Best Album Of 1998 Pre List

Moment Of Truth
Still Standing
El Nino
My Balls And My Word
The Miseducation
Da Last Don
Rhythm-Al-Ism
Shell Shocked
The Dude
Flesh Of My Flesh
Aquemini
Look What You Did To Me
Da Game Is To Be Sold
Heavy Mental
Doc's Da Name
Ghetto Fabulous
Da Good Bad Ugly
Steal This Album
Third Eye Vision
Life In 1472
The Recipe
Mobstability
First Family 4 Life
Rude Awakening
IV
He Got Game
Its Dark And Hell Is Hot
Last Shall Be First
Life Or Death
Give It 2 Em Raw
400 Degreez
Can-I-Bus


NORE
E.L.E.
Stupid Doo Doo Dumb
Full Scale EP
Headz or Tailz
Heist of the Century
Rasassination
Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life
Hello Nasty
Charge It 2 Da Game
Now Or Never
Fantastic 2
Lost
Tical 2000
Element Of Surprise
Am I My Brothers Keeper
Soul Survivor
Sky's The Limit
The Shadiest One
On The Grind
Foundation
War & Peace Vol. 1
Love Movement
Capital Punishment
Veterenz Day
Pillage
Behind The Front
A SWAT Healin'
Black Star
There's One in Every Family
Shut Em Down
Retaliation Revenge

Thats 64 albums but there about 6-8 that can come off if some other must haves come up. This is one helluva year and imo one of the best in rap.

So as usual Who u Wit? Lets see those top 5's or top 10's.

Still Standing
Rhythm-Al-Ism
Shell Shocked
The Dude
Aquemini
Its Dark And Hell Is Hot
Now Or Never
Lost
War & Peace Vol. 1
Can't pick number 10. Theres about 5-6 albums that can fill this spot.

Blackstar
Aquemini
Behind the Front
Doc's da Name
ELE
Tical 2000... Unfairly hated on, dope beats, vicious rhymes, and top shelf guestlist.
Heavy Mental
Steal This Album

#1. Capital Punishment
Black Star
Aquemini
The Dude
Its Dark And Hell Is Hot
The Miseducation
RZA As Bobby Digital <-- this should be in here
Tical 2000
Heavy Mental
Pillage

The Swarm should knock out He Got Game.

A Book Of Human Language

where are:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry
A Book of Human Language
Til My Casket Drops

???

those are all near the top of this yr...


stuff i think should come off personally:

El Nino
Da Good Da Bad Da Ugly - but i havent heard this and i thought that was for a reason? could be wrong

The Recipe
Sky's the Limit
On the Grind (??? what is this Big Noyd???)
Behind the Front -- you are actually including a Black Eyed Peas Album?
Full Scale EP - why not do the LP instead of the EP??
Love Movement - honestly will anyone vote for this? I guess it should be included tho

Wait, where is WWW.Thug.Com

Laced With Slang wrote:

where are:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry
A Book of Human Language
Til My Casket Drops

???

those are all near the top of this yr...


stuff i think should come off personally:

El Nino
Da Good Da Bad Da Ugly - but i havent heard this and i thought that was for a reason? could be wrong

The Recipe
Sky's the Limit
On the Grind (??? what is this Big Noyd???)
Behind the Front -- you are actually including a Black Eyed Peas Album?
Full Scale EP - why not do the LP instead of the EP??
Love Movement - honestly will anyone vote for this? I guess it should be included tho

Did you read what I said? There are a few that can come off. You just asked for Swarm & Till My Casket Drops to be added. But did you really just say remove El Nino & Good Bad Ugly? GTFOH. Stick to overhyping the albums you are use too.

On The Grind is Ghetto Mafia. They aren't going anywhere unless its a true contender that needs to replace them. I will add Book Of..., Swarm, Rza, & Dirty Weaponary.

Terry if www.thug dropped this year you know it will be added. You sure his debut did not drop this year instead?

based on a true story is older...like 1996 I think...

yea that Trick Daddy dropped in 98

Tic706 wrote:

Laced With Slang wrote:

where are:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry
A Book of Human Language
Til My Casket Drops

???

those are all near the top of this yr...


stuff i think should come off personally:

El Nino
Da Good Da Bad Da Ugly - but i havent heard this and i thought that was for a reason? could be wrong

The Recipe
Sky's the Limit
On the Grind (??? what is this Big Noyd???)
Behind the Front -- you are actually including a Black Eyed Peas Album?
Full Scale EP - why not do the LP instead of the EP??
Love Movement - honestly will anyone vote for this? I guess it should be included tho

Did you read what I said? There are a few that can come off. You just asked for Swarm & Till My Casket Drops to be added. But did you really just say remove El Nino & Good Bad Ugly? GTFOH. Stick to overhyping the albums you are use too.

On The Grind is Ghetto Mafia. They aren't going anywhere unless its a true contender that needs to replace them. I will add Book Of..., Swarm, Rza, & Dirty Weaponary.

Terry if www.thug dropped this year you know it will be added. You sure his debut did not drop this year instead?

and are you nuts? Til My Casket Drops is regarded as a classic to anyone thats heard it and thats actually a significant amt of people considering it was at #4 on the hip hop charts, did Ghetto Mafia even go copper?????
and also that Def Squad was a disappointment and there is a reason that particular GB album is never mentioned

R U SIRYUS!!!! SLANG U NO U IZ PART UV DA LOL POSSE/MAFIA!!!!!!

Behind the Front is a dope album, I am pretty sure others here agree.

Laced With Slang wrote:

Tic706 wrote:

Laced With Slang wrote:

where are:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry
A Book of Human Language
Til My Casket Drops

???

those are all near the top of this yr...


stuff i think should come off personally:

El Nino
Da Good Da Bad Da Ugly - but i havent heard this and i thought that was for a reason? could be wrong

The Recipe
Sky's the Limit
On the Grind (??? what is this Big Noyd???)
Behind the Front -- you are actually including a Black Eyed Peas Album?
Full Scale EP - why not do the LP instead of the EP??
Love Movement - honestly will anyone vote for this? I guess it should be included tho

Did you read what I said? There are a few that can come off. You just asked for Swarm & Till My Casket Drops to be added. But did you really just say remove El Nino & Good Bad Ugly? GTFOH. Stick to overhyping the albums you are use too.

On The Grind is Ghetto Mafia. They aren't going anywhere unless its a true contender that needs to replace them. I will add Book Of..., Swarm, Rza, & Dirty Weaponary.

Terry if www.thug dropped this year you know it will be added. You sure his debut did not drop this year instead?

and are you nuts? Til My Casket Drops is regarded as a classic to anyone thats heard it and thats actually a significant amt of people considering it was at #4 on the hip hop charts, did Ghetto Mafia even go copper?????
and also that Def Squad was a disappointment and there is a reason that particular GB album is never mentioned

I heard Till Cask Drops and its not a classic to me. And I may be finish with C-Bo little discog. Because when I add them none of you mofos come thru to vote for the weak shit. And now we go by the charts? LMAO!

And Def Squad was a disappointment to you so forget what YOU think. And you have not heard the GB. Its a good album just their weakest one. Every artist has a lesser album. That does not mean its bad or weak sound wise just means its not as good as the other ones.

My Top 10....

Aquemini
Moment Of Truth
Capital Punishment
Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Black Star
Rhythm-Al-Lism
400 Degreez
First Family 4 Life
Behind The Front
It's Dark & Hell Is Hot

And BTW, Behind The Front and El Nino>>>>>>>>All the albums Slang bigged up

parker lewis wrote:

Behind the Front is a dope album, I am pretty sure others here agree.

Yes it was! Black Eyed Peas were actually a legit hip-hop group before Fergie joined, that's when they completely sold out and went pop. Behind The Front is a 4.5 star album easily.

KJ Styles wrote:

parker lewis wrote:

Behind the Front is a dope album, I am pretty sure others here agree.

Yes it was! Black Eyed Peas were actually a legit hip-hop group before Fergie joined, that's when they completely sold out and went pop. Behind The Front is a 4.5 star album easily.

Hell froze over...I agree with KJ.

Top 10 (in no particular order)


Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Moment Of Truth
It's Dark & Hell Is Hot
Capital Punishment
Shut 'Em Down
Aquemini
N.O.R.E.
Extinction Level Event
Blackstar
First Family 4 Life



'98 was a so-so year........IN MY OPINION!

You call your 98 so-so Powell? Thats funny. Because most of those albums you listed are held in very high regard.

And maybe Slang will learn an objective point of view now.

And I still have a hard time considering that Lauryn Hill a hip hop album.

Tic706 wrote:

And I still have a hard time considering that Lauryn Hill a hip hop album.

Not me. While it did crossover into R&B territory I still consider it hip-hop. If for no other reason Lost Ones...that was one of the best songs of 1998 and a classic. Her rap verse on Everything Is Everything was a banger as well.

I don't consider Miseducation to be a hip hop album really so i wouldn't have included it, but i'm cool if you decide to leave it in the tourney.

I like:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry

Roots of Evil
2000 Fold
Thugged Out: The Albulation

But none of them are really "necessary".

Miseducation is not a hip hop album... it's a pop album.

SyRuP Sippa wrote:

Miseducation is not a hip hop album... it's a pop album.

How the fuck is it "pop"? I could see R&B, Neo Soul, but definitely not pop.

It's a hip-hop album because it represents hip-hop, it does not represent pop.

Behind The Front is dope

Myestro wrote:

I like:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry

Roots of Evil
2000 Fold
Thugged Out: The Albulation

But none of them are really "necessary".

Kool G Rap? If that is him then its added. i like that album.

Thugged Out is supposed to be on there..SMFH. Thats a must. Betta than that C-Bo.

Kev if you're adding that Yuk you need to add My Homies too.

Just to cosign a few of these add-ons...

www.thug.com
The Swarm
Thugged Out
My Homies

My Favs in no order:

Still Standing
El Nino
My Balls And My Word
The Dude
Aquemini
Doc's Da Name
Mobstability
Its Dark And Hell Is Hot
400 Degreez
NORE
E.L.E.
Capital Punishment
A SWAT Healin'
Black Star
Shut Em Down
www.thug.com (if it's added)
The Swarm (if it's added)

1998 was a fuckin beast year!!!

_________________
There's A God On The Mic

T. Myers wrote:

Kev if you're adding that Yuk you need to add My Homies too.

I thought about that. But this Yuk is more of a solo. Because he is on every song on that album. Now a case can be made for Mack's album The Recipe.

Tic706 wrote:

Myestro wrote:

I like:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry

Roots of Evil
2000 Fold
Thugged Out: The Albulation

But none of them are really "necessary".

Kool G Rap? If that is him then its added. i like that album.

Thugged Out is supposed to be on there..SMFH. Thats a must. Betta than that C-Bo.

Yes, the Kool G "Roots of Evil". I love that album, especially Thug Love Story.

My Tops:

The obvious would be Aquemini, Moment Of Truth & Capital Punishment.

Others that I love (in no particular order):

A SWAT Healin' Ritual
Still Standing
Roots of Evil
3rd Eye Vision
Heavy Mental
The Pillage
Shut 'Em Down
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
A Book Of Human Language
RZA as Bobby Digital

Aquemini needs to win this

Myestro wrote:

I like:

Bobby Digital
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry

Roots of Evil
2000 Fold
Thugged Out: The Albulation

But none of them are really "necessary".

I'll give a cosign for the last three

Who is 2000 Fold?

damn looking at this this really was a great fuckin year...

my tops in no order:

Bobby Digital In Stereo
Last Shall Be First
Black Star
Capital Punishment
Stupid Doo Doo Dumb
Aquemini
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry
Heist of the Century
Heavy Mental
Til My Casket Drops
Thugged Out: Albulation
First Family 4 Life
Fantastic Vol. 2
The Dude
Soul Survivor
The Pillage
Moment of Truth
Shell Shocked
IV
Tical 2000
Its Dark and Hell iz Hot
3rd Eye Vision
Rasassination


wow thats a fuckin list, the reason i listed so many is because most of those are so close

Laced With Slang wrote:

damn looking at this this really was a great fuckin year...

my tops in no order:

Bobby Digital In Stereo
Last Shall Be First
Black Star
Capital Punishment
Stupid Doo Doo Dumb
Aquemini
The Swarm
Dirty Weaponry
Heist of the Century
Heavy Mental
Til My Casket Drops
Thugged Out: Albulation
First Family 4 Life
Fantastic Vol. 2
The Dude
Soul Survivor
The Pillage
Moment of Truth
Shell Shocked
IV
Tical 2000
Its Dark and Hell iz Hot
3rd Eye Vision
Rasassination


wow thats a fuckin list, the reason i listed so many is because most of those are so close

'98 was a so-so year a bunch of those albums you listed are not 5 star classics....somewhere in the 4 to 5 star range but not bonafide 5 star classics IN MY OPINION!

Dang how many "bonafide" 5 star classics you expect a year Powell? Thats what you judge good yrs off of only?

Fantastic Vol. 2 by Slum Village? Wasn't that released in 2000?

Parker Tical 2000 is hated on for the right reasons. Method Man is a career solo album underachiever......lol

Z-Ro - Look What You Did To Me
ESG - Return of the Living Dead
R. Kelly - R (If we're throwing Lauren Hill on here, this should be here too)
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
Fat Joe - Don Cartagena (definitely needs to be on the list)
DJ Honda - H2
Concentration Camp - Da Holocaust
Heltah Skeltah - Magnum Force
Timbaland - Tim's Bio
Parental Advisory - Straight No Chase
GP Wu - Don't Go Against The Grain
Tommy Wright III - Feel Me Before They Kill Me
Jayo Felony - Whatcha Gonna Do
Indo G - Angel Dust
Gangsta Boo - Enquiring MInds
Kurupt - Kuruption
Fatal - In the Line of Fire
Nate Dogg - G Funk Classics Vol. 1 and 2
Southside Playaz - You Gottus Fuxxed UP
Kamikaze - Times Up
Dead End Alliance - Screwed for Life
Crazy - Shed Tears for the World
Mac Dre - Stupid Doo Doo Dumb

cosign SRP on a lot of those picks, also Kev Fantastic Vol. 2 was released in 2000, so that can be taken off...unless Fantastic 2 is a diff album?

Nate Dogg - G Funk Classics Vol. 1 and 2 should be in the tournament or else Kev is on some KJ BULLSHIT!

Tic706 wrote:

Who is 2000 Fold?

Would have replied sooner, but I was watching Sons of Anarchy and went to bed. Had to work today.

2000 Fold is Styles of Beyond.

Seems like a Black Star vs Aquemini final. If so I think that should split this forum in 2.

SyRuP Sippa wrote:

Z-Ro - Look What You Did To Me
ESG - Return of the Living Dead
R. Kelly - R (If we're throwing Lauren Hill on here, this should be here too)
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
Fat Joe - Don Cartagena (definitely needs to be on the list)
DJ Honda - H2
Concentration Camp - Da Holocaust
Heltah Skeltah - Magnum Force
Timbaland - Tim's Bio
Parental Advisory - Straight No Chase
GP Wu - Don't Go Against The Grain
Tommy Wright III - Feel Me Before They Kill Me
Jayo Felony - Whatcha Gonna Do
Indo G - Angel Dust
Gangsta Boo - Enquiring MInds
Kurupt - Kuruption
Fatal - In the Line of Fire
Nate Dogg - G Funk Classics Vol. 1 and 2
Southside Playaz - You Gottus Fuxxed UP
Kamikaze - Times Up
Dead End Alliance - Screwed for Life
Crazy - Shed Tears for the World
Mac Dre - Stupid Doo Doo Dumb

Those in bold will be added. Mac Dre and Z-Ro are already on there.

Laced With Slang wrote:

cosign SRP on a lot of those picks, also Kev Fantastic Vol. 2 was released in 2000, so that can be taken off...unless Fantastic 2 is a diff album?

Going by Alan's damn list...lol. I tell you if more of you would do yearly listamania list on amazon it would help big time. I only have 3 big sources I use to get these albums. And one just ran out.