There is NO hip hop album from the 80s I can listen to in full

[NormanConnors]

@SirBiatch you're trolling breh, you may have a point as far as rhymes (except for the god Rakim) , but there are mad albums from 80's that ride out based on production alone

 

[SirBiatch]

@SirBiatch you're trolling breh, you may have a point as far as rhymes (except for the god Rakim) , but there are mad albums from 80's that ride out based on production alone

Production, breh?

If anything, I'd say the 80s albums are great for rhymes. You can tell the great rappers really put in thought to everything they spit.

But production? for the most part no.

For me, most of those beats don't hold repeated interest. The ones that do are amazing and the major classics we play to this day.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Anybody that believes this old ass n!gga can't fully listen to a 80's rap album, lost. He was a teen when them sh!ts dropped.

 

[NormanConnors]

Production, breh?

If anything, I'd say the 80s albums are great for rhymes. You can tell the great rappers really put in thought to everything they spit.

But production? for the most part no.

For me, most of those beats don't hold repeated interest. The ones that do are amazing and the major classics we play to this day.

80' s had some avant garde production though, word to esham, Prince Paul and Larry. Smith. I guarantee those tracks bang harder in a club and have the certified shelf life to back it up/will still be played when the tracks of today expire

 

[SirBiatch]

80' s had some avant garde production though, word to esham, Prince Paul and Larry. Smith. I guarantee those tracks bang harder in a club and have the certified shelf life to back it up/will still be played when the tracks of today expire

but entire albums full of brilliant, avant garde production where every single track hits to this day?

That's all I'm getting at.

Trust me, I fux with some Larry Smith and Prince Paul production. They've made TIMELESS songs. But whole albums? top to bottom?

 

[mobbinfms]

many agree with my stance. .

I still don't know what your stance is.
Is it I can't listen to Criminal Minded in full like you said in the OP?
Or is it there is value in listening to Criminal Minded in full like you said later in the thread?

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

Not one. Front to back. Can't do it.

The great albums that we all talk about (e.g. Criminal Minded, Great Adventures, Paid in Full, Straight Outta Compton, etc) all have 1, 2 or 3 blindly brilliant songs where EVERYTHING comes together: perfect beat, perfect flow and perfect rhymes. You've probably heard those songs already because everyone shared them and duped the shyt out of them.

But for the most part, there's stuff that feels straight up dated, out of place and/or 'filler'. Not always in a bad way. The turntablism on Paid in Full is OK at times. The innocent jokey songs like "Super Hoe" on a hardcore album.

This is a big reason why 90s rappers are so revered. They became ALBUM rappers as opposed to vinyl rappers.

Agree/disagree? And is there an 80s album you can play in full or close to full?

Yeah and we all know the albums in 2015 are better.

Do us a favor and shut the fukk up

 

[SirBiatch]

Yeah and we all know the albums in 2015 are better.

Do us a favor and shut the fukk up

when was that ever said in this thread? Don't get defensive.

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

but entire albums full of brilliant, avant garde production where every single track hits to this day?

That's all I'm getting at.

Trust me, I fux with some Larry Smith and Prince Paul production. They've made TIMELESS songs. But whole albums? top to bottom?

You don't understand album sequencing.

You ever heard Quincy Jones talk about Thriller? He purposely used some songs on the album that were worse than songs he cut from the album. He did this to make certain songs pop more.

The worst song on most 80's hip hop records are still better than 90% of shyt today though real talk.

 

[SirBiatch]

You don't understand album sequencing.

You ever heard Quincy Jones talk about Thriller? He purposely used some songs on the album that were worse than songs he cut from the album. He did this to make certain songs pop more.

The worst song on most 80's hip hop records are still better than 90% of shyt today though real talk.

that may be all well and true, but it's irrelevant to this thread. Especially when you start talking about 'today'

With all due respect, read the thread. See where the discussion's going. THEN respond.

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

when was that ever said in this thread? Don't get defensive.

I mean it's just dumb, every fukking album I own has a track that I'll skip.

You're trying to shyt on 80's hip hop like it wasn't good or something, which infers that subsequent decades somehow knew how to perfectly make flawless albums from top to bottom.

Stupid premise.

 

[SirBiatch]

I mean it's just dumb, every fukking album I own has a track that I'll skip.

You're trying to shyt on 80's hip hop like it wasn't good or something, which infers that subsequent decades somehow knew how to perfectly make flawless albums from top to bottom.

Stupid premise.

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

that may be all well and true, but it's irrelevant to this thread. Especially when you start talking about 'today'

With all due respect, read the thread. See where the discussion's going. THEN respond.

With all due respect, I read your topic and initial post and responded. The onus is on you for making the post you did. I'm not obligated to read 10 pages to reply to your OP.

 

[NormanConnors]

but entire albums full of brilliant, avant garde production where every single track hits to this day?

That's all I'm getting at.

Trust me, I fux with some Larry Smith and Prince Paul production. They've made TIMELESS songs. But whole albums? top to bottom?

There's shyt coming out today /90's as well that had/has skippable material on it out the gate , especially in this cookie cutter era

*edit* I think that is impossible for any era unless we are talking about 70's soul

 

[SirBiatch]

With all due respect, I read your topic and initial post and responded. The onus is on you for making the post you did. I'm not obligated to read 10 pages to reply to your OP.

true.

But don't expect to make an accurate/interesting observation if you haven't done your due diligence. You're pretty much shooting from the hip. And in this case, off the mark.

Thanks.