Stress (joint best hip-hop album with 'Illmatic' if you ask me, closely followed by 'OK', 'Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde' and 'The Low End Theory') > OK > Desire > Internal Affairs

I don't like Illmatic that much to be honest. I mean I like it, but it's a 3.5 at best for me.

[QUOTE=username345;16917362] 'Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde'[/QUOTE]
You know, shamefully, I still haven't heard this album.

i'm sure you've heard singles. DILLARIFFIC

[QUOTE=Iai;16917435]You know, shamefully, I still haven't heard this album.[/QUOTE]

It's really great. I didn't like it much at first, it's very upbeat, but it grew on me a lot. The lyrics are hilarious, the rapping's great & it has a cool 90's jazzy vibe to it.

[QUOTE]I don't like Illmatic that much to be honest. I mean I like it, but it's a 3.5 at best for me.[/QUOTE]

It's the first rap album I ever really liked.

[QUOTE=Rams;16917341]What the hell differentiates a "good" beat maker from a "progressive" one?[/QUOTE]

what differentiates a "good" rock group from a "progressive" one... or any genre for that matter. pushing the envelope my friend...

progressive producers: madlib, black milk, el-p, dilla

awesome producers: jake one, statik selektah, premier, list goes on

there's no question that what the 4 above mentioned progressive minded guys have done in the past few years has definitely shaped the face of hiphop, catapulting it into its next phase. i really don't know what to say if you can't see that. that isn't to say that i dont love jake one, or any number of guys, they're just not progressive minded.

i'd say premo was progressive once and he was so much that he can just sit and make the same beat forever because he is that good.

yeah definitely... he really did a lot for the genre. it's not like he sucks now; he's still super awesome, but he's not really evolving his style.

Just put up a review of the Blue Sky Black Death-produced album Gutta - "Heads Will Roll"

[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_28246[/url]

I'm really disappointed :(

[QUOTE=big80smullet;16916166]what is some good old school hip hop. as good as or better than regulate by warren g (if thats even possible)[/QUOTE]

Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Ultramagnetic MC's
Eric B. And Rakim
Jungle Brothers
EPMD
Jeru The Damaja
Organized Konfusion
Souls of Mischief

EPMD's new joint is decent.

can't forget about black sheep

[url]http://universoulproductions.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/omer-saar-the-green-album-free-download/[/url]

Some of the remixes on this are awesome.

anyone else make beats around here

I enjoyed the new Kanye West album even though it's completely different in style to his others. Kept reading bad reviews of it but it didn't put me off.

Anyone like Lords of the Underground?

Here Come the Lords is a classic.

downloading that album now jake(that is your name right?)

my memory is bad <_<

[QUOTE=Interstate;16928855]I enjoyed the new Kanye West album even though it's completely different in style to his others. Kept reading bad reviews of it but it didn't put me off.[/QUOTE]

i cant really get into it at all, i mean love lockdown is a pretty good song but the rest of it just didnt click with me.
then again it took me a very long time to enjoy most of his stuff so it may grow on me, although i do much prefer him to rap rather than sing

[QUOTE=JonG;16930127]Here Come the Lords is a classic.

downloading that album now jake(that is your name right?)

my memory is bad <_<[/QUOTE]

My name?

nah my boy raMs

new Kanye is one of my favorite releases of 08. i love autotune though.

ive been listening to eminem a lot lately. i didnt realize how awesome The Eminem Show was. Superman is such a killer track.

Ugh, autotune (as an obvious effect) is becoming so overused now just to give songs some electro edge, it's sorta really annoying.

'tis the Cher effect.

Listened to RZA's 'Bobby Digital in Stereo' recently. Pretty cool. I'm a sucker for his casual rap style.

[QUOTE=StreetlightRock;16931662]Ugh, autotune (as an obvious effect) is becoming so overused now just to give songs some electro edge, it's sorta really annoying.[/QUOTE]

yeah, i get why people hate it but i really dig it 99% of the time.

rza needs to stop the bobby digital garb and produce gza albums. too bad they're all like in their 40's now.

cher is so annoying. i went to a gay bar the other day with some friends that wanted to go to a bar of their choosing for once... and it was basically the worst musical experience of my life.

[QUOTE=JonG;16930127]Here Come the Lords is a classic.

downloading that album now jake(that is your name right?)

my memory is bad <_<[/QUOTE]

It's Jake.

I've been listening to the Reavers lately. They were really good.

[QUOTE=Ghoul Hunter;16931735]yeah, i get why people hate it but i really dig it 99% of the time.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBaXwRQQciI[/url]

haha, that video is awesome

also:

MY PRESIDENTS BLACK

MY LAMBOS BLUE

AND I BE GODDAMNED IF MY RIMS AINT TOO

hiphopdx gave the new common a 2.5 lolololol

It's getting slaughtered on RYM, but the resident hip-hop expert gave it a really tentative 3.5 and was like, 'I'm really not looking forward to defending this rating to everyone'.