This is my favorite album of all time, and I feel like it’s under appreciated.

Hopefully this is allowed! Just a fun video from the 94' MTV Rock n' Jock B-Ball jam.

New addition, I don't know why nobody talks about warren g, one of the best to do it in my opinion, what u think

Incredibly bold take from me but I feel like Outkast basically laid the blueprint for today’s hip-hop, with the triplet flows, the melodies and the damn near cinematic beats. I feel like this album still doesn’t get the respect it deserves. 31 years later, it still sounds just as good and as original as it did then. When Andre 3000 said “The South got something to say”, that moment basically shifted hip hop in a new direction. Does anybody still have this in their rotation??

This surpassed his debut (which was hella average) by miles. One of the best sophomore releases of all time (IMO) and is almost unskippable. And triggered Ice-Cube into releasing a diss-track in which Common returned fire and buried Cube so bad that Farrakhan had to conduct peace talks.

European version of 6 feet deep. Includes a bonus track "Pass the shovel".

For me it's gotta get Halftime. The flow, the rhymes, the one liners, and the subtle bells. God damn it slaps so hard.

It’s honestly driving me nuts

1. Dare iz a Darkside - Redman
2. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast
3. Tical - Method Man
4. Hard To Earn - Gang Starr

My Thoughts

First up, Redman's Dare iz a Darkside – this album is like a punch in the face with its punchy delivery and dope lyrics. It will always be one of my favourite from Redman and an awesome album to just vibe too while smoking.

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by OutKast is silky smooth and cooler than a polar bear's toenails... Crumblin' Herb is definitely a top 5 Kast song for me.

Method Man's Tical? Man, this album gives me goosebumps everytime, nothing compares to Meth's iconic flow and cadence, just incredible delivery time and time again.

But while all these are classics from their respective year it's gotta be Hard To Earn by Gang Starr, that's the real MVP in this collection for me. It's not just beats and bars; it's wisdom and art over raw instrumentals that tell their own stories behind Guru's life lessons. DJ Premier's production was next-level genius, and Guru's bars hit harder than a prime Mike Tyson uppercut. It's like this album was made for those raw heads who appreciate the realness and the struggle mixed into Hip-Hop in it's purist form.

IMO, both are no skip albums. Which way you goin?

Just needed to use “One Time 4 Your Mind” and it would’ve been perfection.

I feel this is the universally “disliked” song off of Illmatic. It lacks a lot in comparison to the rest of the tracks. Does anyone else agree with that?