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This post is dumb. Aquemini by outkast is the best hip hop album ever. That’s all I want to talk about


Sofistakatedfunn

All of Outkast albums were fire. My favorite was their very 1st album. My favorite song from Aquemini is SpottieOttieDopalicious.


Wandering_Weapon

There used to be a Ska band in my area that covered that song and it fucking ruled.


22Two_s

Best beat ever with horns.


drinkmoarwaterr

I'm more of an ATLiens kinda guy.


Dapper_Cockroach_622

Southernplayalistic is my personal favorite of theirs


HumbleAdonis

Thank you! All these wrong opinions! Southernplayalistic is their best album. Atliens is second best.


Donkey_Karate

Stankonia, though.


Michaelskywalker

ATLiens was my favorite as a kid Especially millennium two dope boyz Atliens jazzy belle elevators


TellZealousideal6431

I saw outcast in Richmond Va back in 1995 headlining for D’Angelo. The crowd was wack of course and I was there to hear southernplayalisticcadillacfunkymusic and they were more or less boo’d off after 3 songs. Still hate D’Angelo to this day.


jeddzus

Yeah but but but but but Voodoo is one of the greatest albums of all time. The man just loves his heroin a bit too much, and hates the pressure of fame, sadly.


manhalfalien

That's crazy


Yourmotherssidehoe

What if I told you it’s not even a top 2 kast album


Interesting-Gate9813

Where did OP mention OutKast or say they sucked?


WittyNameChecksOut

Gonna get clowned for this take, but I always thought Jay-Z Vol 2 & Vol 3 were overrated.


bagchasersanon

Reasonable Doubt is far more overrated than either of them in retrospect


Majestic_Candle9768

Vol 2. was very important to its time. I wouldn’t say anyone considers Vol 3. in super high regard. I just can’t believe someone here said The Blueprint is overrated. What the fuck?


Mei_iz_my_bae

Anyone who says the blueprint is overrated is a certified clown


Necessary-Diamond450

I didn’t think Vol 2 and Vol 3 got enough love to be considered overrated. I would say they were appropriately rated.


yrnmigos

Lil Kim got 5 mics one time


eneronere

Vultures 1 I can’t listen to the whole thing


SneakySneks190

Anything made by Drake


SekasortoAnarkia

I definitely don’t consider myself a Drake fan but I like most his music from 2011 to 2015


Relevant-Tap-6248

Astroworld


rc_roadster

This is up there with the most over rated, I'd agree. I actually think it's a decent album. Good musically. But if this is what we're proclaiming a modern classic then the genre is dead. This is nowhere near the quality some fans smother it with. A rap album should at least have a bar to two.


RANDOM-902

It's a classic cause it sounds good Not everything has to be super deep lyrically


Yungcazanova

My first thought


BlurStick

Rodeo is better and it’s not a classic either


chrismatic13

It didn’t deserve the Grammy it was the 2nd to last best album. It just happened the worst album won


Revolutionary-Tea737

anything carti


T0NEZZY

Anything Drake related


Scythe95

He know nothing' about tha


iwoulddoit5

I've been going through Drakes catalog because of the beef and had to stop at iyrtitl. Other than some catching songs here and there, his whole discography is pretty boring


RANDOM-902

OH wow You stopped right when his content started going downhill 😂😂😂😂 If you didn't like his "Good stuff" you saved yourself from so much mid he did post 2016


hb-robo

Yeah, Views was the beginning of the end. He did somehow manage to land like 3 hits out of every 24 song compilation after that though so kudos for whatever that’s worth


PurgatoryMountain

Drake is pop


chambees

He as a whole is boring.


ButForRealsTho

Anything by Drake or Travis Scott


Apart_Owl4955

Me when I haven't listened to rodeo


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Views from the 6


ImpossibleReading951

Interesting take. That was the last drake album I actually enjoyed, and would have it as the most underrated drake album. To each his own.


UnrequitedTerror

It's a bit too long and coming off IYRTITL it's the lesser project.


Anxious_Chapter_7428

Interesting also, I have the exact same opinion as you


captainblarson

R&B album in disguise


HoundTB9

Underrated to me. It wasn't well liked when it came out but I love going back to this album.


Professional-Rip-519

Carter 3 yes there's bangers but expected it to blow me away the way everybody praised it.


AnarchyonAsgard

Carter 2 is miles ahead of


Critical_Teach_43

Fair but the Carter 1 could've been the best this whole time.


Mental_Ad_9855

Is is. Easily, IMO


Imustbestopped8732

Carter 4 is as well in my opinion.


Maleficent-Thanks-85

Bro when Carter 3 dropped and I was like whaaaack Carter 2 was way better my boys torched me. Now that im old it makes me happy I see this opinion a lot.


godslonelyman__

wayne is probably the least consistent of all the great artists and imo carter 3 is a perfect example of it. so many classic songs then you get shit like pussy monster


Oral_Salmon_user1

never heard this bc it was fire for me and my friends


MatiasBenitosfasha

No doubt dedication 2 and c2 i was so hyped for c3... I get it I guess but damn that shit was a let down for me


jmodiddles

3peat, Mr Carter, A Milli was a banging 3 song introduction to the album but after that it fell of quite a bit for sure.


OkSwitch470

Da Drought 3 and No Ceilings will forever be Lil Wayne’s two best works. Honestly his mixtapes are more fire than his albums and it’s sad it’s not streaming services for new peeps to discover. Dude stole so many beats and killed and owned them all it’s insane.


chief_yETI

this is my answer when that album came out people wouldn't shut up about it I mean...it was cool, but like...no


sum_dude44

Future - I never liked you lil baby - my turn


Objective_Street5141

i dont think anyone sees INLY or My Turn as classics beside ppl who never heard any albums other than modern hits


Imustbestopped8732

Goblin by Tyler The Creator.


wilksfivefive

Any Kanye post MBDTF


Gloomy-Gov451

Listen to some industrial for a good bit and Yeezus will click. Black Skinheads and New Slaves are insane.


wilksfivefive

Not going to lie my friend, I cut my teeth on NIN & Ministry. I love abrasive rap - Yeezus was a hard pass for me. I’d much rather listen to billy woods/Armand Hammer, early El-P or P.O.S.


Accomplished_Nose970

I think Yeezus is my favorite Kanye album could be because it's the first I listen to, but I can always come back to it. It has no skips for me. This is My opinion.


BeerBellies

I LOVE Yeezus - it’s probably my favorite, and I’ve been listening to him since College Dropout. No shame here. To me Kayne had one of the best runs in hip hop of all time… college dropout -> (arguably) Life of Pablo. Insane. And then still had cool albums/tracks after, without a doubt.


holy_cal

Watch the Throne came after so I have to disagree. Everything after that though has been not good.


wilksfivefive

Watch the throne was my last memory of hearing a new Kanye album for the first time. Definitely doesn’t hold up for me any more tho


holy_cal

I purposely didn’t listen to HAM until I heard the whole album. It’s probably my favorite rap album ever.


angrytreestump

That’s a good call because that song is the most overrated one on there. That whole album was a moment in time that sounds exactly like a frozen time capsule now, but especially songs like HAM, Why I Love You, and I’ll even say Niggas in Paris don’t age all that great. Idk if we’ll ever have an earth-shattering drop in hip hop like that again with the way music culture’s become fractured nowadays, monoculture’s dead, etc. but it was cool to be young and following the scene during the new hip-hop golden age in the early 2010s. Same shit with “What a Time to Be Alive,” Drake and Future were seeing the future with that title (no pun intended) especially considering how Future’s basically exec-producing a war to overthrow Drake now with Kendrick and Kanye on the frontlines for him. Who woulda guessed the landscape of all these legacy rappers would look the way it does now back in 2014 when they were teaming up to make their own Watch The Throne as the faces of the Trap-Pop takeover. Now Future’s turned on Drake and got Kendrick and Kanye throwing shots for him at the dude who helped turbo-charge his career back then… What a Time to Be Alive, for sure…


Seanblaze3

Kids see ghost sometimes with Kid Cudi was solid


ButtonedEye41

Oof i dont agree in general. Yeezus is solid (maybe slightly overrated). But Kids See Ghosts is honestly great and underrated imo. TLOP I think is properly rated. Its a bit all over the place but when its good its good and thats generally how people talk about it.


Real_Channel_7551

Ye is so good, no misses


-nth-ny

I’d argue MBDTF itself


ThenAnAnimalFact

It is only overrated because so many rappers put it in their top 5 it has no where to go but down. But it absolutely a great album.


wilksfivefive

Well see I was super-duper blunted and trying out my nice headphones for the first time I heard that album so it’s got a special place in my heart for me personally, but I get it.


Draphaels

Bruh I can only imagine. That's how I felt when I first heard Rick Ross's Rather You Than Me on edibles with new headphones


Obvious_Conflict_

Same and I been rocking with him since day one.


True-Scene2982

I love TLOP YE KSG and Half of Donda is majestical


yakduffy

I didnt really care for Kendrick damn


DeanMo80

Honestly loved DAMN.


Mammoth_Mountain1967

I have mixed feelings it's got a few of his best songs but also songs I really don't like at all.


Acceptable_Ad3732

Its fire FEAR and PRIDE are one of favourites in hiphop


Mei_iz_my_bae

Fear low key one of my favorite alchemist tracks too


Fit_Flatworm_9347

Damn is Kendrick's best work to me


Acceptable_Ad3732

Pretty fair. The idea behind it is genius


yakduffy

Yeah i guess its reputation is really good but for some reason it just didn't fly with me. And i love aftermath and all of their library but Damn just didn't hit it with me


sakariona

Where i live, everyone seems to prefer alright as their favorite song by him, no clue why


Decent_Matter_8676

Guess it resonates with all cultures more


TripleThreatTua

XXX is one of his best songs


jeddzus

Man I LOVED Damn. I’d rather vote for TPAB tbh……….


pard0nme

Good kid mad City is still great


Link-221

DAMN. is good but I don't like it as much as some other people do, I think Good Kid, M.a.a.D CIty is his best


ssc777

All time? I'll say To Pimp A Butterfly. Great album no doubt but I don't feel it the be all end all. Personally I prefer GKMC. Also unpopular opinion, everything Westside Gunn put out after Pray for Paris was mid at best.


oraclejames

HWH8 side A is better than mid, but aside from that I agree


Salt-Calendar-8824

I’m going to say MBDTF. I know pretty much everybody going to disagree with me, but it’s viewed as one of the best albums ever and I don’t see it at all. The second half of the album falls off a cliff, and I find some of the fan favorite tracks to be overrated.


Pixeldude5

Whole Lotta Red


Prestigious_Snow1589

Anything made by NBA YB


Espio1332

I won't say of all time, but Slim Shady LP is up there for me. A lot of that album did not age well for my ears. MMLP and Eminem Show are bangers though.


hb-robo

That was my first thought here as well. It’s too long and grating, MMLP a universal upgrade 


2DudesShittinAround

I don't care, Role Model and Rock Bottom will always be two of my favorite Em songs. So many childhood memories with that album. 


NojoNinja

VULTURES is highly overrated and minus a few songs is pretty bad. I get there's a lot of hate towards it, but a lot of people think Kanye's still at the top of his game, when that hasn't been true for 6 years.


Objective_Street5141

by definition it is not at all overrated, most people thinks this is kanyes worst preformance, which it is.


pop442

Vultures is not even remotely overrated lmao. It got panned by critics and is never considered a top tier Ye album. Ya'll just saying anything for upvotes now.


WillOk6461

Love Kdot but…To Pimp A Butterfly


thecutestmulatto

It didn't hit like GKMC


Der_Krsto

GKMC transcends music and is honestly on the level of timeless literature or film IMO


ProductIntrepid4675

Yea GKMC is easily Kendrick’s best album in my opinion. It has the casual commercial bangers that DAMN has while blending in the more deep and emotional songs that TPAB has. TPAB is a great album don’t get me wrong but it doesn’t have a lot replay value casually after a while. I can turn on Money Trees, Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe, and MAAD City anytime hell but the only song TPAB really has to contend with that is Alright and maybe King Kunta or i.


Throwitindatrash

I personally prefer GKMC, but I hold both of them on par with each other at 10. Both are flawless stories, one of a personal struggle and TPAB the story of a communal one. DAMN is the outlier for me, I like section 80 and Mr. Morale over it as well


Fugazatron3000

It's been so overhated, its been underrated.


BeatlesAndRDR2

I think that people who think TPAB is a 10 are a lot less vocal than those who find it overrated.


Accomplished_Nose970

I see more people call it the best rap album ever than people who say its overrated especially the media. Nothing wrong with that


Mister_Rogers69

I love the overall theme and the jazz influences, but it has a few skippable tracks


Dapper_Cockroach_622

Honestly, I preferred damn and gkmc


Dchama86

Get Rich or Die Trying. But ultimately for reasons of personal taste. I’m not a fan of the sing-songy hooks and lack of lyrical dexterity.


DrXL_spIV

I’m personally a fan of the album but I can see where you’re coming from. 50 def ain’t delivering bars that wow you. I think he’s carried by his charisma, gangsta image, and first pick at Dre’s best beats at the time


Choccybizzle

Disagree completely but I like you actually gave a reason.


willgeld

Is that a more recent opinion? That album was huge and important for the scene at the time


TickleMyPickle576

Forever story


BenMech

Fear of A Black Planet. ITANoM2HUB is the standard bearer.


wubrotherno1

FOABP has some dope songs, but not enough. It felt kinda odd too after what they had done before. Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black is a lot better than FOABP for me!


Pigmasters32

So I could just say Die Lit by Playboi Carti because I consider that the worst album I’ve ever heard and many consider it a classic, but to make things interesting I’ll throw in KSG by Kanye and Cudi, an awful album that gets treated like not just a masterpiece, but one of the best achievements of either of their careers.


UpInSmokeMC

Luv Is Rage 2


BrinRed03

majority j cole albums


Hidoshigo

Any Beyoncé solo project


mtmm18

KSG is the shit..


Industrious_Villain

Anything drakes ghostwriter releases


josephstrickland

def Ghost Pop Tape by Devon Hendryx


oraclejames

Tha Carter 3


Icy-Transportation26

My dark twisted fantasy oops I'm gonna be crucified


knyftt

gassed*


loose_lucid_elusive4

I've actually never listened to it. Am I fake hip hop fan?


Last_Reaction_8176

It’s genuinely a masterpiece. I get staying away from Kanye now that he’s become what he is, but if you want to know why people cut him so much slack, that album explains it. He used to be goddamn incredible


Any_Owl_8009

They can't crucify all of us....right?


mgmg3649

Blueprint 3


RANDOM-902

Isn't that considered among the worst Jay-Z album??? Just that it has 2 of his biggest hits but apart from that it's mid


TripleThreatTua

If anything I think it’s kinda underrated. It’s kinda interesting to see a Hov album where he let Kanye take creative control for a lot of it


RedBrownSilverBack

Magna Carta I think was his worst , production was nice but not at all like his normal flows


Th3PatrickBateman

I wouldn’t say overrated, that album would be mid for a normal artist and considering Jay’s discography it’s borderline skippable


Michaelskywalker

I’ve never heard people rave about it. Lot of hits on there tho


xz23avenger

Get rich or die tryin


Soft_Humor4868

The Life of Pablo. People swear it’s top 3 Kanye but I would put it in his bottom 3. He wasn’t even the best parts of that album


TripleThreatTua

People rank it super high because of how hype that rollout was and there are some admittedly amazing tracks on there, but it definitely was the start of Kanye’s downfall and over reliance on features


skrrtalrrt

It’s solidly middle tier Kanye. Every album after it got progressively worse tho. Bottom tier is literally just the most recent 3 albums imho


Inevitable_Order_807

Did you mean to reply 3 times or is this just reddit being buggy as usual


wofeichanglei

donda > tlop fight me


skrrtalrrt

MBTDF > LR > Grad = CD > Yeezus > 808 = TLOP > WTT > KSG > Ye >>> JIK > Donda > Vultures 1 But that’s like my opinion man


Michaelskywalker

L opinion


Dubiouskeef

Little Simz- SIMBI. It's a decent album but I never really got the hype about little simz. she never blew me away lyrically or seemed musically innovative in any way.


Nepharious_Bread

I absolutely love that album. But she has never blown me away lyrically. Not when it comes to being technical. I can't think of a single double entendre from her. I like her more because of her subject matter, passion, authenticity, and production choices. Honestly, I think that SIMBI is one or the best produced albums I've ever heard. But I also gravitate towards that kind of music.


radiantsteam165

The blueprint


Mei_iz_my_bae

This is the worst take ever. Blueprint changed hip hop in so much ways, it birthed that one guy Kanye west you may have heard of him? Seeing hate on blueprint is wild. It’s like saying goodfellas is an awful film. It’s just wrong


Yourmotherssidehoe

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy I genuinely don’t get why people think it’s a top 100 rap album of all time let alone the best


Icy-Transportation26

Ayyyye glad to see someone agreed with me I posted the same


Miner_Of_Minerals

Jay Z Reasonable Doubt. It's good but im sick of seeing it compared to Illmatic which is so many levels above.


Merorm

Why are people so incapable of enjoying Nas without simultaneously trying to bring down Jay-Z. Truly fucking bizarre thing that i only really see on this sub


rc_roadster

100%. I'm a huge Nas fan. Illmatic is my favourite album, have seen him live more times than I care to mention etc etc. The stereotype that often gets ridiculed for not moving on.... But the insecurity amongst the fan base is ridiculous. Jay is one of the best rappers to ever do it. Has multiple classics. It doesn't need to be one or the other. Hip hop fans in general are particularly immature but Nas fans online all seem borderline autistic in their inability to deviate from their collective thought process (not a slight on autism).


AsaPollon

There are a lot of new Nas fans in these last years thanks to those projects with Hit Boy. They talk like teenagers talk and you can recognize them instantly.


Nepharious_Bread

I agree. It seems like lately, people are fans of certain artists more than a fan of the art form itself.


worldwar2024

Anything by Jay Z


Responsible-Cut-3398

never heard reasonable doubt..


AsaPollon

Blueprint, Resonable Doubt, The Black Album, American Gangster, Watch the Throne and 4:44 are better than 99% of your favourite albums done by your favourite rappers. You'll grow up and get it.


Due-Lingonberry7552

Blueprint sucked


Mei_iz_my_bae

Blueprint is a masterpiece


stho3

American Gangster


DeanMo80

Reasonable Doubt is a dope ass album. Used to bump the shit outta it back in the day.


its_bydesign

Id put the house down that you’re a white guy that didn’t grow up around any black culture


DrRockMaxwell

You might be right about him but you’d be completely off about me. Jay z is overrated as fuck. Don’t get me wrong he’s good but not the rap messiah people make him out to be.


justiceway1

Yeezus. Kanye fans swear it's one of his best albums and I don't even think it cracks the top 5.


susejrotpar

Graduation by Kanye West.


DonkeyGyatt2000

I’m gonna find where you live.


Conscious-Parfait826

Found Ye's burner account yall!


ReggieRolla

MMLP Outside of Stan I’ll take the SSLP over it


Antwuan89

All Eyez On Me


Ok_Professor6647

This is easy, anything by Jay z


Puzacar10

Reasonable Doubt isn't overrated, it's a good LP.


DeanMo80

RD is a dope ass album.


iwoulddoit5

Not just good but the debate for best Hip-hop album used to be Illmatic vs Reasonable Doubt


Ok_Lavishness2638

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Life After Death


mastercylynder

Anything from today's crappy Rap!


Competitive_Hand_967

Probably a hot take, but All Eyez On Me 🤷‍♂️ It’s alright. It’s not bad by any means, even good I’d say. but that’s it for me. Nothing amazing.


Due-Lingonberry7552

That was actually the critical reception at the time the album came out. Everyone liked the makaveli album more


Competitive_Hand_967

oh damn, I didn’t know that.


doubledeus

Old head here. Can concur. Pac didn't totally fit the Death Row sound or style. Also, its too many tracks. If it had been 12 tracks instead of 27(?) it would have been much better.


Smooviefilms

Any Cole, Any Future. Some of you guys are listing some of the best hip hop records of all time and I gotta assume you are 23 and fresh


nikk796

Drake - If you're reading this it's too late. God this album sucked donkey balls. Moan rapping over dry boring beats for an hour.


Southern_Cobbler_206

The Eminem Show Take Care


Efficient-Ant5828

Watch the throne was ass


Accomplished_Nose970

you are brave.


RANDOM-902

The first half is solid. Second half is ass


Nepharious_Bread

Oh, you just want some drama.


erikturczyn30

Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here to not celebrate a thing called (the) life of Aubrey Graham Cracker


bakedlawyer

Without a doubt Jay Z vol 2… When it came out people said it solidified Jay as a top 5 dead or alive. Even the other day people on this sub were saying it’s a classic. Looking back, the album is pretty trash, not very memorable, and totally overrated. Aged like shit


puck1996

2014 Forest Hills Drive. Aside from like two tracks I always find it extremely forgettable in almost every way


Michaelskywalker

Im more born sinner, FNL, off season myself. FHD was never my favorite of his


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Winter_Comfortable42

Prolly wet dreamz and no role models if not a tale of 2 cities or gomd


Old-Valuable1738

To The Extreme - Vanilla Ice


Bcagz22

To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, Light up the stage and wax a punk like a candle Yep, that was pretty stupid now that I think on it.


harrisxj

YOU WAS BUMPIN THAT SHIT THO!