Classic Album Debate #49: Swimming
The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
Release Date: 04/11/2022
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?
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Said it's your money if you make it
Otherwise, it's just a conversation
Conversation, Pt. 1
Next album up: Swimming by Mac Miller. Mac's fifth album and the last one to be released during his lifetime. This gave a window into Mac's life and his inner thoughts.
Is it a classic?