Best Album Of 2001 Pre List

The Blueprint
The Sneak Attack
Word of Mouf
Party Music
Labor Days
XO Experience
Take It Or Squeeze It
Kiss The Game Goodbye
Mista Don't Play
Cold Vein
Put Yo Hood Up
Bulletproof Wallets
Great Depression
First Born
Face Off
Black Trash
Streets Made Me
Stoned Raiders

Even In Darkness
Priesthood
Stillmatic
Digital Bullet
Devil's Night
AOI: Bionix
Realness
Thug Lord
Almost Famous (LivingLeg)
Pain Is Love
Infamy
Anghellic
Dirty Money
The Best Part
Money & Muscle
I'm Serious
Live From The Manjah
Bang Or Ball
Iron Flag
Music
Revolutionary 1
Novakane
Until The End Of Time

Labor Days wins for me.

Firs Bracket:
Blueprint
Word of Mouf
Mista Don't Play
Cold Vein

Second Bracket:
Stillmatic
Revolutionary Vol. 1
Realness
I'm Serious

This are the only ones I feel are top contenders for the spot. Both brackets have other albums I enjoy but these are the heavy hitters.

Not sure how popular these albums are around here, but they're pretty frickin good.

7L & Esoteric: Soul Purpose
Moka Only: Lime Green

My top 5-in no particular order

De La Soul-AOI-Bionix
Ludacris-Word Of Mouf
Nas-Stillmatic
Mobb Deep-Infamy
KRS-One-The Sneak Attack


Honorable Mention:
Aesop-Labor Days
Jadakiss-Kiss The Game Goodbye
Ja Rule-Pain Is Love
Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Wu-Tang Clan-Iron Flag


AOTY-Nas-Stillmatic

parker lewis wrote:

Not sure how popular these albums are around here, but they're pretty frickin good.

7L & Esoteric: Soul Purpose
Moka Only: Lime Green

Soul Purpose is a must. I forgot that one.

My top 5

Blueprint (AOTY)
Stillmatic
Black Trash
Devil's Night
The Realness

Hon Men. (basically my top 10)
Word Of Mouf
Bang or Ball
Infamy
Live From The Manjah
XO Experience

No Short Khop, No Playa Hamm, No Cypress, No Mitchy, but thank you for leaving off most of the Bay...tired of them getting worked by dookie by default.

Deanie O'Banion wrote:

No Short Khop, No Playa Hamm, No Cypress, No Mitchy, but thank you for leaving off most of the Bay...tired of them getting worked by dookie by default.

Look man I get tired of your whining. What is this like the 15th pre-list? Where I have always asked for you guys to let me know what I missed. I like doing this series but I will not look for every album that dropped. Thats what I was hoping you guys would help with. Plus like you noted most of the albums you want in this will get defaulted to death or no one likes them. But I still add some of your rec's anyway don't I?

The Realness wins for me

Molemen- Ritual Of The...

If you want to, it's a comp album

Shaun wrote:

Molemen- Ritual Of The...

If you want to, it's a comp album

Looks like I may need to add it since we are lacking in actual album rec's. I'll keep it in mind for now.

Tic706 wrote:

Deanie O'Banion wrote:

No Short Khop, No Playa Hamm, No Cypress, No Mitchy, but thank you for leaving off most of the Bay...tired of them getting worked by dookie by default.

Look man I get tired of your whining. What is this like the 15th pre-list? Where I have always asked for you guys to let me know what I missed. I like doing this series but I will not look for every album that dropped. Thats what I was hoping you guys would help with. Plus like you noted most of the albums you want in this will get defaulted to death or no one likes them. But I still add some of your rec's anyway don't I?

Didn't know that was what you consider whining (you know I could care less, this amuses me), just letting you know that better SoCal came out that year than that Mack 10. Save yourself the work and skip to '02, Stillmatic is taking this year...we all know it.

I bet it won't

Shaun wrote:

I bet it won't

Who you got then? not who you want...saw that.

Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Reks - Along Came The Chosen
Chino XL - I Told You So

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams

And I 1000000000% agree with Soul Purpose.

Deanie O'Banion wrote:

Shaun wrote:

I bet it won't

Who you got then? not who you want...saw that.

I bet Gay-Z wins.

Myestro wrote:

Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Reks - Along Came The Chosen
Chino XL - I Told You So

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams

And I 1000000000% agree with Soul Purpose.

Thanks Mys. Speaking of Bad Dreams I cannot find a link for it. If you have time can you see if you can come up on one and inbox me?

Oh and "Gay-Z" album is better then all the above albums. Yes even the one's I have not heard...lol.

This will be a great tourney, the only request I have is that you put Stillmatic and The Blueprint on opposite brackets.

Tic706 wrote:

Oh and "Gay-Z" album is better then all the above albums. Yes even the one's I have not heard...lol.

I know right! Mystero shouldn't even be talking since he's never even heard The Blueprint

Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Chino XL - I Told You So

Cosign these

Romp Mac Dre dropped two albums this year. Which one is probably his most known?

co-sign Chino XL as well

Tic706 wrote:

Romp Mac Dre dropped two albums this year. Which one is probably his most known?

It's Not What You Say...It's How You Say It

Probably my favorite album he's got, just not a big fan of the track with Vital or it would be a 10/10.

St. Lunatics - Free City

Don't hate, that album was fuckin jammin, and I don't even like Nelly.

My favs from '01:
Mista Don't Play (if I was a bitch, I would put a heart emoticon next to this, lol)
Dirty Money
I'm Serious
Even in Darkness
Blueprint
Stillmatic
Word Of Mouf
Devil's Night
Iron Flag
Kiss The Game Goodbye

I will guess that the forum will vote either Blueprint or Stillmatic as the champ.

Wanduras wrote:

St. Lunatics - Free City

Don't hate, that album was fuckin jammin, and I don't even like Nelly.

co-sign.

Damn, can't believe i forgot about First Born... That might be my favorite over Labor Days... idk...

T1. First Born
T1. Labor Days
2. Stillmatic
3. Bulletproof Wallets
4. Devil's Night
5. Word of Mouf
6. Iron Flag
7. Blueprint
8. Cold Vein
9. Black Trash
10. Great Depression

Just to be sure... First Born by E&A?

Shaun wrote:

Just to be sure... First Born by E&A?

Yep

Need more albums

Tic706 wrote:

Need more albums

Busta Rhymes - Genesis
Z-Ro - King of Da Ghetto
Eve - Scorpion
SPM - Never Change
Smut Peddlers - Porn Again

Cunninlynguists- Will Rap For Food (can't believe nobody mentioned this yet)
Fabolous- Ghetto Fabolous
Dilated Peoples- Expansion Team
Hi-Tek- Hi-Teknology
Hieroglyphics- 3rd Eye Vision

KJ Styles wrote:

Cunninlynguists- Will Rap For Food (can't believe nobody mentioned this yet)
Fabolous- Ghetto Fabolous
Dilated Peoples- Expansion Team
Hi-Tek- Hi-Teknology
Hieroglyphics- 3rd Eye Vision

Don't own the physical for the CL, and I use discogs.com which says 2002. Other sites say 2001, so it would be up to Kev.

I cosign the Cunninlynguists (either way) and Hiero's album also. Can't believe I overlooked that one.

Tic706 wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Reks - Along Came The Chosen
Chino XL - I Told You So

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams

And I 1000000000% agree with Soul Purpose.

Thanks Mys. Speaking of Bad Dreams I cannot find a link for it. If you have time can you see if you can come up on one and inbox me?

Oh and "Gay-Z" album is better then all the above albums. Yes even the one's I have not heard...lol.

I looked for links, and I think SOPA killed any chance for that. The only options would be: 1) finding a torrent download, or 2) I could compress the songs into small groups and email them to you. Hotmail only allows 25 Mb attachments, and a rar file of the full album is almost 150 Mb.

Myestro wrote:

Tic706 wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Reks - Along Came The Chosen
Chino XL - I Told You So

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams

And I 1000000000% agree with Soul Purpose.

Thanks Mys. Speaking of Bad Dreams I cannot find a link for it. If you have time can you see if you can come up on one and inbox me?

Oh and "Gay-Z" album is better then all the above albums. Yes even the one's I have not heard...lol.

I looked for links, and I think SOPA killed any chance for that. The only options would be: 1) finding a torrent download, or 2) I could compress the songs into small groups and email them to you. Hotmail only allows 25 Mb attachments, and a rar file of the full album is almost 150 Mb.

Yeah thanks 4 trying. I went ahead and just bought it off amazon used for like .84. Even if I don't like it it didn't cost much.

Tic706 wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Tic706 wrote:

Myestro wrote:

Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Reks - Along Came The Chosen
Chino XL - I Told You So

Swollen Members - Bad Dreams

And I 1000000000% agree with Soul Purpose.

Thanks Mys. Speaking of Bad Dreams I cannot find a link for it. If you have time can you see if you can come up on one and inbox me?

Oh and "Gay-Z" album is better then all the above albums. Yes even the one's I have not heard...lol.

I looked for links, and I think SOPA killed any chance for that. The only options would be: 1) finding a torrent download, or 2) I could compress the songs into small groups and email them to you. Hotmail only allows 25 Mb attachments, and a rar file of the full album is almost 150 Mb.

Yeah thanks 4 trying. I went ahead and just bought it off amazon used for like .84. Even if I don't like it it didn't cost much.

That's a sweet deal. If you liked Balance, you should like it. It's the more recent albums that tend to drift away from their norm.

Stuff that should be added:
Mac Dre - Its Not What You Say...Its How You Say It
Esham - Tongues
J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit
Mitchy Slick - Trigeration Station
Necro - Gory Days
Aceyalone - Accepted Eclectic


Also, I cosign:
Expansion Team
Soul Purpose
I Told You So
Disposable Arts
Bad Dreams
Will Rap For Food


Cold Vein Should win this year easily but it wont

Cold Vein is even more polarizing than most underground hip-hop.

agree to Mitchy Slick

Also recommended listening for 2001, SANDMAN - No Secrets, No Lies

Myestro wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

Cunninlynguists- Will Rap For Food (can't believe nobody mentioned this yet)
Fabolous- Ghetto Fabolous
Dilated Peoples- Expansion Team
Hi-Tek- Hi-Teknology
Hieroglyphics- 3rd Eye Vision

Don't own the physical for the CL, and I use discogs.com which says 2002. Other sites say 2001, so it would be up to Kev.

I cosign the Cunninlynguists (either way) and Hiero's album also. Can't believe I overlooked that one.

I personally trust discogs over most other.

Definitely agree to Hieroglyphics.. Dilated and Mystikal get co signs from myself also

CL wiki page has Will Rap For Food at 2001, also. Good catch, KJ

i def cosign 3rd Eye Vision

Yo Mys, a good way to share albums without emailing is sharing a dropbox folder with someone. There is a 2gb limit, i think, but you can just upload a couple at a time and then delete them after the person dl's them.

Wanduras wrote:

Yo Mys, a good way to share albums without emailing is sharing a dropbox folder with someone. There is a 2gb limit, i think, but you can just upload a couple at a time and then delete them after the person dl's them.

So, how would I go about that?

Myestro wrote:

Wanduras wrote:

Yo Mys, a good way to share albums without emailing is sharing a dropbox folder with someone. There is a 2gb limit, i think, but you can just upload a couple at a time and then delete them after the person dl's them.

So, how would I go about that?

Go to dropbox.com, download and install dropbox on your computer. Then using the dropbox app you can create a folder, send an email invite to anyone you would like to share with, and then just move files into that folder. Anything you put in that particular folder will be automatically shared with those you invited to share with. Those people would have to download and install dropbox as well. It's a small program though, it doesn't muck up your system or anything. Hope that helps.

Thanks, I'll see if Kev's interested.

Also, just realized one that got overlooked. I listened to it on breaks at work today, then looked at the back of the CD case and saw 2001.

Reks - Along Came The Chosen

Mys you had already mentioned Reks or someone did. I added it and dl'ed the album.

Tic706 wrote:

Mys you had already mentioned Reks or someone did. I added it and dl'ed the album.

Oops, my bad! Total brain fart there.

Anyways, if you're still interested in Bad Dreams and want to try that dropbox thing that Wanduras suggested, just shoot me a PM with your e-mail or somethin.