Game changing albums

[mobbinfms]

The beginning of street music meets the club with minimal complaints from the boom bap purists.

Oh there were complaints

might be reaching a bit, but I think an argument can be made that the hook on Hard Knock was the prototype (at least one of considering Rza's work) to certain forms of sampling that became popular later on down the line. It kinda reminded me of Biz singing on Just a Friend, but with the original vocals. Nursery rhyme hooks became the go to for a increasingly dumb it down pub

Interesting theory.

Common's Electric Circus

plus he influenced all that Hopsin-genre style of rappers

Redman did? I thought Hopsin was the Christian rapper?

Thoughts on Funcrusher Plus?

This was when the line between underground and mainstream started to go away. I think the Blackstar album is what really did it tho

Black star brought Rawkus to the Mainstream, but there was still a line.

what type of impact did the score have?

and i honestly cant see one without the other, because if an alleged game changing album isnt recognized by most people, then why should it get aknowledged as a game changing album in the 1st place?

The Score was massive Breh. Lauryn Hill became a superstar.

Every kanye album if we being honest

Public Enemy fear of a Black Planet.

Over It Takes a Nation?

The Score made the Fugees household names. Remember their first album? It had a couple dope singles but came and went. Without The Score you get no Lauryn Hill solo, you get no Wyclef solo, and Pras damn sure doesn’t make Ghetto Superstar

The Fugees sold more than Pac that year
Maybe not if you count Makaveli?

 

[keon]

Oh there


The Score was massive Breh. Lauryn Hill became a superstar.

The Score made the Fugees household names. Remember their first album? It had a couple dope singles but came and went. Without The Score you get no Lauryn Hill solo, you get no Wyclef solo, and Pras damn sure doesn’t make Ghetto Superstar

i agree the album had a impact on their personal careers, but not for hiphop in general..mof there have been PLENTY of successful albums that didnt have impact or change the game in any degree

what i consider true game changing/major impact albums are those that influence a new sound/style/type of lyricism in hiphop

Paid in full(lyricism)
Straight out of Compton(style)
The Chronic (sound)
Thug Motivation 101(sound)

 

[3rdWorld]

Every kanye album if we being honest

 

[mobbinfms]

i agree the album had a impact on their personal careers, but not for hiphop in general..mof there have been PLENTY of successful albums that didnt have impact or change the game in any degree

what i consider true game changing/major impact albums are those that influence a new sound/style/type of lyricism in hiphop

Paid in full(lyricism)
Straight out of Compton(style)
The Chronic (sound)
Thug Motivation 101(sound)

Ok. I agree that it didn't have a huge impact on the sound of hip hop (other than I think Lauryn was the first respected rapper to go that deep into singing). I thought you were saying it didn't have an impact at all.

 

[mobbinfms]

Missy dropped her debut a full year before Lauryn

You're right. The Score did fly under the radar. I'll bet Missy never heard it...

 

[DOGGFATHER96]

What late 90's latin era? And if Pun ushered in a "latin era" then what about Cypress Hill?

Everybody using the salsa style beats.. like eve, then j lo blowing up off that feeling so good song and bunch of others from that time. Swizz beats even said himself that still not a player influenced to go in that direction

 

[DarkmanX]

How?

Yeah this caught me as well. Interested to see what his thoughts are.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I'm about to drop a gem on ya'll.

Spoiler

So 808s and Heartbreak is considered a game changing album. And it is. But Phonte influenced 808s in a major way with this album here, which he recorded during his divorce. It's got many of the same thematic elements as 808s, and sonically 808s took some inspiration from it.

Cats from back in the day know the deal. Kanye always respected Phonte's pen game, both as an emcee and as a singer. Kanye heard Leave It All Behind and it directly influenced a few tracks on 808s and Heartbreak.

This album also influenced Drake, and some others.

EDIT: Kanye has ALWAYS taken some notes from Phonte and his groups, Little Brother, and The Foreign Exchange.

 

[JustCKing]

You're right. The Score did fly under the radar. I'll bet Missy never heard it...

The Score was massive, but still not what Missy did with Supa Dupa Fly. The key difference is what Missy was doing is what you hear Bryson Tiller and them doing now which is where it is combination of rapping and singing where there's not much distinction. With Lauryn, her singing and rapping were broken up. You knew when she was singing and when she was rapping. With Missy, a lot of times, it was melodic rapping instead of straight up singing or straight up rapping.

 

[mobbinfms]

The Score was massive, but still not what Missy did with Supa Dupa Fly. The key difference is what Missy was doing is what you hear Bryson Tiller and them doing now which is where it is combination of rapping and singing where there's not much distinction. With Lauryn, her singing and rapping were broken up. You knew when she was singing and when she was rapping. With Missy, a lot of times, it was melodic rapping instead of straight up singing or straight up rapping.

Bone and Freestyle Fellowship

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

I'm also going to say Games
The Documentary. The album a classic brought the west back and that's really when dudes started to flag and such.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I'm also going to say Games
The Documentary. The album a classic brought the west back and that's really when dudes started to flag and such.

I agree with this

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I'm about to drop a gem on ya'll.

Spoiler

So 808s and Heartbreak is considered a game changing album. And it is. But Phonte influenced 808s in a major way with this album here, which he recorded during his divorce. It's got many of the same thematic elements as 808s, and sonically 808s took some inspiration from it.

Cats from back in the day know the deal. Kanye always respected Phonte's pen game, both as an emcee and as a singer. Kanye heard Leave It All Behind and it directly influenced a few tracks on 808s and Heartbreak.

This album also influenced Drake, and some others.

EDIT: Kanye has ALWAYS taken some notes from Phonte and his groups, Little Brother, and The Foreign Exchange.

Drake started out sounding just like Phonte

 

[Escobar305]

game changer

 

[pointproven214]

killuminati the 7 day theory