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This album is hard!
I agree that quality went down further, starting from MP Da Last Don on. Snoop's first NL album had some great tunes but a disappointment overall, Mia X and Mystikal albums stunk compared to their 97 classics, the smaller acts' albums were good at best (Gambinos, Prime Suspects, Ghetto Commission) to mediocre (Steady Mobb'n, Skull Duggery) to subpar (Full Blooded, NL Soldiers Compilation). The first releases in 99 (Silkk, C, Serv, Foolish, Who U Wit) were even worse...momentum started going down FAST, everyone was overworked and lost their mojo
Funnily enough many mid-99 albums (Snoop
, Mo B, Mac
, Mercedes, Fiend
, TRU) were good-to-phenomenal (let's forget about Lil Soldiers
and Lil Italy
) when sales/popularity went down hard
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Let me just put up a top 10 alright? Can't go wrong with these down south classics:
Fiend - There's One In Every Family (phenomenal, BBTP cranking out one hot beat after another, Fiend spitting the real shyt)
Mac - Shell Shocked (best rapper on NL period. Tons of potential. Lots of deep stuff)
C-Murder - Life Or Death (see thread)
TRU - Tru 2 Da Game (bonafide classic, breakthrough album)
Silkk - Charge It 2 Da Game (arguably BBTP's best work)
Mystikal - Unpredictable (his best album without a doubt. One memorable cut after another)
Mia X - Unlady Like (venomous verses. Gritty beats)
Fiend - Street Life (sounds like a personal project, no Miller boys feature, profound touching songs on here next to grimey trap tunes)
Mac - World War 3 (my favorite NL album next to Life Or Death. Deep, deep, deep. A lil bit of everything)
Master P - Ghetto D (catapulted P into the stratosphere, hit after hit)
HM (totally worth a listen):
Kane & Abel - Am I My Brothers Keeper (entertaining)
Master P - Ice Cream Man (hit machine)
TRU - True (gritty west/south hybrid)
Silkk - The Shocker (some of BBTP's best beats ever)
C-Murder - Trapped In Crime (great comeback)
Bout It OST (perfect compilation)
I Got The Hook-Up OST (tons of big stars featured)
Soulja Slim - Give It 2 Em Raw (grimey as fukk)
Young Bleed - My Balls & My Word (different)
Down South Hustlers compilation (highest replay value)
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BO BARON
IT AIN'T $HIT!!!!
I can quote every song word for word verbatim on that project
FloorGeneral
I don't even know anymore...
I agree that quality went down further, starting from MP Da Last Don on. Snoop's first NL album had some great tunes but a disappointment overall, Mia X and Mystikal albums stunk compared to their 97 classics, the smaller acts' albums were good at best (Gambinos, Prime Suspects, Ghetto Commission) to mediocre (Steady Mobb'n, Skull Duggery) to subpar (Full Blooded, NL Soldiers Compilation). The first releases in 99 (Silkk, C, Serv, Foolish, Who U Wit) were even worse...momentum started going down FAST, everyone was overworked and lost their mojo
Funnily enough many mid-99 albums (Snoop
I mostly agree, and was one of the early folks to move away from the No Limit hype train when the quality took a fast dip, but I actually liked that Steady Mobb'n album (assuming you're talking about Pre-Meditated Drama as being bad). Their 2nd album wasn't very good, but I still play the first from time to time.
Premeditated Drama had that cool westcoast vibe, sounded like a typical Bay Area record, really enjoyed it for what it was
(first Fiend and Mystikal appearances as No Limit Soldiers)
Black Mafia was too much cliché NL sound. Some bangers (nikkas Like Me, Carry On, MG Theme, Crosses Artist), too much same-sounding stuff/themes/subjects
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Mo B MURDERED this shyt
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The debut of Magic
His verse on “picture me” is one of favourite verses ever
Absolute classic piece of work. Since most of my favorites got posted I gotta put my jam up
Mystikal at the end charging up like Goku before his verse start.....
That Ghetto Commission album criminally slept on. shyt like this is just beautiful music
Mystikal at the end charging up like Goku before his verse start.....
Imo that ghetto commission was an underrated
"Lost thugs" baseline
C-Murder came out of the gate on that song knocking heads off
That Ghetto Commission album criminally slept on. shyt like this is just beautiful music
Both his verses on Life Or Death made me buy his album later on in 98, shyt was hard too
One of the NL albums you could bump front to back without one skip. Holloway went hard on every verse, G Spade was no slouch neitherImo that ghetto commission was an underrated
"Lost thugs" baseline
C-Murder came out of the gate on that song knocking heads off
Gambino family >Imo that ghetto commission was an underrated
"Lost thugs" baseline
C-Murder came out of the gate on that song knocking heads off
