Dec 18, 2018

10/10, this is important album.

 

Dec 18, 2018

Agreed. RZA's beats from 93-97 are ridiculous. Premier, Dre, Kanye, and Just Blaze immediately come to mind as having similar runs. J Dilla too. Don't want to forget him. I'm not saying RZA is the goat, but you could make that argument.

I copied this from Wikipedia, then removed songs I thought were either bad beats or bad songs. But I left all Wu Tang and solo albums intact. It's in spoiler tags to keep the discussion clean. (Don't laugh at my inclusion of Shaquille O'Neal's No Hook, that beat knocks.)

Edit: There may be newer producers who’ve been killing it these last several years. I’m not gonna front, I’m not as in the loop on today’s best producers who are dominating. If there are any, please let me know.

Spoiler: 93-97 RZA Beats

1993
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

• 01. "Bring da Ruckus"
• 02. "Shame on a n-----"
• 03. "Clan in da Front"
• 04. "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"
• 05. "Can It Be All So Simple"
• 06. "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" (co-produced by Ol' Dirty b------)
• 07. "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta f--- Wit" (co-produced by Method Man)
• 08. "C.R.E.A.M."
• 09. "Method Man"
• 10. "Protect Ya Neck"
• 11. "Tearz"
• 12. "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber—Part II"

1994
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep

• 09. "Diary of a Madman" (co-produced by The Undertaker and RNS)
• 13. "Graveyard Chamber"
• 15. "6 Feet Deep"

• 00. "1-800 Suicide (Poisonous Mix)" [released on the 6 Feet Deep EP]
• 00. "Mommy What's A Gravedigga? (RZA Clean Mix)" [released on the Mommy, What's A Gravedigga? CDS]

Method Man - Tical

• 01. "Tical"
• 02. "Biscuits"
• 03. "Bring the Pain"
• 04. "All I Need"
• 05. "What the Blood Clot"
• 06. "m--- vs. Chef" (featuring Raekwon)
• 07. "Sub Crazy" (co-produced by 4th Disciple)
• 08. "Release Yo' Delf" (featuring Blue Raspberry)
• 09. "P.L.O. Style" (featuring Carlton Fisk) (co-produced by Method Man)
• 10. "I Get My Thang in Action"
• 11. "Mr. Sandman" (featuring RZA, Inspectah Deck, Streetlife, Carlton Fisk and Blue Raspberry)
• 12. "Stimulation"
• 13. "Method Man (Remix)"

Scientifik – Criminal

• 07. "As Long as you Know" (feat. Ed O.G.)

Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq Fu: Da Return

• 01. "No Hook" (feat. Method Man & RZA)

• 00. "No Hook (RZA's Remix)" [released on 12"]

1995
Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom

• 05. "Killa Hill n----s" (feat. RZA and U-God)

GZA - Liquid Swords

• 01. "Liquid Swords"
• 02. "Duel of the Iron Mic" (featuring Ol' Dirty b------, Masta Killa & Inspectah Deck)
• 03. "Living in the World Today"
• 04. "Gold"
• 05. "Cold World" (featuring Inspectah Deck)
• 06. "Labels"
• 07. "4th Chamber" (featuring Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA)
• 08. "Shadowboxin'" (featuring Method Man)
• 09. "h---'s Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304"
• 10. "Investigative Reports" (featuring U-God, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah)
• 11. "Swordsman"
• 12. "I Gotcha Back"

• 00. "Cold World (RZA Mix)" [released on the Cold World CDS]
• 00. "Labels (Remix)" [released on the Labels 12"]

Method Man - I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By

• 03. "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By (Razor Sharp Mix)" (feat. Mary J. Blige)

Method Man – The Riddler 12"

• B1. "The Riddler (Hide-Out Remix)"

Ol' Dirty b------ - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version

• 01. "Intro"
• 02. "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
• 03. "Baby, C'mon"
• 05. "Hippa to da Hoppa"
• 06. "Raw Hide" (featuring Raekwon & Method Man)
• 07. "Damage" (featuring GZA) (co-produced by 4th Disciple, Ol' Dirty b------, and Ethan Ryman)
• 08. "Don't U Know" (featuring Killah Priest)
• 09. "The Stomp" (co-produced by 4th Disciple, Ol' Dirty b------, and Ethan Ryman)
• 10. "Goin' Down"
• 11. "Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)" (co-produced by 4th Disciple, Ol' Dirty b------, and Ethan Ryman)
• 12. "Snakes" (featuring Killah Priest, RZA, Masta Killa & Buddha Monk)
• 13. "Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
• 14. "Proteck Ya Neck II The Zoo" (featuring Brooklyn Zu)
• 15. "Cuttin' Headz" (featuring RZA)
• 16. "Dirty Dancin'" (featuring Method Man) [CD bonus track]

• 00. "Give It To Ya Raw" [released on the Brooklyn Zoo 12"]
• 00. "Don't U Know, Part II" [released on the O.D.B.E.P.]

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...

• 01. "Striving for Perfection"
• 02. "Knuckleheadz" (featuring Ghostface Killah & U-God)
• 03. "Knowledge God"
• 04. "Criminology" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
• 05. "Incarcerated Scarfaces"
• 06. "Rainy Dayz" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry)
• 07. "Guillotine (Swordz)" (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & GZA)
• 08. "Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
• 09. "Shark n----s (Biters)"
• 10. "Ice Water" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)
• 11. "Glaciers of Ice" (featuring Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah)
• 12. "Verbal Intercourse" (featuring Nas & Ghostface Killah)
• 13. "Wisdom Body" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
• 14. "Spot Rusherz"
• 15. "Ice Cream" (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)
• 16. "Wu-Gambinos" (featuring Method Man, RZA, Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah)
• 17. "Heaven & h---" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
• 18. "North Star (Jewels)" [CD bonus track]

Tricky / Gravediggaz - The h--- E.P.

• 04. "Tonight is a Special Night" (co-produced by Tricky and Dobie)

Various artists - Batman Forever (soundtrack)

• 10. "The Riddler" - performed by Method Man

1996
Bounty Killer - My Xperience

• 09. "War Face (Ask Fi War) Remix" (feat. Raekwon)

Ghostface Killah - Ironman

• 01. "Iron Maiden" (featuring Raekwon & Cappadonna)
• 02. "Wildflower"
• 03. "The Faster Blade" (featuring Raekwon)
• 04. "260"
• 05. "Assassination Day" (featuring Inspectah Deck, RZA, Raekwon & Masta Killa)
• 06. "Poisonous Darts"
• 07. "Winter Warz" (featuring Raekwon, U-God, Masta Killa & Cappadonna)
• 08. "Box in Hand" (featuring Raekwon & Method Man)
• 10. "Camay" (featuring Cappadonna & Raekwon)
• 11. "Daytona 500" (featuring Raekwon & Cappadonna)
• 12. "Motherless Child" (featuring Raekwon)
• 13. "Black Jesus" (featuring Raekwon & U-God)
• 14. "After the Smoke Is Clear" (featuring The Delfonics, Raekwon & RZA)
• 15. "All That I Got Is You" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
• 16. "The Soul Controller"
• 17. "Marvel" (featuring RZA)

• 00. "Deadly Darts" (feat. Method Man and Streetlife) [Album leftover track]

Killarmy - Camouflage Ninjas / Wake Up 12"

• B1. "Wake Up"

Shyheim - The Lost Generation

• 14. "Young Godz"

Various artists - America Is Dying Slowly

• 03. "America" - performed by Wu-Tang Clan & Killah Priest

Various artists - The Great White Hype (soundtrack)

• 05. "Who's the Champion"- performed by Ghostface Killah, RZA and Raekwon

Various artists - High School High (soundtrack)

• 03. "Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance" - performed by RZA, Method Man & Cappadonna
• 18. "Semi-Automatic: Full Rap Metal Jacket" - performed by Inspectah Deck, U-God & Streetlife

1997
Cappadonna - '97 Mentality 12"

• A1. "'97 Mentality" (featuring Ghostface Killah)

Gravediggaz - The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel

• 02. "Dangerous Mindz" (co-produced by 4th Disciple)
• 08. "Pit of Snakes" (co-produced by True Master)
• 09. "The Night The Earth Cried" (co-produced by 4th Disciple)
• 13. "What's Goin' On?"

Killarmy - Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars

• 08. "Wake Up"

The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death

• 2-11. "Long Kiss Goodnight"

Sunz Of Man – We Can't Be Touched / Natural High 12"

• B1. "Natural High"

Various artists - Hoodlum (soundtrack)

• 05. "Dirty the Moocher" - performed by Wu-Tang Clan

Various artists - I Got the Hook-Up (soundtrack)

• 14. "Who Rock This" - performed by Ol' Dirty b------, Mystikal & Master P)

Various artists - In tha Beginning...There Was Rap

• 01. "Sucker M.C.'s" - performed by Wu-Tang Clan

Various artists - Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)

• 07. "Tragedy" - performed by RZA

Various artists - Soul in the Hole (soundtrack)

• 02. "Diesel" - performed by Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
Disc 1:

• 01. "Wu-Revolution"
• 02. "Reunited"
• 03. "For Heaven's Sake"
• 06. "As High as Wu-Tang Get"
• 07. "Severe Punishment"
• 09. "Maria"
• 11. "It's Yourz"

Disc 2:

• 01. "Intro"
• 02. "Triumph"
• 03. "Impossible" (co-produced by 4th Disciple)
• 04. "Little Ghetto Boys"
• 05. "Deadly Melody"
• 07. "The Projects"
• 08. "Bells of War"
• 10. "Dog s---"
• 11. "Duck Seazon"
• 12. "Hellz Wind Staff"
• 14. "Black Shampoo"
• 15. "Second Coming"
• 16. "The Closing"
• 17. "Sunshower" [international track only]
• 18. " Projects (International Remix)" [international track only]

 

Dec 18, 2018

Bro you gotta rate Bino's Because the Internet ayy

 

Dec 18, 2018

this is ridiculous.

 

Dec 19, 2018

Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers gets an 8.9/10 from 13 ratings

Next up…

RATING 15: A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP
Release Date: 31 October 2011
Label: Polo Ground / RCA



Tracklist

01. Palace
02. Peso
03. Bass
04. Wassup
05. Brand New Guy ft. Schoolboy Q
06. Purple Swag: Chapter 2 ft. SpaceGhostPurrp & A$AP Nast
07. Get Lit ft. Fat Tony
08. Trilla ft. A$AP Twelvy & A$AP Nast
09. Keep It G ft. Chace Inifinite & SpaceGhostPurrp
10. Kissing’ Pink ft. A$AP Ferg
11. Houston Old Head
12. Acid Drip
13. Leaf ft. Main Attrakionz
14. Roll One Up
15. Demons
16. Out of This World

First there was Purple Swag; the forbearer of the cloud rap wave, straight outta NY but drenched in syrupy Texas trill, accompanied by one of the greatest music videos of all time, featuring that unforgettable white girl with the grills. Next there came LiveLoveA$AP. On Palace, the epic opening track, Flacko sounds like the swaggering son of Bone Thugs and UGK. But don’t confuse him for a “wannabe New Orleans n----- slash lean sipper”. Songs like Peso and show that Rocky is still a Harlemite at heart, just far more open to incorporating different regional sounds than almost anyone that came before. True Rocky’s always been more about style than substance. But LLA also contains some of Flacko’s best writing (see Out of This World). With Clams Casino, SGP and Co. behind the boards though, its the atmosphere that really makes LLA what it is, rich and hazy, pretty and gothic all at the same time. Even though Rocky’s latest output has been in a bit of downward spiral, LLA is undoubtedly his opus, and one of my personal favourites of all time. I give it a 9/10.

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Dec 19, 2018

d---, it’s been 7 years

Absolutely his best project, one of my favorite tapes of all time. 9/10

 

Dec 19, 2018

hits ontop of hits ontop of hits

10/10

PS: wu-tang still f---in sucks

 

Dec 19, 2018

Trilla is the ultimate smoking jawn

10/10

 

Dec 19, 2018

10/10 classic mixtape

 

Dec 19, 2018

9/10

Bear in mind once more that this rating isn't indicative to how much I love this tape, it's easily my favorite mixtape of this decade and maybe all-time. I was starting college and about to DJ my first school party on Halloween, I was patiently waiting for this s--- to come out since all the leaks were amazing so far. My first listen of this was inside my car with some loud, and when the Palace beat dropped, it deadass sounded like the gates of Heaven opened up and what not I was blown away. For that memory alone I'll always be fond of LLA and Rocky in general even though he stopped giving a s--- about rap in recent times.

Most of rap was divided regionally but slowly leading into the 2010's the lines were starting to blur little by little--in particular for NY rappers we already had artists rapping over vintage Dre instrumentals (50 Cent) and others collaborating with the South for a minute (Dipset, Hov)--but this to me was the landmark moment where stylistic influences didn't require a state line anymore. Rocky's homage to Houston & Bone Thugs felt so natural, it also helped he had Clams Casino handing out some of the most extraterrestrial production rap had ever seen up to that point, that Demons beat is a trip. What's best about it is that it's Rocky at his most simplest, most of the time I felt he was being experimental for the sake of experimental on later projects, on LLA it just flows effortlessly but still has that extra element of hedonism that makes this for me timeless.

 

Dec 19, 2018

Gotta spin this again but good god Clams behind the boards

 

Dec 19, 2018

9 out of 10 for Live Love ASAP. It doesn’t sound outdated at all almost 8 years later.

 

Dec 20, 2018

this is so accurate. it sounds like like you're transcending the mortal realm

 

Dec 21, 2018

no more ratings for this classic?

 

Dec 21, 2018

8/10 from me Sav! Production, atmosphere and general influence it paved makes it an undeniable classic of this decade. Flacko at his most engaging and best.

 

Dec 22, 2018

LiveLoveA$AP gets a 9.3/10 from 8 ratings

Childish Gambino's Because The Internet's score has been updated to gets a 6.7/10 from 8 ratings

Next up…

RATING 16: Rick Ross - Teflon Don
Release Date: 20 July 2010
Label: Maybach Music Group / Slip-n-Slide / Def Jam



Tracklist

01. I’m Not A Star
02. Free Mason ft. Jay-Z & John Legend
03. Tears of Joy ft. Cee-Lo Green
04. Maybach Music III ft. T.I., Erykah Badu & Jadakiss
05. Live Fast, Die Young ft. Kanye West
06. Super High ft. Ne-Yo
07. No. 1 ft. Diddy 7 Trey Songz
08. MC Hammer ft. Gucci Mane
09. B.M.F. ft. Styles P
10. Aston Martin Music ft. Chrisette Michelle & Drake
11. All The Money In The World ft. Raphael Saadiq

Without a question, Rick Ross’ strongest album to date. Along with Flockavelli, this album paved the way for a lot of 2010’s rap. When Ross debuted in 2006, with the very lukewarm Port of Miami, I never would thought he’d soar to become one of the most important and influential figures in the game. His previous album, 2009’s Deeper Than Rap was an incredible improvement, but I didn’t think he had it in him again. Boy was I wrong. Teflon Don starts by smashing you over the head with the battering-ram of a song, I’m Not A Star, one of the most vicious opening tracks I’ve ever heard. The list of legendary Rozay/Hov colabs is expanded on the brilliant Free Mason, same goes for those with Kanye on Live Fast Die Young. Gucci and Styles P join in on the insane pair of earth-shattering MC Hammer and BMF that both just sound like a heard of dinosaurs let loose in the booth. If I have to make any complaints, its that the track list is overloaded with features and that Ross’ writing isn’t as focused as it would become on later albums (see God Forgives, I Don’t). But with an ear for big, luxurious instrumentals and a lot of brash, chest-thumping braggadocio, Teflon Don is still the peak of Rozay’s career so far (although you could definitely make an argument for his Rich Forever mixtape which dropped 2 years later). I give it an 8/10.

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Dec 22, 2018

Rick Ross... I don't even care what he talks about but he has that voice interests me and flow wise I can f--- with his music. And the best part is the beats he uses. What a great bump in the car album was this. Almost every song on this one, I used to bump a lot but I gotta mention I'm Not A Star, BMF and Aston Martin Music in the different sentence because those were my 3 favs. Btw, he always has great features. Like I said I barely care about his raps and what he talks about but the delivery and sound usually satisfying. Guess that was one of the best albums he has ever had... 7/10