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Post by buckthadevil on Dec 5, 2022 23:58:16 GMT -5
The Source’s 5 mic rating scale was fkn great. They gave like 15 albums a 5 mic rating over the span of 30 years.
It’s still used to this day when we talk about albums.
“Yo it’s dope but it ain’t a 5 mic album .”
They missed a few all time classics and gave em 4 or 4.5’s tho:
The Chronic, Enter The 36, The Infamous, Only Built For Cuban Linx and Ready To Die are all die hard classics that didn’t get the perfect rating of 5. What were they smokin?
But sometimes they nailed it with the 5 star ratings and had great reviews and opinions on albums like:
Illmatic, Low End Theory, De La Soul Is Dead, The Fix and Aquemini.
What albums would you consider 5 mic classics and why?
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Post by buckthadevil on Dec 6, 2022 0:02:18 GMT -5
For the record I think they had a whole issue where they apologized and recognized a bunch of albums that should have been 5 mics like The Chronic, OB4CL and Death Certificate.
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 0:54:18 GMT -5
Ready to die isn’t a 5 mic album , biggie never dropped a 5 mic album
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 0:57:39 GMT -5
5 mic albums
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 1:03:51 GMT -5
All Bay Area albums , RBL is from SF the other 3 are from Oakland
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 1:09:48 GMT -5
More Bay Area 5 mics
All from Oakland
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 2:21:16 GMT -5
The fix isn’t 5 mics I had that CD it was a 4 at the time and I haven’t went back to it since if it was a classic I would listen to it
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Post by gino888 on Dec 6, 2022 4:37:19 GMT -5
Sslp and mmlp from eminem prolly should be 5 mics but I doubt he got that.
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Post by gino888 on Dec 6, 2022 4:38:05 GMT -5
Reasonable doubt
Capital punishment
Purple haze
Those are def 5 mics for me
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Post by buckthadevil on Dec 6, 2022 6:38:57 GMT -5
Only Bay Area albums I could give 5 to would be:
Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
E-40 - In A Major Way
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Post by pigeonmike on Dec 6, 2022 7:28:50 GMT -5
I could give the Luniz album 5 mics off nostalgia and production value
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Post by pigeonmike on Dec 6, 2022 7:29:58 GMT -5
Reasonable doubt Capital punishment Purple haze Those are def 5 mics for me Got my computers putin tryna figure out how Camron sneaked on here lol |
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Post by buckthadevil on Dec 6, 2022 8:57:41 GMT -5
I love the Luniz album. Personal classic for me but I think 4 is a solid rating. I don’t remember what The Source gave it. Probably like a 3.5.
I think DOOM’s Born Like This is a 5 mic album.
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Post by lamson’s lean connect on Dec 6, 2022 10:24:16 GMT -5
5 mics used to be the gold standard but it’s all subjective
pelle pelle windbreaker ads were subliminal coded hip hop messages
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Post by pigeonmike on Dec 6, 2022 10:45:08 GMT -5
I love the Luniz album. Personal classic for me but I think 4 is a solid rating. I don’t remember what The Source gave it. Probably like a 3.5. I think DOOM’s Born Like This is a 5 mic album. Ohh word? Never saw Born Like This get *that* kinda love Ill run it back on the strength |
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Post by djricochet on Dec 6, 2022 11:45:56 GMT -5
Enter The 36 Chambers is def a 5
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Post by pigeonmike on Dec 6, 2022 12:36:24 GMT -5
Enter The 36 Chambers is def a 5 Big cosign |
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Post by AEOKQ on Dec 6, 2022 13:21:11 GMT -5
The Infamous and Hell on Earth
The Sun Rises in the East
93 'til Infinity
Ironman and Supreme Clintele
Moment of Truth
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Post by pigeonmike on Dec 6, 2022 13:33:30 GMT -5
The Infamous and Hell on Earth The Sun Rises in the East 93 'til Infinity Ironman and Supreme Clintele Moment of Truth Def Moment Of Truth |
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Post by ern on Dec 6, 2022 14:28:05 GMT -5
I might of looked through The Source a few times like 10 years ago when I worked in retail on my breaks. i know it was poppin a bit before my time but i always had the internet lol
never used the 5 mics scale. I do mine out of 10.
i remember when lil kim got 5 mics because she sucked off an editor, what a joke. i took a look at the list, and here it is. don't disagree with much on it, pretty standard. obviously the lil kim is egerious. not going to agree with Trill OG sorry bun. f**k kanye and f**k benzino
Liquid Swords is 5 microphones
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Post by gino888 on Dec 6, 2022 14:54:52 GMT -5
Born like this is a major classic. I've also have always said that. Doom was in line for a full dilla project off that I believe.
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Post by buckthadevil on Dec 6, 2022 17:42:47 GMT -5
Born like this is a major classic. I've also have always said that. Doom was in line for a full dilla project off that I believe. Born Like This was darker than all his other albums. He also sounded gruffer and kinda pissed off. This was also his last real album in my opinion. Just some of the topics discussed on this: Killing cops and judges as well as their fam - Absolutly Beating up gay super heros with bricks - Batty Boyz Blowing off limbs, kicking rappers heads in - Rap Ambush The total destruction of the human race - CELLZ Pulling off capers with Ghost and Rae - Angelz The interludes were dope and paranoid. The cops talking about being trapped in a homemade cage about to be shot. The Freddie Fox message basically calling the album a masterpiece. And DOOM making a beat that says Thank You over and over to end it. The sht is STILL in rotation. I come back to this more than any DOOM album. |
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 18:26:54 GMT -5
Just a bunch of white people At the source ranking albums , duck down has 4 five mic classics but they didn’t get 5 mics stop relying on cacs
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Post by obmj4eva on Dec 6, 2022 19:15:40 GMT -5
Madvilliany definitely 5 mics for me. Sean Price's Monkey Bars and Jesus Price are both 4.5 if not perfect 5s. A personal 5 mic for me and probably no one else would be Habits & Contradictions by Schoolboy Q. Not one track I skip on that and have gone back to it over the years and it still just hits.
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 19:19:00 GMT -5
Lupe has 3 five mics , Food and Liqour , The Cool and Tetsou and the youth ,
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Post by sharoyceantwan on Dec 6, 2022 21:25:53 GMT -5
Operation Stackola is definitely a 5 mic album for me.
Source was Bias af. Bun B didn't deserve 5 mics for Trill OG.
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 21:42:59 GMT -5
Operation Stackola is definitely a 5 mic album for me. Source was Bias af. Bun B didn't deserve 5 mics for Trill OG. I don’t like UGK it’s more of a Texas thing no one in CA listened to them |
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Post by sharoyceantwan on Dec 6, 2022 22:00:50 GMT -5
The Source’s 5 mic rating scale was fkn great. They gave like 15 albums a 5 mic rating over the span of 30 years. It’s still used to this day when we talk about albums. “Yo it’s dope but it ain’t a 5 mic album .” They missed a few all time classics and gave em 4 or 4.5’s tho: The Chronic, Enter The 36, The Infamous, Only Built For Cuban Linx and Ready To Die are all die hard classics that didn’t get the perfect rating of 5. What were they smokin? But sometimes they nailed it with the 5 star ratings and had great reviews and opinions on albums like: Illmatic, Low End Theory, De La Soul Is Dead, The Fix and Aquemini. What albums would you consider 5 mic classics and why? My 5 Mic list DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot Big Pun Capital Punishment Wyclef The Carnival Luniz Operation Stackola Canibus 2000 bc Kool Keith Dr. Octagon |
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 22:05:01 GMT -5
Bahamadia Kollahe should be 5 mics
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Post by diagrams on Dec 6, 2022 22:06:27 GMT -5
Back in high school in 97 I had a 5 mic source tee shirt , snow camo pants , black Nike basket ball shoes with the neon green bubbles I bought for $180
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