Native Tongues have more classics than Wu-Tang, Deathrow or any other crew

[Taadow]

Having a catchy hook =/= radio friendly.

Uh = that's exactly what it means. lol

That's why people make catchy hooks; so they can get airplay.

 

[mobbinfms]

Uh = that's exactly what it means. lol

That's why people make catchy hooks; so they can get airplay.

I disagree with the way your using these terms, but I understand your position.

 

[Taadow]

I disagree with the way your using these terms, but I understand your position.

Fair enough.

 

[FreshAIG]

The JB's first 2 are classics.


So are ODB, SC, Ironman & LS.


The first JB's album is as classic as it gets in fact. Impact, played everywhere, hits etc. Influence...didn't bravehearts remake 'the promo'?


A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing is an absolute classic too.


low key Tical is a classic as well. That's a different discussion though.

I seriously don't understand how anyone can argue Jungle Bros first album being classic. It was like I was the twilight zone

 

[Big Mel]

I seriously don't understand how anyone can argue Jungle Bros first album being classic. It was like I was the twilight zone

That album is forever tied to Red Alert/BDP/KISS FM/1988/NYC lore. It's a classic of the highest order.

 

[Xane Vic]

But them jabrones ain't gettin' mentioned on Chappelle's Show or selling one copy of their album for millions...

MTAFZ negged you for your post in the thread Native Tongues have more classics than Wu-Tang, Deathrow or any other crew. With the following comment: start hip-hop in 1999

@MTAFZ, got you in your feelings I'm sorry breh. I know my posts cut deep. I will bump that ultra classic "Thug Angels" album in your honor

It's time for ol' boy to jump to another site...

 

[DaHNIC82]

This place sometimes

 

[kingofnyc]

Naw, I was there too nicca...

- as you say, people remember "New York New York" not just because of the video,
but because Big dropped the St. Ides commercial spittin' to that beat.

- niccas know "Let's Play House".

- niccas know "Big Pimpin' 2", because they loved the original one off the Above The Rim soundtrack.

- folks knew about "Dogg Pound Gangstaz" because Kurupt that line in there dissin' Bone.

- if you say "cyco like no bytch ass niccas..." then everybody listening to rap could finish that line.

- there was a group down south some time after that did their own version of "If We All Fucc..."

- you can still hear "Some Bomb Azz Puccy" in the strip club to this day.



So iono what the hell you talmbat...

like real talk
i only started hearing its a classic album when the internet got poppin in da early '00
all dem years before -it was a solid album no more no less

shyt, i even went to 'rateyourmusic.com' 1995 hip hop albums just to double check if their something i was missing
and truth be told - i was right its rated the 24th hip hop album of '95 with a rating of 3.5 outta 5

(now dont get me wrong i dont swear by there site/ratings BUT i do think for the most part they represent albums fairly)

 

[JayBaldacci]

Uh = that's exactly what it means. lol

That's why people make catchy hooks; so they can get airplay.

well, i was going by the typical sell out bad boy formula at the time(obvious smooth sample, singer on hook). there's a noticable difference between "it's yourz" and "mo money mo problems".

 

[SoulController]

i could never fukk with De La or Black Sheep

DITC>>Native Tongues

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Ok so,ratings on web sites like RTM mean more than fans actually supporting albums?
nikkas aint making sense,lmao

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Jungle brothers ain't got no classics?

Thank you. I came in here to mention the jungle brothers.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

i could never fukk with De La or Black Sheep

DITC>>Native Tongues

You don't like this shyt? Off yourself B

 

[Billy Ocean]

Yes I would and most people that know their history would. The culture changed so much since those albums dropped that those albums don't hold the same stature as those mid 90s albums because the Jungle Bros and Black Sheep aren't revered like the others. But that has nothing to do with impact and quality. It has to do with them just not being mentioned anymore. Once gangster rap came into the forefront most artists that had their style, fell off. De La and Tribe continued to proposer in that time because they were more elite artists. But the lack of recognition that period of rap gets now, has way more to do with the culture shift then it has to do with anything else. People educated in the culture would most certainly put those two albums in the classic category. Specifically the Jungle Bros album which made a huge impact the time it dropped. The impact of those albums aren't championed like the others because that era of rap is largely forgotten but no Jungle Bros album and no Tribe Calles Quest because they laid the blueprint and introduced the world to them. Q-Tip himself will say that.

Fresh, you're making my point for me. A true classic is recognized as a classic regardless of cultural fluctuations.

 

[Larry Lambo]

I gotta go with Wu personally, but it's a generational thing with some of those early Native Tongue albums.

I didn't see the appeal of Jungle Brothers or even Tribe on their first album (I was 9-10 when those projects dropped), but Enter the Wu came out when I was high school. So I was there with them from the beginning.