Average Rating: 4.15 Rating Variance: 0.55 Objectivity Score: 53% (Somewhat Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicEl-P Cancer 4 CureEric B and Rakim Paid in FullDated as all hell? Of course. But, this album gets away with it because it changed EVERYTHING about the rap game. A classicNick Drake Pink MoonNine Inch Nails The Downward SpiralPublic Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackThe hardest hitting hip-hop album ever made. If you haven't listened to this, you quite simply can't consider yourself a hardcore fan of the genre. Intensity, aggression, and Chuck D's badass vocals make this one of the 100 records everybody must hear before they die.Radiohead Kid ARadiohead OK ComputerThe Beatles RevolverGiving all these Beatles albums fives is probably unjustified, but I will say with all my heart that this is a 5 out of 5 and probably the greatest album ever recorded. 14 songs, 13 brilliant and Yellow Submarine which is at least quite a bit of funThe Beatles Abbey RoadX Japan Art of LifeGo read the excellent review of this if you want a more in-depth analysis of this, because I'm going to leave it at this. This is, by some margin, what I consider to be the greatest song I've ever heard. Absolute brilliance.4.5 superbAlice in Chains Jar of FliesDeath Grips The Money StoreEl-P Fantastic DamageEminem The Marshall Mathers LPThe most important album of the 2000s. Imperfect, but undeniably raw. That's all I have to sayKendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d cityKiller Mike R.A.P. MusicOutKast AqueminiPerhaps a little less consistent than ATLiens, the high points on this album are among the greatest works in the history of rap music. Let's forget about Return of the G, Rosa Parks, Aquemini, Synthesizer, Da Art of Storytellin parts 1&2,and Chonkyfire, all songs that would be considered the best on most other albums. Spottieottiedopaliscious and Liberation. All I have to say. The other tracks, Skew it on the Bar-B, Slump, West Savannah, and Y'all Scared are all fantastic as well. One song, track 11, Mamacita, is pretty weak, other than a solid verse from 3 stacks, but it is followed up by Spottieottiedopaliscious, which makes Mamacita a distant memory by the time the 7 minute masterpiece comes to a close. OutKast SouthernplayalisticadillacmuzikBeing one of the biggest Outkast fans on the face of planet earth, maybe I'm predisposed to loving everything Andre 3000 and Big Boi related, but to me, this is the perfect G-Funk album. G-Funk became all the rage in the early 90s and this album really lives up to the name. While maybe not as gangster as the G-Funk coming out of the west coast at the time, it surely was full of funk. In fact, this may be the funkiest rap album ever. It set the footwork for what would become the greatest duo in hip-hop history. Big Boi wasn't dead weight on this album, but Dre stole the show, giving us hints to the genius that would come for the next decade after. The members of Outkast's Dungeon Family counterpart, Goodie Mob, also had some nice guest appearances throughout the album.OutKast ATLiensI'll be straight up, I may be a bit biased, but in my eyes ATLiens is the perfect example of a rap album that flows together extraordinarily well, while also not having one weak track the whole way through. I'll argue that, lyrically, this just might be the greatest rap album ever made.Run the Jewels Run the JewelsThe Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream4.0 excellent311 TransistorBig Boi Sir Lucious Left FootBig L Lifestylez ov da Poor & DangerousDeath Grips ExmilitaryFrank Ocean channel ORANGEJeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the EastN.W.A. Straight Outta ComptonNirvana In UteroOutKast StankoniaThe album is definitely inconsistent, but my oh my are the high points amazingRage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineThe Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThis is a hard album for me to give a score to. I find that although I don't go back to individual songs from this album all that much, this is one of if not my favorite album to listen to start to finish. I am able to reach A Day in the Life from the title track almost always without fail. At the end of the day, isn't that what an album should be, a collection of songs that come together to form one cohesive final product? 3.5 greatA Tribe Called Quest The Low End TheoryAZ Doe or DieI love AZ and this album to death, but I cannot deny the fact that the production leaves a lot to be desired. Nevertheless, I think any real hip-hop head should have this in his collection for AZ's lyricism aloneEarl Sweatshirt DorisKanye West YeezusKendrick Lamar Section.80MGMT Congratulations3.0 goodDr. Dre 2001Nirvana NevermindThe most famous album of the 90s has its bright moments. What it also has is the label of being one of the greatest albums ever made, a claim that is simply not true. The now cult figure, Kurt Cobain himself, stated that he was unhappy with the extreme polishing of the album, a complaint I share with Mr. Cobain. Nevermind is filled to the brim with good ideas, very few of which were executed properly. This is all well and good though, as the band's next album would be everything Nevermind should have been.2.0 poor50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2
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