Which anniversaries are you looking forward to? If I missed any albums please list them in your posts.

112 - Room 112
4hero - Two Pages
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement
AIR - Moon Safari
AZ - Pieces Of A Man
Above The Law - Legends
Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language
Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
All City - Metropolis Gold
All Natural - No Additives, No Preservatives
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Andrea Martin – The Best Of Me
At The Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
Autechre - LP5
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Beck - Mutations
Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Black Eyed Peas - Behind The Front
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Blonde Redhead - In An Expression Of The Inexpressible
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Brand Nubian - Foundation
Brandy - Never Say Never
Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front
C-Murder - Life Or Death
Cam'ron - Confessions Of Fire
Canibus - Can-I-Bus
Cappadonna - The Pillage
Cat Power - Moon Pix
Chaos A.D. - Buzz Caner
Cocoa Brovaz - The Rude Awakening
Cypress Hill - IV
DJ Clue? - The Professional
DJ Honda - HII
DJ Quik - Rhythm-Al-Ism
DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike
DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
DMX - Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood
Das EFX - Generation EFX
Davina - Best Of Both Worlds
Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back
Deborah Cox - One Wish
Def Squad - El Niño
Delinquent Habits - Here Come The Horns
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child
Devin - The Dude
Digital Underground - Who Got The Gravy?
Dru Hill - Enter The Dru
E-40 - The Element Of Surprise
Ed Rush & Optical - Wormhole
Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
Eightball - Lost
Elliott Smith - XO
Esthero - Breath From Another
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
Faithless - Sunday 8PM
Fat Joe - Don Cartagena
Fatal - In The Line Of Fire
Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Fiend - There's One In Every Family
Flipmode Squad - The Imperial
Fugazi - End Hits
Funkdoobiest - The Troubleshooters
Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
Garbage - Version 2.0
Goldie - Saturnz Return
Gomez - Bring It On
Goodie Mob - Still Standing
Grooverider - Mysteries Of Funk
Heltah Skeltah - Magnum Force
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Hooverphonic - Blue Wonder Power Milk
Ice Cube - War & Peace Vol. 1
Imogen Heap - I Megaphone
Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
Jayo Felony - Whatcha Gonna Do
Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
Jermaine Dupri - Life In 1472
John Forté - Poly Sci
Juvenile - 400 Degreez
Keith Sweat - Still In The Game
Kelly Price - Soul Of A Woman
Kenny Lattimore - From The Soul Of A Man
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry
Kool G Rap - Roots Of Evil
Korn - Follow The Leader
Krumb Snatcha - Snatcha Season Pt. 1
Kurupt - Kuruption!
La The Darkman - Heist Of The Century
Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Lenny Kravitz - 5
Les Nubians - Princesses Nubiennes
Lo Fidelity Allstars - How To Operate With A Blown Mind
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Make It Reign
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
M.O.P. - First Family 4 Life
M.O.P. - Handle Ur Bizness EP
Mac - Shell Shocked
Mack 10 - The Recipe
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Master P - MP Da Last Don
Maxwell - Embrya
McGruff - Destined To Be
Meat Beat Manifesto - Actual Sounds + Voices
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Method Man - Tical 2000: Judgement Day
Money Mark - Push The Button
Monica - The Boy Is Mine
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Mudhoney - Tomorrow Hit Today
Mya - Mya
N'Dea Davenport - N'Dea Davenport
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Noreaga - N.O.R.E.
Onyx - Shut 'Em Down
OutKast - Aquemini
P.A. - Straight No Chase
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
Pete Rock - Soul Survivor
Photek - Form & Function
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Plastikman - Artifakts (BC)
Plastikman - Consumed
Playa - Cheers 2 U
Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll
Public Enemy - He Got Game
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
RZA As Bobby Digital - RZA As Bobby Digital In Stereo
RZA Presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees - The Swarm (Volume 1)
Rancid - Life Won't Wait
Ras Kass - Rasassination
Rasco - Time Waits For No Man
Redman - Doc's Da Name 2000
Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come (A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Royal Trux - Accelerator
Rufus Blaq - Credentials
Saafir - The Hit List
Saafir a.k.a. Mr. No No - Trigonometry
Saint Etienne - Good Humor
Seal - Human Being
Silver Jews - American Water
Sleepy's Theme - The Vinyl Room
Solex - Solex Vs. The Hitmeister
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
Soul Coughing - El Oso
Soulja Slim - Give It 2 'Em Raw
Spacehog - The Chinese Album
Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks
Sporty Thievz - Street Cinema
Squarepusher - Big Loada
Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note
Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On
Sunz Of Man - The Last Shall Be First
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
Tamia - Tamia
The Afghan Whigs - 1965
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
The Coup - Steal This Album
The Lox - Money, Power & Respect
The Nonce - The Sight Of Things
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
The Third Eye Foundation - You Guys Kill Me
The Wiseguys - The Antidote
Timbaland - Tim's Bio: From The Motion Picture: Life From Da Bassment
Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel
Tortoise - TNT
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
WC - The Shadiest One
Wagon Christ - Tally Ho!
Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love
Witchdoctor - ...A S.W.A.T Healin' Ritual
Xscape - Traces Of My Lipstick
Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
Various - Beats & Lyrics 2
Various - Belly - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various - Bulworth The Soundtrack
Various - Lyricist Lounge (Volume One)
Various - Slam (The Soundtrack)
Various - Streets Is Watching Soundtrack
Various - The Players Club (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

Tower Records, 4th & Broadway - Me along with ODB's brother Ramsey Jones - yep, that WAS the time and place to work.



The Veldt - Love at first hate


(My Black Rock card should have been ALL THE WAY PULLED if I didn't remember "Love at first hate" quick enough to get it in before the editing time expired - yep)

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May be my most listened to that year.

>May be my most listened to that year.

Same here. I wore that shit out that entire summer and beyond. But pretty much all I listened to that summer. It's a no-skipper for sure. Xzibit was so good in his prime. Just such a unique sound, and such a hype (but not *annoyingly* hype) MC. He's a joy when he comes on a song.

Most recent example I can think of/that I know of was his appearance on Dre's "Compton". "Spent my birthday in Dubai, Skyrise surprise and I'm dressed like a spy" haha I fucking love that dude. He's a great interview too, apropos of nothing.

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>>May be my most listened to that year.
>
>Same here. I wore that shit out that entire summer and beyond.
>But pretty much all I listened to that summer.

Joint came out August 25… how you rock it all summer? Lol. I feel you though. As soon as it dropped I was rocking that shit all the way to the end of the year. I’d say that, Aquemini, Soul Survivor, Moment of Truth and First Fam 4 Life were my Top 5 that year.

It's a
>no-skipper for sure. Xzibit was so good in his prime. Just
>such a unique sound, and such a hype (but not *annoyingly*
>hype) MC. He's a joy when he comes on a song.
>

Agreed, even the songs I don’t love I don’t skip because they have a fun quality to them like P Pop and Shroomz. He has one of the best voices to me and his presence on the mic is very underrated.

>Most recent example I can think of/that I know of was his
>appearance on Dre's "Compton". "Spent my birthday in Dubai,
>Skyrise surprise and I'm dressed like a spy" haha I fucking
>love that dude. He's a great interview too, apropos of
>nothing.

Yeah that’s a dope joint

>Joint came out August 25… how you rock it all summer? Lol. I
>feel you though. As soon as it dropped I was rocking that shit
>all the way to the end of the year. I’d say that, Aquemini,
>Soul Survivor, Moment of Truth and First Fam 4 Life were my
>Top 5 that year.

Maybe it just felt like the whole summer cuz I spent a lot of time listening to it at my family's lake house after I bought it, and I'm usually there most frequently during summers, dating back to my childhood. So I guess I just mean I listened to it non-stop out at the lake up through whenever the weather turned, whether that be late September or whenever it was. I listened to basically nothing but that album while out there on the boat and shit. That's my memory of after I first bought it.


>Agreed, even the songs I don’t love I don’t skip because
>they have a fun quality to them like P Pop and Shroomz. He has
>one of the best voices to me and his presence on the mic is
>very underrated.

Exactly right. Same exact thoughts here re: the songs that aren't my *favorites* but also fall into what you said and what I said before about X just being such a joy that I can tolerate even just his goofy songs, like those you named.

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Not too much that’s noticeable on this list!

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No… just facts!!!

Or tied with allstah, at best.

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>Or tied with allstah, at best.

You have an axe to grind stooooooopid?

You get fukked up the ass too hard this morning?

Get a pack of ice and sit yo sore ass down!

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Keep it coming… we can do this all day.

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Because you can’t refrain from just being dumb for no reason.

>A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement

>Big Pun - Capital Punishment
>Black Eyed Peas - Behind The Front
>Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

>Brand Nubian - Foundation

>Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front

>Cam'ron - Confessions Of Fire
>Canibus - Can-I-Bus
>Cappadonna - The Pillage

>Cocoa Brovaz - The Rude Awakening

>DJ Clue? - The Professional

>DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
>DMX - Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood
>Das EFX - Generation EFX

>Def Squad - El Niño

>Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child

>Dru Hill - Enter The Dru
>E-40 - The Element Of Surprise

>Fat Joe - Don Cartagena

>Flipmode Squad - The Imperial

>Funkdoobiest - The Troubleshooters
>Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth

>Goodie Mob - Still Standing

>Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

>Juvenile - 400 Degreez

>Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
>Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry

>La The Darkman - Heist Of The Century

>Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

>Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Make It Reign

>M.O.P. - First Family 4 Life

>Method Man - Tical 2000: Judgement Day
>
>Noreaga - N.O.R.E.
>Onyx - Shut 'Em Down
>OutKast - Aquemini
>
>Pete Rock - Soul Survivor
>
>RZA As Bobby Digital - RZA As Bobby Digital In Stereo
>RZA Presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees - The Swarm (Volume 1)

>Redman - Doc's Da Name 2000
>
>
>Sporty Thievz - Street Cinema
>
>Sunz Of Man - The Last Shall Be First
>
>The Lox - Money, Power & Respect
>
>Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
>
>Various - Belly - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
>Various - Bulworth The Soundtrack
>Various - Lyricist Lounge (Volume One)

>Various - Streets Is Watching Soundtrack
>Various - The Players Club (Music From And Inspired By The
>Motion Picture)

lol

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lots of great memories to most of those albums

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is secretly my favorite Redman album over time. It has aged very very well.

01. Yonkers Tale (Intro)
02. Livin' the Life
03. If You Think I'm Jiggy
04. The Interview, Pt. 1 (Interlude)
05. Money, Power & Respect (feat. DMX & Lil' Kim)
06. Get This $ (feat. Puff Daddy)
07. Let's Start Rap Over (feat. Carl Thomas)
08. Mad Rapper (Interlude)
09. I Wanna Thank You (feat. Kelly Price)
10. Goin' Be Some Sh!t (Sheek Louch solo)
11. The Heist, Pt. 1
12. Not to Be Fcvked With (Styles P solo)
13. The Set-Up (Interlude)
14. B!tches from Eastwick
15. Can't Stop, Won't Stop (feat. Puff Daddy)
16. All for the Love (Jadakiss solo)
17. So Right (feat. Kelly Price)
18. The Snitch (Interlude)
19. Everybody Wanna Rat
20. The Interview, Pt. 2 (Interlude)
21. We'll Always Love Big Poppa

Production by Sean "Puffy" Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Dame Grease, Swizz Beatz, Carl "Chucky" Thompson, Richard "Younglord" Frierson, Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

That Swizz Casio production was and is nails on a chalk board to me.

I can’t believe people think that album is a classic.

Wild it was 25 years ago.

Some glorious personal classics here: Room 112, Two Pages, Big Calm, Soul of a Woman, Embrya, Aquemini, Soul Survivor, Cheers 2 U...

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I see a lot of high placement for this album. Like I’m talking Top 20 of all-time.

he’s hard to listen to for a full album, IMO. So are those “type” of beats.

The Intro is one of the better album intros.

I liked him and this album made a huge impact. It’s not an album I’m ever going to sit down and listen to from front to back, probably ever again though.

The impact is also interesting. People say it’s this huge impactful album and changed the course of hip-hop, but did it? In 99 we see Ja Rule, who is essential at that point seen as DMX-lite come out with VVV to not as much success and then completely changed his style to go more commercial. Hip-Hop as a whole imo proceeded to get more commercial as well after 98. So I don’t see a whole lot of impact as far as the entire landscape.

Some people say he was better than 2pac. Makes no sense to me. Respect to DMX but he was not even in the same universe as 2pac.