Black thought solidified his #1 position in my top 5 list with this freestyle.
- Black Thought
- Nas
- Andre 3000
- Eminem
- Ghostface Killah
Black thought solidified his #1 position in my top 5 list with this freestyle.
Taken my time getting round to this, but just listened to the album A Beautiful Revolution Part 1 and 2 and really enjoyed it. Its mad how Common is still so sick. Ta for the heads up on this one.
Totally forgot about this album by Black Milk and rediscovered it last night:
And three more albums that I think are kinda slept on:
Visiting family this weekend, dad let me dip into his record collection and take some off his hands. Among a few other records that are less relevant to this thread, I had to grab these three absolute classics
It seems weāve found a cool dad.
I saw my dad this weekend too. He spent the whole time telling me about his new graphics card - how theyāre going for Ā£1800 and how it actually makes no difference to the 8 year old PC game he plays exclusively.
Haha I got that Grandmaster Flash record from my Dad too!
Thoughts on Mr Morale and The Big Steppers???
After two listens, I very much like it, but Iām not blown away by it. Which is fine, cos thatās a high bar for any album lol
Not listened to this yet but Iāve kind of gone off Kendrick. Had much time to let the dust settle on it? Worth a listen?
Iām really big on Wiki at the moment
Thought it could be fun to list our favourite 5 to 10 MCs of all time.
Note: weāre doing favourite, and not best, I donāt necessarily consider the two to be synonymous (though thereās definitely some crossover)
In no particular order:
Nas
Biggie
Common
Mos Def
Guru
Q-Tip
Andre 3000
DMX
Itās the Method Man, for short, Mr Meth
Missy Elliot
Was kinda tempted to go for a top 15 as it was hard to leave some names out, and on a different day they might have made the cut, but top 15s arenāt really a thing.
Nas
AZ
Elzhi
DMX
Ghostface
Benny The Butcher
Common
Guru
2Pac
Jadakiss
If I had to add 4 more:
Big Pun
Prodigy
Big L
Biggie
Since receiving the like Iāve been waiting for the ācurrently postingā indicator to turn into a post.
Guess Iāll do the same now @SRCJJ is doing the same (if Iām quick enough)
KITN, is yours in order and thats why its numbered?
Big L and Big Pun feel like shameful gaps in my knowledge. Dont get me wrong, their reputation precedes them, but Iām really not familiar with their work.
Hit me up with the key listening (ideally in terms of albums, itās my preferred way of listening to music)
Listen to Capital Punishment by Big Pun. Itās genuinely a classic album, Pun was a master
Busta Rhymes would have been in my top 15 lol. Itās not like I think heās one of the very best, I just love his flow and vibe. Probably one of my wilder inclusions lol
Yep, I really had a hard time after my top 5. Forgot how much of a monster Jadakiss is until his recent Versus where he totally blows Dipset out of the water.
Jada is just a master the only stain on him is that he never had a classic album and he was never a consistent good song maker
Yeah, that was no contest lol. And I have a certain fondness for Dipset, I loved them for a period in my teenage years, though Iād never really bump them these days lol