BigHans
02.03.11 | Arguments are good. East Coast probably wins. |
Curse.
02.03.11 | I like midwest, honestly |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | East Coast.
There is no argument. East Coast. That's it. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | Well Idk. I could go for dirty south too.
BUT ONLY IF YOU PUT SOUL FOOD ON HERE |
BigHans
02.03.11 | It came down to Ridin Dirty vs Soul Food. Pretty much a toss up. |
AngelofDeath
02.03.11 | The Durrty Durrty. I'm a bit biased though, being from Atlanta. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | Fuck you hans. Soul Food is the best southern rap album ever |
JWT155
02.03.11 | East. Coast. |
BigHans
02.03.11 | a year ago I wouldve said West Coast hands down and that the South and Midwest didnt even belong in the discussion, but times have changed.
East wins in the end cause it has the greatest Hip Hop album ever in Ready to Die. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | every member of wutang + nas = east coast wins |
BigHans
02.03.11 | J-Hova > Nas. Career wise anyway. |
Inveigh
02.03.11 | yeah East probably wins overall, but it's really hard for me to deny the Midwest and South
(may have to copycat this list idea Hans) |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | what are you saying i dont even |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Takeover, the breaks over, God MC, Me, J-HOVA |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | I don't like Jay-Z |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Well he has two bonafide classics and 3 more solid albums at a minimum, thats more than Nasty Nas can say. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | That's your opinion.
My opinion is that Jay-Z doesn't have an album beyond "good" at the most. Whereas nas has a classic |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Have you listened to Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint? Yes of course, Illmatic is a classic, no denying it. |
ConsiderPhlebas
02.03.11 | East coast imo, purely for 9 and 10 |
sublimefan1991
02.03.11 | how can you have midwest w/o having the mmlp as one of the top 5 albums? |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Sublimefan I realized that after the fact but if I edit it will fuck up the artwork. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | Yes I have listened to Reasonable Doubt. I wasn't impressed.
also, sublime almost has a point. TSSLP should be here |
Athom
02.03.11 | god dammit. i just spent the last 15 minutes making a hip hop list. usurper! |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Brandon I already aknowledged that Shady should be on here, it was an oversight.
Haha Adam, do it anyway. |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Brandon you'll be happy I switched Soul Food for Ridin' Dirty in the interest of having the artwork. Albums are interchangeable anyway. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | wrong eminem album, but i'll settle because SF is here now |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Marshall Mathers completley obliterates anything else he's ever done. By at least a full point. |
omnipanzer
02.03.11 | I vote Dirty South. |
Maniac!
02.03.11 | slim shady lp is more fun than tmmlp |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Im not a big Three 6 fan Bulldog. They're alright. |
cvlts
02.03.11 | I'm west coast and I pick east coast |
cirq
02.03.11 | from LongBeach sooooo Westcoast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44p01Pd0ILU |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Fuckin LBC. Lived in LA for a year. I used to bump Bow Down when driving down the 405. Or I should say while I was stuck on the 405. |
BigHans
02.03.11 | lolli lolli lolli lolli let me see ya pop that body |
cirq
02.03.11 | hell yes.. my homies dad used to deal weed to snoop in highschool haha |
omnipanzer
02.03.11 | I'd go east cost 80's west coast 90's and dirty south double aughts ;^) |
BigHans
02.03.11 | thats awesome cirq |
BigHans
02.03.11 | You from the South Omni? |
omnipanzer
02.03.11 | Nope Midwest and our rap is best underground... seriously ;^)
http://www.amazon.com/Shark-Bolt-Envelope-Blueprint/dp/B001E6Y9AG/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296769364&sr=1-3
If you can find it, listen to it. |
notorioussam23
02.03.11 | East Coast. all day. end of discussion. |
BigHans
02.03.11 | What part of the Midwest? |
AggravatedYeti
02.03.11 | East Coast - The Souff - Westside - The Middy
personal preference for the durty's best records compared to my home region, but I think the East just has too many undeniable classics and a superb consistency through the years for it not to be considered the best. So far.
I've been warming up to the midwest a lot this past year |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Well said Yeti. East definitely has the most classics. |
omnipanzer
02.03.11 | Ohio, columbus |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Nice town, drove through it once, was impressed. |
AggravatedYeti
02.03.11 | I need some more awesome Mid-west and West-west hip hop tbh. thanks for reminding me Hans. I'll bug Inveigh & Cirq later... |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Get 3 if you dont have it, it might actually be my favorite West Coast album, it goes hard |
Counterfeit
02.03.11 | East
Midwest
West
South
Maniac, you deeeeee.
Hov > Nas
in e'ry way |
BigHans
02.03.11 | Bumpin Reasonable Doubt right now Feiter. Good way to end the day. |
Counterfeit
02.03.11 | so much so.
Gotta start it with The Blueprint.
GET THAT SWAG GOIN EARLY. |
qwe3
02.03.11 | east
south
west
midwest |
qwe3
02.03.11 | also nas is much better than jayz
illmatic is better than anything jays (or any other rapper) ever done |
Thane
02.03.11 | east > midwest > west > south |
Counterfeit
02.03.11 | Nas has one classic and 2 or 3 great ones and some above average ones.
Jay has 2 classics more than a few great ones and some above average ones.
YEAH YOU SHININ BUT THE ONLY THING YOU LEAVIN OUT
YOU'RE A CANDLIE IN THE SUN, THAT SHIT DON'T EVEN OUT |
qwe3
02.03.11 | jay has one classic. and it's nowhere near as good as illmatic.
also nas has had god's son and stillmatic which are easily as good as the blueprint.
also he's just a better rapper. lyrically and flow wise he nails jay
jay is a better businessman though. like way better |
Edwin
02.03.11 | East
Midwest
West
South |
Aids
02.03.11 | 18 is so good. so are 10 and 12 |
liledman
02.04.11 | east
west/south
midwest |
Apollo
02.04.11 | midwest
east
west
south |
AggravatedYeti
02.04.11 | Jay > Nas by a wide margin.
Illmatic > RDout & Blueprint without question.
imo. |
climactic
02.04.11 | east |
climactic
02.04.11 | of course the atmosphere fanboys jizz all over midwest |
qwe3
02.04.11 | there's nothing jay has done in a purely rapping sense that nas hasn't done better
except collab with linkin park but |
NickelbackFTL
02.04.11 | i was thinking about doing something like this
also I prefer Nas over Jay-Z, but Jay-Z has more good material. And not even Kingdom Come or The Blueprint 2 come close to the teribleness that is Nastradomus. |
qwe3
02.04.11 | the blueprint 3 does. and blueprint 2 almost does |
Counterfeit
02.04.11 | yeah but Jay can flip between street raps to more mainstream raps seamlessly.
and fuck yes climactic we do. |
qwe3
02.04.11 | mm i don't see it he could do a street rap album right now and it'd be laughable |
couldwinarabbit
02.04.11 | I really like west coast but ya east coast has 10x the depth. |
Counterfeit
02.04.11 | okay well yeah youre probs right not anymore.
but like 5 years ago. |
illmitch
02.04.11 | for me, south (although i'd pick different albums) > east > midwest > west
i've never really gotten into west coast rap its a genre i need to explore |
somberlain
02.04.11 | great list idea Hans, I'd copy it except that it would have most of the same albums.
I'd throw in Cypress Hill's "Black Sunday" for the west
Kanye's "College Dropout" for midwest
not a huge fan of the south but at least you have "The Diary"
and the most glaring omission is Beastie's "Paul's Boutique" for east but this is a great list |
MCGF
02.04.11 | east coast has all the overrated albums. |
qwe3
02.04.11 | tell me something else about hip hop mcgf |
Maniac!
02.04.11 | "east coast has all the overrated albums. "
teeehee |
somberlain
02.04.11 | I guess it's time I listened to "A Piece of Strange" huh? |
BigHans
02.04.11 | Illmitch definitely check out 3.
Somberlain, yeah you definitely need to hear A Piece of Strange. Anybody who likes Hip Hop does. |
Hawks
02.04.11 | East
South
West
Midwest |
Chrisjon89
02.04.11 | Back in the day I would've said West Coast, but now my favourite hip hop is the Native Tongues stuff out of New York pretty much. |
BigHans
02.04.11 | Growing up I pretty much exclusively listened to West Coast with the exception of Ready to Die. |
omnipanzer
02.04.11 | But that was just the music of the time hence my 90's West cost comment from yesterday js. |
BigHans
02.04.11 | Yeah the Hip Hop explosion of the 90's pretty much started on the West Coast with OG Original Gangsta, The Chronic and Doggystyle in 91-93, then East went nuts in late 93-94/95 and took over, and this was right around the time the South started rising too. Meanwhile, West fell off a little with the demise of Death Row Records. |
Hawks
02.04.11 | My favorite hip-hop album comes from the Midwest, but as a whole I think it's pretty hard to deny that the East pretty much rules. |
theacademy
02.04.11 | EAST COAST FUCK YES |
BigHans
02.04.11 | I refused to listen to Mobb Deep in the 90's cause they had beef with my man Pac. Of course, that didn't stop me from bumping Ready to Die. Didn't make much sense in retrospect. |
Counterfeit
02.04.11 | Big > Mobb > Pac
i know thats a random ranking but i like to rank stuff |
BigHans
02.04.11 | Quit trashin Pac or I will kill you Feit |
Counterfeit
02.04.11 | :3 |
foreverendeared
02.04.11 | Great list. I don't think I have preference over one region over another. You should have made one last section comprising of albums from outside of the States. |
BigHans
02.04.11 | Cant say Im familiar with non US rap. |
BigHans
02.04.11 | Fuckin RIP Pac |
foreverendeared
02.04.11 | shut it Pac is still alive man |
BigHans
02.04.11 | lol probably |
Hawks
02.04.11 | I've said this before, but I wouldn't be surprised for one second if Pac was still alive. |
Hawks
02.04.11 | I don't know why, I have no explanation behind why I think he could still be alive lol. I just wouldn't be surprised. |
MUNGOLOID
02.04.11 | midwest for me personally. would honestly switch Resurrection with The College Dropout. |
foreverendeared
02.04.11 | "midwest for me personally. would honestly switch Resurrection with The College Dropout."
NONONONONONONONONOOOOOO |
MUNGOLOID
02.04.11 | that's just me though. |
cirq
02.04.11 | need young rappers on here...
|
gosk8n
02.04.11 | East coast always wins! then midwest :p |
Counterfeit
02.04.11 | id switch dropout with fantasy |
MUNGOLOID
02.04.11 | fantasy had the best production but dropout had the best rhymes. |
Psilocyanide
02.05.11 | Eastcoast obviously. But you're missing the Midwest's best album: Masters of the Universe. |
Counterfeit
02.05.11 | yeah true but dropout drags a little for me.
(yes i know that pr much all the tracks are 5+ min long on fantasy but yeah) |
MUNGOLOID
02.05.11 | yeah i get you. it's mainly the skits to blame for that. |
qwe3
02.05.11 | "I've said this before, but I wouldn't be surprised for one second if Pac was still alive."
you know there are morgue photos of his body right |
telebyrd
02.05.11 | DIRTY SOUTH YEAYUH - nice fucking list mayne |
Counterfeit
02.05.11 | Pretty much @mung
YA KNOW QWE THOSE COULD BE FAKE YOU EVER SEEN A MOVIE |
qwe3
02.05.11 | does this look fake to you http://suradiolive.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/79500.jpg |
Counterfeit
02.05.11 | lol not at all |
AggravatedYeti
02.05.11 | mmmm that is one dead Pac. |
qwe3
02.05.11 | poor pac : ( |
AggravatedYeti
02.05.11 | dude srsly |
tinkrbel
02.05.11 | "you know there are morgue photos of his body right"
don't let something silly like "proof" get in the way of a good conspiracy theory ;) |
NigelH
02.05.11 | Beasts from the East. |
Leviathan8937
02.19.11 | This is the hip hop and rap that really deserves a lot of possitive hype |
beefshoes
02.19.11 | OFWGKTA West Coast
But overall.....East Coast no question.
Nas, Wu Tang, Biggie, and all of the classic shit from the 80's.
The only region I am not that fond of is the south. Fucking crunk. |
illmitch
02.20.11 | wow youre a fag |
random
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