Name an album in a rapper's discography that you don't understand the hate for

[Mandarin Duck]

Common - Universal Mind Control.

I don't know what the reception was when it came out but I found myself liking the production. Common had a few corny lines but overall I enjoyed it.

I looked up the reviews and they were bad.

How was the album received when it came out?

 

[theflyest]

Still til this day I don't know why people act like Volume 3 is a misstep in Jay's discography. I love that album. Solid 4 Mics Imo

Funny, I thought this was one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard (and still do). Very disappointed when I purchased it. If you remember back in the 90s, artist fell off quick so I thought Jay was done.

He later came with the blueprint.

 

[EA]

Beats, Rhymes & Life by Tribe. I was just a kid so I wasn’t aware of the critical response but I always liked that album growing up. It was only until I started using the internet that I learned that people didn’t like it like that.

 

[I love Latina women]

True Magic - yasiin bey

 

[Iverson_64]

DAMN

It has a good blend of radio songs and deep cuts, was highly introspective, had a pretty unique concept to it, and explored a lot of depth into Kendrick's mindset and outlook on life. I still rank GKMC and TPAB higher but DAMN is no miss by any means. Honestly, Humble being such a mid hit made a lot of people write off the album before listening to the whole thing.

Carter 4

This is a weird take on my part because I'm not even a fan of this album but I think this album getting trashed and panned while C3 got praised and acclaimed is BS and an obvious sign of Wayne fatigue which lead to actual criticism that C3 managed to escape. Neither C3 or C4 are high quality records but there is not much of a quality gap between the 2. Maybe C4 isn't as creative on average but many of the criticisms that apply to C4 also applied to C3 as well. When I see people making out C4 to be a drastic decline from C3, I can't really see where they're coming from cause they have so much in common compared to the other Carters.

I Am

I think I Am coming out on the same year as Nastradamus caused some people to lump both albums together in terms of quality and the OG double album getting scrapped played a role too. But I Am is very far from a bad project. It has incredible songs like Nas Is Like, Undying Love, NYSOM 2, Favor For A Favor, etc. Definitely not as good as Illmatic/IWW/Stillmatic but a very solid album overall.

 

[Xtz23]

Rotten apple

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

The Massacre had some of 50's greatest work


The drop off from GRODT was exaggerated. Maybe less consistent and not as many highs but that's it


Position of Power is arguably his best song ever

 

[Ziploc]

Nas - it was written

I still remember back in the day, motherfukkers hated the album because it wasn’t the same ass illmatic and more mafioso

I Only hated the Dre cut Nas is coming

People wanted Illmatic 2 and got something else. This album didn't deserve the hate it got and going back to it if it deserves any criticism it would be that the album could have had fewer songs imo.

 

[Ziploc]

Nas - it was written

I still remember back in the day, motherfukkers hated the album because it wasn’t the same ass illmatic and more mafioso

I Only hated the Dre cut Nas is coming

 

[Barney Rubble]

Big Pun's second joint. shyt had Leatherface, New York Giants, Watch Those, Off With His Head, Wrong Ones, and more. And Pun was still tearing shyt up.

 

[Ziploc]

Beats Rhymes and life.
Anarchy.
It was Written.
T.I.M.E.
The Love Movement.
Foundation.
The Estatic.
The Equinox

 

[get these nets]

Ghetto Music- The Blueprint of HipHop

 

[FreshAIG]

Funny, I thought this was one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard (and still do). Very disappointed when I purchased it. If you remember back in the 90s, artist fell off quick so I thought Jay was done.

He later came with the blueprint.

Lol see, and I love that album. I copped it first day. There's only like a couple skips to me.

 

[DontEemTry]

Does it count if you only have one album in your discography? Coz I love that Jay Electronica joint

 

[DaveyDave]

I Am

I think I Am coming out on the same year as Nastradamus caused some people to lump both albums together in terms of quality and the OG double album getting scrapped played a role too. But I Am is very far from a bad project. It has incredible songs like Nas Is Like, Undying Love, NYSOM 2, Favor For A Favor, etc. Definitely not as good as Illmatic/IWW/Stillmatic but a very solid album overall.

I like I Am, it was the first Nas cd I bought by myself instead of dubbing a tape off the homies. I remember it being a let down but not as bad as people make it out these days. I think the fact that the Lost Tapes has come out since then and some of those songs were supposed to be on the original I Am album has made people dislike it more than it deserves.