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BigCountry's Top 10 Rap Albums [FULL LIST OUT]

Started by DKC, Apr 23, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. DKC
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    Yo sorry I stepped out for lunch, finishing up #8 now!
     
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    @Enigma @Loyalty @Pato v2 @YDB @Iceman @Narsh @Rodamon @Groovy Tony @Jerome @Maad City @Flacko @Enigma @Mow @Daniel Shaw @art @Jehovah @Soldier @FlawlessT @Sav @swr
    8. UGK - Ridin’ Dirty (1996)
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    Despite this being widely considered UGK’s best album and one of the best southern rap albums of all time, I was a little late to the game on this one as well. It’s funny because back when I was still stanning Eminem I was bumping Super Tight and Underground Kingz, but I guess being fairly removed from the overall hip-hop canon comes with the territory of listening to Eminem a lot.

    It’s absolutely baffling to me that people discredited the south for so long (and still do) when you had albums like this and ATLiens coming out in the same year (especially with an opener like “One Day”). It’s not even as if Ridin’ Dirty is particularly weird. In terms of samples, it flips most of rap’s mainstays — soul, funk, jazz, disco (and funnily enough, Pink Floyd). It’s almost as if it took sparse, gritty drums that characterized a lot of New York rap in the 1990s and blended it with the G-Funk sound that was coming out of California. For that reason, it’s an album I feel like I can put on almost anytime: it’s soulful enough for a sunny day, hard-hitting and catchy enough for background music at a low-key party, and thoughtful enough for when I’m feeling introspective.

    Also, p---- C is the only person named Chad whose cocaine numbers I would believe.
     
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    Did those mentions work? I pasted the code but sometimes that doesn't seem to work for me.
     
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    no
     
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    ^ up a few
    @Enigma @Loyalty @Pato v2 @YDB @Iceman @Narsh @Rodamon @Groovy Tony @Jerome @Maad City @Flacko @Mow @Daniel Shaw @art @Jehovah @Soldier @FlawlessT @Sav @swr @Radeem @Koolo
     
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    nice write up for the ugk album. i've actually never heard that album. i've only heard random ugk songs, never an entire album. its not that i don't like them, i've just never got around to listening to one of their albums. there's so much music out there, it obviously takes a long time to sort of sample each artist and see what they're about
     
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    Really nice choice. I need to return to Ridin' Dirty tbh. I've only given it a couple listens and it was YEARS ago.
     
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    It's def worth it. You should check it out!
     
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    All southern rappers so far...:khaled:
     
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    You know what album goes next :work:
     
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    :lmaooo:
     
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    i still gotta a lot of music to discover but ive recently realized that the south made the best hip hop, always :wow5:
     
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    It not-so-secretly really is the best coast.
     
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    from hits to progressive/experimental s--- it really has everything
     
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    Should I post the makeup of the list by region or nah? Would that make things too obvious?
     
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    Aight I'm bout to go get drunk and watch the beyonce movie premiere so i might not get any more posted tonight, will continue tomorrow for sure though. Let's hear some guesses in the meantime!
     
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    what are you having to drink?
     
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    Tequila!
     
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    Solid f---ing choice


    Bun B's verse on Murder remains my favorite oat
     
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