I Know I'm Not The Only one Dat Can Tell if a Album is Classic Off of One/Two Listens

[seemorecizzy]

i admit
some ppl go over board
calling everything dats new and fresh a classic

but come on, with certain albums you can tell right away

yall tellin me u didnt no stillmatic was a classic the first time you listened to it

blueprint
chronic 2001
The documentary
Only built for cuban linx 2


certain albums are just special and dont require a 5-10 grace period

 

[Pazzy]

yeah, you could IF you're nostradamus.

and classics aren't REALLY classics. they're just have a strong liking among the public. that's it.

 

[Ohene]

That Raekwon wunt shyt man

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy however

From the jump i knew that and Watch the THrone were

 

[Jayson_bourn]

The word classic gets thrown around too much


I can normally tell though if it is an album that I will continue to like for years after its release.

 

[Pool_Shark]

I can tell when something is really good off a first listen.

The classic title gets earned with time

 

[Billy Ocean]

That Raekwon wunt shyt man

 

[Rohiggidy]

classic= timeless music that still get played and everybody knows it. It also marked a moment in time

 

[Harry B]

If this is about Kendricks album, even he said it's not a classic, he said he's got to wait 10 years and see if it's a classic.

The Source fukked that shyt up with their reviews, calling all 5 mic albums classics and anything less was not a classic. A 5 mic album is not a classic, how you gonna see if an album is a classic without knowing it's impact on the game, it's longevity.. Like we know now that Chronic 2001 is a classic, but we didn't in 99, it didn't even get 5 mics. And generally it got like 3, 4 mics a few 4.5s..

 

[Heretic]

Yeah the word classic almost holds no weight anymore, that's why I wait before I call an album that. When I really think about it, I can only claim about 9 or 10 rap albums as classics. Countless classic songs, but very few classic albums.

 

[classicmaterial]

Can't possibly be a classic if it was just released of if you just heard it even 5-10 times.

There have been plenty of albums that I played through countless times for a month straight loving every minute and then I look back 2 years later and realize I haven't played it since and really had no desire to hear it.

There have also been albums I've casually listened to for a couple months, then realized that even 5 years later I could still play them straight through every time.

The latter are classics, the formers were just good albums

 

[Heretic]

A lot of yall get what a classic is. Most nikkaz have those knee-jerk reactions that just kills all credibility.

 

[puppetmaster]

RARE are instant classics. They do happen but you can tell when you're listening to something that has separated itself and stands out from the pack. Deeming something classic off one or two listens is something that happens too often IMO



Personal classic and actual classic are very different animals



-P-

 

[Broccoli Rob]

You'd be the only one, if you could.

But you can't.

 

[@ReallyReal]

Man yo joint is a classic, when after 5 or 10 years they play your joint.....and everybody know that words, they on beat, and everybody get a feeling like they 5 or 10 years younger.......

i am a dude who grew up on classic music.......so its a energy that make the music classic.....
its not what the blogs say, its not what the artist say, its not what the overall hip hop opinion is
i figured this out many years ago............

Like for example......Texans may say DJ Screw has Classic material.......New Yorkers will say otherwise........ New Yorkers may say OB4CL is classic and southerns feel otherwise.....

 

[OG Talk]

The first time I saw Boyz N The Hood, New Jack City, Goodfellas, Training Day and Menace To Society I knew they were classics...

I didn't have to watch them 20 times and wait for a decade to pass to come to this conclusion...

I don't know why music can't be the same way