OPINION What's The Most Overrated HipHop "Classic" Album of Alltime?

[Chi-Town B]

I’m with the Goldster though

The cool isn’t a classic


Internet said it once and everybody ran with it

Kinda like Scarface/ghostface being in people’s top 5

The cool not a classic, the dumbest post in abw history

 

[Sony Montana]

The cool not a classic, the dumbest post in abw history

It’s not

And it’s okay that it’s not

 

[Goldie]

It'll probably never happen, but if we could agree on the criteria of what makes an album a classic, it'll make things easier.

Some people feel that classic means a high quality album from front to back that stands the test of time.

Others feel the criteria also includes impact and influence.


For example, an album like "Below The Heavens" by Blu. Can it be a Hip Hop classic if only 13 people heard it? Respectfully.

 

[Chi-Town B]

It’s not

And it’s okay that it’s not

It is

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

It'll probably never happen, but if we could agree on the criteria of what makes an album a classic, it'll make things easier.

Some people feel that classic means a high quality album from front to back that stands the test of time.

Others feel the criteria also includes impact and influence.


For example, an album like "Below The Heavens" by Blu. Can it be a Hip Hop classic if only 13 people heard it? Respectfully.

Lol facts most niggas on the internet think shit is a classic because they like it lmao like I said 99% of that list u posted are not classic albums

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Same niggas who rank Big Krit in the top 20 lmao

 

[Sony Montana]

What’s the most overrated classic guys

 

[Chi-Town B]

What’s the most overrated classic guys

Reasonable Doubt

 

[Chi-Town B]

Sick and tired of people calling that shit a classic

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

What’s the most overrated classic guys

U d have to agree on what is a classic first unless u are referring to the list of albums Goldie posted

 

[E-MAN]

I thought every comment would be TPAB it’s alot Kdot haters on here

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

There are prolly less than 10 classics in our culture

 

[Sony Montana]

U d have to agree on what is a classic first unless u are referring to the list of albums Goldie posted

I’m just trying to encourage actually answering the thread question lol

 

[O.G.]

There are prolly less than 10 classics in our culture

This.

 

[5 Grand]

I can't believe not one album before 1995 made the list.

Like before 1995 Rap fans had nothing to listen to.


Wildstyle - Soundtrack
Run DMC - Self Titled
Whodini - Escape
Run DMC - Raising Hell
LL Cool J - Radio
LL Cool J - Bigger & Deffer
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
EPMD - Strictly Business
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Easy E - Easy Duz It
Salt N Pepa - Hot Cool & Vicious
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
DOC - No One Can DO It Better
NWA - Niggaz4life
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Wu Tang - Enter The Wu 36 Chambers
The Purple Tape
The Score
Me Against The World


But as far as "overrated classics" it's gotta be one of those Eminem albums that went diamond.


Also, there's a lot of mid 90s mixtapes from DJS like Doo Wop, S&S, Dirty Harry, Kid Capri, DJ Clue and Kay Slay that are straight fire, but aren't actually albums in the traditional sense.

 

[5 Grand]

Any reason Illmatic isn't listed as a classic?

 

[Infamous114]

There are prolly less than 10 classics in our culture

Lol this is a funny post cause Deathrowzow just made a thread who has the most classics and says Nas 7 classics

 

[grYmes]

We’ve tried time and again on here to figure out a universal classic criteria and no one wants to take they feelings outta shit.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

We’re tried time and again on here to figure out a universal classic criteria and no one wants to take they feelings outta shit.

Think Thriller but a hip hop version…, every song slaps …. It moves Units…. Has a cultural and long lasting impact

 

[5th Letter]

-impact
-critical acclaim
-commercial success
-sales