I noticed that too.
Meccapolis Top 100 NY Hip Hop Albums List (Full List In OP)
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I noticed that too.
Shook Ones part II being in 8 mile really took it to the next level.
not even trying to be funny.
illmatic or Ob4CL didn't have that transcend generations effect.
The Infamous instantly got new legs from being in 8 mile.
Cormega shouldn't be on there at all. You have to be a real hip-hop head 2 even know who he is. And not for nothing he's not nice.
Theres a long list of better NYC rappers.
He's not even top tier in QB.
Wtf is 8 miles? That's not necessary.
Illmatic became a tour in 2020's..Anniversary is like a rebirth..
Cuban Linx is the Greatest duo Hip Hop album ever.
Infamous is a Queensbridge classic..but not topping illmatic, purple tape or even liquid swords..how can an album with 2 great monumental joints and rest with cool to good songs be number 1?
I'm not disagreeing.....I'm just saying that truth be told the infamous has impacted more generations from being in a movie.
It is what it is. OB4CL one of my favorite albums of all time; GFK one of my favorite rappers.
It may not matter 2 you and I; but it does matter when you transcend generations for these placements.
wu tang (rae & ghost) and Nas have impacted generations reason why they are selling out arenas and stadiums in 2022-2024 in US, Europe..mobb deep is doing clubs or small venues when they were doing live gigs before and after 8 mile..so this is just some revisionist bullshyt..
and some instagram hip hop outlet called Meccolopis announces their top NY 100 we all come in unison and agree/ NAAAW..
Wow. That’s a wild take. So you don’t even consider Infamous to be a bonafide classic?
8 Mile came out 7 years after Shook Ones. That movie is 22 years old at this point. Obviously it did introduce the song to a younger generation, but the timeless quality of the song is the most important factor in the position it holds today.
One of the issues with the list is that it's album focused - which is
1) Rockist? - Rolling Stone type analysis that is focused on albums.
When hip hop is very much a singles driven genre. The album is basically the cash in for the single. It's how they monetize the love for the hit, imo.
And before it was singles it was who was actually rocking a crowd during the genesis.
A lot of those early records are not cohesive bodies of work, but collections of songs made without the purpose of an album in mind.
Whoever said that Paid in Full has some filler tracks - they get what I mean intrinsically.
2) Albums also mean the culture vetted through "the industry". And the industry in NYC is full of mass media/Madison avenue types. Would Low End Theory be rated so highly if the powers that be didn't cut Georgie Porgie?
If you did this list for Houston, 100 albums would be all independent or mixtapes - and most of the time what moves the city are singles and specific tracks.
If this was done for dancehall, you could barely even start.
Wu was a massive commercial success and cultural phenomenon during their run. Nas reached levels of commercial success Mobb never got close to. So wouldn’t you expect them to do bigger venues? In spite of that, Infamous outstreams OBFCL and Illmatic (Illmatic may have recently pulled ahead). There’s just something special and timeless with that album.
Yes, personally it created a new sound and a queensbridge movement..but the entire LP for me is not on par with illmatic, cuban, liquid swords for sure..if they put Infamous as number 5, 4 or maybe 3 ill be more happy.
Remind me where they put Hell on Earth because that is probably my favourite mobb album and one of the greatest LP of 1996..that was a special LP.
It did.....introduce it you a younger generation....but iite
Ok. I would have no issue with Infamous being somewhere in the top 5, or even ten, when you get to that level of excellence, it does boil down to personal preference to a large degree.
HOE was #8 and the highest ranked 96 album on the list.
Yes. I don’t dispute that. But that effect has waned over the years and the song has nonetheless become almost universally considered the GOAT song.
No doubt; one of mines didn't start digging for the Wu until the show on HULU me and wifey watch. caught a few episodes then got into them like that.
Wu was already commercially done when I became a mega Stan. Supreme clientele made me the ultimate fan when it dropped.
you see the thing is people get exposed to shyt for different reasons. Its not a diss and I feel like people taking it that way.
You're in complete denial to say a major motion picture placement doesn't get you exposure to a wider audience for whatever reason.
