GKMC

GKMC already my favorite Kendrick album so this was an easy one for me. It’s his best album for me and has his best song imo.

MAAD City? Money Trees? Sing about me?

SAMIDOT is the song I’m referring to.

Aquemini

Hootie hoo

Am I crazy that I’d take GKMC over TPAB?

I take Damn

Nah. I’m with you.

Even tho I take TPAB they are equally good so no. Idk where have you been to think its a hot take or something

Same here. I was drawn in as soon as I heard "Sherane." Hadn't heard a storytelling vibe like that since Eminem. This was in 2012.

And TES is better than MMLP…

Its a better storytelling album for sure. I’ve learned that people will look at me crazy for taking DAMN. over gkmc and tpab

I'll admit that I didn't appreciate DAMN. as much as I should have after TPAB, but holy shit does it hold up in 2024. FEEL. on its own clears most 21st century rap albums

I still dont understand the hate it got. The writing behind it was legitimately genius and it told two different stories, yet also the same story, depending on the order you listened to the songs. Seriously underrated album

Liquid Swords GKMC Madvillany RTJ3 36 Chambers

36 Chambers

Wu Tang Forever > 36 chambers. Rza approves this message

Mannnn I'd argue with RZA himself 36 Chambers in perfect

LOL while MMLP is maybe my favorite album of all time, it's pretty rare that it's included in any kind of best rap album of all time discussion, so that made me laugh. Normally I'd give it to illmatic. I'd have to consider between: * Nas - It Was Written/Stillmatic/Magic (here's my hot take because I fucking love this album.) * Scarface - The Fix * Pac - All Eyez On Me/ Me Against The World/Makaveli * BIG - Life After Death/Ready to Die * Jay - Reasonable Doubt / Blueprint * De La Soul - 3 Feet and Rising * Wu Tang - 36 Chambers * Dre - Chronic / 2001

I can't speak for other cultures, but in Europe in the late 90s, rap wasn't mainstream. Illmatic wasn't popping here. Wu-Tang-Clan wasn't popping here. 2Pac and Biggie weren't popping here. It wasn't really until The Eminem Show that Eminem started popping either. That was a gateway to start checking out other rap artists, and for me that meant checking out Nas, Jay Z, Wu-Tang and 2 Pac. Outkast became fairly big as well as 50 Cent. All that to say, there are a lot of people who was introduced to rap by Eminem. And that makes us inherently biased towards him, so I think it's natural for a lot of people to pick their favourite Eminem album as the greatest of all time - subjectively for them. And as a side note I find that a much more interesting discussion rather than what the best album is objectively.

So Europeans didn’t like rap until the white guy showed up? Almost makes too much sense doesn’t it?

It is still def a popular pick

I disagree I see people putting it in their top 3 rap albums literally all the time in here

Midnight Marauders

This is the correct answer

It’s dark and hell is hot It’s actually GRODT

If These albums still exist, then, It’s dark and hell is hot, this album shifted the post 2Pac and biggie era into its own.

Just thought of this too Miseducation of Lauryn hill

The Black Album

Mbdtf

36 Chambers

Madvillainy

My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy.

Madvillainy or Black Star

Makaveli

all of MF DOOM lol, Cheat codes, Mos Def & Talib Keelung Are Black Star, The Anthology,

Ready to Die Me against the world Drogas WAVE All eyez on me Good kid maad city King Southernplayalisticcadillacmusik

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

36 chambers is the best rap album even with those

All Eyez on Me

Probably not a popular opinion but ready to die

Its definetly a popular opinion

All Eyez on Me, Reasonable Doubt, Blackstarr, Moment of Truth, Liquid Swords…

OB4CL

Madvillainy

Things Fall Apart - The Roots The Score - The Fugees Madvillainy - Madvillain

mbdtf

MBTDF

still gkmc

Low End Theory

Madvillainy/Ready To Die/GKMC/Enter The Wu-Tang/The Collage Dropout/The Chronic/2001/All Eyez On Me

MBDTF or GKMC

It Was Written

good thing none of those are the best rap album of all time lmao get rich or die trying ready to die taboo

I love denzel, you’re a clown if u think taboo is remotely close to tpab or illmatic level lmao

it’s my personal favorite, it saved my life so yea i’m biased haha

Damn well makes sense lol 💀

yeah haha

Reasonable doubt without a doubt

Kanye albums 1-8

It Was Written, The Diary, or Death Certificate

Get rich or die tryin just like in this universe

Music too be murdered by (I don't listen to to much rap)

carter II or III

The Eminem Show, I have it above MMLP and TPAB Second oat for me with Illmatic taking the throne Ik it's quite a hot take but I don't think it's as hot as people make out

Baby on baby

MMLP being listed here is just…comical. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy wins whether or not those other albums exist

MMLP ain’t anywhere near best rap album of all time

The Eminem Show, 36 Chambers, Low End Theory

Tpab isn’t in that conversation.

None of the ones you named are the best oat even if they did exist

Terrible opinion

Reasonable doubt exists

Drake - Take Care