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[Dali]

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

These people that mention 36 Chambers like seriously. It brought us such classic quotes as "is he... Is he dead?", "we form like voltron and he's the head," and "sew your asshole shut and just keep feeding you and feeding you and feeding you..."

On top of that so many classic songs; Cream, method man, wu tang clan ain't nothing to fuck with, after laughter, can it be it was all so simple then, protect ya neck, 7th Chamber... Pretty much the entire album.

Odb, ghostface, rza, gza, and meth... Like seriously how could you toss this album?

 

[Fitts]

Ready to Die. I've never liked Biggie.

Come at me.

 

[Aselith]

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

It's about the one you like least. They're all classics.

These people that mention 36 Chambers like seriously. It brought us such classic quotes as "is he... Is he dead?", "we form like voltron and he's the head," and "sew your asshole shut and just keep feeding you and feeding you and feeding you..."

On top of that so many classic songs; Cream, method man, wu tang clan ain't nothing to fuck with, after laughter, can it be it was all so simple then, protect ya neck, 7th Chamber... Pretty much the entire album.

Odb, ghostface, rza, gza, and meth... Like seriously how could you toss this album?

I wouldn't toss it in a vacuum obviously but I like all three of the other albums more.

 

[Kitschkraft]

The Chronic for me.

Just personal preference, those are all classics.

 

[Toparaman]

Ready to Die. I've never liked Biggie.

Come at me.

Same. For whatever reason he does nothing for me.

 

[old manatee]

The Chronic and Doggystyle can go. Dre and Snoop sound like they hate women and have never met a gay person.

 

[richardhawk]

Would easily get rid of illmatic

Yep. Nas lost.

 

[dsp]

I suppose The Chronic. It's hard to give up Let Me Ride, though. Love that tune.

 

[Dali]

Ready to Die. I've never liked Biggie.

Come at me.

Have you listened to the album? I wasn't a fan either at first. Juicy didn't do it for me but when I listened to the album he grew on me. Songs like gimme the loot and suicidal thoughts really grabbed me. I mean the opening line of suicidal thoughts:

"when I die, fuck it, I wanna go to hell/
'Cause I'm a piece of shit it ain't hard to fuckin tell"

Just forces you to keep listening.

 

[theignoramus]

Ready to Die. I've never liked Biggie.

Come at me.

Nope.
People who dont even listen to rap know Juicy and Big Poppa. Its an American cultural artefact at this point.

 

[DominoKid]

The Chronic. Rather easy choice for me

 

[phanphare]

I suppose The Chronic. It's hard to give up Let Me Ride, though. Love that tune.

you've still got this though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f4vaog6mvs;t=2m12s

 

[LiquidSword]

The Chronic. No contest

 

[BumRush]

The chronic for sure, but damn I'd hate to see it go.

 

[Beaulieu]

Ready to Die. I've never liked Biggie.

Come at me.

same for me
easy choice

 

[karasu]

Definitely Illmatic. It's a classic, but not up there with the others.

 

[Twenty7KVN]

The chronic definitely the weaks out of the bunch for me.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Ready to Die, because it may have slowed Biggie's fame, help reduce the east west feud, and maybe save his life.

 

[K.Sabot]

The Chronic easy pick.

I couldn't pick between the other 3 tbh.

 

[illadelph]

I actually can't get rid of any of these...but I guess that's the point

I will say that Ready to Die is my favorite hip-hop album

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

let Chronic die

 

[Anth0ny]

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

WTF

 

[outsida]

It's like picking which one of my kids to toss off a roof. Sorry The Chronic. You have to go.

 

[Scrupulous]

With a heavy heart the chronic gets the axe tbf 2001 is an adequate substitute but nothing can replace illmatic, 36 chambers and ready to die.

 

[Producer]

The Chronic. easy choice.

 

[SystemShock2]

The chronic by far. The beats are great, but the rapping isn't as good as the other three.

I'm surprised people like It Was Written so much. I think Illmatic is way better.

 

[Scrupulous]

It's about the one you like least. They're all classics.



I wouldn't toss it in a vacuum obviously but I like all three of the other albums more.

But protect ya neck 😢

 

[HuskerDutheDu]

Not fair that it's three east and only one west. Basically forcing us to drop an east. Out of those probably Wu. Sorry Wu.

 

[mambadragon]

Ready to Die for me

 

[Mortemis]

Fuck, that's tough. I'd say 36 chambers, just because we have a decent amount stuff of Wu that are just as good.

So much illmatic hate, damn.

 

[Master Thespian]

The Chronic. In a heartbeat. I only liked half of them shits when the album originally dropped anyways.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

to all the people saying Ready to die, no more...

- Big Poppa
- Warning
- One More Chance
- Juicy
- The What
- Who Shot Ya
- Unbelievable
- Gimme the Loot
- Suicidal Thoughts
?

nah, cant picture Hip Hop in the 90s with this tape in my box. sorry.

 

[SolKane]

I can't believe people would ditch 36 Chambers... Cause the Wu? The Wu got something that I know everybody want to hear.

I'd get rid of The Chronic.

 

[Persona7]

The Chronic. Easy pick but I never liked it in the first place.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Juicy
Gimme the Loot
Big Poppa
The What

We can live without them.

 

[_illmatic_]

The Chronic has to go. I'm a East Coast fanatic though.

 

[Prompto]

Ready to Die easily

 

[jerry1594]

The Chronic. Don't care about it at all compared to the other 3. Not even too crazy about Ready to Die.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

Ready to Die, bc it overlaps with Illmatic and Wu Tang but is not as good. Now if you had put Doggystyle on this list, then I would have picked The Chronic.

Also, I learned today that some people like It Was Written better than Illmatic. For real?? I mean IWW is underrated and was a pretty good crossover, but c'mon, it's not in Illmatic's league from a lyrical or production standpoint (neither are most other rap albums TBH).

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm dropping The Chronic.

Side B doesn't hold its end up anymore, I don't think. The other three still play through with almot zero skippables, even after all these years.

 

[FZZ]

Ready To Die

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Me being a East Coast dude its easy for me to pick The Chronic to disappear. Real talk from a unbiased point of view The Chronic was one of the best albums ever made.

 

[therapist]

Definitely the chronic

 

[Subpar Spatula]

The one with the most hateful lyrics.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

The Chronic.

 

[philz]

Not even close. The Chronic.

 

[FadedRevolution]

Illmatic is staying thats for sure.It would probably be between the Chronic and Ready to Die. I'm leaning more towards Chronic.

 

[leakey]

The Chronic easily. It's aged so poorly compared to the others.

 

[Parallax]

to all the people saying Ready to die, no more...

- Big Poppa
- Warning
- One More Chance
- Juicy
- The What
- Who Shot Ya
- Unbelievable
- Gimme the Loot
- Suicidal Thoughts
?

nah, cant picture Hip Hop in the 90s with this tape in my box. sorry.

the beat on unbelievable is absolutely amazing.

 

[RedSparc]

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

Going to have to agree with you, odB on chessboxin' is raw like cocaine from boliva, I could do with out the graphic gentila torture that follows.