Classic Album Debate #40: Labcabincalifornia
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
Release Date: 02/07/2022
Season 2 Finale
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
Time to say goodbye to season 2! We're going to remember the highs, the lows, and most importantly...the classics. Enjoy and we'll see you soon! - The Liner Notes Crew
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Classic Album Debate #68: Straight Outta Compton
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube From the gang called Niggaz With Attitudes When I'm called off, I got a sawed off Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off" - Straight Outta Compton Final album review of season 2. NWA changed the game with Straight Outta Compton. This put the west coast on the map and the rest of Hip-Hop on notice. Is it a Classic?
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Classic Album Debate #67: Nuttin' But Love
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"I know you want lots a jewels and stuff Backyards with swimming pools, bars with stools and stuff Fancy foods - Lobster, Sushi Gear - Versace, Gucci, crazy Lucci" - Nuttin' But Love Next album up: Nuttin' But Love by Heavy D. Dropped in 1994, this album contained some of Hev's biggest hits. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #66: Raising Hell
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
I got bass, tone, I use cologne And then I rock the funky rhyme on the microphone - Perfection Next album up: Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C. This was the first platinum Hip-Hop record and sent the group to super stardom. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #65: Girl Code
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Real ass bitch, give a fuck 'bout a nigga Big Birkin bag, hold five, six figures" - Act Up Next album up: Girl Code by the City Girls. The City Girls dropped their debut album in 2018 and it put the girls on a national stage. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #64: Book of Ryan
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Need to know, I'm a product of a dead poet rhyming at his low Equals Maya Angelou, my emphatic flow can rise the status quo" - Outside Next album up: Book of Ryan by Royce Da 5'9. Dropped in 2018, This is seen as Royce's most introspective album. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #63: Astroworld
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Yeah, this shit way too formal, y'all know I don't follow suit Stacey Dash, most of these girls ain't got a clue" - Sicko Mode Next album up: Astroworld by Travis Scott. Travis dropped this in 2018 to critical acclaim and commercial success. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #62: Eve
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Y'all can have the bars, nigga, I spit hard metal gates Henry Louis Gates when I cop me some new estate" - Nina Next album up: Eve by Rapsody. Rapsody dropped her 3rd album in 2019 and it received widespread critical acclaim. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #61: Lord Willin'
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Virginia's for lovers, but trust there's hate here For out-of-towners, who think that they gon' move weight here Ironic, the same place I'm makin' figures at That there's the same land they used to hang niggas at" - Virginia Next album up: Lord Willin' by the Clipse. Their major label debut dropped in 2002 and was entirely produced by the Neptunes. Is it a classic?
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Classic Album Debate #60: Invasion Of Privacy
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
"Said lil' bitch, you can't fuck with me if you wanted to These expensive, these is red bottoms, these is bloody shoes" - Bodak Yellow Next album up: Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B. Cardi's debut took the music game by storm and was a massive commercial success. Is it a classic?
info_outline"Let me entertain you and interphase you, with the new sound. Sound is the side and the Phar is the cyde And no matter who you are, you know you can't hide"
For our 40th debate, we're hitting up Pharycde's second album, Labcabincalifornia. The group had a change in sound on this one and it had a big impact on how the album was received.
Is it a classic?