Jay-Z:
The Blueprint did have it’s highlights, don’t get me wrong, but there are a lot of songs on the album that were just not Jay-Z material. For example, “Gunz and Roses”. Jay-Z and Lenny kravitz together just didn’t cut it for me. The chemistry on that track just wasn’t there. Other tracks that were lack luster “The Watcher”, “What They Gonna Do”, and “Some People Hate”. Truth be told Nas murdered Jay on either and he needed to put something out to feel like he won. This would have been a great album, if he would have condensed it to one disc instead of two. Some of you may argue that “Kingdome Come” belongs on this list…but I disagree, the world just was not ready for his message at the time.
Nas-
Like Blueprint 2…this album was rushed. This came out the same year (I believe) as “I Am” and he just wanted to keep the momentum moving but even the lead single wasn’t worth the time of day. “God Loves Us”, “Big Girl Now” and “Some Of Us Have Angles” are all songs that were not up to par with Nas’ other hits.
Diddy-
Okay you are probably thinking why is Diddy on this list, but Puff makes great albums except for this one. Diddy tried to hard to showcase his lyrical skills, but he doesn’t write his own rhymes so that just makes it worst. Who can forget the imfamous “PE 2000”. “Pain” was weak and so was “Angels with Dirty Faces” with Bizzy Bone. He enlisted all of these top artists to help him but it was wack as hell.
LL Cool J-
This album was released right after SWAT and this is when LL took a down hill spiral. All of the songs on this album were about women, and if did attempt to talk about streets, I found it hard to believe because he is 40, and far removed from the streets.
Common-
Man where do you start with this album? After Common dropped “Like Water for Choclate” he follows up with this, what a disappointment. “Come Close” with Mary J. Blige which was the lead single was dope, but his whole direction went so far left field he wasn’t ready for it. Now there are few dope songs on this album like “I Got The Right Ta” and “I Am Music” but other than that he wasted his time with this album. I promise I bought this album the day it dropped and sold it right back the next day. HATED IT!!!!!
Ice Cube-
. Okay this is when Ice Cube rap career took a step down. “Pusihn’ Weight” was okay but it wasn’t we were use to from Ice Cube. This album was over produced and his lyrics were mediocre. He tired to remake his classic “One Upon In the Projects” with part 2 but it just wasn’t the same. Lets revisit the original version.
Snoop Dogg-
The biggest problem with most of Snoop’s albums is that there are way too many features on the album. I can understand putting yo people on but damn, every damn song had a special guest. I believe this was his last album on No Limit and this was by far his worst album ever. You know what lets revisit an old school Snoop joint…now some of you may not remember this joint but if you are from the west coast then you know every word to this song….
TI-
Do you want to know what a rush album sounds like? Just listen to this alubm. TI was high off of the success of “The King” and he wanted to keep his buzz going. I can respect that but he has to come better then this. What I said about Jay’s “Blueprint 2” can also be said for this album. Yeah I know that there were some dope tracks on this album but this was trash to compare to the other albums he dropped.
ATCQ-
You would think that the last album would be one of their best works but it wasn’t. In fact this was one of the most disappointing rap albums ever. “Find My Way” is my joint still, but that song alone could not hold the rest of the album. “4 Moms” “Hot 4 U” and “Give Me” were all too commercial for me, and if you are a true Tribe fan then that is not what you would be accustom to. I would to hear a reunion album.
Lets see who remembers this joint.
I was trying to find a Roots album that I thought was wack, but I was unsuccessful in that journey. That saying a lot.
DMX-The Great Depression. Lately all of his albums have been kinda wack, but this was the start of all that. “Who We Be” was a banger, but the album lacked that DMX sound that we were use to. The phrase “If it ain’t broke then don’t try to fix it” is so accurate but DMX thought otherwise. He stopped working with Swizz and lost his luster. There is not even a song on this album worth mentioning.
Just missed the cut….Outkast “Stankonia”. Beanie Sigel “B. Coming”. Gang Star “Hard to Earn”. 50 Cent “Curtis” 2 Pac-Every album that was released after he died and the same for Big.
4 comments:
Normally, I agree with you on all of these...but Outkast Stankonia though?? That one I have to whole heartedly disagree on that one. That joint was hot...and most of Outkast's songs sound outta left field anyway...its just that you gotta have an open mind. Oh, and 50 cent is whack regardless, so its kinda redundant to put him on the list...
I agree with Charles, I enjoyed Stankonia. I think that Kingdom Come should have made the list
The tipping point is a whack roots album
I'm not an avid hip-hop listener, but I do remember LL's The Definition, and how disappointed I was when it was released. It seemed, that after Mr. Smith came out, all of his albums began moving down.
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