Top 50 Albums by Region: East Day 29

Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

Top 10 easily....the main reason why Biggie is in so many peoples top 10. I know the east-west hype, the Pac beef, and his death plays a role but this is the main reason imo.

Probably number 10.

Top 25

top 50

Top 25.

Wow, the man is a top 10 mc to you, but he doesn't have an album in your top 25? It's certainly possible, but it's still a bit surprising to me.

No he doesn't and neither does Rakim...both of them have multiple albums in my top 50 but not my top 25....


A Tribe Called Quest
Public Enemy
KRS-One
Nas
LL Cool J
Ultramagnetic MC's
Outkast

and a few other heads are all over my top 25 albums! but the albums and the top 10 emcees are two completely different things IMO!

Top 10.

D.Powell wrote:

No he doesn't and neither does Rakim...both of them have multiple albums in my top 50 but not my top 25....


A Tribe Called Quest
Public Enemy
KRS-One
Nas
LL Cool J
Ultramagnetic MC's
Outkast

and a few other heads are all over my top 25 albums! but the albums and the top 10 emcees are two completely different things IMO!

Yeah, they are different. there's nothing wrong with this not being top 25. I was just a little surprised. I wasn't trying to call you out or anything. LOL

LOL....nah I understand my dude I was just giving you an explanation thats all...

Q-Tip is a top 40 emcee of all-time for me he fits somewhere in the late 30's but he has two albums in my top 10 albums of all-time (as an example)

and honestly no one from Ultramagnetic makes my top 50 emcees of all-time (Keith is in my top 55) but they also make an appearance in my top 10 hip-hop albums of all-time

Run-D.M.C. has 2 appearances in my top 25 hip-hop albums as well but neither one of them is my top 50 emcees of all-time (D.M.C. is in my top 70 and Run is too but is behind Dee just a little lyrically IMO)

so this is kinda where I was getting at with it man!

I'm the same way. Scarface is my favorite but he doesn't appear in my top 10. However, with his solo stuff and Geto Boys stuff combined, he'd probably appear in my top 100 6-7 times. That's consistency.

Top 50. His best album.

...neither. :ducks:

Top 25

Top 5

Powell, you mean to tell me that you like 25 East Coast albums better than Ready To Die and Paid In Full? Really???

I don't see how Rakim can be your GOAT if that albums not in your Top 25 from the East. Just sayin.

Neither for me personally. Great album, but the stories just aren't for me, despite being excellent in craft. If only more tracks were like Juicy....

I just bumped this album twice yesterday though, because I just bought "Notorious" on DVD. Excellent fucking movie by the way. One of the better music biopic's I've ever seen. Very interesting story...I honestly never knew nearly that much of it....

All that said, I think I may like Life After Death more because of the material change. I'll have to bump that soon and reflect on that...

Alan wrote:

Neither for me personally. Great album, but the stories just aren't for me, despite being excellent in craft. If only more tracks were like Juicy....

I just bumped this album twice yesterday though, because I just bought "Notorious" on DVD. Excellent fucking movie by the way. One of the better music biopic's I've ever seen. Very interesting story...I honestly never knew nearly that much of it....

All that said, I think I may like Life After Death more because of the material change. I'll have to bump that soon and reflect on that...

Yeah, i think there are far more standouts on LAD, but there is filler cause it's a double album. I don't think there is any question that Biggie was a better MC on LAD compared to RTD.

What do you think of "Notorious" the movie? I know I'm hella late but shit was mad expensive for a long time...lol.

Alan wrote:

What do you think of "Notorious" the movie? I know I'm hella late but shit was mad expensive for a long time...lol.

I thought it was superb. While there were some events that were left out that should have been included, I enjoyed the movie and thought the actors did an excellent job.

And no way is Life After Death as good as Ready To Die. I love both albums, but RTD reached higher highs IMO.

I haven't seen it.

I might have to cop it. I keep forgetting to check it out.

KJ Styles wrote:

Alan wrote:

What do you think of "Notorious" the movie? I know I'm hella late but shit was mad expensive for a long time...lol.

I thought it was superb. While there were some events that were left out that should have been included, I enjoyed the movie and thought the actors did an excellent job.

And no way is Life After Death as good as Ready To Die. I love both albums, but RTD reached higher highs IMO.

Like what specific important events? Just curious. Like I said, I didn't know even a fraction of the story. lol

J. Linker of 0nSlaught3r wrote:

I might have to cop it. I keep forgetting to check it out.

It's dope man. Every hip-hop head should see it IMO. The price finally dropped to $13 at Target. Fuck, I just checked on Amazon - 40 cents used....$1 new! WTF! I'm retarded. lol

Yeah Notorious is a must see for any hip hop head.

I completely co-sign Pounds and Kev. This is a must see for ANY true hip-hop head. Terry and Linker, go cop this, or at least rent it. It's worth every penny.

And to Pounds, about what was left out. I would have liked to have seen his relationships with Mr. Cee and Jay Z mentioned. He was about to form a group with Jay, Lil Cease, and Charli Baltimore called "The Commission" before he passed. That group would have been dope as fuck.

considering lil cease and charli baltimore suck... the commission would not have been that dope... but a group with jay and biggie alone might have been dope.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

considering lil cease and charli baltimore suck... the commission would not have been that dope... but a group with jay and biggie alone might have been dope.

Cease and Baltimore have had their moments, just as many secondary members of groups have (most notably Willie D)

ummm not most notably... more like "I am saying this to try to bother you because I think you will go crazy" or "I feel the need to try to diss a southern group or rapper even when you are just trying to have a civil discussion"

Lil' Cease and Charli Baltimore have no moments IMO. Any dope songs Cease was ever on had to do with the beat, the hook, and other rappers on there. His solo album is atrocious. And there is a reason Charli baltimore never blew up. She got a push because she was biggie's hoe, nothing more, nothing less.

Willie D and Bushwick were actually primary members of the Geto Boys and actually the focus of the group before Scarface blew up the way he did. If you listen to Grip It you can clearly hear Willie D's influence on damn near every song and Bushwick got his shine plenty too. There was a reason Willie got a solo out before Face did.

Charli Baltimore is dope

Cold as Ice gets spins from me

Lil Cease's had a moment on Mobb Deep's I'm Goin Out.

Slang, is obviously, on crack. And like I said Cease needs the right situation to shine in... as an emcee he lacks very basic skills.

Top 25 for me. I didn't know Charli Baltimore got spins. I am pretty sure that was a joke.

nah i actually fuck with that album...

"Stand Up" is one of my all time favorite Rza beats

"Infamous" w/Mobb Deep is dope, "Angels Dust" is dope, that album has some bangers on it

What the fuck ever Pedro, you're fuckin biased as hell against any artist outside of your limited listening circle.

And Highsmith, you're coming off as a puppet.

KJ Styles wrote:

Top 5

Powell, you mean to tell me that you like 25 East Coast albums better than Ready To Die and Paid In Full? Really???

I don't see how Rakim can be your GOAT if that albums not in your Top 25 from the East. Just sayin.

Yeah KJ I like 25 more albums better than Paid In Full and Ready To Die....I know this shit seems unfathomable to you man...sometimes I can't even believe it myself...lmao

Rakim is my GOAT because he embodies everything that it means to be an emcee IMO...this has nothing to do with his albums all of which rank very high for me...just not top 25 of all-time high and thats because I have other albums that I like more...not necessarily other emcees but other ALBUMS...does this make any sense at all KJ??

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

ummm not most notably... more like "I am saying this to try to bother you because I think you will go crazy" or "I feel the need to try to diss a southern group or rapper even when you are just trying to have a civil discussion"

Lil' Cease and Charli Baltimore have no moments IMO. Any dope songs Cease was ever on had to do with the beat, the hook, and other rappers on there. His solo album is atrocious. And there is a reason Charli baltimore never blew up. She got a push because she was biggie's hoe, nothing more, nothing less.

Willie D and Bushwick were actually primary members of the Geto Boys and actually the focus of the group before Scarface blew up the way he did. If you listen to Grip It you can clearly hear Willie D's influence on damn near every song and Bushwick got his shine plenty too. There was a reason Willie got a solo out before Face did.

Willie "Damn" D and Bushwick Bill are completely and totally WACK IMO! I'm just not seeing it with them at all...lol

KJ Styles wrote:

What the fuck ever Pedro, you're fuckin biased as hell against any artist outside of your limited listening circle.

And Highsmith, you're coming off as a puppet.

When you'd like to respond to my post intelligently, please do so. And I believe Highsmith has his own opinion of Charli and just because it might coincide with mine doesn't mean he is being a puppet, show some respect, KJ.

My "limited" listening circle includes more music than you'll ever hear, buddy.

And don't get mad because you don't know what the term "most notably" means and you can't use it correctly.

D.Powell wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

ummm not most notably... more like "I am saying this to try to bother you because I think you will go crazy" or "I feel the need to try to diss a southern group or rapper even when you are just trying to have a civil discussion"

Lil' Cease and Charli Baltimore have no moments IMO. Any dope songs Cease was ever on had to do with the beat, the hook, and other rappers on there. His solo album is atrocious. And there is a reason Charli baltimore never blew up. She got a push because she was biggie's hoe, nothing more, nothing less.

Willie D and Bushwick were actually primary members of the Geto Boys and actually the focus of the group before Scarface blew up the way he did. If you listen to Grip It you can clearly hear Willie D's influence on damn near every song and Bushwick got his shine plenty too. There was a reason Willie got a solo out before Face did.

Willie "Damn" D and Bushwick Bill are completely and totally WACK IMO! I'm just not seeing it with them at all...lol

Willie D and Bushwick aren't top 25 emcees by any stretch of the imagination. But I would still rather bump their entire discog before I have to bump the wonderful world of ceasealeo again.

I can see why KJ digs Lil Cease.

And lets get this outta way real quick.

KJ- Lil Cease is 1000 times better than Sabzi!!!

Victor Shade- Sabzi doesn't rap, you fat hippo.

lmao... gotta give Tran his props, he played KJ like a violin.

LOL

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

What the fuck ever Pedro, you're fuckin biased as hell against any artist outside of your limited listening circle.

And Highsmith, you're coming off as a puppet.

When you'd like to respond to my post intelligently, please do so. And I believe Highsmith has his own opinion of Charli and just because it might coincide with mine doesn't mean he is being a puppet, show some respect, KJ.

My "limited" listening circle includes more music than you'll ever hear, buddy.

And don't get mad because you don't know what the term "most notably" means and you can't use it correctly.

All you do is throw more fuel on the fire and then twist it to suit your bullshit argument. Does an intelligent conversation include "Oooooh they suck, they never had any moments, they can't shine at all" GTFOH with that bullshit.

I highly doubt you've heard or bump more stuff than me, and I used the term correctly you're just being a fucking hypocritical douchebag as usual.

And Tran, lose your virginity before cracking any more jokes.

The two shortest dudes in the forum team up to fuck with me. Ain't that some shit!

KJ,
Do you really think Charli Baltimore and Lil' Cease are dope rappers?

If you do just state your case and move on - but I will say that you and I both know that "the hip-hop world" doesn't think so which is why Charli had one album that never really came out and Lil' Cease had one album that no one wants.

It has nothing to do with any bias or any other bullshit you are trying to bring into the conversation.

Commission would have been a doper idea had it been Biggie, Jay-Z, and Lil' Kim and someone else not named Lil' Cease. That's my opinion, but the truth is also that Cease is no wear near Jay or Biggie in terms of skill so he has no business rapping with them for an entire album - as is the case with Charli.

Top 25.

Easy top 25, LAD would be top 50

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

KJ,
Do you really think Charli Baltimore and Lil' Cease are dope rappers?

If you do just state your case and move on - but I will say that you and I both know that "the hip-hop world" doesn't think so which is why Charli had one album that never really came out and Lil' Cease had one album that no one wants.

It has nothing to do with any bias or any other bullshit you are trying to bring into the conversation.

Commission would have been a doper idea had it been Biggie, Jay-Z, and Lil' Kim and someone else not named Lil' Cease. That's my opinion, but the truth is also that Cease is no wear near Jay or Biggie in terms of skill so he has no business rapping with them for an entire album - as is the case with Charli.

I'm not saying that either Cease or Charli are on the level of Biggie or Jay, but they've had their moments. Cease has sounded hella dope at times, most notably on the JR Mafia debut album Conspiracy.

Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella squad sounded dope despite sub-par rappers like Memphis Bleek and Amil, and I'd easily take Cease and Charli over those two, and of course Biggie over Beans even though I like both of them. The Dynasty sounded more like a Roc-A-Fella collab more than a Jay-Z solo IMO.

I strongly dislike Bleek and Amil, but they're both better rappers than Cease and that whiteish hoe