I've read enough contemporary reviews to understand why Tribe's BR&L shows up in this thread...but between the price of a record, the cultural currency of a video and the artistic value of originality...because I grew up with torrents rather than discs or records, I can't help but feel like this thread has thrown some softballs so far.


(For what it's worth, I'm skipping more for both yours and my sake this time. "I Used to Get It in Ohio" from Cam'rom's Crime Pays stands in for all the skips.)

So I'll blam another page as promised!

1,051 - DMX - THE GREAT DEPRESSION
*3|Who We Be|4:47 (Produced by Black Key) 4.25 - 5

1,059 - LL COOL J - WALKING WITH THE PANTHER
*A6|You're My Heart| 4 - 4.5
*B2|Big Ole Butt| 4 - 4.5
*B7|Jingling Baby| 4 - 4.5


1,060 - LIL WAYNE - THA CARTER IV
*4|6 Foot 7 Foot|4:09 4.25 - 5
*12|How to Love|4:00 4.75 - 5


1,065 - LIL WAYNE - LIGHTS OUT
*12|Shine|5:04 4.5 - 5

(If anybody needs a Rosetta Stone for my Wayne arguments, this is it. I'm 12 years old and mostly hearing my neighbor's amazing Wu-TANG solo albums while playing NFL Blitz on N64 - this song fully warped my idea of what good rap was)


1,067 - JADAKISS - KISS OF DEATH
*6|Why?|4:00 4.75 - 5

(If I had less of an ego but still did this dig, this is probably the pinnacle.)


1,074 - DAVID BANNER - THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
*6|Get Like Me (Stuntin' Is a Habit) (feat. Chris Brown & Yung Joc)|3:45 4.75 - 5


1,076 - DMX - AND THEN THERE WAS X
*10|What's My Name?|3:52 (Produced by Self Service & Irv Gotti) 5

(I'm more than free to waste hours arguing about this album.)


1,078 - MAC MILLER - MACADELIC
*4|Thoughts From a Balcony|3:06 (Produced by SAP) 4.5 - 5
*8|Lucky Ass Bitch (feat. Juicy J)|4:18 (Produced by Lex Luger) 4.75 - 5


1,079 - JAY-Z - THE DYNASTY
*5|This Can't Be Life|4:48 4.25 - 5


1,085 - DIZZEE RASCAL - SHOWTIME
*13|Imagine|2:54 4 - 4.5


(I'm just gonna note Juicy J's Stay Trippy falls in this space, and as I scrolled past it I had no idea how I felt about its existence, let alone song ratings.)


1,082 - DR. DRE - COMPTON
*3|Genocide|4:26 4 - 4.75
*9|Deep Water|5:11 4 - 4.5
*14|Animals|3:47 4.25 - 5


1,093 - CADENCE WEAPON - AFTERPARTY BABIES
*8|Your Hair's Not Clothes!|3:29 4 - 4.5


1,094 - SMOKE DZA - SUBSTANCE ABUSE
*17|Marley & Me (feat. Devin the Dude, Curren$y & June Summers)|3:58 (Produced by Scoop DeVille) 4.75 - 5


1,096 - PAUL WALL - HEART OF A CHAMPION
*11|Live It (feat. Raekwon and Jay Electronica)|4:04 4.75 - 5

(Maybe the most normal Travis Barker production ever, and I did listen back to this and think I overrated it, but Chef and Jay do bring it - this was 2010.)


1,097 - SHA STIMULI - MY SOUL TO KEEP
*2|Hang On|4:25 4.75 - 5

(I had to go back and listen to this to remember it but...yea, a stunner.)


1,099 - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - THE MESSAGE
*B3|The Message|7:11 5


1,100 - DRAKE - SO FAR GONE
*1|Lust for Life|2:56 4.25 - 5

(Really can't believe how much I've come to enjoy Aubrey.)


1,107 - GORILLA ZOE - DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS
*4|Lost|4:48 4.25 - 5

(Zoe rambled so Juice WRLD could meander.)


1,111 - LIL WAYNE - SORRY 4 THE WAIT
*1|Tunechi's Back|2:23 (Produced by Mike Will) 4.75 - 5

(I'm just calling myself out here. I've got no idea why 2011 me thought this song was nearly perfect despite mostly hating the EP otherwise. It's just a rap.)


1,115 - ACTION BRONSON - BLUE CHIPS
*10|9-24-11|4:25 4.5 - 5
*15|103 and Roosy|2:33 5

(I'm gonna toss these in here because less than a month after this came out I couldn't stop laughing at how far from the consensus I was on this one.)


1,117 - ALLEY BOY - PURGATORY
*11|I Wish (feat. Eldorado Red & Ca$h Out)|3:20 (Produced by DJ Skinny) 4

(I was delivering Jimmy Johns at the time, and even just scrolling past this song takes me back there.)


1,119 - 2 CHAINZ - ME AGAINST THE WORLD 3: CODEINE WITHDRAWL
*8|Can't Be Broke|4:03 4

(Likewise, but also I'll never skip an opportunity to brag about seeing Tity Boi's potential.)


1,127 - DJ PAUL - SCALE-A-TON
*15|Gotta Eat (feat. Lord Infamous)|3:05 4.25 - 5

(There's essays worth of complaints about post-breakthrough 36M albums, but these dudes nailed it here.)


1,131 - MEEK MILL - DREAMCHASER
*4|Ima Boss (feat. Rick Ross)|4:05 (Produced by Jahlil Beats) 4 - 4.75

(I'll always admit without prompt I've always been too harsh on Mill. Oops.)


1,1135 - ICE CUBE - WAR & PEACE VOL. 2
*9|You Can Do It (feat. Mack 10 & Ms. Toi)|4:19 4


1,136 - CHAMILLIONAIRE - THE SOUND OF REVENGE
*4|Ridin' (feat. Krayzie Bone)|5:03 (Produced by Play-N-Skillz) 4 - 4.5


1,137 - YING YANG TWINS - ME & MY BROTHER
*5|Salt Shaker (feat. Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz)|4:12 4 - 4.25


1,139 - MURS - MURS FOR PRESIDENT
*11|Me and This Jawn|3:58 (Produced by Nottz) 4 - 4.25


1,140 - EMINEM - RECOVERY
*6|Going Through Changes|4:59 4 - 4.5


1,142 - JOE BUDDEN - HALFWAY HOUSE
*6|Slaughterhouse (feat. Joell Ortiz, Nino Bless, KXNG Crooked and Royce da 5'9")|7:02 (Produced by Scram Jones) 4 - 4.5


1,143 - WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - SALUTE ME OR SHOOT ME 3
*6|All I Need|3:12 (Produced by Mr. Rogers) 4 - 4.5


1,145 - DJ KHALED - WE THE BEST FOREVER
*1|I'm on One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)|4:56 (Produced by T-Minus, 40 & Kromatik) 5
*4|I'm Thuggin' (feat. Waka Flocka Flame & Ace Hood)|4:16 (Produced by Lex Luger) 5


1,153 - TYGA - CARELESS WORLD
*11|Rack City|3:23 (Produced by DJ Mustard) 5


1,155 - JOE BUDDEN - JOE BUDDEN
*3|Pump It Up|3:44 (Produced by Just Blaze) 4


1,178 - TOO $HORT - PLAYERS
*B4|Coke Dealers|6:58 4

(Either academically or, more importantly, living it, this tape doesn't deserve this. But it does sound like shit.)


1,181 - 50 CENT - BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT
*14|Do You Think About Me|3:26 (Produced by Rockwilder) 4 - 4.25


1,186 - RUN-DMC - KING OF ROCK
*A2|King of Rock|5:12 4 - 4.5


1,188 - DJ DRAMA - GANGSTA GRILLZ
*8|The Art of Storytellin' Part 4 |4:57 4 - 4.75


1,193 - DJ KHALED - WE THE BEST
3|We Takin' Over (feat. T.I., Akon, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe & Rick Ross)|4:23 (Produced by Danja) 4 - 4.25


1,196 - 50 CENT - THE MASSACRE
*10|Ski Mask Way|3:05 (Produced by Disco D) 4 - 4.25
*11|A Baltimore Love Thing|4:17 (Produced by Cue Beats) 4 - 4.25




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