Nah, cube did most of the writing for the album and that's like saying "its a rakim and eric b album" so we can't count rakim This is pretty much asking who were the best MC's of that year.
Rank These Artists Tournamet (88)
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Nah, cube did most of the writing for the album and that's like saying "its a rakim and eric b album" so we can't count rakim This is pretty much asking who were the best MC's of that year.
Joshie Kahn
"I can fix that"
Literally the only song I've ever heard from that album is children's story, but going on the album's impact alone it doesn't hold up to FTL, SOC, or ITAN. Story telling existed since the beginning in rap rick was just exceptional at it.Childrens Story
Teenage Love
Mona Lisa
Hey Young World
Thats 4 undeniable classic tracks on the album.
How is it dated but other albums from 1988 are not
FTL: Rakim set a standard for mc's that very few to this day can live up to
SOC: Started a whole sub genre
ITAN: One of the first politically focused albums to make it to the mainstream
Great Adventures: Fucking Hip hop Dr.Seuss
You old heads need to understand that a lot of the records yall liked back then are either dated or mediocre at best, but nostalgia won't let yall see that.
Bring on the down votes.
TheGOAT
I dont like it here.
but it's clear, crisp and descriptive......
very expressive, crazy smooth....
there was no confusion in cube's flow.....yea you might call it a basic abc flow.... but in all honesty, you can't learn to spell until you learn your abc's....cube................ and rakim...are to me the 100% true form of the rapper as it evolved from it's birth in the disco days......they were the changing point in the game.........especially for cube, cuz that album was fucking it bruh......
Cube in 88 is what dmx was in 98
just a complete animal...
Joshie Kahn
"I can fix that"
I disagree, and I'll prove it with a band from another genre.
ACDC is a classic no frills rockband with undeniable ability to write catchy 3 minute songs but I wouldn't put any of their albums down as classic, since most of their stuff is indistinguishable from each other. Same with slick rick, he excels at a single aspect but take that away and he's got nothing unique about him.
Reesey
Real Thugs Eat Green Apple Jolly Ranchers.
No no no no no
Rakim has FLOW, let the rhythm hit em is an example of a great flow. Cube's shit was hella basic and his albums sound dated af.
Nah b, DMX shit still sounds dope af 20 years later.
Tally up the votes Goldie and lets move on to the next year
Nah Ima let these rock for 24hrs, I still wanna see what Race and acouple others have to say about 88. i'll start up 89 tomorrow morning.
Joshie Kahn
"I can fix that"
Man race aint even coming back b, she gone
Reesey
Real Thugs Eat Green Apple Jolly Ranchers.
Joshie Kahn
"I can fix that"
Don't pay him no mind he's from chicago them people out there aint right
1St it was that Lloyd Banks has a top 5 all time album
Now Doggystyle wasnt all that???
I hate this guy
This is A BASIC ASS FLOW.
Are we not of the same understanding of what flow is? lol
This is a RUN -DMC simple ass flow.