On the rare sequel that's leagues more enjoyable than the predecessor ( It Takes A Nation.), Fear Of A Black Planet is a less-jumbled, more fun, and better produced product that has so much more to offer than just "Fight The Power". Take a drink and a bump and enjoy the dark twisted ride. Regardless, his stupidity in that situation fueled his genius in creating this, so fuck it. It's funny how criticizing Taylor Swift publicly can lead to such a world of pain, been there before lol. Each track serves a purpose to the overall themes, and contextually it pulled Kanye out of the rut that his career was in. It begs the question, why should we care about his drama? And that question is answered by the platinum-pissing contest of "Blame Game", the stadium-sized custody battle ( foreshadowing much ) of "All Of The Lights" and night out from Hell on "Devil In A New Dress". It's title is long as fuck and so is it's runtime but the album manages to really bring the listener into this man's perverted coke world in such a meaningful way. This has to be the most expensive rap album ever created, it's like a storybook blockbuster bursting with A-list features from Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, Elton John, Rihanna and many, many more.
For starters, of course this is a fucking classic. The endlessly pontificated upon modern rap supposed classic is about to be pontificated on some more. I don't see Kanye West existing without the foundation from people like Tribe and Lauryn Hill. On top of all of this, I love how the group keeps it mostly positive and never raps outside their own experience. Whether it's through the skewering of shitty music industry people on "Rap Promoter", the tough tackling of subject matter on "The Infamous Date R*pe" or the "kicking of routines" on NYC-curbside classic "Check the Rhine", The Low End Theory proves itself to be a top ten rap project. Aside from stamping itself as the definitive record in its genre, the balance between rapping topically and "for the Hell of it" on this project is nearly unmatched as well. If jazz is a creation of the black community and so is rap, what is the issue with sampling the former to therefore advance the latter? This is the greatest jazz rap album that will ever be, period.
I can't think of a more streamlined statement of purpose than "You could find the Abstract listening to hip hop/My pops used to say, it reminded him of be-bop/I said, well daddy don't you know that things go in cycles/The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin like Michael" over upright bass. I have just never had a strong enough connection to their music before or after doing my listening to make this list (at least to the degree that I'd include them in a GOAT list.) Shoutout to people like Nicki Minaj, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Salt-N-Peppa, Rico Nasty, and others. I did my best to find classic records from female artists including Lauryn Hill and Trina, but this list is kind of a boy's club. Secondly, my limited knowledge in the field of hip-hop and the male dominance in the genre probably adds up to a major skew towards male artists. I'm probably missing a lot of classics and my placements might not be perfect in that regard.
This list was created by the scrambled mind of one white man in a Google Doc. There are no producers, rappers, A&Rs, or "professional" music journalists putting their heads together to find the best of the best. For starters, this is not a list created by a council of individuals who have a longstanding relationship with hip-hop. Preface: I think it's worth including a few important details so that this list doesn't get taken the wrong way.
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