I said it once and I say it again: Mobb Deep - The Infamous is the greatest rap album of all time

[KENNY DA COOKER]

You have good rep and clearly know your history, so @KENNY DA COOKER I wasn't old enough to catch The Infamous when it dropped. But ever since Hell on Earth I've been a Mobb Deep fan, and again I'm not saying you're dead wrong. Your opinion seems to be well thought out. All I'm trying to say is that I'm not spewing some crazy shyt, and there are at least some good arguments for P being a top 5-10 emcee in '96.

And that's the problem sir..

You HAD TO BE OLD ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE THESE ALBUMS and how they were the SOUNDTRACK TO OUR LIVES AT THE TIME....

You had to understand how lines like:

I woke up early on born day
Twenty years a blessing
The essence of adolescence
Has left my body well freshened
My physical. Frame has celebrated
Cause I. Made it
One. Quarter through life some godly thing created

lines like that reflected the times we as 20.something year old black.men related to socially and culturally

Nas pictures were so VIVID

So illustrative personally i never heard nothing like it at the time

I was already in my third year of college when the INFAMOUS dropped...

I had already digested ILLMATIC prior to that..

And the anticipation of ILLMATIC was insane on the Streets of NYC and around in the media and around the country NAS was called the 2nd Coming of "Christ/god my" a reference to RAKIM ALLAH the first god mc of the mic

And it lived up to its hype.. Lyrically and production wise

Infamous did it's thing but DID NOT have the impact that ILLMATIC had

 

[DoomzdayzV]

for me its either Doggystyle or nikkaz4Life but I cant be mad at this. Trife Life

 

[Da_Eggman]

It might be the goat duo album

 

[TheDarceKnight]

And that's the problem sir..

You HAD TO BE OLD ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE THESE ALBUMS and how they were the SOUNDTRACK TO OUR LIVES AT THE TIME....

You had to understand how lines like:

I woke up early on born day
Twenty years a blessing
The essence of adolescence
Has left my body well freshened
My physical. Frame has celebrated
Cause I. Made it
One. Quarter through life some godly thing created

lines like that reflected the times we as 20.something year old black.men related to socially and culturally

Nas pictures were so VIVID

So illustrative personally i never heard nothing like it at the time

I was already in my third year of college when the INFAMOUS dropped...

I had already digested ILLMATIC prior to that..

And the anticipation of ILLMATIC was insane on the Streets of NYC and around in the media and around the country NAS was called the 2nd Coming of "Christ/god my" a reference to RAKIM ALLAH the first god mc of the mic

And it lived up to its hype.. Lyrically and production wise

Infamous did it's thing but DID NOT have the impact that ILLMATIC had

I’m in my mid 30’s and I’ve been saying Illmatic is better than The Infamous from the jump. I think Illmatic is the best album ever. You’re arguing against things I never said. I never said The Infamous had the impact of Illmatic

I never said anywhere in this thread that Infamous was better than Illmatic. I said I listen to it more now days. That’s it.

Illmatic is the GOAT hip hop album. I never said it wasn’t anywhere in here nor anywhere in The Booth

 

[pointproven214]

killuminati the 7 day theory soul on ice or illmatic are the goats for me.

 

[shopant]

Boy stop....

Prodigy was NEVER mentioned in the BEST RAPPERS ON THE PLANET CONVERSATION of 95-96

He was never mentioned in the same Convo with BIG.. JAY Z.. NAS..

Fool this was 1995...COMPETITION WAS FIERCE... THIS WAS THE STRONGEST FIELD SINCE 88

you had not only BIG JAY and NAS

you also had REDMAN... BIG L... LORD FINESSE... GHOSTFACE... O. C.... hell even KRS ONE was still bringing heat on the mic

And let's not forget KEITH MURRAY lyrically he ran circles around Prodigy

Only reasons people like P.. is the fact he had a ILL VOICE... GREAT DELIVERY OVER DARK BEATS and the PERSONA OF THAT GRIMY GULLY EAST COAST PERSONA that we all felt defined authentic East Coast hip hop

Great rapper.. But NOT a wordsmith or top 5 lyrical mc

Truth hurts

Even Jаy had to admit it. There is only one truth!

@TheDarceKnight that video explains it all. No need to write long ass posts.:bandanap11:

 

[Trot LaRoc]

Nope

Not better than
Ready to Die
OB4CL
Doggystyle
ATLiens
Amerikkas Most Wanted/Death Certificate

 

[get these nets]

This album ist just perfect from the beginning to the end bruhs. A true masterpiece with razorsharp street lyrics and flawless productions. It just got a Unique vibe to it that soaks the listener into the world of gritty n Grimey New York queensbridge hip hop. Havoc and Q-Tips beats were just out of this world. This album right here is the blueprint of Street rap IMO


Timeless music

I think Masta Ace agrees



haven't watched this yet.....don't know if he's saying this is the best album ever

 

[TripleAgent]

Nice album

But it is weed plate status compared to the G.O.A.T album

Puhleeze......

Bar for bar NASTY NAS Makes Prodigy sound like Lil Pump if you compared those albums

Maybe it's Prodigy untimely death that makes yall wanna exalt Mobb Deep to GOAT status...

But I'm sorry.. Just because you pour syrup over sh1t Dont make it pancakes

The Coli...nikkas doing way too much

I wouldn't call it #1, but I'm not mad at anyone who thinks so.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

purple tape ------------)

in my opinion the war report-----------------)

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

this shyt is blastin on my speakers right now

 

[Mowgli]

Just an album for vampires to feed off visions of black misery.

Not the best miserable album

 

[1986]

purple tape ------------)

in my opinion the war report-----------------)

War Report is dope as fukk, but NORE and Capone are nowhere near P and Hav on the mic.

Purple Tape tho..

 

[fReShBeAtS]

This album is truly the shyt. This is probably the album I bumped most of all albums over the years as a hip hop fan. This and me against the world

 

[u mad son?]

I used to put Hell on Earth over Infamous because I felt the beats were more polished and also Ps performance is the best performance from a single mc on an album of all time imo.

But it clicked to me recently that the album has just one vibe from start to finish... Angry, violent, dark, aggressive.

The infamous had a more varied soundscape, you had soulful beats, calmer beats, more emotional sounds other than aggressive and violent. I think that's down to qtip mainly.

But for that reason I think I have to put Infamous over Hell on Earth