feelosofer
#ninergang
Canibus best album, and it amazes me how much shyt he says flies over peoples heads.
Showtime at the Gallows had me like
Your PERSONAL GOAT album?
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Canibus best album, and it amazes me how much shyt he says flies over peoples heads.
Showtime at the Gallows had me like
feelosofer
#ninergang
My personal GOAT, the interplay between Prince Poetry and Pharoahe Monche was gawdly, truly a masterclass on the hip-hop lyricism imo, and that Jazzy samples from Herbie Hancock and the like sealed the deal, I remember DJ Shadow did a tribute to this album and with the exception of my best friend no one got it. It funny because the 2nd album Stress put more people on these guys but this album was light years ahead of its time when it came out back in 91, and even if you listen to it now, it as aged extremely well.
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
It's too hard to narrow down without regret but if I'm looking at the album that completely influenced my taste in rap, it would have to be:
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Beautiful production, meaningful lyrics and smooth melodies. It's the complete package. Phonte & Nicolay could have never made another album after this and they would have still been in my GOAT rapper and producer categories respectively. Also, this album heavily influenced Tanya Morgan's sound and Von Pea is one of my favourite rappers.
Beautiful production, meaningful lyrics and smooth melodies. It's the complete package. Phonte & Nicolay could have never made another album after this and they would have still been in my GOAT rapper and producer categories respectively. Also, this album heavily influenced Tanya Morgan's sound and Von Pea is one of my favourite rappers.
It's too hard to narrow down without regret but if I'm looking at the album that completely influenced my taste in rap, it would have to be:
Beautiful production, meaningful lyrics and smooth melodies. It's the complete package. Phonte & Nicolay could have never made another album after this and they would have still been in my GOAT rapper and producer categories respectively. Also, this album heavily influenced Tanya Morgan's sound and Von Pea is one of my favourite rappers.
when did you first hear this album?
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
Back in '09 when I was 15/16. Around that time, I was just listening to the music that was big on blogs and I heard Leave It All Behind and realised it was Phonte singing so I went back to this and the rest is history.
I don't know if you're a guy or girl, but anyway... I have so many memories with this album. It takes me right back to 2004. Halfway through college.
First of all, it's one of the best album covers I've ever seen in hip hop/RnB. It's personal too because I had just broken up with someone who I was dating long distance (really long distance). So the Connected theme just hit me in the gut.
Allow me to tell a story: I checked out the album right when it came out. I didn't know anything about it; I just knew Phonte was involved. So I start listening to it - and it was really weird. It didn't sound like anything that was out at the time. I remember hearing "Let's Move" and being like: "wtf is this beat? This is some Disney, Snow-White-in-the-forest shyt!" And I was surprised that it wasn't wack. so I found out it was a cat named Nicolay who was foreign doing all the beats.
After hearing it, I loved some songs (some I didn't like - too cheery), but MY JOINT was "Come Around". Every time I had a house party or I was at a house party, I put it on. And girls would always ask me, "what song is this?!" Eventually we all started it playing it at all our house parties/jams. Always got the girls moving. The guys mack and get to touching...
"Connected" is the kind of music that I wish more people would make. It's warm. It gets people together, lowers their guard.
And that sticks with people for a lifetime, not TI Urban Legend or Jeezy:
feelosofer
#ninergang
It's too hard to narrow down without regret but if I'm looking at the album that completely influenced my taste in rap, it would have to be:
Beautiful production, meaningful lyrics and smooth melodies. It's the complete package. Phonte & Nicolay could have never made another album after this and they would have still been in my GOAT rapper and producer categories respectively. Also, this album heavily influenced Tanya Morgan's sound and Von Pea is one of my favourite rappers.
You should listen to Little Brother's albums if you already haven't. Particularly The Listening and the Minstel Show, I think you would enjoy those albums very much. It has a laid back vibe.
MaxBundles
Veteran
definition
im not a cool guy anymore
This is probably my favorite album. I've since become a huge husker du fan, so "flip your wig" is probably a better choice (since it was the clear precursor to this record). But, i was 15 when this came out ... so it changed my life as much as "illmatic" and the first Ramones record.
Favorite rap albums: Illmatic, resurrection, and southernplayalistic.
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
I'm dude and I completely relate to everything you've said. When I first heard Von Sees it literally felt like breath of fresh air. It was first time hearing Hip-Hop sound so fresh in an outdoor kind of way that I just had to take it all in.
I couldn't fully appreciate it at the time but Be Alright is my favourite song next to Brave New World now. Just through growing up and going through relationship issues myself, that songs fully speaks to me. Especially the line "My girl was throwing up this morning, I'm praying it was something she ate"
Come Around is the anthem for any man that's had a girlfriend stress them out and test the their relationship.
I'm a LB/Justus League stan so I was contemplating putting The Listening as my GOAT album. I've listened to The Listening and Connected so much that it's pretty much a toss-up on what I feel is the best. I've got the entire discography and Median is my favourite rapper from that camp next to Phonte.
Those were my joints! "The Answer" especially. I tried to get my aspiring-rap buddies to freestyle on that beat. "Nic's Groove" for the rainy days.
I haven't heard this album in full since 2006. so I'm gonna pull it up tomorrow.
"How Big Is Your World" was one of the best cuts of the late 2000s. Easily. "Relectric Elaxation" went hard too. Did he have any other bangers? I feel like I checked out some other tracks back then and was underwhelmed. But overall, those two tracks alone shyt on most new nikkas discographies.
Damn the rap game fell off something serious.
TheScarsOnSealsFace
Kiss From A Rose
Might have to be this....
...or maybe this...
...or it could be...
Probably gonna be one of those three, depending on the day
I'd probably consider Illmatic the BEST album ever, but for whatever reason I got to it late. It's still pretty high on my personal list too.
...or maybe this...
...or it could be...
Probably gonna be one of those three, depending on the day
I'd probably consider Illmatic the BEST album ever, but for whatever reason I got to it late. It's still pretty high on my personal list too.
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
His album Median's Relief is a classic to me. I'd say check out the album remix for Comfortable, Pardon Me Dude & Similie. he dropped another album a couple years back called The Sender and it's cool but it just doesn't have the JL sound that he sounds so comfortable over.
DJ Mart-Kos
All Star
It's too hard to narrow down without regret but if I'm looking at the album that completely influenced my taste in rap, it would have to be:
Beautiful production, meaningful lyrics and smooth melodies. It's the complete package. Phonte & Nicolay could have never made another album after this and they would have still been in my GOAT rapper and producer categories respectively. Also, this album heavily influenced Tanya Morgan's sound and Von Pea is one of my favourite rappers.
yeah, i'm a big fan of this album to.
Nicolay is my favorite dutch producer and in my top 5 of all time.