Which one of these albums would you call the “Thriller” of Hip Hop?

[Dynamite James]

Considering the impact on the industry, The Artist being confident/on top of their game ,influence, the amount of hits on the album, iconic music videos,.... An “Event” album. Albums everyone in school had

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Eminem being listed with any of those.

I picked the chronic easily.

Doggystyle got my boy Nate on they there

 

[General Mills]

Chronic for me

Also if we are being fair.. The thread title says the THRILLER of Hip Hop.... That means a album that crossed over on a big scale. We will have to add MC Hammer. Love or hate him he sold a lot of albums and was a global star.

 

[Dynamite James]

Eminem being listed with any of those.

I picked the chronic easily.

Doggystyle got my boy Nate on they there

I cant stand Eminem But the album was a phenomenon in 2000

 

[OG Talk]

Stankonia

 

[BlackDiBiase]

doggystyle for me from that list.

doggystyle was mega huge, global every track hitting the whole world knows every track and skit and artwork.

 

[010101]

wu nikkas love cinematic albums ha*

 

[Kool]

This... and it ain't even close.

 

[Champagne Kudo]

If we basing this on hits I’m tempted to say get rich or die tryin. Might even say Tha Carter 3.

 

[Po pimp]

I chose AEOM because of the number of singles and videos that were hits. I think this album had like seven videos. Then there were the classic album cuts as well.

Edit: All of these songs had videos

California Love
California Love Remix
2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted
How Do u Want It
I Ain’t Mad Atcha (remember this video debuting after he died)
All About U

and I’ll even include Hit Em Up because that was the B-Side to How Do U Want It and it had a video during the AEOM run

 

[KidJSoul]

Doggystyle, Get Rich or Die Trying or MMLP

They were both wildly popular for hip hop albums and birthed iconic songs that many people know

Chronic only had 1 big mainstream single (nuthin but a g thang). 2001 had more memorable/lasting hits.

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

I based it off of which album pretty much controlled most or a majority of the decade since Thriller ran most of the 80s.

With the exception of Puff Daddy and the Family all these albums are certifiable classics. But you gotta think EVERYONE had Thriller in rotation back then.

So I had to decide between Doggystyle and GRODT. Two albums that literally EVERYONE bought and got heavy rotation on the radio.

GRODT came out and the world stopped. So I went with that.

 

[Low End Derrick]

Thriller:

• Influential
• Moved Units
• Crossed Over
• Critical Acclaim

Only one of the albums listed in the OP did all of that...

Also, put Speakerboxxx/The Love Below on the list. Its way more significant than Country Grammar or No Way Out.

 

[Dynamite James]

Thriller:

• Influential
• Moved Units
• Crossed Over
• Critical Acclaim

Only one of the albums listed in the OP did all of that...

Also, put Speakerboxxx/The Love Below on the list. Its way more significant than Country Grammar or No Way Out.

I don’t remember much hype for that album around everyday people . Most people I know was shocked it won Album of the year in 2004. It was media hype and not genuine

 

[K.O.N.Y]

Would say doggystyle or get rich

But lil wayne, in concept, is the closest to a mj like hip hop artist

In that he started off very young, and with a group

And was able to level off on his own and become great as an adult-solo