Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop

dhodo said:
I really wish they could figure out how to reissue Stress. An underground classic, IMHO.

T.R.O.Y. is a classic.
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They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) has the perfect jazzy horn loop! That loop over that drumbeat is just pure ecstasy! It’s funky, playful, quirky and welcoming. It does a magnificent job at painting the legacy and personality of T.R.O.Y. It’s like a bird singing a tune that will be remembered forever - like T.R.O.Y. will always be remembered because of how memorable the loop is! The storytelling is very touching but it’s that sax loop that is the highlight 🙏

T.R.O.Y. really is one of the best hip-hop songs of all time. No doubt! 💯
 
NathanRicaud said:
SMH, like bitch please. Don’t tell me you can’t name a great female rapper in the game right now because they all sound like they are rapping about the same thing........🤯

UMMMMM Jermaine Dupri,......you obviously haven’t heard Rapsody or Little Simz releases from this year! Even Noname is incredible! 💁‍♂️💡

I don’t expect the guy to know more lesser known artists like Sampa The Great, Tierra Whack and Leikeli47. But this guy doesn’t know much about what’s hot in hip-hop right now 🤦‍♂️
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Exactly right. That's probably why his net worth is less than all these people now
 
Music is the best thing ever! I feel so spoilt with how much music I get to freely enjoy! 🙏

And I don’t want to sound conceited or pretentious, but I’m so happy I appreciate and love good music. It makes me feel special, smart and sexy. You know what I mean? 🤫😏

Like I can be full of life and dance like hot shit when Lizzo’s “Juice” or pretend I’m in a boxing ring and dance all aggressive and slutty when Poppy’s “Play Destroy” comes on but then next minute, Kanye West & Kid Cudi’s “Reborn” comes on and I’m feeling grateful, strong and believe that I can do anything I want to 😂🙈

Music is just everything!
 
NathanRicaud said:
Mefeel special, smart and sexy. You know what I mean? 🤫😏



Music is just everything!
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Then you try to talk to someone in real life bout music and all they wanna talk about is Australia Got Talent/Australian Idol

Or some song a corporation told them to like.


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NathanRicaud said:
I really want VMP to do Aaliyah’s third and final album - Aaliyah.

That album is incredibly diverse and has a cool, punk-like edge to it. It’s like Janet Jackson’s Janet. mixed with Kali Uchis’ Isolation mixed with Ciara’s The Evolution!
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Wonder if that would ever happen since her uncle won't license it to streaming even. I probably should have bought that copy I saw for $100 as I feel it's only going to grow in value until that guy gets over himself lol. Honestly if they could reissue this I think they would have over the Mariah record.
 
zombie.modernist said:
Agree with those saying Kollage is a better album than the Da Brat debut overall, but the styles couldn't be more different. I hate how people lump all female rappers together by gender. Lame and lazy IMO...
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Although I agree with you in principle, the fact of the matter is a woman has not made a top 25 rap record ever yet. Once they start cracking that, then we can take away the qualifier.
 
Clint Howard said:
Although I agree with you in principle, the fact of the matter is a woman has not made a top 25 rap record ever yet. Once they start cracking that, then we can take away the qualifier.
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Right but that's your opinion. Granted you've probably listened to a shitton more HH albums than me, but I wouldn't say that's true full stop to my tastes. Depending on how you classify Miseducation, that would be in my top 5 easily. I'd also throw Supa Dupa Fly in my top 25 with no qualms. Then you've got the rap albums from groups with strong female contributions like Blowout Comb and The Score which would also be in my top 25.

I think the stigma against female rappers prevented a lot of careers from taking off to reach the full potential of their male counterparts in the 90s. Today the divide is certainly lessening, but then you're dealing with more contemporary production styles, which may not be to all genre fan's tastes.
 
Clint Howard said:
Even if I did, which I don't really, I still don't think it's in the top 25 rap records ever.
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This would be my top 33 hip-hop album all-time list.
  1. Madvillain - Madvillainy
  2. NaS - Illmatic
  3. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
  4. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
  5. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
  6. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu (36 Chambers)
  7. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx
  8. Fugees - The Score
  9. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  10. GZA - Liquid Swords
  11. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
  12. Kanye West - The College Dropout
  13. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
  14. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
  15. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
  16. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
  17. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
  18. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
  19. The Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
  20. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
  21. OutKast - Stankonia
  22. Quasimoto - The Unseen
  23. OutKast - Aquemini
  24. Kanye West - Late Registration
  25. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
  26. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
  27. OutKast - ATLiens
  28. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
  29. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II
  30. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001
  31. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
  32. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
  33. Organized Konfusion - Stress Agenda
Lauryn Hill is not included as I see it more as an R&B/Neo-Soul album. However, a good bunch of the album does contain rapping in it! If I was to include Lauryn Hill, it would be ranked #7 in this list. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill is an absolute masterpiece!

There are no women in this top 33 hip-hop albums of all-time list. However, you do have The Fugees in there, and Lauryn Hill makes up one-third of The Fugees. Same case with Digable Planets!!!

When she was in her prime, Lauryn Hill is definitely one of the better MC’s of the 90’s! Hands down! Her bars on The Score and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill were incredible!
 
zombie.modernist said:
Right but that's your opinion. Granted you've probably listened to a shitton more HH albums than me, but I wouldn't say that's true full stop to my tastes. Depending on how you classify Miseducation, that would be in my top 5 easily. I'd also throw Supa Dupa Fly in my top 25 with no qualms. Then you've got the rap albums from groups with strong female contributions like Blowout Comb and The Score which would also be in my top 25.

I think the stigma against female rappers prevented a lot of careers from taking off to reach the full potential of their male counterparts in the 90s. Today the divide is certainly lessening, but then you're dealing with more contemporary production styles, which may not be to all genre fan's tastes.
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Agreed, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill is definitely worthy of a top #5 position. But it wasn’t so much the hip-hop that made it stand out. It was Lauryn Hill’s honest, vulnerable storytelling through her singing and the amazing production that really made the album a winner. Still, tracks like Lost Ones, Final Hour & Doo Woop (That Thing) are incredible hip-hop songs! 👌
 
NathanRicaud said:
Lauryn Hill is not included as I see it more as an R&B/Neo-Soul album. However, a good bunch of the album does contain rapping in it! If I was to include Lauryn Hill, it would be ranked #7 in this list. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill is an absolute masterpiece!
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Plus your #31 has great contributions from a female emcee. Ladybug was pretty good on the DP albums, although her solo stuff is not really good.
 
zombie.modernist said:
Plus your #31 has great contributions from a female emcee. Ladybug was pretty good on the DP albums, although her solo stuff is not really good.
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Yeah, Ladybug Mecca was a great MC! Although I wouldn’t include her as one of the better rappers of the 90’s, her spoken-word rapping flow was really unique. Blowout Comb is an essential Jazz-Rap record in my opinion, which is why it makes the list.

The Fugees’ The Score however is ranked in the top 10 because the three MC’s on there really bought out the best in each other. The chemistry on The Score is just unbeatable! The three - Pras, Wyclef & Lauryn - were like battling each other out, and sometimes Pras would take it home like he does on Fu-Gee-La or Lauryn Hill would murder it on tracks like Family Business etc. Lauryn Hill really stood out and is in my opinion, a top 10 MC of the 90’s.
 
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