Wow. The Source did Eazy E dirty

[Lucky_Lefty]

This isn't true at all.
Check this thread out.
EDIT: SOURCE MAGAZINE BIAS PROVEN TO BE MYTH - Source Top 100 Albums list

100 Best okay but what off that list "ORIGINALLY" got 5-mics? Not that revised, retroactive shyt they pushed out later on

 

[African Peasant]

Eazy was an average rapper. He didn't deserve a 5 mic.

Saying otherwise is west-coast tribalism.

 

[mobbinfms]

100 Best okay but what off that list "ORIGINALLY" got 5-mics? Not that revised, retroactive shyt they pushed out later on

The list doesn't have anything to do with the bias. Start at post #300.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

You do realize that the Source had a "no 5 mics" policy from 92-96?

The only exception was Illmatic.

yea,they forced illmatic into classic Status.
Also it's hilarious that their no 5 Mic policy ranged during the height of west coast domination. Hmm

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

100 Best okay but what off that list "ORIGINALLY" got 5-mics? Not that revised, retroactive shyt they pushed out later on

Only the album produced by the east coast bomb squad got 5 mics off top.
All other west Coast artist got neglected

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Lets keep it a buck.


Nyc still repped the lyrical standard. The Chronic came out around the same time as G Raps 'Live and let die'

Even tho Dre's production edged Sir Jinx not one rapper on that Chronic album was touchin G Rap. Not one!

compared to G Rap snoop and dre were mediocre yet Chronic was rated higher.



ALso, there were a bunch of nyc lps that shoulda been 5 mics from jump. It wasn't just a westcoast thing.


They gave smiff n wessons Da sHinin 3 1/2
And Heltah skeltahs ' nocturnal ' 3 freakin mics

That Album was piff

 

[Billy Ocean]

They always would do the west coast dirty

They gave a few East Coast albums 2 and 2.5 mics also. Like Mase second album and Shyne first.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Albums that originally received five mics:

• People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm -- A Tribe Called Quest
• Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em -- Eric B. & Rakim
• AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted --Ice Cube
• One for All -- Brand Nubian
• De La Soul Is Dead -- De La Soul
• The Low End Theory -- A Tribe Called Quest
• Illmatic -- Nas
• Life After Death -- The Notorious B.I.G.
• Aquemini -- Outkast
• The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
• Stillmatic -- Nas
• The Fix -- Scarface
• The Naked Truth -- Lil' Kim
• Trill OG -- Bun B
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -- Kanye West

Albums that were not rated upon their releases, but were later rated five mics in 2002:

• Run-D.M.C. -- Run-D.M.C.
• Radio -- LL Cool J
• Licensed to Ill -- Beastie Boys
• Raising Hell -- Run-D.M.C.
• Criminal Minded -- Boogie Down Productions
• Paid in Full -- Eric B. & Rakim
• By All Means Necessary --Boogie Down Productions
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy
• Long Live the Kane -- BigDaddy Kane
• Critical Beatdown --Ultramagnetic MCs
• Straight Out the Jungle --Jungle Brothers
• Strictly Business -- EPMD
• The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -- Slick Rick
• Straight Outta Compton --N.W.A
• No One Can Do It Better -- The D.O.C.
• All Eyez on Me -- 2Pac

Albums that originally received 4.5 mics, and were later re-rated to five:

• Breaking Atoms -- Main Source
• Death Certificate -- Ice Cube
• The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
• Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
• Ready to Die -- The NotoriousB.I.G.
• The Infamous -- Mobb Deep
• Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... --Raekwon
• 2001 -- Dr. Dre

Albums that originally received four mics, and were later re-rated to five:

• Grip It! On That Other Level --Geto Boys
• Doggystyle -- Snoop DoggyDogg
• The Diary -- Scarface
• Me Against the World -- 2Pac
• The Score -- The Fugees
• Reasonable Doubt -- Jay-Z

THE BOLDED SHOWS HOW MANY ALBUMS HAD TO BE EASTCOAST TO GARNER 5 MICS

Notice all west coast albums that got 5 mics were either from ruthless or deathrow records at some point in their careers

 

[Tom Foolery]

Eazy is one of my favs of all-time and I owned this album, but this is accurate.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

They gave a few East Coast albums 2 and 2.5 mics also. Like Mase second album and Shyne first.

But that was like 98-00 era. We're talking more Golden Era slights

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

• The Fix -- Scarface

• The Naked Truth -- Lil' Kim

• Trill OG -- Bun B

I'll go to my grave saying "The Fix" isn't a 5-mic but more 4-4.5
Lil Kim
Trill OG is damn near the second worst choice for 5 mic status

 

[mobbinfms]

But that was like 98-00 era. We're talking more Golden Era slights

 

[I love Latina women]

This isn't true at all.
Check this thread out.
EDIT: SOURCE MAGAZINE BIAS PROVEN TO BE MYTH - Source Top 100 Albums list

But it was some bias with some New York nikkas

 

[mobbinfms]

But that was like 98-00 era. We're talking more Golden Era slights

The album ended up not being released because of this review.

 

[mobbinfms]

But it was some bias with some New York nikkas

Read the thread.