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Post by eseph84 on Oct 23, 2019 8:09:33 GMT -5
2002
the year i graduated high school's best HIP HOP albums by eseph84
insight - updated software
Nas - the lost tapes
j-live all of the above
Boot Camp Clik - The Chosen Few
skitzofreniks - enter the realm
Cormega - The True Meaning
7L & esoteric - dangerous connection
Nas - God's Son
mr lif - emergency rations ep / i phantom
AZ - Aziatic
i am well aware of all the great albums that also came out this year like blazing arrow, ost, eyedea, talib - quality, el da sensei, edan - primitive plus, count bass d, camron, el-p (no thanks)
non phixion (i know this is some of you's favorite that year, but never quite was for me, main reason might be i didnt have a copy til the re-release a few years later)
oh yeah beatnuts, devin the dude, gza - legend of the liquid sword. k-os was super ill. the jazzy jeff comp.! almost forgot about ed o.g. - wishful thinking ep! when i go home later i'll find a few more i probably forgot. paul barman - paullelujah even though i've only owned it a few years now. a great one, too!
but yeah, as you can see i was heavily into the east and the beantown scene and still am and for better or worse, my list pretty much is ranked the same as it was back then.
what's your top ten from 2002?
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Post by tippi on Oct 23, 2019 10:21:18 GMT -5
i was 11 years old in 2002 so i didn't hear most of these at the time lol, but it was definitely a great year for hip hop releases. some of my all time favorites plus a ton of other albums i still go back to regularly.  and yeah i know shockadoom technically isn't an album but idgaf |
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Post by eseph84 on Oct 23, 2019 12:38:36 GMT -5
good s**t tippi! great times back then. i was on boston and the firms tip big time lol
i forgot about phrenology, i def dug that! electric circus had a couple joints and his live show for that was kinda coo and led me to meeting guru at my first rap concert! i'll never forget it!
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Post by eseph84 on Oct 23, 2019 12:44:49 GMT -5
wheres eyedea on your list tippi, the oliver hart album is incredible although i admit, i've only been hip to it about 4 years now.
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Post by tippi on Oct 23, 2019 13:54:30 GMT -5
the oliver hart album is cool but i dont really go back to it that much these days, i usually just listen to by the throat lol. if i made a list 10 years ago it would be on there though. same with movies for the blind, from divine, black mamba serums, night hawks etc.
and yeah i wasn't feeling electric circus that much when i first heard it but that album has grown on me a ton, production there was super forward thinking and still sounds good imo. gotta be a top 5 common album for me
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Post by eseph84 on Oct 23, 2019 14:43:37 GMT -5
yeah i remember common's e.c. having enough quality tracks on it to hold me over til BE in 05. at the time most just called him soft and blamed erykah badu for this albums out there sound but i could dig it. gotta bump it again and see how it aged. some of the stuff on my list did sound a lil diff now than then but again it didn't shake up the list too much.
did you like commons album from this year?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 15:26:39 GMT -5
I was 13, tippi, you little 6th grader dork.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 15:28:05 GMT -5
That count bass d is hella dope. Everyone in 8th grade was f**king to that album.
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Post by eseph84 on Oct 23, 2019 15:30:39 GMT -5
lol 88
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Post by eseph84 on Oct 24, 2019 6:53:19 GMT -5
listening back to the nas gods son and aziatic is reminding me that their was some pretty cringe songs on those like zone out w bravehearts, the song w kelis on gods son & take it off and take care of me on aziatic, etc. smh. luckily the other songs make up for those so i forgive them.
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Post by maxxx on Oct 24, 2019 8:52:23 GMT -5
rjd2 "deadringer"
el-p "fantastic damage"
j-live "a.o.t.a."
mr. lif "i phantom"
the roots "phrenology"
dj shadow "the private press"
motion man "clearing the field"
cormega "the true meaning"
mf grimm "the downfall of ibliys"
count bass d "dwight spitz"
honorable mention: x-ray "monsta mixes"
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Post by eseph84 on Oct 24, 2019 9:07:42 GMT -5
is it weird that i like emergency rations better than i phantom album? even though i wrote i phantom in my top 10 i meant emergency rations... however, both together as a whole give a strong argument that lif was the artist of the year that year imo. second being nas. would ya'll agree?
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Post by tippi on Oct 24, 2019 10:08:11 GMT -5
yeah i remember common's e.c. having enough quality tracks on it to hold me over til BE in 05. at the time most just called him soft and blamed erykah badu for this albums out there sound but i could dig it. gotta bump it again and see how it aged. some of the stuff on my list did sound a lil diff now than then but again it didn't shake up the list too much. did you like commons album from this year? sure electric circus isn't a "hard" album but i think the rapping on there is almost secondary to the production and overall song structure. not that the rapping is bad though and i like that common sounds angry/engaged on there, but the production is really the focus i think. it's a fusion of so many different genres - hip hop, soul, rock, electronic, jazz fusion, even post-punk and it all just works. it's such an ambitious record especially compared to anything he's done in the last 15 or so years. it's aged incredibly well imo. i thought commons new album was okay, which is basically how i've felt about every common release this decade. decent but ultimately not something i get that itch to go back to months down the line. only exception to that is black america again which i actually enjoyed quite a bit, and maybe august greene. only gave let love a couple listens when it first dropped though, i gotta revisit it. there were a few tracks on there i liked but i think it was the production overall i had an issue with, pretty uninteresting and too safe. |
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Post by maxxx on Oct 24, 2019 10:10:00 GMT -5
nope.
2002 was a weak year for hip hop ... if I have to nominate an artist of the year, it would either be el-p (his album was a nice progression if the co-flow style, plus his label made some noise) or the roots (album is inconsistent but the highlights are dope as f**k, an they played some incredible live sets).
album of the year for me would be "all of the above" because j-live is one of the smartest hip hop guys I met in my life, plus it's his strongest longplayer besides his shelved payday debut ... or maybe "deadringer" since I really loved it back then ... I dunno ... hip hop sucked in 2002...
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Post by diagrams on Oct 24, 2019 12:49:07 GMT -5
i was 11 years old in 2002 so i didn't hear most of these at the time lol, but it was definitely a great year for hip hop releases. some of my all time favorites plus a ton of other albums i still go back to regularly. and yeah i know shockadoom technically isn't an album but idgaf Foh with this nerd rap list Theres not one good album on there |
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Post by tippi on Oct 24, 2019 13:24:04 GMT -5
i was 11 years old in 2002 so i didn't hear most of these at the time lol, but it was definitely a great year for hip hop releases. some of my all time favorites plus a ton of other albums i still go back to regularly. and yeah i know shockadoom technically isn't an album but idgaf Foh with this nerd rap list Theres not one good album on there they're all good albums |
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Post by semeone on Oct 24, 2019 14:46:59 GMT -5
Was 32 in that year far too old to listen to the hippity hoppity
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