what do you consider to be classics?

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Blackalicious - NIA
Cunninlynguistics - Southerundergeround
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
D`angelo - Brown Sugar
Eminem - Infinite
Jay-Z - Resonable Doubt
John Legend - Get Lifted
LAURYN HILL - THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL
Nas - Illmatic
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Stop Us
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife

Define classic.

hmm... thats a good question..... lemme think about it and ill edit

edit ok the dictionary says

1) Belonging to the highest rank or class.
2) Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture.
3) Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.

and i think thats true

cause like albums like A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory might not be the most advanced album but it served as the bar for future rappers to try and get to... and I still listen to Nas's Illmatic to this day so it lasted for some time... and just great quality albums like Blackalicious's NIA

crazy,sexy,cool-TLC

the rolling stones - exile on main st.
guns n' roses - appetite for destruction
the beatles - sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, abbey road
pearl jam - ten
pink floyd - wish you were here, the wall, dark side of the moon
u2 - the joshua tree
elton john - goodbye yellow brick road
fleetwood mac - rumours
red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik

personal favourites

Thank you for having illmatic and Illadelph up there..........Don't forget Black star

Blackstar - Mos Def and Talib Kweli
Black On Both Sides - Mos Def
Get Lifted - John Legend
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys
Mind, Body, & Soul - Joss Stone
The Score - Fugees
Stankonia - Outkast
What's the 411 - Mary J. Blige
12play - R. Kelly
Crazy, Sexy, Coool - TLC
Who Is Jill Scott? - Jill Scott
Writings On The Wall - Destiny's Child

oh shit of course!
i love that album definately a classic

the only thing i can think of right now is ..

alicia keys- songs in a minor
john legend- get lifted
and im not sure what album but you gotta admit michael jackson's in there somewhere.

Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded & By All Means Necessary
Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full & Follow the Leader

Midian - Cradle of Filth.
Slipknot - Slipknot. (I have to add them in every thread, yes.)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath.

the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Where I Wanna Be-Donnell Jones
Alicia KeysSongs In A Minor-
D`angelo - Brown Sugar
Mary J. Blige-My Life
Mac Dre-Heart Of Gangsta, Mind Of A Hustler, Tongue Of A Pimp
Remy Shand-The Way I Feel
El Debarge-The Ultimate Collection
Janet Jackson-The Velvet Rope
Beres Hammond-Music is Life
Jay-Z-The Black Album

i love john legend.

i dont know any classics but michelle branch-the spirit room is a classic to me.

Classic Rock Albums
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
Beatles - Abbey Road
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Bob Marley - Legend

My Personal Classics
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Megadeth - Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?
Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
The Cure - Bloodflowers
Depeche Mode - Violator
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Skinny Puppy - The Process
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
OhGr - Welt
Orgy - Vapor Transmission
Zeromancer - Eurotrash
System of a Down - Toxicity

That's all for now. \m/

Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet
Mos Def and Talib Kweli- Blackstar
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
John Coltrane- Love Supreme
Charles Mingus- Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus!
Mr. Lif- Emergency Rations
Depeche Mode- The Singles '86
Pink Floyd- The Wall
KOS- Exit
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
Miles Davis- Birth of Cool
Miles & Coltrane- Getaway in Stockholm
Michael Jackson- Off the Wall
Michael Jackson- BAD
Brian Wilson's SMiLE
Jill Scott- Words and Sounds Vol 1
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Outkast- ATLiens
Queen Latifah- Dana Owens Album
Nas- Illmatic
Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
Bone Thugs N Harmony- E. 1999
2pac- Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z
2pac- Me Against the World
Eminem- Infinite
NERD- In Search of... Retail
Kool & the Gang- Summer Madness
The Roots- Do You Want More??!!???!!!
The Roots- Illadelph Halflife
The Roots- Thigns Fall Apart
Javier- Javier
D'Angelo-Voodoo

The list goes on. I'm a music nut. If music is a drug then phuck a 12 step process

Since a lot of mine have been mentioned, I'll make this short.

Andre 3000 - The Love Below (not that I didn't like Speakerboxx, but The Love Below...hotdamn)
Musiq - Aijuswanaseing
BEP - Elephunk (I know it's really mainstream, but I can't help but love this CD)
Chuck Brown - Your Game...Live at the 9:30 club (all my DC area people know what I'm talking about)
Kenna - New Sacred Cow (a lot of people slept on this one)
Erykah Badu - Baduism, Mama's Gun (another one a lot of people slept on)

yah

what else? hmm

KRS ONE - Criminal Minded
Louis Logic - Sin-A-Matic
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Outkast - ATLiens
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillakmuzik
Rakim - The Master
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Sage Francis - Personal Journals
Snoop Dogg - Doggy Style
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal



oooh Kenna... i love that album and the Chad Hugo production... and erykahbadu is great... i love baduizm, baduizm live, and world wide underground

Chad was at his absolute sickest on the Kenna album. Seriously, "Sunday After You," "Freetime," and "Vexed and Glorious" are absolutely fantastic songs.

along with those Red Man and I'm Gone are my favorites

wow, can't believe you named Infinite a classic... it's a lyrical classic but it's not a CLASSIC in general because beats and flow was off... lyrically, that's one of the greatest albums ever though

some of mine:
John Legend - Get Lifted
Eminem - Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP
Common - Ressurection and Like Water for Chocolate
The Roots - Phrenology
Kanye West - College Dropout (every track is fire)
Nas - Illmatic (even though I don't consider It Was Written a classic but think it's better)
Biggie - Life After Death (though he's the most overrated MC of all-time)
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal, Blackstar (with Mos Def), and Beautiful Struggle
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides and Blackstar (with Talib Kweli)
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
Mariah Carey - Number 1's (lmfao - that's cheatin' but it is)
Janet Jackson - I forget the name of the album but her first one I believe... SICK ALBUM
Michael Jackson - Thriller
TLC - Crazy Sexy Cool
Boys II Men - a few of their albums
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, and Black Album
Dr. Dre - The Chronic and Chronic 2001
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

that's all for now............

that was a GREAT album and I'ma hip hopper.........

please and im out for today 1

Black Album was decent. Grey Album was much better. Just listen to both versions of "What More Can I Say?"

no, not please... every track on those two albums were FIRE

and I haven't listened to all of Grey Album but I doubt the versions of Lucifer, Encore, Public Service Announcement, and Moment of Clarity are gon' be better cuz I can't see how a beat could fit better to how and what he spit.........

To me these are Classics...

Beatles -- Abbey Road/Rubber Soul/ Revolver..ah they were all good!
Elton John -- Goodbye YellowBrick Road
Michael Jackson -- Thriller
Ray Charles -- The Birth Of Soul
Beach Boys -- Pet sounds...(wouldn't it be nice is the best song!)
Frank Sinatra -- Classic Sinatra...Greatest Love Songs cd is good too
Madonna -- True Blue Album
Green Day -- Dookie (first album)
Marvin Gaye--lets get it on
Whitney Houston--Bodyguard..or whitney houston
Celine Dion--All The Way, a decade of song
Mariah Carey--#1's, lol but serious, what else would you get?
Alicia Keys--Songs in A minor, and Diary are both good
Pink Flloyd--the wall
Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin

of course there is Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Croce, Aerosmith, James Brown...all of them..dunno the names of all their albums tho...I would consider music from broadway to be classic too. like Grease, Sound of Music, Aida, Chicago, Phantom of The Opera .West Side Story,Funny Girl, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof..all the music in those were extrordinary..So i would consider that music Classic. lol wow this is long I grew up listening to most of that stuff up there. Especially the beatles, frank sinatra, and whitney.

^ Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

i swear i posted in here already. but ill do it again..

jay-z: reasonable doubt and blueprint
nas: illmatic
mos def & talib: blackstar

oasis- whats the story morning glory
red hot chili peppers- blood sugar sex magic
the clash- london calling

I prefer 'Mothers Milk' and 'By the Way' by Chilis although the bass on BSSM is something else.
Rage Against the Machine - self titled
Sex Pistols - 'Never mind the bollocks...'
Janis Joplin - 'Pearl' (I love this album
John Lennon - 'Plastic Ono Band'
Beatles - 'Revolver'
Frankie goes to Hollywood - 'Welcome to the Pleasure Dome'
Pete Tosh - 'Legalize it'
Bob Marley - 'Exodus'

Nice list.

Finally....

Someone who's not all about hip hop...

Metal lives on.

PS- Slipknot owns, especially live.

But the beat makes all the difference. While not messing anything up contentwise, the beat determines how the words are to flow, or how they should flow. You know when someone is just off rythmically, when they say a word at the wrong time, or say it in a wrong way? That's just from lack of listening to the beat.

That and a beat makes or breaks a song. Look at Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life." Lyrically not all that but the Annie sample, that bass line made that damn song.

no, you misunderstood what I said... trust me hun', I'ma MC and one of the elite at that (Patrick/Basick will second that) so you don't have to tell me anything about rhyming or bein' in a studio or the process of making a song...... I said I doubt the Grey Albums beat could fit better than the one's Kanye, Em, other's laced... even Allure... I can't see the beats working better with Hov than the originals cuz the originals were so incredible.........

GIANTS WIN GIANTS WIN GIANTS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT MORE CAN I SAAAAYYYYYY?????

anyways i agree with pen ... my 1st song just doesnt sound as good with some other beat and lucifer wont sound as good without the kanye sample.. love that beat... same with other songs like dirt off your shoulder and 99 problems and what more can i say and moment of clarity... lol.. the album had great beats

I prefer Blonde on Blonde, I am kinda hoping there are some more Dylan fans, 'coz i already think of myself as a teenage middle aged man without admitting I know most of Dylan's albums

Ha! *smiles at you*
They do own, indeed.
I'm seeing them in fifteen days...Good to know they're good live.

Haha, okay I know, off-topic but you like the Giants? Yeah, it was so amazing when they won. Ohhhh, I thought it was almost over when the Rockies scored 8 in the 7th inning. Okay, that's enough off-topicness. Sorry. :satisfied:

yaeh man, i feel sorry for the kid noah lowry but that was a great win although our bullpen sucks

Yeah, Noah Lowry pitched really well. But yeah, the bullpen.... =\

Would any of you consider a recently released album, of any genre, to be a classic?