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Complex Shadow

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PhoenixDark said:
Brehs which rapper do you feel has the best discography in hip hop? I have to go with Ghostface. I can't think of anyone with four albums that match or surpass Iron Man, Supreme Clientele, OG Bulletproof Wallets, and Fishscale. And even his solid to good albums like the criminally overlooked Big Doe Rehab and Apollo Kids are better than other rapper's solid to good albums. And if we were to look at average albums, Pretty Toney is better than most average albums. I'm not going to defend the R&B album tho, although it wasn't as bad as I assumed it would be.

Second on my list would be MF DOOM, who comes close to matching Ghost with Operation Doomsday, Vaudeville Villain, Mm..Food, and Madvillainy.

Others:

-KRS One (Return of The Boom Bap, Self Titled album, I Got Next)
-Redman (first four albums)
-Rakim
-Scarface
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YESUUS.
not even a question

theres a few. it really depends on your taste. rather than best Ill just list some artists whos discography I could listen to on repeat.

● timbaland
● big krit
● asap rocky
● outkast
there are others. but I don't remember them atm.
 
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90TilInfinity

Member
PhoenixDark said:
Brehs which rapper do you feel has the best discography in hip hop? I have to go with Ghostface. I can't think of anyone with four albums that match or surpass Iron Man, Supreme Clientele, OG Bulletproof Wallets, and Fishscale. And even his solid to good albums like the criminally overlooked Big Doe Rehab and Apollo Kids are better than other rapper's solid to good albums. And if we were to look at average albums, Pretty Toney is better than most average albums. I'm not going to defend the R&B album tho, although it wasn't as bad as I assumed it would be.

Second on my list would be MF DOOM, who comes close to matching Ghost with Operation Doomsday, Vaudeville Villain, Mm..Food, and Madvillainy.

Others:

-KRS One (Return of The Boom Bap, Self Titled album, I Got Next)
-Redman (first four albums)
-Rakim
-Scarface
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De La as a group have 4 albums that edge out those Ghostface 4 imo (Buhloone Mindstate, 3 Feet, De La Soul Is Dead & Stakes Is High), and I think if you include the Organized Konfusion albums into Pharoahe Monch's discography, he could squeeze into that "Others" section. But if we're just talking individual rappers, then Ghostface tops it, yeah.
 
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silentcapybara

Banned
Complex Shadow said:
YESUUS.
not even a question
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naw said:
ye has no bad albums
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My ninjas.
 
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Esch

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As me and PD were having this discussion on the 'other' board, i'd like to give some love to Cube as another poster pointed out.

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no theme i guess

Rastafarian42 said:
You could add the NWA and Doggystyle stuff technically just off the production.
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And you'd also have to add hot garbage like The Firm and Kingdom Come and all that
 
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Esch

Banned
DominoKid said:
we know it aint Hov or Nas.
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Jay : 3 classics

Good/Great albums: Vol 1, 2, American Gangster, The Dynasty

Average albums: WTT, Vol 3, Best of Both Worlds, BP2

Bad albums: MCHG, BP3, Kingdom Come


Nas

2 classics

1 classic album compilation

1 great album (stillmatic)

2 good albums (gods son, LiG)

2 average albums (I Am.., Distant relatives)


bad everything else


Kanye:

2 classics

1 great album (Yeezus)

1 good album (MBTDF)

1 average album (graduation)

1 terrible album (808s)
 
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naw

Member
Best of Both Worlds is average????????? lmaooooooo

also esch you forgot to put Kingdom Come in the list of bad albums. move BP2 to the list of bad albums as well, even Jay knew that shit was trash.

and why'd you put WTT in jay's discog but not ye's?
 
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DominoKid

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Esch said:
We'll check back with you when he's at 13(?) albums.



I don't get why you like 2 and not 1. One is the better album by a small cut. 2 is obviously more influential/relevant i guess.
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cause Vol 2 is a straight banger. from front to back it's his most solid album.
 
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Esch

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naw said:
Best of Both Worlds is average????????? lmaooooooo

also esch you forgot to put Kingdom Come in the list of bad albums. move BP2 to the list of bad albums as well, even Jay knew that shit was trash.

and why'd you put WTT in jay's discog but not ye's?
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Best of Both Worlds just has no chemistry breh. Like it's cool that it happened, but I don't care about it.

I did put Kingdom Come in there. BP2 could be bad, but it has a couple of my favorite songs of his on there (Bounce, Blueprint 2, Hovi Baby, etc etc)

I forgot to put WTT in Ye's. but yea, average album.

DominoKid said:
cause Vol 2 is a straight banger. from front to back it's his most solid album.
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Nah... lol. That shit goes hard for sure but there are songs with way better concepts and lyrics on 1, and the NuNYC production of some of those Vol 2 songs didnt age that well.
 
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Emperor Bohe

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PhoenixDark said:
Brehs which rapper do you feel has the best discography in hip hop? I have to go with Ghostface. I can't think of anyone with four albums that match or surpass Iron Man, Supreme Clientele, OG Bulletproof Wallets, and Fishscale. And even his solid to good albums like the criminally overlooked Big Doe Rehab and Apollo Kids are better than other rapper's solid to good albums. And if we were to look at average albums, Pretty Toney is better than most average albums. I'm not going to defend the R&B album tho, although it wasn't as bad as I assumed it would be.

Second on my list would be MF DOOM, who comes close to matching Ghost with Operation Doomsday, Vaudeville Villain, Mm..Food, and Madvillainy.

Others:

-KRS One (Return of The Boom Bap, Self Titled album, I Got Next)
-Redman (first four albums)
-Rakim
-Scarface
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no love for:
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and
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?

they're up there with his best IMO. DOOM just goes in hard on Black Bastards and it's probably my favourite era of his emcee wise, with that raw aggressiveness befored he mellowed out. and his production on Take Me To Your Leader is pure butter.

edit: wait, did anyone mention The Roots yet? they have a super solid discography too
 
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Esch

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oh yeah i'd definitely put KRS up there too. I feel like I used to think G Rap was the best rapper from that era (and he is, technically) but when it comes down to it KRS has a better discography.
 
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Syph Medwes

Member
Cigarette Boats is smooth as fuck.
Need more Fraud this year.


Also Hov definitely doesn't have the best discog.
Kanye's is good.
2Pac's is pretty good (up to and including 7 Day Theory)
Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, and Big L are cheating I guess due to their limited catalogues.

What's the criteria? 5 albums? 10? I get the argument saying Hov has so many and lots are good, but if you guys can say Jay-Z and cancel the bad ones then I can say Eminem nahmean.
 
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Esch

Banned
Syph Medwes said:
What's the criteria? 5 albums? 10? I get the argument saying Hov has so many and lots are good, but if you guys can say Jay-Z and cancel the bad ones then I can say Eminem nahmean.
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I just do it by how i feel. I might weigh various albums more. I might give some of them more pass if they have high points. Criteria is :lol:, just say what you feel. At the end of the day Jay just has a straight up higher distribution of good-great-classic albums despite how prolific he is. I can always you know, not listen to albums that I think are bad (Jay-Z, Nas). But I can't create more good albums for an artist, or pretend that they're better than they are (Kanye, 2pac).
 
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The Last Emperor

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Ain't no one gonna show love for facemob?

My personal top 3 discography is

Sean P (solo, heltah and boot camp shit). Consistently dope for 30 years

Evidence ( solo and dilated is very strong)

Masts Ace
 
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Esch

Banned
lemme shout out Cube real quick:

-NWA work
-Everything up till War and Peace

several classic albums, some good ones, some bad after that.
 
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enzo_gt

tagged by Blackace
Jay is in the discussion because he has a good raw number of good albums, and even his worst albums have memorable songs. Also, depending on what you count for discography, Jay's features are some of the best.
 
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