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Reply #60 posted 03/07/20 8:24am

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And of course who could forget the Bee Gee's?

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Reply #61 posted 03/07/20 8:31am

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MotownSubdivision said:


I'd like to nominate Outkast for this too. 1994: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 1996: ATLiens 1998: Aquemini 2000: Stankonia 2003: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below The greatest streak of albums in hip hop.

Is a great one, but Kanye West is up there with The College Dropout up to The Life Of Paco.

I'd make the cut at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which in itself is very overpraised.
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Reply #62 posted 03/07/20 8:34am

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RJOrion said:

MotownSubdivision said:

I'd like to nominate Outkast for this too.

1994: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
1996: ATLiens
1998: Aquemini
2000: Stankonia
2003: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

The greatest streak of albums in hip hop.



nah, JayZ had a greater run

1996 Reasonable Doubt
1997 In My Lifetime vol 1
1998 Hard Knock Life vol 2
1999 Life and Times of S.Carter vol 3
2000 Dynasty Roc LaFamilia
2001 The Blueprint
2002 Blueprint 2
2003 The Black Album
Nah.

Different styles and all but Outkast's streak was much more colorful and adventurous than Jays. I've never been a Jay fan anyway so I may be biased but Big Boi and Dre get the dub for me.
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Reply #63 posted 03/07/20 8:38am

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Earth Wind & Fire
1973 - 1981

1973 Head To The Sky
1974 Open Our Eyes
1975 Gratitude
1976 Spirit
1977 All n All
1978 Best Of EWF vol 1
1979 I AM
1980 Faces
1981 Raise

1981 Raise, is the first album without legendary guitarist Al McKay, and their whole sound changed..Raise was a commercial success ("Lets Groove") but it was the beginning of the end, as they could never replace Al McKay's contributions on guitar or as a co-songwriter/arranger to Maurice White.
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Powerlight is pretty solid. I never listened to Raise but PL felt like EWF perfectly translated to the 80s.
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Reply #64 posted 03/07/20 8:49am

RJOrion

MotownSubdivision said:

RJOrion said:

Earth Wind & Fire
1973 - 1981

1973 Head To The Sky
1974 Open Our Eyes
1975 Gratitude
1976 Spirit
1977 All n All
1978 Best Of EWF vol 1
1979 I AM
1980 Faces
1981 Raise

1981 Raise, is the first album without legendary guitarist Al McKay, and their whole sound changed..Raise was a commercial success ("Lets Groove") but it was the beginning of the end, as they could never replace Al McKay's contributions on guitar or as a co-songwriter/arranger to Maurice White.
[Edited 3/4/20 7:58am]
Powerlight is pretty solid. I never listened to Raise but PL felt like EWF perfectly translated to the 80s.



Powerlight was cool, but by then i couldnt deal with not hearing Al McKay's guitar work bless their sound anymore..."Side By Side" and "Something Special" werr dope, but the rest was disappointing..."Miracles" was hideous... then after the Powerlight lp, Electric Universe completely bombed...Philip Bailey said he didnt even like the music anymore after Charles Stepney died, and Al McKay left
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Reply #65 posted 03/07/20 12:47pm

slyjackson

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WhisperingDandelions said:

Can never be as foolish as dismissing an entire region of rap... and I mean friggin' Outkast... that's the southern rap haters rap group, c'mon, bro, get it together.

LOL...Andre was a'ight...but Big Boi was complete trash...after Stankonia, when Rico Wade stopped producing their beats, the music fell off...speakerbox/love below and idlewild were hot garbage

You're the one saying that, so you're wrong. Specially when it comes to Speakerbox

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Reply #66 posted 03/07/20 12:49pm

slyjackson

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slyjackson said:

Is a great one, but Kanye West is up there with The College Dropout up to The Life Of Paco.

I'd make the cut at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which in itself is very overpraised.

NO, I think it deserves all the praise.

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Reply #67 posted 03/07/20 1:08pm

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RJOrion said:


WhisperingDandelions said:


Can never be as foolish as dismissing an entire region of rap... and I mean friggin' Outkast... that's the southern rap haters rap group, c'mon, bro, get it together.



LOL...Andre was a'ight...but Big Boi was complete trash...after Stankonia, when Rico Wade stopped producing their beats, the music fell off...speakerbox/love below and idlewild were hot garbage

You're the one saying that, so you're wrong. Specially when it comes to Speakerbox



speakerbox had 1 joint with any replay value...the way you move...thats it... idlewild flopped commercially and critically...it was clear at that point that they were done...nothing has happened since, to change that...for southern rappers, they had a cute little 4 lp run .... but MCs like JayZ, Nas, Camron/Dipset, IceCube, Ghostface, Busta Rhymes, and even Drake, have had better runs..
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Reply #68 posted 03/07/20 4:59pm

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Yeah, probably Led Zeppelin, Pink Flloyd, Miles Davis or Skinny Puppy

music I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. music
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Reply #69 posted 03/07/20 6:35pm

slyjackson

RJOrion said:

slyjackson said:

You're the one saying that, so you're wrong. Specially when it comes to Speakerbox

speakerbox had 1 joint with any replay value...the way you move...thats it... idlewild flopped commercially and critically...it was clear at that point that they were done...nothing has happened since, to change that...for southern rappers, they had a cute little 4 lp run .... but MCs like JayZ, Nas, Camron/Dipset, IceCube, Ghostface, Busta Rhymes, and even Drake, have had better runs..

No idea about Jay but Speaker has much more than that song, you just don't like it, and that's ok you're entitled to. Critically acclaimed album, you can't fight that.

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Reply #70 posted 03/08/20 11:51am

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slyjackson said:



MotownSubdivision said:


slyjackson said:


Is a great one, but Kanye West is up there with The College Dropout up to The Life Of Paco.



I'd make the cut at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which in itself is very overpraised.

NO, I think it deserves all the praise.

More deserving than the slop he calls albums released afterwards.

MBDTF is good, not great.
[Edited 3/9/20 7:24am]
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Reply #71 posted 03/08/20 3:52pm

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namepeace said:

Really love SOS. They don't get enough love.

Bigger fan of their early work but I really enjoy Love Grows.

Well they're kinda considered a "one hit wonder" in the USA.

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Reply #72 posted 03/09/20 3:05pm

slyjackson

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slyjackson said:

NO, I think it deserves all the praise.

More deserving than the slop he calls albums released afterwards. MBDTF is good, not great. [Edited 3/9/20 7:24am]

Well, it seems we're gonna have to agree to disagree.

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Reply #73 posted 03/10/20 12:18pm

namepeace

RJOrion said:

lool said:

damn....good answer


I think we're talking about as musical acts, not composers or producers. But when it comes to the latter, they're up there.

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Reply #74 posted 03/11/20 7:48am

Nightcrawler

The Bends

OK Computer

Kid A
Amnesiac
Hail To The Thief
In Rainbows

See the man with the blue guitar, maybe one day he`ll be a star...
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Reply #75 posted 03/11/20 5:43pm

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I'd nominate Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics from which he was making an indelible point against the arrogant foolish Nazism the Germans had bought into (Only to be snubbed by Roosevelt and not invited to the White House)
Also nominate those who fled the original colonies to join some natives as well as the success stories of the underground railroad.

Otherwise; in music... Steve's got it from WHERE I'M COMING FROM up to JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS
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♫"Trollin, Trolling! We could have fun just trollin'!"♫
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Reply #76 posted 03/11/20 6:01pm

slyjackson

2045RadicalMattZ said:

I'd nominate Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics from which he was making an indelible point against the arrogant foolish Nazism the Germans had bought into (Only to be snubbed by Roosevelt and not invited to the White House) Also nominate those who fled the original colonies to join some natives as well as the success stories of the underground railroad. Otherwise; in music... Steve's got it from WHERE I'M COMING FROM up to JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS [Edited 3/11/20 17:52pm]

That joke is over since day one.

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Reply #77 posted 03/12/20 7:30pm

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slyjackson said:



2045RadicalMattZ said:


I'd nominate Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics from which he was making an indelible point against the arrogant foolish Nazism the Germans had bought into (Only to be snubbed by Roosevelt and not invited to the White House) Also nominate those who fled the original colonies to join some natives as well as the success stories of the underground railroad. Otherwise; in music... Steve's got it from WHERE I'M COMING FROM up to JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS [Edited 3/11/20 17:52pm]

That joke is over since day one.


I'm not joking though. It was triumphant and necessary. Probably a reason I'm alive
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Reply #78 posted 03/12/20 7:53pm

slyjackson

2045RadicalMattZ said:

slyjackson said:

That joke is over since day one.

I'm not joking though. It was triumphant and necessary. Probably a reason I'm alive

Who cares, that's not what this thread is about.

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Reply #79 posted 03/20/20 9:50am

jaawwnn

Okay, it's not the greatest run of all time because the albums aren't 100% consistent but gonna nominate Cameo's run from Secret Omen up to Word Up! anyway. It's a 9 album build of constantly and relentlessly pushing their sound forward.

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Reply #80 posted 03/20/20 10:11am

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Herbie Hancock has had a very impressive run, including film and excursions into other genres.
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Reply #81 posted 03/20/20 12:31pm

novabrkr

Silly. Prince - from Dirty Mind to Lovesexy. Of course.

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Reply #82 posted 03/20/20 12:51pm

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Chaka both with Rufus 1973-1983 and solo 1978-1992.
"It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
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Reply #83 posted 03/20/20 12:55pm

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RJOrion said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Powerlight is pretty solid. I never listened to Raise but PL felt like EWF perfectly translated to the 80s.



Powerlight was cool, but by then i couldnt deal with not hearing Al McKay's guitar work bless their sound anymore..."Side By Side" and "Something Special" werr dope, but the rest was disappointing..."Miracles" was hideous... then after the Powerlight lp, Electric Universe completely bombed...Philip Bailey said he didnt even like the music anymore after Charles Stepney died, and Al McKay left
[Edited 3/7/20 8:49am]

IMO, "Side By Side" was their last great song. I didnt connect with the rest of the album. I liked the first two singles from "Touch the World" but they ran out of gas after "Raise".
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Reply #84 posted 03/20/20 1:00pm

RJOrion

kitbradley said:

RJOrion said:




Powerlight was cool, but by then i couldnt deal with not hearing Al McKay's guitar work bless their sound anymore..."Side By Side" and "Something Special" werr dope, but the rest was disappointing..."Miracles" was hideous... then after the Powerlight lp, Electric Universe completely bombed...Philip Bailey said he didnt even like the music anymore after Charles Stepney died, and Al McKay left
[Edited 3/7/20 8:49am]

IMO, "Side By Side" was their last great song. I didnt connect with the rest of the album. I liked the first two singles from "Touch the World" but they ran out of gas after "Raise".
[Edited 3/20/20 12:56pm]


i agree on Side By Side being the last great Earth Wind & Fire song of their golden era..theyve had a few good songs over the years since then, but the singles Side By Side and Fall In Love With Me, were the end of the great years for EWF
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Reply #85 posted 03/20/20 2:29pm

slyjackson

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Silly. Prince - from Dirty Mind to Lovesexy. Of course.

To Sign O' The Times.

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Reply #86 posted 03/20/20 3:40pm

RJOrion

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novabrkr said:


Silly. Prince - from Dirty Mind to Lovesexy. Of course.



To Sign O' The Times.



nah...to the Symbol Lp...

Batman & Grafitti Bridge didnt stop the run..the run stopped when there was no new lp in 93 and then 'Come' came in 94, which at the time, was a disappointment.
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Reply #87 posted 03/20/20 3:50pm

slyjackson

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slyjackson said:

To Sign O' The Times.

nah...to the Symbol Lp... Batman & Grafitti Bridge didnt stop the run..the run stopped when there was no new lp in 93 and then 'Come' came in 94, which at the time, was a disappointment.

No, Sign O' The Times was his last great album.

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Reply #88 posted 03/20/20 3:53pm

alphastreet

A lot of veteran artists
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Reply #89 posted 03/20/20 11:07pm

Comser

I'd have to go with Madonna from '83-'00 (she was non-stop hit after hit!)

Madonna (1983)

Like A Virgin (1984)

True Blue (1986)

Who's That Girl (1987)

You Can Dance (1987)

Like A Prayer (1989)

I'm Breathless (1990)

Immaculate Collection (1990)

Erotica (1992)

Bedtime Stories (1994)

Something To Remember (1995)

Evita (1997)

Ray Of Light (1998)

Music (2000)

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