Music The Rolling Stones 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time

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God awful list
Cardi B should be higher imo and where is Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Pump and Kodak Black?
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This is exactly what I'm talking about: the attitude that anything post 2002 is "mumble crap", and hip-hop peaked in 1995, and only boom-bap/G-Funk has artistic merit...

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There’s always an element of that, it’s the same with football. However, time will tell how well it ages. For example, commercial Hip hop from the mid to late 2000s didn’t age well with the catchy female chorus.

I still listen to it as I was in my later teens around then, but younger fans find it boring.
 

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Dan_F said:
There’s always an element of that, it’s the same with football. However, time will tell how well it ages. For example, commercial Hip hop from the mid to late 2000s didn’t age well with the catchy female chorus.

I still listen to it as I was in my later teens around then, but younger fans find it boring.
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A lot of music from the 90s didn't age well either!

Point taken regarding the ringtone singles, a lot of them didn't age well in retrospect, however even in that time there were quality projects being put out. 3 for example:

Carter II by Lil Wayne
TM 101 by Young Jeezy
King by T.I.
 

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This is exactly what I'm talking about: the attitude that anything post 2002 is "mumble crap", and hip-hop peaked in 1995, and only boom-bap/G-Funk has artistic merit...

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There has been loads of great rappers since 2002 Future however is not one of them.

Whether it's Kendrick, J Cole, Vince Staples, Joey Badass or Isaiah all capable of making classic timeless albums.

Mumble is absolute trash though and no one will want to hear any of that in years to come
 

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There has been loads of great rappers since 2002 Future however is not one of them.
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That's just, like, your opinion man

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Whether it's Kendrick, J Cole, Vince Staples, Joey Badass or Isaiah all capable of making classic timeless albums.

Mumble is absolute trash though and no one will want to hear any of that in years to come
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Judging by the Spotify stats, people are more likely to be listening to Future than Vince Staples or Joey Badass (excellent artists by the way) for years to come. So you're wrong on that
 

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That's just, like, your opinion man



Judging by the Spotify stats, people are more likely to be listening to Future than Vince Staples or Joey Badass (excellent artists by the way) for years to come. So you're wrong on that
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Judging by Rolling Stone Macklemore is a better rapper than Nas,Jay z and Eminem so who knows
 

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You can’t even say that they’ve shoehorned in a few recent artists to even it out, when J Cole only features at 132.

I’d say about 10% of the list is right at a maximum. It’s all over the shop.
 

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Judging by Rolling Stone Macklemore is a better rapper than Nas,Jay z and Eminem so who knows
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Nope, that is a subjective opinion of quality. One that most experts would disagree with.

As opposed to "no one will be listening to Future in a few years". That is not supported by raw listening statistics.
 

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Can’t wait to get home and put my missy elliot album on….said nobody ever.

Number 7 my fecking ass.
 

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Nope, that is a subjective opinion of quality. One that most experts would disagree with.

As opposed to "no one will be listening to Future in a few years". That is not supported by raw listening statistics.
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Fine people with horrible taste who are into mumble garbage will continue to be deluded and listen to it in years to come


I guess it's not a stretch if people would listen to it now instead of quality hip hop but people are people.
 

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How is Revival on this list :lol: Eminem's worst album by far
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I think because it showed for the first time that he could evolve as an artist and incorporate new styles; that hip hop really can be as good as the best pop acts with Beyonce and the best rock acts like Edward Shearen.
 

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I think because it showed for the first time that he could evolve as an artist and incorporate new styles; that hip hop really can be as good as the best pop acts with Beyonce and the best rock acts like Edward Shearen.
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It just makes me think again they never listened to anything on the list just googled random rappers looked at track listing saw names like Ed Sheeran and went stick that on then
 

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The Slim Shady & Marshall Mathers LP are the only Eminem albums that have any business being on that list.
 

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Just reading about how Rolling Stone gave AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 2.5/5 when it came out. The list is no surprise then, they like the safe, sanitised pop rap that's all through it. They actually said Ice Cube swore too much.
 

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That top 10 is really bad.

@VanDeBank has it right

These should all be Top 10:
87. Ultramagnetic MCs, 'Critical Beatdown' (1988)
79. Eric B. & Rakim, 'Follow the Leader' (1988)
40. Dr. Dre - 'The Chronic' (1992)
24. Nas - 'Illmatic' (1994)
15. Eric B. and Rakim - 'Paid in Full' (1987)

I'd add
Wu Tang Forever (1997)
Don't Sweat the Technique (1992) could replace one of the Eric B and Rakim albums for Top 10
Digable Planets - Reachin'
Bizarre Ryde to the Pharcyde

You could probably move Eminem up (he's better than kanye and jay-z)
Straight Outta Compton should be at least top 25 for sure and a top 10 contender.

Personally, I always felt both Biggy and Tupac were both heavily overrated by media. They really weren't the best of the 90s by any means. Rakim, Nas, Snoop, Wu Tang should all be top 5. All of them are far better than Biggy or Tupac.

Oh and Gang Starr should be higher plus Jazzmatazz should be top 50.
 
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oneniltothearsenal said:
That top 10 is really bad.

@VanDeBank has it right

These should all be Top 10:
87. Ultramagnetic MCs, 'Critical Beatdown' (1988)
79. Eric B. & Rakim, 'Follow the Leader' (1988)
40. Dr. Dre - 'The Chronic' (1992)
24. Nas - 'Illmatic' (1994)
15. Eric B. and Rakim - 'Paid in Full' (1987)

I'd add
Wu Tang Forever (1997)
Don't Sweat the Technique (1992) could replace one of the Eric B and Rakim albums for Top 10
Digable Planets - Reachin'
Bizarre Ryde to the Pharcyde

You could probably move Eminem up (he's better than kanye and jay-z)
Straight Outta Compton should be at least top 25 for sure and a top 10 contender.

Personally, I always felt both Biggy and Tupac were both heavily overrated by media. They really weren't the best of the 90s by any means. Rakim, Nas, Snoop, Wu Tang should all be top 5. All of them are far better than Biggy or Tupac.

Oh and Gang Starr should be higher plus Jazzmatazz should be top 50.
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I'll give you that Pac doesn't have a better album then any of them listed which is reflected in that horror of a list but track for track in a verzus style format (20 vs 20) Pac would smoke all of them. As for Biggie his two pieces of work speak for themselves and Juicy could be one of the best rap songs of all time.
 

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There's no point to these lists but yeah Illmatic should be 2 and loads of others are weird too. Slim Shady LP at 85 :lol: I mean even just among the ones I rate it's weird. I like Mos Def but no way even he'd put Blackstar 30 places ahead of Cypress Hill.

Even M.I.A I like but the feck is she doing on the list? :lol::lol:


And then there's those I don't like. Haven't heard anyone booming a Lil Wayne song this summer or any summer the past 5 years. Yet he's practically half the list (almost). Hear juicy or california love from somewhere at least once a summer though.
 

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Abizzz said:
There's no point to these lists but yeah Illmatic should be 2 and loads of others are weird too. Slim Shady LP at 85 :lol: I mean even just among the ones I rate it's weird. I like Mos Def but no way even he'd put Blackstar 30 places ahead of Cypress Hill.

Even M.I.A I like but the feck is she doing on the list? :lol::lol:


And then there's those I don't like. Haven't heard anyone booming a Lil Wayne song this summer or any summer the past 5 years. Yet he's practically half the list (almost). Hear juicy or california love from somewhere at least once a summer though.
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Wayne literally ran a whole decade dropping multiple classic albums and mixtapes. For better or worse he birthed a whole generation and influenced nearly all the best new school rappers from Drake and Kendrick to the mumble era.
 

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Frank White said:
Wayne literally ran a whole decade dropping multiple classic albums and mixtapes. For better or worse he birthed a whole generation and influenced nearly all the best new school rappers from Drake and Kendrick to the mumble era.
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The decade was shite though.
 

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Frank White said:
Outside of the 90's the 00's was easily the strongest decade in rap imo. As a 90's kid the fact 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' is 64 is criminal to me.
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Marley Marl, LL Cool J, Run DMC and Public Enemy disagree.
 
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