Insensitive
Superstar
Damn there are so many Debut albums that I fukking love.
I mean here are three I'll drop but I do not think they're the absolute best of
all time :
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Riddle with metaphors and references to "ancient knowledge".
This Wu Affiliate release was an album that I dove into while trying to expand my
knowledge on the genre of Hip-Hop. Up to this point most of my listening was
Gangster Rap and the remnants of the early 2000's underground scene.
So to look at Wu-Tang beyond the original clan members was something I was
eager to do.
And frankly this album blew and still blows my mind.
Songs like : Heavy Mental, Atoms to Adam and It's Over really showed me and likely
shows for others that lyricism in Hip-Hop can be as moving as anything sung by a singer.
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Probably my soundtrack for a while, this was one of those albums that I bumped
all the time, it was poignant lyrically without trying (and failing to be...) unfathomably
deep and complex. It was a guy who returned to an almost mythological view of the
Hip-Hop tradition where it's viewed as folk music and not through the lense of the
gangster rapper as the only voice of the Black Working Class.
fukking dope album essentially.
And since someone already did Ras Kass, I think I'll go with Chino XL
Chino XL - Here To Save You All
Dark and graphic imagery infect every facet of this album, it has the sort of shock raps
that were expected of an underground rapper but there's biting, nihilistic wit to Chino XL that
drives me to return this album. Something I'm fond of in my rappers and what draws me to
guys like Royce Da 5'9" or Vakill.
fukking dope album.
I figured I'd go with albums that I likely won't see in this thread because the
Mob Deep's, Nas', Jay-Z's and so on will get their mentions.
I mean here are three I'll drop but I do not think they're the absolute best of
all time :
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Riddle with metaphors and references to "ancient knowledge".
This Wu Affiliate release was an album that I dove into while trying to expand my
knowledge on the genre of Hip-Hop. Up to this point most of my listening was
Gangster Rap and the remnants of the early 2000's underground scene.
So to look at Wu-Tang beyond the original clan members was something I was
eager to do.
And frankly this album blew and still blows my mind.
Songs like : Heavy Mental, Atoms to Adam and It's Over really showed me and likely
shows for others that lyricism in Hip-Hop can be as moving as anything sung by a singer.
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Probably my soundtrack for a while, this was one of those albums that I bumped
all the time, it was poignant lyrically without trying (and failing to be...) unfathomably
deep and complex. It was a guy who returned to an almost mythological view of the
Hip-Hop tradition where it's viewed as folk music and not through the lense of the
gangster rapper as the only voice of the Black Working Class.
fukking dope album essentially.
And since someone already did Ras Kass, I think I'll go with Chino XL
Chino XL - Here To Save You All
Dark and graphic imagery infect every facet of this album, it has the sort of shock raps
that were expected of an underground rapper but there's biting, nihilistic wit to Chino XL that
drives me to return this album. Something I'm fond of in my rappers and what draws me to
guys like Royce Da 5'9" or Vakill.
fukking dope album.
I figured I'd go with albums that I likely won't see in this thread because the
Mob Deep's, Nas', Jay-Z's and so on will get their mentions.
. I just said it wasn't a debut. I didn't call him a name or try to embarrass him. All i said is that it wasn't a debut lol.
