Classics Discussion: Busta Rhymes & Big L

[Inspect Her Deck]

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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Today we got Busta Rhymes and also Big L on the anniversary of his unfortunate passing. RIP L!

Get voting!

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.

Tagging some mods:

@FreshAIG @That Singer Guy... @hustlemania @houston911 @SoulController

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

#coliclassics or shall I say #colinoclassics

0 for me today

closest ones were The Coming and Lifestylez...

 

[str8up]

I'm wit you on this one, The Coming is the closest but none of these are classics to me

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

@patscorpio

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Should be absolutely no classics from this thread

 

[Deltron]

Both are legends in their own right and have solid discographies, with Genesis being a personal favorite for Busta but no classics.

had both banging album/single cuts though.

Busta was the music video/singles king in the 90's


I'd say It Ain't Safe No More was when Busta was starting to faulter for me...wasn't the strongest album he's released by that time.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Voted no for all. Busta was always consistent tho. ELE is my favorite album of his.

Big L died before he reached his potential

 

[patscorpio]

i personally think busta's first 3 albums were classic..anarchy was cool...it aint safe no more was where busta started to fall off

LOTPAD is a classic to me

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

i personally think busta's first 3 albums were classic..anarchy was cool...it aint safe no more was where busta started to fall off

LOTPAD is a classic to me

what makes you think they're classics?

I thought The Coming was the closest thing to a classic tbh, and the one I'm most unsure about

 

[patscorpio]

what makes you think they're classics?

I thought The Coming was the closest thing to a classic tbh, and the one I'm most unsure about

the singles from those 3 are classic...busta was spitting crazy all over the albums..shyt was creative as fukk..production was on point..and yes i do think the coming is the best out of all his albums

 

[The Ruler 09]

I know my vote is no for everything other than The Coming and Lifestylez, those 2 are very dope, wanna relisten before voting.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

what makes you think they're classics?

I thought The Coming was the closest thing to a classic tbh, and the one I'm most unsure about

I think the main reason he isn't listed with the GOATs is that he didn't have a classic album. He has classic songs and verses for days. And at one point he was the go to nikka to get on a remix. He's stayed relevant longer than any rapper ever when you think about it so he's definitely a legend. He's a hip hop institution. Just never had that consensus classic

 

[IAmListenin']

I bumped The Coming a lot back when it came out (I'll listen to it every now and then now), and "Woo Hah!! (Got You All In Check)" was popular in high school, but no. And since that was his best album, it's a negative for him. No to Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous as well. It is one of my 80 favorites though.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I think the main reason he isn't listed with the GOATs is that he didn't have a classic album. He has classic songs and verses for days. And at one point he was the go to nikka to get on a remix. He's stayed relevant longer than any rapper ever when you think about it so he's definitely a legend. He's a hip hop institution. Just never had that consensus classic

exactly how I feel

but I feel as though I'm excluding The Coming on the basis of quality, because it was pretty relevant tbh

gonna listen again

 

[mobbinfms]

Voted yes for Big L
I think this album is crazy underrated.
And I think it's stood the test of time. It was definitely overlooked in 95, but it still rings bells to this day.
Now a lot of that may be due to his death
And all the fans that hopped on the band wagon after he died, but I had Lifestylez on cassette so I'm allowed