dbarila
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When Newman posts about an album in real time, you know you're in for a treat.
The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project
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dbarila
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10/3/23
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Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Two Dancers - Wild Beasts | Album | AllMusic
Two Dancers by Wild Beasts released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.www.allmusic.com
This in no way feels like an essential album, but I'm kind of digging it. I guess it's good that I can't really understand what he's saying. From their Apple Music page I definitely recognize the album covers for Boy King and Present Tense. I'm sure this is a band that got played on the XM Indie station.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Wild Beasts -
Music - 3
Singing and lyrics - 1
so a 2?
Do not like thing. Would like to remove the vocals and listen to just the music. Wish these guys were on Big Crown. Lol.
Music - 3
Singing and lyrics - 1
so a 2?
Do not like thing. Would like to remove the vocals and listen to just the music. Wish these guys were on Big Crown. Lol.
TrainFan73
Frothy
lyrically these guys are as bad as that Casanova bullshit.
dbarila
Well-Known Member
This is weird to say for a new-ish release compared to the rest of the list... but this album feels like it's very of it's time in the late aughts.
TrainFan73
Frothy
It's all creepy
TrainFan73
Frothy
Well I'm very glad I didn't come of age listening to these roofy inspired creeps.
mrjoshuamccormack
Active Member
I just read the lyrics to a few of the songs (didn't listen) and the lyrics were enough to make me slightly angry.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Yeah, I won't be revisiting this.
TrainFan73
Frothy
10/4/23
Nas - Illmatic
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Nas - Illmatic
Illmatic - Nas | Album | AllMusic
Illmatic by Nas released in 1994. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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TrainFan73
Frothy
Time to give the boomy ass truck system a work out. 
avecigrec
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10/4/23
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Nas - Illmatic
Illmatic - Nas | Album | AllMusic
Illmatic by Nas released in 1994. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
I've generally thought of Nas as an idiot for a long ass while now, but this is an indisputable front-to-back classic right here. The phrase "changed the game" gets bandied around far too often, but this is one of those cases where it's true. Nas really stepped up the lyrical game for the next generation of hip hop with this outing - a pinnacle not even he could reach again in the decades since. 5/5
TenderLovingKiller®
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Also, on the production tip, I feel like he was one of the first MCs to go out and pull the fire beats from multiple producers for a single project, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Large Professor, etc…
Prior to Illmatic, most acts were produced exclusively by a single producer or production teams; Dr. Dre, The Rza, The Bomb Squad, Prince Paul, Eric B, etc.. the producer was part of the project and while it did tend to unify the sound, I think it cut down on the amount of potential bangers per album. After Illmatic you had this practice become the norm, it was pretty common for albums to feature some combination of songs produced by the likes of Just Blaze, Kanye, Swizz Beats, Scott Storch, The Neptunes, Timberland, etc… for better or worse it’s was a seismic shift in how hip-hop music was created and likely contributed to hop-hops dominance of the Pop charts in the late 90s and 2000s.
Rip_City
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10/4/23
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Nas - Illmatic
Illmatic - Nas | Album | AllMusic
Illmatic by Nas released in 1994. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
TonyHawksProSkaterCore. So for that reason...
Rating: 5/5 [Masterpiece]
Truthfully, it is top10 in 90s hip hop without much of an argument.
Lyrically undefeated.
DJ Premier? Large Professor? Pete Rock? Q-Tip? L.E.S.? A god-tier lineup of producers.
Pretty hard to pick a favorite track on here, isn't it?
Unequivocally timeless.
TrainFan73
Frothy
What I found remarkable in a listen last night is that it isn’t full of cringe moments like a lot of nineties rap (especially the more popular, especially those on this list). It holds up well, despite some of his dumber antics since, it is still smart It doesn’t date itself. Good, inventive and yes, game changing. 5 stars.
dbarila
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10/4/23
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Nas - Illmatic
Illmatic - Nas | Album | AllMusic
Illmatic by Nas released in 1994. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
A 90s rap album clocking in at 39 minutes? How did that happen???
TenderLovingKiller®
Well-Known Member
All killer, no filler.
dbarila
Well-Known Member
It's almost like you can have a good rap album without skits.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Yeah, in the CD era I don’t don’t really mind it was easy enough to skip over the skits if need be. On vinyl though, give me a tight 40 minutes please.
