Name albums that were ahead their time but were overlooked as being classics.

[Icewatermetallik]

I would definitely have to say WU-TANG FOREVER.....

This album got so much hate and criticism when it came out in June 97' because it didn't have that dusty, old sound and it had more of a refined, clean, modern sound.

But cmon, with cuts like Reunited, Impossible, Heaterz, Triumph, For Heaven's Sake, Severe Punishment, Older Godz......damn....

This was severely overlooked as a classic.....

 

[Gifted one]

It was Written
Reasonable Doubt(It took a few years for people to recognize this albums greatness)
The Main Ingredient
Section 80
Black On Both Sides

 

[Gifted one]

Forgot to add

Reflection Eternal
Covert Coupe
Kush & OJ
MOTM 2
Finding Forever

 

[Regular_P]

Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance

Some may laugh but this album is actually brilliant. If it had caught on, Bubba probably would've been to Yelawolf what Em is to 50. Long shot maybe, but that New South stuff coulda been dope if people didn't look at him like a gimmick.

I will go to the grave believing that album has the best production of Timbaland's career.

There are some misses on the album, but it was conceptually brilliant and it's what his debut should have sounded like. If Sparxxx had done that, he might have had a solid career.

Nothing in hip-hop sounds like it.

 

[bigesco]

Goodie Mob - Still Standing

 

[...and some waffle fries]

Man I didn't know who this Art Bar guy was, but he's quite a character. Although I don't agree with some of things he mentioned his views are interesting nonetheless.

 

[Non Sequitur]

hhnf was just one of the huffest albums released in the past six to seven years.

again,..fat joe and ray cash was so superior to that bullshyt.

that is how huff that garbage was.....


art barr

You question Clipse's credibility, then big up Kid Rock; a guy who grew up on an apple orchard in Michigan whose dad owns a car dealership.

Then have the nerve to talk about marketing ploys.

And even though they rap circles around Fat Joe (whose DITC cred is long gone) and Ray Cash, over better beats, their product is somehow inferior.

 

[Mowgli]

Chino xl - Here TO Save You All

 

[x-factor7]

Black Milk - Tronic
Elzhi - The Preface

 

[jaguar paw]

my avatar

 

[Darts]

Maybe not a classic but Q-tip's 'Kamaal the Abstract' did break some ground.

 

[feelosofer]

Akir - Legacy
Pacewon - Won
Whodini - Escape (it was somewhat slept on at the time and few mention it as a classic)
Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
The Roots - Organix (people have no idea how ahead of the curve this album was at the time)

Quasimodo - The Unseen
Mac Dre - Young Black Brotha
Nappy Roots - Wooden Leather
Bubba Sparxx - Deliverance
Fat Joe - All or Nothing

Anything by the Cold Crush Brothers

 

[h2o_proof]

Camp Lo - Let's Do It Again

Devin - Just Tryin' ta Live

Soulja Slim - Give It To 'em Raw

 

[...and some waffle fries]

Camp Lo - Let's Do It Again

Devin - Just Tryin' ta Live

Soulja Slim - Give It To 'em Raw

 

[KTD2]

Word..Life
For The People
East Point Greatest Hits
Untitled
The Antidote

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

I mention Cool Breeze & NO ONE knows who I'm even talking about.

He kind of fathered that whole style that TI came out on.