Why Dont The Internets Acknowledge The CLASSIC "We Are The Streets" By THE LOX??

[JustCKing]

you typed all this bullchit while completely ignoring the reason I called you out on your previous post/essay. YOURE SO FULL OF CHIT.

as for the bolded, myself and tons of others have had a dislike for magazine ratings & such, since the '90s. I didn't just suddenly feel this way a few months ago, when a handful of coli nerds tried to gang up on me, because I told them that theres no such thing as a hip-hop bible.

and I'm not the only poster that disagree WITH YOU. it doesn't matter how many times you ignore other posters, and try to focus on me like I'm crazy.

and you already know, my gripe with you isn't because you don't think its a classic. I went in on you because of all the extra stuff you were talking, knowing dam well that youre not qualified to even attempt to speak on such matters. but I see you keep trying to go off-topic with these little essays.

btw, DID YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE YET??? my foot is still on your neck fun-boy.

That first sentence is you describing yourself.

Magazine ratings are magazine ratings. They are only held in high regard by people who agree with them. There's nothing to like/dislike about them.

This isn't my thread. I'm not obligated to respond to each and every post that I don't agree with. I only respond to posts that have quoted something I've posted or posts that I feel like responding to. It doesn't really matter who agrees or disagrees with me. They aren't quoting me. Everything posted here is open for anyone to quote. So if they were disagreeing with me specifically, I would have been quoted.

You're the OP. Nobody's focused on you for the sake of focusing on you. You made the claim and depend on others to defend it.

You're not slick. You're unable to defend the statements you've posted so you're relying on others to quote the posters who claimed that the album was so influential and impactful. None of them have showed back up to defend the album. You couldn't even put up an at least solid argument in the OP.

I didn't go off topic. Hip Hop journalism had nothing to do with your topic. You still continued and are continuing discuss it.

Breh, you stay with your "qualifications" being in question and you want to talk about someone being "qulalified"? The nerve.

 

[JustCKing]

The crazy part about this thread is that there's an anniversary thread for Money, Power, Respect and there's a poster in that thread saying how bogus the claim that WATS is a classic is when Money, Power, Respect is their best album.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

That first sentence is you describing yourself.

Magazine ratings are magazine ratings. They are only held in high regard by people who agree with them. There's nothing to like/dislike about them.

This isn't my thread. I'm not obligated to respond to each and every post that I don't agree with. I only respond to posts that have quoted something I've posted or posts that I feel like responding to. It doesn't really matter who agrees or disagrees with me. They aren't quoting me. Everything posted here is open for anyone to quote. So if they were disagreeing with me specifically, I would have been quoted.

You're the OP. Nobody's focused on you for the sake of focusing on you. You made the claim and depend on others to defend it.

You're not slick. You're unable to defend the statements you've posted so you're relying on others to quote the posters who claimed that the album was so influential and impactful. None of them have showed back up to defend the album. You couldn't even put up an at least solid argument in the OP.

I didn't go off topic. Hip Hop journalism had nothing to do with your topic. You still continued and are continuing discuss it.

Breh, you stay with your "qualifications" being in question and you want to talk about someone being "qulalified"? The nerve.

and youre still ducking what I called you out for.

and people have quoted you and corrected you in this thread, and you still kept repeating the same bullchit.

we've already covered the influence. and half this thread consists of people sharing their memories and examples of its impact.

I'm not even gonna bother responding to the rest of this chit. some of this chit, ive already responded to you in detail about NUMEROUS TIMES in this thread.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

The crazy part about this thread is that there's an anniversary thread for Money, Power, Respect and there's a poster in that thread saying how bogus the claim that WATS is a classic is when Money, Power, Respect is their best album.

what does that have to do with this??

this is why I bannished your dumbass twice already. next time, I'm not allowing you to weasel your way back in.

 

[JustCKing]

and youre still ducking what I called you out for.

and people have quoted you and corrected you in this thread, and you still kept repeating the same bullchit.

we've already covered the influence. and half this thread consists of people sharing their memories and examples of its impact.

I'm not even gonna bother responding to the rest of this chit. some of this chit, ive already responded to you in detail about NUMEROUS TIMES in this thread.

I didn't duck anything, but you have been the entire thread.

Again, nobody corrected me. The post you are talking about is one that called you out for calling Mobb Deep "borderline old school". When I quoted the post and said that that you always post BS. The poster attempted to explain what he thought you meant in saying that you meant "the climate changed". You dapped the post like that was indeed what you meant and still continued to post that Mobb Deep was nearly done at that point despite Murda Muzik being their most successful album.

Nobody shared the examples of its impact that you were asking for. They gave vague responses such as it was influential on East Coast street rap without giving specific examples of who exactly it influenced. When challenged on it, there were crickets. Yet when I posted Murda Muzik was more impactful and influential, I was asked for specific examples. When I gave specific examples, you tried to downplay it and didn't even know what you were talking about.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

I didn't duck anything.

stopped reading right there.

 

[JustCKing]

what does that have to do with this??

this is why I bannished your dumbass twice already. next time, I'm not allowing you to weasel your way back in.

It has everything to do with this because its an example of how bogus of a claim you are making. Money, Power, Respect is a Lox album and you have people that look at that album in higher regard than WATS and they don't even consider Money, Power, Respect a classic.

I'm still posting and you're still quoting me and mentioning me. You're in here talking about banished like you actually have power.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

It has everything to do with this because its an example of how bogus of a claim you are making. Money, Power, Respect is a Lox album and you have people that look at that album in higher regard than WATS and they don't even consider Money, Power, Respect a classic.

you can say this about 95% of artists, numb-nuts.

 

[JustCKing]

you can say this about 95% of artists, numb-nuts.

No you can't. It only works when an artist has no real definitive album or they have an extensive catalog with multiple standout albums.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

No you can't. It only works when an artist has no real definitive album or they have an extensive catalog with multiple standout albums.

youre talking about two vastly different albums under two different regimes.
both albums had completely different sounds & approaches.

plus, you can indeed have a definitive standout album, and theres still gonna be a segment of people who will dispute it, unless youre a snoop dogg or somebody with an album that's light years ahead of the rest of your work - youre gonna have disputes over what your best album is, even if its a lopsided debate.

so no, you bringing up somebody in some other thread, thinking MPR is better, is neither here-nor-there. PLEASE BE SMART SON.

 

[JustCKing]

youre talking about two vastly different albums under two different regimes.
both albums had completely different sounds & approaches.

plus, you can have a definitive standout album, and theres still gonna be a segment of people who will dispute it, unless youre a snoop dogg or somebody with an album that's light years ahead of the rest of your work, youre gonna have disputes over what your best album is, even if its a lopsided debate.

so no, you bringing up somebody in some other thread, thinking MPR is better, is neither here-nor-there. PLEASE BE SMART SON.

The different approaches and sounds have nothing to do with it. Whether they were on Ruff Ryders or Bad Boy had nothing to do with it either especially since Swizz had a few tracks on MPR and there's Dame Grease production on it as well.

And again, there's not going to be much dispute if you have a definitive album. If you're arguing WATS as a classic, that should be their definitive album without much debate especially considering their catalog is not stacked with standout albums.

It isn't the fact that MPR was better was mentioned. This thread was specifically mentioned in regard to how bogus of a claim WATS being classic was.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

The different approaches and sounds have nothing to do with it. Whether they were on Ruff Ryders or Bad Boy had nothing to do with it either especially since Swizz had a few tracks on MPR and there's Dame Grease production on it as well.

And again, there's not going to be much dispute if you have a definitive album. If you're arguing WATS as a classic, that should be their definitive album without much debate especially considering their catalog is not stacked with standout albums.

It isn't the fact that MPR was better was mentioned. This thread was specifically mentioned in regard to how bogus of a claim WATS being classic was.

it has dam near everything to do with it actually.
its like comparing murder mase to harlem world.

and definitive albums get disputed everyday.
theres people who argue that IWW was better than illmatic.
that blueprint was better than reasonable doubt
that the reunion was better than the war report
I can go on & on & on.

@ the bolded, are you trying to say that it was a spinoff of this thread?

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Because it's the internet ... it might not be perceived as a classic globally , but on the east coast it definitely is a street classic ... this album is probably one of my earliest memories of Hip Hop as a kid I remember going to the park and hearing at least 2/3 tracks from this album playing outside of someones vehicle .... niccas think everything gotta sound like Liquid Swords & Illmatic to be regarded as a classic

 

[Vandelay]

Album was good not classic. Sheek flow was still suspect and all over the place. The Lox are very talented but they're actual song crafting skills aren't up to par. Its why they mixtapes were always a day one purchase but albums not so much. Outside of Gangsta and A Gentleman they official releases dont have reply value IMO

This...but I would say Jada's 3rd album is a good, his best and probably on par with Gangsta and a Gentlemen.

We Are the Streets is good...it's not classic to me, but the biggest reason is I used to hate Swizz Beatz production.

 

[JustCKing]

it has dam near everything to do with it actually.
its like comparing murder mase to harlem world.

and definitive albums get disputed everyday.
theres people who argue that IWW was better than illmatic.
that blueprint was better than reasonable doubt
that the reunion was better than the war report
I can go on & on & on.

@ the bolded, are you trying to say that it was a spinoff of this thread?

Harlem World is Mase's definitive albums.

I prefer It Was Written and a couple of other Nas albums to Illmatic. That doesn't mean that I expect some overwhelming consensus to agree. I know that any Nas album being considered >>>>>>> Illmatic is unpopular opinion. Illmatic still stands as his definitive album.

Blueprint is also a definitive album for Jay and there may be more of a split on that one.

War Report is still CNN's definitive album.

It wasn't a spinoff of this thread. It was an anniversary thread for MPR and this thread got mentioned by a poster in said thread.