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I'm sure most people, like any link anywhere, never clicked through. For that majority, essentially it was an experiment in trying to balance personal enjoyment with some kind of basic aesthetic quality, and before I drifted away from it I ranked over 1,300 albums.
I might come back to more pages later, but for now, let's focus on the last page - 1,201 through 1,327!
I'll be going in descending order just to make it easier on myself. Plus, as I'll mention afterward, I always enjoy how scrolling through that list, even a second or third time, has people starting to figure I just never rated something only for it to suddenly show up and aggravate the hell out of them.
I already know this post is gonna be too long so not much commentary. In case anybody's bored enough to skim for what I skipped, I'm mostly skipping songs I have no memory of, which of course highlights the flaws of this whole system. Like, I gave a B.o.B. song on Killer Mike's Underground Atlanta a 5, ask me anything about it!
1,201 - LUDACRIS - THEATER OF THE MIND *13|I Do It for Hip-Hop|5:22 4.75 - 5 *14|Do the Right Thing|5:14 4.25 - 5
(Alright, already an exception to the rule here, LOL)
1,204 - LIL WAYNE - THA BLOCK IS HOT *2|Tha Block Is Hot (feat. Juvenile and B.G.)|4:13 4 - 4.5 *8|Fuck tha World|4:46 4
1,208 - PROJECT PAT - REAL RECOGNIZE REAL *7|Dead in the Streets|3:29 5
1,217 - CHIEF KEEF - BACK FROM THE DEAD (I know this has had a pretty major reappraisal, but I hated it back then and never went back) *5|I Don't Like (feat. Lil Reese)|5:21 4.5 - 5
1,220 - JADAKISS - THE LAST KISS *18|Death Wish (feat. Lil' Wayne)|3:25 (Produced by The Alchemist) 4 - 4.25
1,229 - CASSIDY - WHERE IS CASS AT? *25|Cass Fly High|2:43 4.25 - 5
1,230 - INSPECTAH DECK - THE RESIDENT PATIENT *1|Sound of the Slums (feat. Masta Killa)|2:05 (Produced by Concrete Beats) 4 - 4.5 *2|C.R.E.E.P.S.|2:55 4 - 4.5 *3|What They Want|2:25 4 - 4.5
1,231 - SNOOP DOGG - THA LAST MEAL *9|Lay Low (feat. Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy & Tha Eastsidaz)|3:43 (Produced by Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo) 4 - 4.5
1,237 - PLIES - DEFINITION OF REAL *4|Worth Goin' FED Fo'|3:59 4
1,241 - MOBB DEEP - BLOOD MONEY *9|Pearly Gates|4:18 4 - 4.25 *16|Outta Control (Remix)|4:07 4.75 - 5
1,244 - THE GAME - LAX (this is one if I ever comprehensively edited this whole lost would probably get a bump, but oh well) *18|Letter to the King (feat. Nas)|5:46 (Produced by Hi-Tek) 4 - 4.25
1,255 - BIG SEAN - FINALLY FAMOUS *7|Dance (A$$)|3:43 (Produced by Da Internz) 4
1,267 - LIL SCRAPPY + TRILLVILLE - TRILLVILLE *5|No Problem|3:34 4.5 - 5 *7|F.I.L.A. (feat. Lil Jon)|5:05 4.5 - 5
Disc Two: Trillville *2|Neva Eva (feat. Lil Scrappy and Lil Jon)|4:34 (Produced by Lil' Jon & Don P.) 4.5 - 5
1,268 - C-RIDE - THE ARAB STORE *9|Virgin|4:52 4 - 4.5
(Just wanted to pull this one because it might only exist on my external HDD anymore, and the mixtape has an all-time "this is free, who cares what it's called!" 2010 title. I have no idea what it sounds like, but the cover art struck some weird nostalgia in me.)
1,270 - NEW BOYZ - SKINNY JEANS & A MIC *2|You're a Jerk|3:09 (Produced by Legacy) 3.75 - 4
(I know, I know, I said no commentary. But I know Brew and I have agreed on this before - this is a song I used to hate, and then I came to appreciate it for what it was, and now it makes me emphatically nostalgic if I hear it. Music's weird.)
1,274 - GORILLA ZOE - WELCOME TO THE ZOO *2|Hood Nigga|3:20 (Produced by Dee Jay Dana & Chris Flame) 4.5 - 5
(All white, freshman year of college, weeded out of my mind caveats absolutely apply.)
1,275 - LIL WAYNE - DEDICATION 3 *4|Dick Pleaser (feat. Jae Millz)|4:00 (Produced by Lil' Jon) 4.5 - 5
1,277 - MA$E - HARLEM WORLD (*insert Kanye shrug*) *12|Feel So Good|3:24 4 - 4.75
1,283 - EMINEM - ENCORE *4|Yellow Brick Road|5:46 4 - 4.25 *5|Like Toy Soldiers|4:56 4 - 4.25
1,284 - NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - DUETS *11|I'm With Whateva (feat. Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones & Jagged Edge|2:34 (Produced by Stevie J) 4 - 4.75
1,285 - LUDACRIS - BATTLE OF THE SEXES *17|How Low Remix (feat. Rick Ross & Twista)|3:55 4 - 4.25
1,290 - YUNG L.A. - CRUSH DA BLOCK (man, the stupid fruity swag era of Atlanta sure was a moment) *14|Yo Gotti - I'll Ride, I'll Die (feat. Lito, J. Futuristic, Zed Zilla & Yung L.A.)|4:55 (Produced by Drumma Drama) 4 - 4.5
1,292 - LIL WAYNE - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING *5|I'm Single|5:33 (Produced by 40 & Omen) 5 *7|Right Above It (feat. Drake)|4:31 (Produced by Kane Beatz) 3.5 - 4
1,295 - DJ QUIK & KURUPT - BLAQKOUT *9|9x's Outta 10|2:55 4.75 - 5 (probably should be a flat 5 - incredible)
1,300 - YUNG JOC - NEW JOC CITY *2|It's Goin' Down (feat. Nitti)|4:01 (Produced by Nitti) 4
1,311 - 50 CENT - CURTIS *5|I Get Money|3:44 (Produced by APEX) 3.75 - 4
...Yeah, it was fun just looking at these song titles and listening back to some of them just to be sure. I'll probably come back and post from at least the 1,051 - 1,200 page later this week, since the albums are still bad but they're not quite as artistically bankrupt as these here.
Plus, I'm always eager to see what album rankings shock which people, in no small part because I added to that list for damn near a decade so 18-year old me is in the back-back of the extended-cab Suburban 30-year old me decided to put in park with the e-brake on and tires angled towards the curb.
~~~~~~~~~ "This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517 Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz ~~~~~~~~~ "This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517 Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz
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