Daily Rap Album Vs: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back vs Straight Outta Compton

[The Lonious Monk]

You know the deal.

or

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

NWA

 

[Lab Baby]

SOC is a little on the short side to me. I love that album in retrospect, but I can go as far as saying Efil4Zaggin is better. All that being said, this is hella close. SOC definitely aged better, but NOM had a personal impact on me. I remember as a kid hearing Terminator X and Night of the Living Baseheads before I even knew who Public Enemy was and losing my mind. All the best songs on SOC are its biggest hits. There's a lot of hidden gems in NOM (She Watches Channel Zero, Louder Than A Bomb), plus Caught, Can I Get A Witness has one of my favorite vocal samples ever. NOM for preference, SOC for impact.

Sidebar: Chuck D was the original "fuck a beat" rapper. Silkk Da Shocker scribbled it on his notepad and created his life.

 

[5 Grand]

Night Of The Living Baseheads >>>>>

I voted for Public Enemy

 

[onetoughmiracle]

Recorded and ordered, supporter of Chesimard

 

[genocide_cutter]

Don’t believe the hype