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#10 Various Artists - Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1 #9 Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing #8 Spice 1 - Amerikkka’s Nightmare #7 cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD #6 O.C. - Word…Life #5 Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East #4 Souls of Mischief - ‘93 Til Infinity #3 Geto Boys - We Can’t Be Stopped #2 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… #1 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Can I request you do a People Under The Stairs and The Early Three 6 Mafia records.

The half of this album is forgettable.. The other half is classic.

#10 DJ Screw - 3 ‘N the Mornin #9 Artifacts - That’s Them #8 Queen Latifah - Black Reign #7 Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz #6 Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury #5 AZ - Doe or Die #4 Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth #3 Scarface - The Diary #2 Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain #1 J Dilla - Donuts

Thank you for the excellent review! This is one of my all time favorite albums, Hip Hop or otherwise. Listening to it in 2024 it sounds fresh and disturbingly relevant. Thematically, it’s unapologetically paranoid, untrusting of the mainstream media and government/s. And yet, it has a deep emotional and spiritual component mixed in with the reality reporting. And oh hey, the LP cover deserves its own review as it’s a masterpiece by Mear One of the C.B.S. crew.

2nd childhood is my favorite song from this album

Excited to dive into your content!

It's Cube's best album IMHO.

Really good review. Your vinyl must weigh a ton.

super curious to see who you think is a level above kayne (it’s no one) but great vid

Bro I need that Big L vinyl

would love the video on battle rap. i’m not really tapped into that side of hip hop and that would be a great introduction.

hell yes, been wondering if you’d do this one

O SOLO!!! You just unlocked memories broooo. I’m finna go watch rn.

NON PHIXION. Epic album

RZA Bobby Digital is really good 🔥

#10 Above the Law - Black Mafia Life #9 Non Phixion - The Future Is Now #8 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal #7 Casual - Fear Itself #6 Juvenile - 400 Degreez #5 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Live and Let Die #4 Ras Kass - Soul On Ice #3 Little Brother - The Minstrel Show #2 Gang Starr - Moment of Truth #1 Nas - It Was Written

This Album Was On March 14 By Jive Records And Sick Wit It Records It Peaked At Number 5 On The Billboard Hot 100 Charts It Was A Commercial Success It Sold 95,000 Copies In Its First Week. Then It Sold Over Two Million Copies And Certified Double Platinum On March 19 1996. It Was Featured On Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time List Being Ranked Number 335 In 2024. And On There 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time List Being Ranked Number 486 In 2023. It Got 4.5 Mics From The Source Magazine And Featured On There Top 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of The 90s List. And Featured On NME’S Top Essential Recordings Of The 90s List Being Ranked Number 70 In 2015.

#10 Aceyalone & Abstract Rude - Who Framed the A-Team? #9 The Avalanches - Since I Left You #8 The Coup - Genocide & Juice #7 The Alkaholiks - Coast ll Coast #6 Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez #5 Big Pun - Capital Punishment #4 Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt #3 DMX - It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot #2 El-P - Fantastic Damage #1 De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

#10 Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food #9 Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote! #8 Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly #7 The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity #6 Common - Like Water for Chocolate #5 Geto Boys - The Resurrection #4 Redman - Muddy Waters #3 UGK - Ridin’ Dirty #2 The Roots - Things Fall Apart #1 Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

EDIT: Tonedeff actually does the scratching on The Gates, Kno actually reached out to me and let me know that was his verse like I initially believed! Sorry for the mixup

Shakey Dogs my favorite track on this album

"rewind" is crazy!

Madvillainy @ no. 1

Business As Usual is another dope album from EPMD. Rampage, Manslaughter, Gold Digger, Outta Control, Mr Bozack, Funky Piano, Hardcore, Underground are all fire. A top 10 group in hip hop.

Excellent list

Goodie Mob on Soul Food was reacting to the same material as Ras Kass. In 97, The Boogiemonsters God Sound went depressingly dark doing the same thing. Ras Kass was the talented atheist in a cresting underground rap movement.

real

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#10 Goodie Mob - Soul Food #9 Compton’s Most Wanted - Music to Driveby #8 8Ball & MJG - On Top of The World #7 Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal #6 Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous #5 Cunninglynguists - A Piece of Strange #4 Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted #3 Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus #2 Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele #1 Madvillain - Madvillainy

So true, 'Dance With The Devil' is a timeless record. First heard it when I was around 12 and it still sounds as groundbreaking as it was at the time. Just took you into a such a dark world and although the unthinkable happens, he makes it sound realistic. That was terrifying when I was a youngin' lol

“Everything that glitters ain’t fishscale” -MF DOOM

One of my top 10 of all time. Their Oneirology from 2011 is up there as well and might just be tied with this one here. Back to back with The Cool you're doing part of my top 10.

Great review! I've had streets on fire on repeat for fucking years now Curious, as someone who got into lupe through his newer projects and went back (T&Y, Drogas Wave) what do you think of his projects post lasers

Mystic Stylez is most definitely my favorite album of all time its just perfect from the album cover to the songs i have zero skips on that album and its fucking rare. Im a big fan of Memphis rap in general and im pretty sure i have listened to 99% of Memphis underground artists at this point since even artists with practically zero exposure can produce such good albums but anyways Mystic Stylez will still remain always supreme to me.

3/6 has over 100 CDs mane Memphis Jay Capone mane

This is imo a top 10 hip hop album of all time!

Favorite album of all time right here

all 🔥🔥🔥!

My 3 favorite tracks on this one are Gold Digger, Rampage and Funky Piano. This was a dope project no doubt and I'd say both Gold Digger and Rampage are in my top 5 EPMD joints of all time. But I'd still rate this the weakest of their 1st four LP's due to inconsistency in the track quality.

Even at the time this never got the credit it deserved, maybe because there was so much incredible music being released at the time. Black and Proud and Arrest the President slapped . The verse you chose to highlight is also one of my personal faves . Thank you for keeping this music alive.

When this came out I haven't spitting all the time, my girlfriend from like 8th grade would listen to " the light ", to this day whenever I run into her or talk to her online she'll bring up how I made her a mixtape with that song on it because we both loved it so much. It had everything, it was way out of its time. It came out around the time reflection eternal, MOP, and a bunch of great albums in that time frame. I always remember that time because of this album was one of them.

I became a Gang Starr fan in 1990 when I bought the No More Mr. Nice Guy cassette. Still got love for that LP to this day. But I agree they really stepped their game up with Step in the Arena. There isn't a weak joint on there. But I do have 3 clear favorites - "Just to Get a Rep", "Check the Technique" and "Take a Rest" with an honorable mention to "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?".

That's a classic album by Quik

you keep pulling records out of thin air!

Subbed less than halfway through. I love your intent with this series, your perspective and the elements you chose to focus on. We need more love for Fantastic Damage.

god review

Omg Mr beast

A$AP Forever

love this album