Album Rating: 4.5

waves ablaze - cathartic conception if anyone really wants to hear it. also my only release with any external help with production, it is also instrumental so my whiny voice isn't all over it lol

Album Rating: 3.5

complaining about album length is one of the the biggest 'skill issues' you can have about hip hop. that and skits. if you cant get with it the genre might not be for you.

Album Rating: 3.7

Yeah I 100% agree with that tbh. The skits seem useless, especially on 90s/2000s rap albums, but they definitely have a purpose.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Agreed that skits and interludes rule. Album length is a tough one because a lot of my favorite hip hop albums are over an hour. I think in the streaming age though a lot of mainstream rappers who are more "singles" artists are over bloating their albums when I think brevity works better for that type of rap. Case by case basis for me really tho

Album Rating: 3.7

I think all of my favorite hip-hop albums are over an hour.

Album Rating: 3.5

streaming is absolutely the reason rap albums got longer and more bloated. gotta inflate those numbers. before they were bonus tracks and b-sides now it's all dumped onto one album and it's absolutely worse off. the average person doesn't care about the album experience just singles. most big rap albums are over an hour now i feel.

Album Rating: 4.5

Skits and interludes are totally fine, For Free is legitimately amazing and probably the best “skit” I’ve ever heard.

Album Rating: 3.7

Idk Futures bro, they've always kinda been like that. Especially in the early 2000s lol.

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Illmatic is 40 min and yea skits have always been a thing since at least the 90s. The trend of releasing "deluxe" versions is one of my least favorite streaming trends. Just drop em on an EP, most of the time they don't fit within the album narrative

Album Rating: 3.5

you can have a long album and still be intentional with the songs you select, i feel that is happening less now personally and it's just to game streaming services and get the most streams

Album Rating: 3.7

That I agree with.

Album Rating: 3.5

most hip hop albums from about 97 on were 70+ minutes, especially the gangsta rap stuff pushing the max amount of data the disc could hold even getting to or a little past the 80 min mark. its not a streaming era thing its a hip hop thing

Album Rating: 3.7

I also agree with that lol.

Album Rating: 4.5

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t listen to a ton of rap, wanna throw me some semi obscure gems from that era?



And ya Illmatic is fucking goated, perfect example of what I’m talking about. I’m just saying I’d rather be left wanting more than being like “alright let’s wrap this shit up already”

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It's not obscure but check Ridin Dirty by UGK Wildcard. Every track rips and its the quintessential southern rap album imo

Album Rating: 3.5

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Album Rating: 3.7

Wildcard bro check my top 100 hip-hop list. Plenty of gems in there.

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Cosigning Drifter's lists also which I need to do my due diligence on He hasn't steered me wrong w a rec!

Album Rating: 4.5

It's more of a "is that time used well" more than anything, long for the sake of long and just cramming filler and nonsense to hit the CD runtime or maximize streaming revenues can drag any good album down, maybe it's a skill issue to want every second to matter? Filler songs that sound like they're only there to pad the runtime are the issue more than the actual length and it is pretty hard to come up with 80 minutes of quality in one studio session.

As for skits, a lot of them especially on Em albums in particular are just BAD

Album Rating: 3.5

artists only get paid for the first like 12 tracks on an album anyways (non streaming royalties). the rest of any tracks included is just what they want on the album for the love of the craft. "artists always fall in love with their own music" as reggie wright used to always say