New, old, unreleased, Diamond selling, 15 downloads, etc etc etc etc etc.

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Album cuts still sound great, and a variety of singles. It was still early in his career, but you saw every side of him. The deep musical talent, the confusion from going from sex symbol to Religious, great singing, and even some lazy singing.

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strong material and trimmed down to one is a Classic.

his 90's material is Classic and he was a One Man Industry for R&B/Pop back then easily.

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At least for me, I don't care for them.
Doesn't matter if it's R&B or hip hop.
There's filler here. Easily his best since 12 Play
if you reduce to one disc.

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Actually my favorite Kells album

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This one's kinda tricky for me because I can praise it just as much as I can critique it.

As someone has already said, as a single disc, this could have been a true classic but this album was very much the dawning of his R&B thug era, which I didn't take to: hip-hop by now had become such a big influence on him as well as the themes of money, and I remember looking at the tracklist when it came out and being really surprised by the song titles:

'Spendin Money'
'Only The Loot Can make Me Happy'
'VIP'
'Dollar Bill'
'Dancin With A Rich Man'
'Money Makes The World Go Round'
'Did You Ever Think'

I also don't think Trackmasters were specifically the best collaborators for him although there are some songs I really did like.

The gems are undeniable though.

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Along with Illmatic, one of the best debuts in hip-hop. Had charisma, great production, interesting sampling choices, and the right mix of raunchy and fun.

10 / 10

One of the best Rap albums ever. Even with it being rushed, came out almost perfect. Production is arguably more modern/consistent than Chronic. Flows were amazing. Every single guest made sense and came with it. Great personality throughout.

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one of my favorite albums ever.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

G-funk classic. To be honest I probably enjoy this album more than the chronic, I have always felt like the production was marginally more advanced and Snoop is ridiculously good on this. 9/10

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Came out my 9th grade year in school and got heavy burn along with ATCQ

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A perfect storm of a producer on top of his game and a hungry young MC with incredible flow and outstanding personality, culminating in one of the greatest rap records ever recorded.

This album truly shaped who I am as a music fan, as it was released when I was in 2nd/3rd grade, just as I was developing my ability to properly comprehend music and my personal tastes, and it remains and probably will forever remain firmly in my top 5 in hip-hop.

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Might be one of the best "bridge the gap" albums ever...right in 95, which happened right when kids and adults were SLOWLY starting to enjoy the same music. Felt like NJS and everything for the kids was completely different from what the parents/old folks liked. I feel this album was better than "Back on the block," especially musically, although both had it's funny, dated sounding moments.

It's not a single song on the album that I skip...and the flow is greatness.

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the dude is still his best modern R&B/Pop Album IMO

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Amazing analysis...

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Everyone here hates pop music, but loves Michael Jackson... Okay Player...

It was cool but he's gotten better lately.

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and incredibly better than the debut

at the time

i member the singles being big, but I gave it a spin or two and never bothered again

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IMO, this was miles better than any of his albums. He showed a lot of talent & promise on this mixtape.

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It's a great gospel album, probably his best. Good songwriting, great songs, and the most traditional of his work. These songs are probably the easiest to get to work for a local choir.

You're such pests...now, what is it you want? In your depths of your ignorance, what is it you want? Well, whatever it is you want, I can't deliver because I just don't see it. - Orson Welles


Never Tired, Always Sleepy

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Musically, it's great. Maybe 9/10 on that side. Just makes you wish he used all guest rappers. Even more polished than "Here, my dear" (his previous album)

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his projects seem to miss...something..

he's your boy right?

Locke High is my favorite from him and still gets play though...

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underrated. if it wasn't hyped to be the second Chronic, it might be more highly thought of.

Best songs: Intro / East Coast, West Coast Killas / Been There, Done That / Table Dance / Shittin' on the World

7 / 10

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
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Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
Game: Like Gladys Knight.
Jay: Aretha Franklin.
Game: Word, I like her too.
Jay: Nigga...

Perfect. The album that made me a hip hop head for a very long time. Intense and passionate, created in the middle of inner band chaos. It was a group at the peak of their powers.



Nardwuar: "Why should people care?"
Archy: "You don't have to care. I don't care. If you like it, you like it."

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I'm a It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back > Fear of a Black Planet but two classics back to back isn't easy. They made it look easy though.

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Fantastic.

Someone already said it, but this record was PE at the peak of its powers (and cultural impact).

The production is off the charts, the lyrics on point and the group's passion is apparent throughout.

It's hard to live up to "It Takes A nation of Millions to Hold US Back." And I'll cop to maybe unfairly putting this one up against it. It's still a very, very good album.

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the songs all kind of bleed together and the drums become a bit monotonous, but overall it just works, very well

some of the songs and atmospheres are just narcotic and really capture rainy late nights in a city after reading a good book and thinking of some booty you lost

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I recently relistened to this, for the first time in about five years actually, and compared to Me Against The World, this album is kind of a tragedy. The first disc is good enough, but the second disc is actually horrible; one can only sit through so many g-funk-ish chick songs until he says no more. Despite this, there is still no denying that when it hits, it hits hard. 6/10

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My least favorite album by Pac. Heavily influenced by the Death Row culture. He rebounded tremendously on the next LP

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loved this album then and still it bangs. very romantic and tender album just like RHythmlism.

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My favorite Quik album. This album got so much burn in my circle. Big Quik fan and a great rebound from his previous album which was a bit of a letdown following his classic debut.

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>My favorite Quik album. This album got so much burn in my
>circle. Big Quik fan and a great rebound from his previous
>album which was a bit of a letdown following his classic
>debut.

Thought Way 2 Fonky was pretty bad, I rank it near the bottom of his discography. Safe & Sound is #1, with Rhythm-al-ism nipping at its heels at #2. I just find Safe & Sound to be so incredibly consistent in sound and his best lyrically.

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Great, bangin album. Maybe Top 10 L.A. album for the 90's.

It's surely his best album, rapping wise.

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when i'll be retired

the GodFather of Albums.

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Amazing in basically every way. Even 35+ years later, still sounds completely fresh, and it's always something new to catch when you hear it in hi-fi.

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Nothing needs to be said.

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Michael's best album.

so many classics and great songs. steppin, bumpin in the Hummer and feel good music

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at the end of the disc didn't age that well

classic album and a hits collection from start to finish

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loved this album back in the day

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Kind of all over the place and I hate 'Every Little Things She Does is Magic', but some of the vocal melodies on the verses are just incredibly good (thinking of 'Invisible Sun' mainly, but 'Rehumanize Yourself' is just as good in this regard). Uneven, but the highlights are very high.


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before NWA and cats in rap, Rick Brought the streets to the mainstream. classic songs.

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the greatest double album ever.

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Innervisions is my 10/10 album by Stevie

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Nothing lol. I just don't want to give one artist two 10's. It's not fair. Stevie had the greatest run of great to classic albums all-time IMO.

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that is a strong album from start to finish

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some of the best songs, but loses steam near the end. one of the best political albums ever, but also street, and even melodic in places

I love the varied topics on this. I appreciate that they didn't feel constrained by the usual, cliched topics.

I love this album. It's a personal classic to me.

Some of the beats weren't for me but Stic and M-1 brought it every time on the mic

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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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"There's a fine line between persistence and foolishness..."
-unknown

"To Each His Reach"

Her best album and best five of the "neo-soul" moment. Great lyrics and quality production

her second album was just as good imo, but for reason didn't hit folk as tough

i haven't checked for Jill in a long time

Very much a masterpiece. Production was incredible and was the perfect demo for Jazzy Jeff's ATOJ stable - shame that team didn't stay together for many more years as I think they could have created several more front-to-back awesome albums for a few other artists before they all disbanded.

From a songwriters perspective, I'd say it was a game-changer as well - her personality was all over that record and despite all amazing elements involved in that record, she was very much the star.

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