No 90s Hip Hop Album has Stood The Test of Time Quite Like Mobb Deep’s The Infamous - GOAT Album

[Monoblock]

I disagree but great album. Mines are Rhythmalism and All Eyez On Me. They still sound amazing. I can name a few others but The Infamous just isn't one that comes to mind.

 

[mobbinfms]

Just know that if the numbers don't lie, you'd have to concede that the following albums are better than Illmatic and Infamous

Where did you get “better” from?

those albums were commercial juggernauts. They were expected to bstream high".

Agreed. Sound logic.

Well, if we must talk numbers, those albums were bigger than Infamous when they dropped and 20+ years later they are still bigger if we go by streaming.

Of course they are bigger now. As you so wisely put it, they were commercial juggernauts and expected to stream high and they did. It’s like when you go to bed at night and expect the sun to come up in the morning and it does. Logic. Data. Facts. Science.

 

[mobbinfms]

I disagree but great album. Mines are Rhythmalism and All Eyez On Me. They still sound amazing. I can name a few others but The Infamous just isn't one that comes to mind.

All Eyez on Me is still a streaming monster. I’ll check the numbers on Rhythmnalism and let you know. DJ Quik has less than a million monthly listeners so I doubt it’s streaming much.

 

[Knicksman20]

I wouldn't argue with anyone saying The Infamous is the GOAT album even though I think it's top 10

 

[MajesticLion]

Here we go. Do you have any proof that Spotify’s numbers on 90s hip hop albums are fraudulent? Or do you just disbelieve all numbers?

"Here we go" indeed.

From radio payola to now, everybody from artists to labels to distribution companies have been inflating numbers to wash all kinds of money. We're now pretending that all derivatives up to and including Spotify are somehow pure and untarnished? "Proof"? Cut it out, kid. This ain't Kansas you're talking to.

 

[mobbinfms]

"Here we go" indeed.

From radio payola to now, everybody from artists to labels to distribution companies have been inflating numbers to wash all kinds of money. We're now pretending that all derivatives up to and including Spotify are somehow pure and untarnished? "Proof"? Cut it out, kid. This ain't Kansas you're talking to.

So no proof?

 

[CM_Burns]

I don't know if I'd pick it as my favorite, but it's a reasonable choice for best 90s rap album.

The rapping is better on Hell on Earth but the productionis better on Infamous, and Infamous is better song for song.

Dah shinin is better than all the mobb albums. The best mobb deep song came from the sunset park soundtrack.

Dah Shinin is dope but it can't be better than Infamous with that master. Some songs don't sound as full as they should.

 

[CM_Burns]

"Here we go" indeed.

From radio payola to now, everybody from artists to labels to distribution companies have been inflating numbers to wash all kinds of money. We're now pretending that all derivatives up to and including Spotify are somehow pure and untarnished? "Proof"? Cut it out, kid. This ain't Kansas you're talking to.

Numbers in music are definitely fukked with, but I don't see any label or anyone behind the scenes artificially pumping Mobb Deep. Why would they, where's the money in it?

 

[mobbinfms]

I disagree but great album. Mines are Rhythmalism and All Eyez On Me. They still sound amazing. I can name a few others but The Infamous just isn't one that comes to mind.

Rhythm-Al-Ism has about 19 million streams.

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Post them ready to die and lad numbers

 

[mobbinfms]

Dah shinin is better than all the mobb albums. The best mobb deep song came from the sunset park soundtrack.

About 41.5 million streams for Dah Shinin. Biggest song is Bucktown with about 20. Sound Bwoy Bureill has 9.5.
Wreckonize Remix is their biggest song with 23.5 million.

 

[mobbinfms]

Post them ready to die and lad numbers

RTD is roughly 1.7 billion.
Another 150 million if you count Who Shot Ya and Dreams.

 

[Sean7]

My fave hip hop album of all time, flawless IMO.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

To the thread starter, do you really think this is the ONLY 90s album in that 10 years that was great and still great today? .Especially considering that wasn't even the best album of 1995

 

[SilverSamurai]

I prefer Hell on Earth and the Purple Tape, but The Infamous aged like fine wine