Favorite '90s Album?

[ThomasJ]

top 10 in no order

The chronic
2001
Ready to die
Reasonable Doubt
roots of evil/4,5,6
illmatic
doggystyle
dont sweat the technique
It Was written
vol.1

i consider all these classics

shame you excluded SSLP

SSLP takes a shit on all of these classics,fuck it,combined.

He excluded SSLP because almost everybody would've put it as their favorite album.

That statement is just plain out stupid.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

That statement did exactly what i wanted it to do,get some nikka mad!

im glad to see you back bro!,well i kinda knew it was just a matter of time.

and i do think Em has the right to spread these 10 albums on a table and shit on them

[JakeBlack]

Illmatic
Doggystyle
Ready To Die
Slim Shady LP
Chronic
2001
Reasonable Doubt
Life After death
Death Certificate

[DanWS]

The Blueprint, Ready To Die, Illmatic, The Chronic, The Chronic 2001

Do you want me to ruin your life and tell you the Blueprint came out in 2001?

Oh shit you're right. I didn't even think about that, for some reason.

[dR3]

Chronic 2001 and Reasonable Doubt.

[Cube23]

Saying The Slim Shady LP is better than Illmatic might be the dumbest thing ever said. I'm not surprised by who said it.

[EminemBase]

Excluding SSLP, my top five would be...

1994 - Illmatic
1996 - At the Speed of Life
1998 - 40 Days and 40 Nightz
1999 - Black on Both Sides
1999 - Internal Affairs

And if I HAD to pick one from them? ay aye, umm... PROBABLY At the Speed of Life. Or Internal Affairs. So hard to choose.

[AbramIsaac]

What about the Slim Shady EP?

Yeah, that should probably be excluded as well. I really liked Doggystyle, and both Chronic albums. Honestly though, too much of it is just outright escaping recollection right now. As far as Rap Albums go, anyway.

The Lonesome Crowded West is a classic, but it's not rap. I'm sort of surprised that Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause hasn't been mentioned yet. Say what you want about the guy, that album was pretty damn good. Not so much from a lyrical standpoint, but overall musically? I think there's an argument to be made for it.

Everlast's Whitey Ford Sings the Blues wasn't too bad. "What It's Like" was a huge song, and one that wasn't a complete sell-out attempt at commercial success. There were weak parts on the album, but he was more Rap than otherwise at this point in his career, and you could see why people still liked him back then.

Other than that? Shit, I don't really know. There are some great albums, but they just aren't popping into my head at the moment.

[ChristinaE12]

Sublime - Sublime.
Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
Dr. Dre - The Chronic.

All I remember at this point.

[I'mShady]

If I had to pick "Favorite '90s Album" than It's probably the greatest hip-hop album ever made, Illmatic.
If I had to make a list of few...
Aquemini
Illmatic
Ready To Die
36 Chambers
Reasonable Doubt
SSLP
The Chronic
Only Build 4 Cuban Linx
Me Against The World
Death Certificate
andddd...I'm sure I missed a few others.

[Slim Fiasco]

Plenty of similar choices which I guess shows what the best albums were indeed. As for my picks:

Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous - Big L is basically my favorite MC. I love the mood of the album, L's delivery was superb as well as the rhyming, specially for that time. It lacked introspective songs but he was almost in character with all the villainy presented and I like how the whole thing turned out. He didn't come off as a gimmick and even though you know he didn't do all that it was still somewhat believable. Favorite songs are Put It On and Let 'Em Have It L, and favorite line is "I wasn't poor, I was po', I couldn't afford the o - r". It's also worth mentioning that I love the deep bass line on Danger Zone which fitted Colman's voice perfectly. In fact, the whole LP was very nicely produced and it's one of the reasons why Buckwild is one of my favorite producers. The two posse-cuts are classics on their own, with the notable Jay-Z appearance.

Illmatic - The greatest Hip-Hop album in my opinion. I'll start with the fact that it's the perfect album in the way that there aren't any filler tracks on it (or verses for that matter), and even if you consider One Time 4 Your Mind and Represent as such they're still better than the worst songs on any other Hip-Hop album. It was also the first time that an all-star team of producers came to work together on a single album and man they got the job done. The songs flow perfectly together and yet each instrumental is different and captures a variety of moods. Nas was skilled enough to own each of those beats too and make it all more captivating. His lyricism and delivery or to say it better, that well-roundness of his was above anyone else's at the time and hence all the impact talk. What makes it all more impressive is that he was just 20 years when the album dropped. Album that included couple of Hip-Hop anthems, great storytelling songs, braggadocio rap and everything you could ask for.

Word... Life - The production here is excellent again for it is very coherent especially that string of few songs during the middle of the album. Time's Up is one of the biggest Hip-Hop records and songs like Born To Live accompanied it extremely well. O.C. did a great job with his rapping capabilities and even though he wasn't one of the top-notch MC's from the time he was very consistent with his skills. Point Of Viewz and Constables are the other two favorite tracks.

Enta Da Stage - This is a raw ass album that doesn't offer much of a diversity but the whole thing is golden. Buckshot was in his prime and this is what East Coast Hip-Hop was all about. Boom Bap bangers with weird and noisy melodies that can make your head nod for 40 minutes. Who Got Da Props is my favorite on it and it's basically Black Moon's best known track. This may be an album that wasn't very big, but for me it made '93 the best year in Hip-Hop to date and I'm sure that those who have listened to this piece name it as one of the best albums of its time.

Return Of The Funky Man - Another D.I.T.C. release. Lord Finesse is the original punch-line king who inspired Big L which further down the line spawned a whole legion of punch-line assholes that we call rappers. This may not be a candidate for the greatest Hip-Hop albums but it's a very fun LP to listen to. Finesse was a similes machine and the production is all jazzy and stuff. Therefore this album creates a very chilly listen concerted with nice verses from the likes of A.G. and Percee P. Favorite song is the self-titled one followed by Fat For The '90s and Yes You May (the remix of which included Big L but too bad that 'Ness couldn't put it on the album).

[BigBoss]

Plenty of similar choices which I guess shows what the best albums were indeed. As for my picks:

Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous - Big L is basically my favorite MC. I love the mood of the album, L's delivery was superb as well as the rhyming, specially for that time. It lacked introspective songs but he was almost in character with all the villainy presented and I like how the whole thing turned out. He didn't come off as a gimmick and even though you know he didn't do all that it was still somewhat believable. Favorite songs are Put It On and Let 'Em Have It L, and favorite line is "I wasn't poor, I was po', I couldn't afford the o - r". It's also worth mentioning that I love the deep bass line on Danger Zone which fitted Colman's voice perfectly. In fact, the whole LP was very nicely produced and it's one of the reasons why Buckwild is one of my favorite producers. The two posse-cuts are classics on their own, with the notable Jay-Z appearance.

Illmatic - The greatest Hip-Hop album in my opinion. I'll start with the fact that it's the perfect album in the way that there aren't any filler tracks on it (or verses for that matter), and even if you consider One Time 4 Your Mind and Represent as such they're still better than the worst songs on any other Hip-Hop album. It was also the first time that an all-star team of producers came to work together on a single album and man they got the job done. The songs flow perfectly together and yet each instrumental is different and captures a variety of moods. Nas was skilled enough to own each of those beats too and make it all more captivating. His lyricism and delivery or to say it better, that well-roundness of his was above anyone else's at the time and hence all the impact talk. What makes it all more impressive is that he was just 20 years when the album dropped. Album that included couple of Hip-Hop anthems, great storytelling songs, braggadocio rap and everything you could ask for.

Word... Life - The production here is excellent again for it is very coherent especially that string of few songs during the middle of the album. Time's Up is one of the biggest Hip-Hop records and songs like Born To Live accompanied it extremely well. O.C. did a great job with his rapping capabilities and even though he wasn't one of the top-notch MC's from the time he was very consistent with his skills. Point Of Viewz and Constables are the other two favorite tracks.

Enta Da Stage - This is a raw ass album that doesn't offer much of a diversity but the whole thing is golden. Buckshot was in his prime and this is what East Coast Hip-Hop was all about. Boom Bap bangers with weird and noisy melodies that can make your head nod for 40 minutes. Who Got Da Props is my favorite on it and it's basically Black Moon's best known track. This may be an album that wasn't very big, but for me it made '93 the best year in Hip-Hop to date and I'm sure that those who have listened to this piece name it as one of the best albums of its time.

Return Of The Funky Man - Another D.I.T.C. release. Lord Finesse is the original punch-line king who inspired Big L which further down the line spawned a whole legion of punch-line assholes that we call rappers. This may not be a candidate for the greatest Hip-Hop albums but it's a very fun LP to listen to. Finesse was a similes machine and the production is all jazzy and stuff. Therefore this album creates a very chilly listen concerted with nice verses from the likes of A.G. and Percee P. Favorite song is the self-titled one followed by Fat For The '90s and Yes You May (the remix of which included Big L but too bad that 'Ness couldn't put it on the album).

abyone who actually read this colossal wall of text care to tell me what it says? i dont feel like reading an essay atm.

tl; dr btw

[mdemaz]

[Slim Fiasco]

Plenty of similar choices which I guess shows what the best albums were indeed. As for my picks:

Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous - Big L is basically my favorite MC. I love the mood of the album, L's delivery was superb as well as the rhyming, specially for that time. It lacked introspective songs but he was almost in character with all the villainy presented and I like how the whole thing turned out. He didn't come off as a gimmick and even though you know he didn't do all that it was still somewhat believable. Favorite songs are Put It On and Let 'Em Have It L, and favorite line is "I wasn't poor, I was po', I couldn't afford the o - r". It's also worth mentioning that I love the deep bass line on Danger Zone which fitted Colman's voice perfectly. In fact, the whole LP was very nicely produced and it's one of the reasons why Buckwild is one of my favorite producers. The two posse-cuts are classics on their own, with the notable Jay-Z appearance.

Illmatic - The greatest Hip-Hop album in my opinion. I'll start with the fact that it's the perfect album in the way that there aren't any filler tracks on it (or verses for that matter), and even if you consider One Time 4 Your Mind and Represent as such they're still better than the worst songs on any other Hip-Hop album. It was also the first time that an all-star team of producers came to work together on a single album and man they got the job done. The songs flow perfectly together and yet each instrumental is different and captures a variety of moods. Nas was skilled enough to own each of those beats too and make it all more captivating. His lyricism and delivery or to say it better, that well-roundness of his was above anyone else's at the time and hence all the impact talk. What makes it all more impressive is that he was just 20 years when the album dropped. Album that included couple of Hip-Hop anthems, great storytelling songs, braggadocio rap and everything you could ask for.

Word... Life - The production here is excellent again for it is very coherent especially that string of few songs during the middle of the album. Time's Up is one of the biggest Hip-Hop records and songs like Born To Live accompanied it extremely well. O.C. did a great job with his rapping capabilities and even though he wasn't one of the top-notch MC's from the time he was very consistent with his skills. Point Of Viewz and Constables are the other two favorite tracks.

Enta Da Stage - This is a raw ass album that doesn't offer much of a diversity but the whole thing is golden. Buckshot was in his prime and this is what East Coast Hip-Hop was all about. Boom Bap bangers with weird and noisy melodies that can make your head nod for 40 minutes. Who Got Da Props is my favorite on it and it's basically Black Moon's best known track. This may be an album that wasn't very big, but for me it made '93 the best year in Hip-Hop to date and I'm sure that those who have listened to this piece name it as one of the best albums of its time.

Return Of The Funky Man - Another D.I.T.C. release. Lord Finesse is the original punch-line king who inspired Big L which further down the line spawned a whole legion of punch-line assholes that we call rappers. This may not be a candidate for the greatest Hip-Hop albums but it's a very fun LP to listen to. Finesse was a similes machine and the production is all jazzy and stuff. Therefore this album creates a very chilly listen concerted with nice verses from the likes of A.G. and Percee P. Favorite song is the self-titled one followed by Fat For The '90s and Yes You May (the remix of which included Big L but too bad that 'Ness couldn't put it on the album).

abyone who actually read this colossal wall of text care to tell me what it says? i dont feel like reading an essay atm.

tl; dr btw

I basically named 5 of my favorite albums and what my favorite songs are on them, along with what else I like about the LPs. It's a good read you should spend the extra minute.