Classic/great albums of the 2000's

[Tuggers1986]

Out of your list, I only agree with Marshall Mathers LP and The Blueprint. Chronic 2001 if you're lumping it into the group would make 3...

Maybe add Cage - Hell's Winter to the list and possibly Roots - Game Theory.

That's if you're talking "5 mic" albums, some of those are solid 4 mic/3-star albums like the Lupe album and Jay Z's black album

Stillmatic = 5 mics

[MegStarr*]

Yeah, but like Lefty said, there really isn't an objective way to go about naming classic albums. Some are so great that everybody pretty much agrees on them.

I'd argue that Speakerboxx/Love Below, Tipping Point and Minstrel Show aren't classics from your list alone. Yeah they are great albums, but you wouldn't go to those albums immediately to represent the artist's best work. A lot of people think The Listening was Little Brother's best work. I actually tend to prefer MS, but I know some people well versed in hip hop who will take it to the grave that 'Listening' was better. Stankonia was more representative of Outkast IMO. Speakerboxx/Love Below was too few and far between with the quality tracks. Certainly not a better double album than Underground Kingz. The Tipping Point was a nice release, but no greater or more influential than Game Theory or Rising Down.

I completely understand where you're coming from in regards to your argument on Speakerboxx/The Love Below. i consider it to be a classic because of it's originality and creativity. it was the first of it's kind on a number of levels. Outkast is my favorite duo, and although it is by no means my favorite Outkast album, i view it as being somewhat of a landmark in recent hip hop history.

[AztecWanker]

I completely understand where you're coming from in regards to your argument on Speakerboxx/The Love Below. i consider it to be a classic because of it's originality and creativity. it was the first of it's kind on a number of levels. Outkast is my favorite duo, and although it is by no means my favorite Outkast album, i view it as being somewhat of a landmark in recent hip hop history.

outkast bias!! boooo!

[MegStarr*]

outkast bias!! boooo!

no!
maybe...


no!

[AztecWanker]

no!
maybe...


no!

jk, i also love outkast but i havent heard speakerbox so i have no opinion on it

[Killa Cam]

Classic Albums:

J Dilla - The Shining
AZ - AWOL
People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal: Train of Thought
All Natural - Second Nature
Vakill - Worst Fears Confirmed
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2

Great Albums:

Cee-Lo - ...Is the Soul Machine
Devin The Dude - Waiting to Inhale
Black Milk - Popular Demand
UGK - Underground Kingz
Tech N9ne - Everready (The Religion)
De La Soul - AOI: Mosaic Thump
The Roots - Game Theory
Murs - 3:16 (The 9th Edition)
Twista - Kamikaze
Madvillain - Madvillainy

Those are two tiers of albums in my opinion.

That's in the wrong section guy...

[oldgringo]

That's in the wrong section guy...

What you thought that was a classic pal?

[Killa Cam]

What you thought that was a classic pal?

**** yeah i did, but that's just my opinion. i think i'll make a thread for it and see where it stands with other people.

[oldgringo]

**** yeah i did, but that's just my opinion. i think i'll make a thread for it and see where it stands with other people.

Definitely a nice album. I wouldn't call it a classic, but I couldn't really point out anything really wrong with it. I guess it didn't have any tracks that really blew me away. "And This Is For", "3:16" and "Freak These Tales" were probably my favorite tracks. Bad Man too.

[Killa Cam]

Definitely a nice album. I wouldn't call it a classic, but I couldn't really point out anything really wrong with it. I guess it didn't have any tracks that really blew me away. "And This Is For", "3:16" and "Freak These Tales" were probably my favorite tracks. Bad Man too.

Yeah, when you look at it that way I can see how you wouldn't call it a classic, maybe it's just personal preference because to me it's got so many ****er's on it, and not a single bad track.

Post in the new thread I made on it.