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

Which is the better album?

  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

    Votes: 8 66.7%
  • Straight Outta Compton

    Votes: 4 33.3%

  • Total voters
    12

The Lonious Monk

Celestial Souljah
You know the deal.

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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.
 
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