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[Tom Penny]

This was the topic on a station. These are generally considered classics and I agree but...

Which Album would you pick to disappear forever?

I think I'm going with the Chronic.

 

[TraBuch]

I'm more of an east coast guy so I'd pick The Chronic as well. But I also think Illmatic is the only album there that's not the best album by the respective artists. I'd take It Was Written over Illmatic, so if I look at it that way, I'd get rid of Illmatic.

 

[theignoramus]

Ready to Die has aged better than all of them.
Id get rid of 36 Chambers, which, sonically speaking, fails to transcend the era it was conceived in.
Not entirely fair, but thems the breaks.(no pun)
The Chronic still sounds incredible.
Illmatic sounds like a product of its era, but its the absolute best representative of the signature 90s New York boom bap sound, so I give it some leeway.
Real talk though, Reasonable Doubt has aged better than Illmatic...just sayin.

 

[ponpo]

Illmatic because we'd still have It Was Written which is better.

 

[Blackstarhat]

I love all those albums.

 

[FStop7]

Illmatic. I listen to the other three pretty regularly but I rarely listen to Nas, even though I think pretty highly of him as a rapper.

 

[Vicetrailia]

I still listen to all of them, but Illmatic is my fav.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Ready to Die..

 

[Pinko Marx]

Ez choice, the chronic.

 

[dream]

Ready to Die. Other than Machine Gun Funk, I don't think there's anything overly compelling on that album.

 

[FStop7]

Ready to Die. Other than Machine Gun Funk, I don't think there's anything overly compelling on that album.

Juicy
Gimme the Loot
Big Poppa
The What

 

[theignoramus]

Ready to Die. Other than Machine Gun Funk, I don't think there's anything overly compelling on that album.

ummmm...Gimme the Loot is one of the best tracks of the 90s era.
Suicidal Thoughts? Big Poppa? Juicy?
You must be outside your damn mind.

 

[Tom Penny]

I love all those albums.

I think most hip hop fans like those albums but you have to pick one to not listen to ever again.

 

[Bacon]

Doggystyle is basically as good or better than the chronic so i'd leave off the chronic

On second thought it might actually have to be 36 chambers. We still get all the dope solo work that comes after it.

 

[bootsthecat]

36 Chambers. It was good, but the freshman solo albums by the members were the real classics for the Wu.

 

[FLEABttn]

Illmatic because It Was Written was way better.

 

[dream]

Juicy
Gimme the Loot
Big Poppa
The What

I remember liking The What, but that was more because of Meth. For my money, Project Funk Da World was the better album.

 

[jrush64]

36 Chambers easily.

 

[Discotheque]

i love wu-tang but of those 4 i'd definitely get rid of it.

 

[jaypah]

So we still get the influence of the album?

 

[Makai]

I have a lot of trouble listening to Illmatic. I know, I know.

 

[theignoramus]

Ready to Die's singles STILL bring down the house in the clubs, over two decades later. And almost every b-side from that album is a classic in the rappity rap head community.
Yall cant see the king, sorry.

 

[Courage]

The Chronic

 

[Eos]

Probably 36 Chambers
Their solo albums are much better anyways
Edit: Just went through my library and I listen to more songs from 36 than the chronic, so I'll change it to that

 

[illmatic22]

Not Illmatic that's for sure.

I guess The Chronic.

 

[fader]

36 Chambers easily.

36 Chambers. It was good, but the freshman solo albums by the members were the real classics for the Wu.

Probably 36 Chambers
Their solo albums are much better anyways

I'd have to choose Illmatic, believe it or not I never listened to ready to die to even chose it or not.

 

[botty]

The Chronic is so corny, delete it.

 

[Third Strike]

Illmatic = Ready to Die > 36 Chambers > The Chronic

I still love the Chronic, but I think it is the weakest of the bunch. I preferred Doggystyle.

 

[Yado]

36 Chambers can go

 

[El Daniel]

Illmatic

 

[apocalidiot]

Personally, Ready to Die. Because I've played the shit out of the other three in comparison

 

[Fevaweva]

I love Illmatic, but I feel without it that rap music's landscape wouldn't change very much. So it can go.

 

[Dali]

Probably the Chronic. Illmatic next. Never been crazy about the west coast sound and maybe half of illmatic is skippable. Ready to Die and enter the 36 Chambers are like 100% awesome beginning to end (except for ugod verses but well what he's ugod so can't expect much).

 

[apocalidiot]

Probably the Chronic. Illmatic next. Never been crazy about the west coast sound and maybe half of illmatic is skippable. Ready to Die and enter the 36 Chambers are like 100% awesome beginning to end (except for ugod verses but well what he's ugod so can't expect much).

yeesh.....

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Would easily get rid of illmatic

 

[Trouble]

Keep 36 Chambers and roll a 3 sided die to determine which one of the others to get rid of.

 

[Bacon]

Probably the Chronic. Illmatic next. Never been crazy about the west coast sound and maybe half of illmatic is skippable. Ready to Die and enter the 36 Chambers are like 100% awesome beginning to end (except for ugod verses but well what he's ugod so can't expect much).

I can't even think of one skippable song on illmatic. Such a tight, focused album

 

[Floridian]

The Chronic. I'm not a big Dre fan.

 

[apocalidiot]

I can't even think of one skippable song on illmatic. Such a tight, focused album

Seriously. Each song is killer and its like 10 songs

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I could live with throwing all of them in the bushes except for Illmatic

 

[Dali]

yeesh.....

You're right. It definitely has More fire than I remembered. All that came to mind at first was life's a bitch, one love, and it ain't hard to tell. I still would vote it off the island right after the Chronic though.

 

[Aselith]

Love 36 Chambers but it's the weakest of the 4. 36 Chambers easy.

 

[robotrock]

2001>chronic

bye chronic

 

[apocalidiot]

You're right. It definitely has More fire than I remembered. All that came to mind at first was life's a bitch, one love, and it ain't hard to tell. I still would vote it off the island right after the Chronic though.

One Time 4 Your Mind is one of my favorite hip hop songs

 

[jon bones]

i'd have to drop The Chronic

sorry, Dre

 

[Trey]

These Illmatic answers...

 

[braves01]

I love all four, but to my ears The Chronic definitely sounds the most dated whereas the classic east coast tracks are timeless (and much better lyrically). Wu-Tang would be next in line to go for sure, but deciding between Ready to Die and Illmatic would be difficult.

 

[phanphare]

honestly I think Ready to Die is the easy pick here. the other three are in a higher tier imo. it's either that or The Chronic.

if you're getting rid of Illmatic or 36 Chambers you need to take a long look in the mirror

 

[theignoramus]

I can't even think of one skippable song on illmatic. Such a tight, focused album

Memory Lane is the only one I skip.
Represent should be studied in high school English classes

 

[njean777]

I'm gonna cheat and say none of them. I like all of them to be honest.