EDIT: SOURCE MAGAZINE BIAS PROVEN TO BE MYTH - Source Top 100 Albums list

[Wacky D]

Dk wat u talkn bout it has aged as well as any album

Whenever multiple songs from a album is getting radio play 10 plus yrs later

Its aged pretty well

 

[BmoreGorilla]

u gonna name em or wat

Illmatic
Tha Infamous
Midnight Marauders
Mama Said Knock You Out
Breaking Atoms

 

[mobbinfms]

Bump

 

[DANJ!]

awwww mannnn... the body-catching in this thread tho'

classic

 

[ISO]

This was a great thread...

It's a discussion that needed to be had everybody was able to get they points across and a lot of dope info was dropped as far as how albums were received when they dropped for the younger users and those who may not remember.

 

[unseen]

Some of those albums are corny now and didn't age well

Queen latifah
Mc lyte
Ll cool j

Stetsasonic?

All that shyt is out in a updated list.

 

[Foxmulder]

I could actually name 5 better albums just from Queens

I could name 5 just from Queensbridge.

 

[mobbinfms]

Some of those albums are corny now and didn't age well

Queen latifah
Mc lyte
Ll cool j

Stetsasonic?

All that shyt is out in a updated list.

Every LL album?
What would you put on the list in place of those albums?

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Some of those albums are corny now and didn't age well

Queen latifah
Mc lyte
Ll cool j

Stetsasonic?

All that shyt is out in a updated list.

MC Lyte and LLs music didn't age well

 

[Wacky D]

Some of those albums are corny now and didn't age well

Queen latifah
Mc lyte
Ll cool j

Stetsasonic?

All that shyt is out in a updated list.

 

[mobbinfms]

Upping as I'm seeing a lot of talk lately about "east coast bias" from the Source and that myth was thoroughly debunked in this thread.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Upping as I'm seeing a lot of talk lately about "east coast bias" from the Source and that myth was thoroughly debunked in this thread.

its sad you gotta do this breh

 

[Wacky D]

i still stand by my point, which nobody could seem to prove wrong.

its not as much about location as it is preference.

 

[mobbinfms]

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Albums that originally received five mics:

• People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm -- A Tribe Called Quest
• Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em -- Eric B. & Rakim
• AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted -- Ice Cube
• One for All -- Brand Nubian
• De La Soul Is Dead -- De La Soul
• The Low End Theory -- A Tribe Called Quest
• Illmatic -- Nas
• Life After Death -- The Notorious B.I.G.
• Aquemini -- Outkast
• The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
• Stillmatic -- Nas
• The Fix -- Scarface
• The Naked Truth -- Lil' Kim
• Trill OG -- Bun B
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -- Kanye West

Albums that were not rated upon their releases, but were later rated five mics in 2002:

• Run-D.M.C. -- Run-D.M.C.
• Radio -- LL Cool J
• Licensed to Ill -- Beastie Boys
• Raising Hell -- Run-D.M.C.
• Criminal Minded -- Boogie Down Productions
• Paid in Full -- Eric B. & Rakim
• By All Means Necessary -- Boogie Down Productions
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy
• Long Live the Kane -- Big Daddy Kane
• Critical Beatdown -- Ultramagnetic MCs
• Straight Out the Jungle -- Jungle Brothers
• Strictly Business -- EPMD
• The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -- Slick Rick
• Straight Outta Compton -- N.W.A
• No One Can Do It Better -- The D.O.C.
• All Eyez on Me -- 2Pac

Albums that originally received 4.5 mics, and were later re-rated to five:

• Breaking Atoms -- Main Source
• Death Certificate -- Ice Cube
• The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
• Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
• Ready to Die -- The Notorious B.I.G.
• The Infamous -- Mobb Deep
• Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... -- Raekwon
• 2001 -- Dr. Dre

Albums that originally received four mics, and were later re-rated to five:

• Grip It! On That Other Level -- Geto Boys
• Doggystyle -- Snoop Doggy Dogg
• The Diary -- Scarface
• Me Against the World -- 2Pac
• The Score -- The Fugees
• Reasonable Doubt -- Jay-Z

THE BOLDED SHOWS HOW MANY ALBUMS HAD TO BE EAST COAST TO GARNER 5 MICS

Notice all west coast albums that got 5 mics were either from ruthless or deathrow records at some point in their careers