BmoreGorilla
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Whats the albums that changed the course of hip hop? These three from 3 different decades undoubtedly did
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Game changing albums
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Prince.Skeletor
Don’t Be Like He-Man
Classic & game changing not same thing
BmoreGorilla
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Who said they were? Either answer the question or be gone
Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
Straight Outta Compton
Illmatic
Trap or Die & TM 101 Collectively
Illmatic
Trap or Die & TM 101 Collectively
Take It In Blood
Banned
Gotta throw Graduation in there if not only for the fact that it ushered in the tide of soft tight jean rap and signaled the end of gangsta/hard rap in the mainstream when it outsold 50 cent's album
BmoreGorilla
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As much as I love Illmatic I cant really agree that it changed the game. It might be the best album ever but it didn't really change anything
Long Live The Kane
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You're right, can be argued that Nas changed in its wake more than the rest of the game
BmoreGorilla
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Oh yea no doubt. Illmatic was hip hop perfection but I don't think it was really innovative
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Imo 808's was more of a game changer than Graduation
^^^ Flows and deliveries became more relaxed and melodic
^^^ sealed the marriage between Hip Hop and R&B and changed the soundscape of Hip Hop, which opened up the door for the new wave of producers.
^^^ kind of helped open up the lane for the whole Bad Boy dominance by taking Pop loops, applying sing, songy hooks (check "Street Dreams") and turning them into platinum successes
^^^ Pretty much did what Nas's IWW did, but was more of a commercial success
I love Latina women
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After this album, double albums became more of a thing in Hip Hop and the collaborative effort to work w/ a range of different rappers and producers became more of a thing. Fresh Prince had a double album in the 80's but Pac made the collaborative effort to work w/ different producers and rappers in the 90's and beyond.popular.
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Everybody followed his lead and ran w/ the whole autotune thing after this album. T-Pain did it before him, but Kanye helped popularize and influenced the shyt way more than T-Pain ever did. Kind of like Dre did w/ The Chronic. Above The Law came w/ G Funk but Dre made it popular, same w/ Kanye and autotune.
Everybody followed his lead and ran w/ the whole autotune thing after this album. T-Pain did it before him, but Kanye helped popularize and influenced the shyt way more than T-Pain ever did. Kind of like Dre did w/ The Chronic. Above The Law came w/ G Funk but Dre made it popular, same w/ Kanye and autotune.
BmoreGorilla
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I cant really agree with Doggystyle. While its definitely a classic that album isn't possible without the Chronic. I feel like Cuban Linx was a much bigger game changer than 36 but I see why you put it
Country Grammar tho?
BmoreGorilla
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I agree with both of those. After AEOM it almost became mandatory for the top rappers to release a double albumAfter this album, double albums became more of a thing in Hip Hop and the collaborative effort to work w/ a range of different rappers and producers became more of a thing. Fresh Prince had a double album in the 80's but Pac made the collaborative effort to work w/ different producers and rappers in the 90's and beyond.popular.
Everybody followed his lead and ran w/ the whole autotune thing after this album. T-Pain did it before him, but Kanye helped popularize and influenced the shyt way more than T-Pain ever did. Kind of like Dre did w/ The Chronic. Above The Law came w/ G Funk but Dre made it popular, same w/ Kanye and autotune.
I love Latina women
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I agree with both of those. After AEOM it almost became mandatory for the top rappers to release a double album
Yup. Biggie followed the blueprint, Bone, Master P, C Murder, Jay, Nas and more recently Boosie.
I know I'm forgetting some others too.