people mention the chronic by dre
what makes doggystyle a lesser album?

George Michael- Faith
ABC- The Lexicon of Love
Alexander O'Neal- Hearsay
2Pac- Me Against The World
2Pac- Strictly 4 My N****Z
The Jacksons- Triumph
Michael Jackson- Off The Wall
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Michael Jackson- Bad
Loose Ends- A Little Spice
Stevie Wonder- Songs In The Key of Life
Stevie Wonder- Music Of My Mind
Marvin Gaye- I Want You
Marvin Gaye- What's Goin' On
New Edition- Heartbreak
Prince- Sign o' The Times
Prince- 1999
The Style Council- Our Favorite Shop
The Style Council-The Cost of Loving
Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
The Beatles- Sgt Pepper
Nas - Illmatic

bboy87 said:

More great stuff.

shorttrini said:

Alrighty, here's my next batch.

1. ahmad jamal- Chamber Music of the New Jazz
2. robert palmer - Pressure Drop
3. the staple singer - Freedom Highway
4. sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
5. minnie riperton - Come to My Garden
6. lyn collins - Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me by Now
7. war - The World Is A Ghetto.
8. muddy warters - Fathers and Sons
9. sly & the family stone - Stand!
10.parliament- Mothership Connection

TD3 said:

Oh man.

a few classics to add to those fantastic lists...

the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars - david bowie
transformer - lou reed
lust for life - iggy pop
horses - patti smith
harvest - neil young

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: -Time Out

Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain

Nirvana: -Nevermind

Terence Trent D'Arby: -Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby.

Yazz: -Uptairs at Erics

The Beatles: -Revolver

The Beatles: -Ruber Soul

James Brown: -Star Time

Portishead: -Dummy

Prince: -Purple Rain

Prince: -1999

Prince: -SOTT

The Clash: London Calling

U2: -The Joshua Tree

Bjork: -Post

Public Enemy: -Fear Of A Black Planet

Big Audio Dynamite II: -The Globe



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[Edited 5/17/09 6:49am]

Ten more from me. I don't think that any of these have yet been mentioned in this thread.


- Queen - A Night at the Opera
- Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is
- Pink Floyd - Animals
- Stevie Wonder - Fullfillingness First Finale
- Aerosmith - Rocks
- Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
- David Bowie "Heroes"
- Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
- AC/DC - Powerage
- Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro

I won't go super old skool - I'll go with 10 I'd say R&Bers have to cop, that kinda shaped each era of R&B from the 80s on:

Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Prince - SOTT
MJ - OTW
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Al B. Sure! - In Effect Mode
Guy - Guy
MJB - What's The 411
Rahsaan Patterson - Rahsaan Patterson
Janet - Rhythm Nation
* Bonus: TTT - Sons of Soul

motownlover said:

Because it was the bastard child of The Chronic, and that's not dissing the album, just putting it in proper perspective. It wasn't better than TC.

Here's my hip hop offering:

De La - 3 Feet High and Rising
De La - De La Soul is Dead
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
Digital Underground - Sex Packets
Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
Gang Starr - Daily Operation
Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
ATCQ - The Low End Theory
ATCQ - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
BDP - By All Means Necessary
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
X-Clan - To the East, Blackwards
Digable Planets - Reachin (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
Brand Nubian - One For All
The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader
3rd Bass - The Cactus
Ultramegnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Stetsasonic - In Full Gear

violetblues said:

some one is going to give me sketches of spain for my birthday next month , looking forward to it

and id like to add fullfillingness first finale, music of my mind , innervisions. that whole stevie wonder classic period rules , and a great outsider is hotter then july that album is smoking hot
[Edited 5/17/09 2:59am]

motownlover said:

Cause it came second and it was like the clone of TC.
Not saying that's bad cause It's probably just as cool as TC, but not as revolutionary.

ReddishBrownOne said:

GOOD choices! Especially Powerage

Blondie - Plastic Letters
Mink DeVille - Cabretta
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
Bob Dylan - Biograph
Prince - Purple Rain
JJ Cale - Naturally
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Rolling Stones - Exile on Mainstreet
Beatles - Revolver
AC/DC - If you want blood,you've got it
Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club '63
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Shpritsz
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Pat Benatar - The Very Best Of..
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Tragically Hip - Yer Favourites

MuthaFunka said:

I totally agree!!

shorttrini said:

Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Sgt Peppers
Beatles - The White Album
Prince - SOTT
Stevie - Innervisions
Stevie - Songs In The Key Of Life
MJ - Off The Wall
Outkast - Aquemini
Outkast - Speakerboxx / The Love Below
Eric Clapton - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
James Brown - Star Time
[Edited 5/17/09 13:12pm]
[Edited 5/17/09 13:13pm]

The Gold Experience- Prince
Come - Prince
Rhythm Nation 1814- Janet
janet.-Janet
Homogenic- Björk
Stand!-Sly and The Family Stone
Maggot Brain- Funkadelic
All 'N All- Earth, Wind and Fire

To name a few...

Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Abby Road
Bjork - Homogenic
Crowded House - Woodface
Miles Davis - The Very best of Miles Davis and Gill Evans
Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
King's X - Gretchen goes to Nebraska
Grant McLennan - Horsebreaker Star
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Van Morrison - Its too late to stop now
Prince - Parade
Prince - Sign of the Times
REM - Murmur
REM - Automatic for the people
Sugar - Copper Blue
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Worldparty - Goodbye Jumbo

Prince - 1999
Rick James - Throwin' Down
The Barkays - Nightcruising
Cameo - Cameosis
Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
The Gap Band - Gap Band IV
The Time - The Time
The Isley Brothers - Go All The Way

A no Classical music list:

Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On - the best album ever made
Thelonious Monk Quartet & John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall
The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys: Live At The Fillmore East
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Tony Toni Tone - House of Music
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Prince - Purple Rain
The Beach Boys - SMiLE
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
The Young Lions - The Young Lions
Anita Baker - Rapture
Hall & Oates - Rock N' Soul: Part I
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Weezer - Pinkerton

MuthaFunka said:

Excellent list!

vainandy said:

Excellent! Glad to see someone else
besides me giving the Go All the Way album
love.

1. vincent guaraldi trio - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
2. ella fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book
3. wes montogomery - Movin' Along
4. Lou Rawls - Live!
5, jill scott - Who Is Jill Scott?
6. debarge - In a Special Way
7. sam & dave - Soul Men
8. slave - Slave
9. the emotions - Rejoice
10. curtis mayfield - Sweet Exorist

phunkdaddy said:

In no particular order

David bowie-honky dory
Tori Amos-Boys for pele
Kate bush-Hounds of love
Another Cell-Another Cell
The Smiths-The Smiths
Velvet Eden- Street of alice
Malice Mizer-Memoire DX
Kaya-Glitter
[Edited 5/18/09 0:01am]

chuckaducci said:

I'm still waiting for your opera thread, bro

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti(You can hear IV on the radio)
Van Halen - 1984
Prince - Sign O The Times
Steely Dan - Aja
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Hall And Oates - The Platinum Collection 2CD(nearly every great song they did)
The Cars - The Cars
ACDC - Let There Be Rock
Sly And The Family Stone - Stand!
Johnny Cash - The Complete Sun Collection(3cd)

I like that list!

WildheartXXX said:

I like it myself, you all have some really great selections. It is really going to be a great birthday and Christmas for me, this year!!