the turn of the century...Its like it was never released.

 

[Big Mel]

krs was still the best rapper in 97.
mos was the best rapper in 98.
jay was the best rapper in 99, easy.


art barr

Jay just had a ascension aura haze that hung over the city from post Reasonable Doubt shine. Right when the vol. 1 album came out and had a few bogus songs but some equally classic ones to then him doubling down with the streets is watching VHS. He just was on fire. Other cats were on fire too like Canibus & Pun but Jay was just inescapable and dropping records that killed every damn week it seemed. I remeber he had like 5-6 songs all on the hot 8 at 8 at one point.

You know Krs is always the man. He's omnipotent.

 

[Art Barr]

Reasonable Doubt is underrated if anything. People still question it's merit on some line drawn in the stan sand shyt. It's a beautifully produced, sample based album with some of the most authentic and well crafted hustler lyrics ever.

the blatant dj Hollywood jiggy sellout based content and imagery is what knocks it off, from being a classic.
after the sales spike era jiggy bullshyt,..is how it got to be re-considered for revision.

yet, if we judge it by what is really real...it has its a few cultural shortcomings, that equal why it was and is not a classic.


art barr





art barr

 

[mrken12]

MMLP

 

[Big Mel]

speaking of Jay....in retrospect....volume 1 has gotta be the most irrelevant album ever released, possibly in any genre. I have not heard one reference to this album since the turn of the century...Its like it was never released.

false. second best album of his sans the blatantly wack songs.

 

[mitter]

speaking of Jay....in retrospect....volume 1 has gotta be the most irrelevant album ever released, possibly in any genre. I have not heard one reference to this album since the turn of the century...Its like it was never released.

"Where I'm From" is referred to a lot

 

[Art Barr]

speaking of Jay....in retrospect....volume 1 has gotta be the most irrelevant album ever released, possibly in any genre. I have not heard one reference to this album since the turn of the century...Its like it was never released.

wtf,....
the entire content of every commercial viable or wannabe commercially viable rapper.
is a lift of the content of imaginary player and the technical skills on, girls like.
before jay fell all the way the fukk off.


art barr

 

[torcher]

Life After Death even though I dont consider it a classic

 

[Big Mel]

Efil4zagin didn't float my boat really at all. couple joints here and there.

 

[Art Barr]

Jay just had a ascension aura haze that hung over the city from post Reasonable Doubt shine. Right when the vol. 1 album came out and had a few bogus songs but some equally classic ones to then him doubling down with the streets is watching VHS. He just was on fire. Other cats were on fire too like Canibus & Pun but Jay was just inescapable and dropping records that killed every damn week it seemed. I remeber he had like 5-6 songs all on the hot 8 at 8 at one point.

You know Krs is always the man. He's omnipotent.

in 97,...he did not have the biggest song.
nor, did he have the commercial viable sales turnout that krs had.
nor, did jay have the type of records as good as the soundtrack leaks, a friend and others from the highschool high soundtrack.
that were so dope,..they had to be on, I got next.

in 98,...mos had the best singles and the most consistent skill output on features outside of Eminem.
in 98-99, the only reason why Eminem was not the best was.
Eminem was transistioning from underground draw to major label draw.
yet, in 99....
you have to give jay the best rapper, because his company actually held it down and created the top draws for rap from the theatres to the records, on some crush groove shyt.

skillwise, though...volume ii needs to ramp up jay, was in the transition to adding more umph back into his content.
from the standard technical base on volume ii.


art barr

 

[Art Barr]

MMLP

how are you going to authenticate this,......


art barr

 

[FlyRy]

in 97,...he did not have the biggest song.
nor, did he have the commercial viable sales turnout that krs had.
nor, did jay have the type of records as good as the soundtrack leaks, a friend and others from the highschool high soundtrack.
that were so dope,..they had to be on, I got next.

in 98,...mos had the best singles and the most consistent skill output on features outside of Eminem.
in 98-99, the only reason why Eminem was not the best was.
Eminem was transistioning from underground draw to major label draw.
yet, in 99....
you have to give jay the best rapper, because his company actually held it down and created the top draws for rap from the theatres to the records, on some crush groove shyt.

skillwise, though...volume ii needs to ramp up jay, was in the transition to adding more umph back into his content.
from the standard technical base on volume ii.


art barr

hard knock life had like 6 singles in 98

 

[Art Barr]

Efil4zagin didn't float my boat really at all. couple joints here and there.

I was on the amw bandwagon and not feeling the eazy sides with jerry heller mode like most in that time.
yet, the album is a classic, though.
it used to the most sonically advanced rap album of all time as far as clarity, was concerned.
before the chronic and several other genre lengthening releases up'd the ante of efil4zaggin.



art barr

 

[mrken12]

how are you going to authenticate this,......


art barr

The album doesn't age well at all and the content is too juvenile and cartoonish.

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

Grotd

Garbage