Just wanted to know what everyone thought were the most overlooked albums of all-time (whether overlooked on here or whatever). Here are some of my picks:
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate Masta Ace - Disposable Arts O.G.C. - Da M-Pire Shrikez Back Heltah Skeltah - Magnum Force GZA/Genius - Legend of the Liquid Sword Killah Priest - View From Masada Rakim - The 18th Letter Ill Bill - What's Wrong With Bill (I believe this one got unfairly dismissed by a lot of cats because of his Necro affiliations....but it's an ill album)
Dude, I couldn't agreee more. That Souls of Mischief album is EVERYTHING that was right about Hip-Hop in '93. So Chill I get Humrush stuck in my head at least once a day.
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Posts: 5 | Location: Edmonton, Alberta | Registered: 01 April 2007
Wow, two Souls Of Mischief picks. Consider me beaten to the punch. Maybe two years ago, I saw Kanye West on TV playing "'93 'Til Infinity" on stage, and he was saying "They were like...the '93 me!" and I lol'd.
Also in the Hieroglyphics camp, I gotta go with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here.
If this was a just world, "Soul Machine" would have been twice as big as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, since it's twice as good. Of course, now that Cee-Lo's hit it big with Gnarls Barkley, maybe his past solo work will get some recognition.
I'd like to second Buhloone Mindstate, which I think is De La Soul's best album. Operation: Doomsday is also a classic. Brother Ali's Champion is definitely worth checking out, although comparing it to Illmatic is overstating the case quite a bit. I'd like to nominate Breaking Atoms by Main Source. I think it's out of print now, but if you can get your hands on it, it's classic early 90s hip-hop.
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Posts: 288 | Location: Down the Spirit Hole | Registered: 17 June 2007
It's been mentioned quite a few times already, but I'll say it again: Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's. One of the great hip-hop albums of all time, with Kool Keith at his very best, yet so many people have never even heard of it.
