Classics Discussion: Big Daddy Kane

Which of these Big Daddy Kane albums are classic?


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Ok so some of y'all will be familiar with a project I'm deciding to run. I made this thread: The Official 'Classic Album' Discussion Thread, trying to reach a conclusion as to what defines a classic album. After much discussion, I am running with this definition personally, so take it as you will when you consider your classic albums. But this definition in particular was most agreed upon.

Classic: 1. An album considered by consensus of the core hip hop community to be of the highest quality (doesn't have to be perfect or flawless, just an album that the consensus deems the shyt).
2. Assuming that condition 1 is met, is this an album that has stood the test of time amongst the core hip hop community? Is that an album still held in high regard, still referenced at least ten years after its release? By a consensus of the hip hop community?


Props to @mobbinfms for the definition and also for his help generally in helping me with ideas to create these threads.

So I'll be going through one artist per day, and I will list out all their discography or close to all of it until the year 2005, as we decided that an album needs at least 10 years of existence before it can be called a classic or not.

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To help bring even more attention to these threads, I'm gonna create a hashtag (again props to mobbinfms for the idea) and I urge you guys to click on the tag and click on the option to watch the tag.

Here it is: #coliclassics

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Big Daddy Kane is today's artist in question.

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I will be making a POLL. For each album I will present a YES or NO option so if you think that particular album is a classic, you click 'yes' on the poll for THAT album and vice-versa. The acceptance rate for an album to be deemed a CERTIFIED classic is 80%.

If you don't think an album is a classic, DO NOT LEAVE THE POLL BLANK. You vote NO for that album instead so at least we register your vote.

I will NOT count any comments in the thread as votes, you must use the poll. The comments section should be used for discussion only.


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btw Daddy's Home was super underrated maybe my 2nd favourite album in his discog

full of gems inc. that posse cut that featured Shyheim, Jay and ODB in the same song
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Long Live the Kane, but my problem with It's a Big Daddy Thing is:

1) IMO, there's a drop off in the second half of the album until "Warm It Up, Kane."

2) I don't like the sequencing where it's on a positive tip with "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," and then does an abrupt 180 with "Pimpin' Ain't Easy." It shouldn't have followed that particular song.
 

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Had to go back and forth on "Its a Big Daddy Thing." It's got a few filler tracks that, if removed, make the album better than "Long Live the Kane" IMO. But the quality of material on IABDT is high enough that I can give it classic status.

Therefore, Kane's classics are his first two albums and thats it. "Taste of Chocolate" and "Looks like a Job For" are dope, but they're not classics.
 
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