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Sandpeople - Honest Racket

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Fruitonica

Thanks for that reminder, I was definitely planning on getting this but it somehow slipped my mind until now.

I honestly can't think of any hip hop albums that are "perfect from start to finish", there's always a couple of weaker tracks. But my favourite albums would be.

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Outkast - Stankonia
Jay-z - American Gangster

Piss Me Off

You know what hasn't been mentioned yet?

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(sin)TAX

yes a definite MASTERPIECE!!! absolutely LOVE this album. everything about its it great!!!

Ghostface Killah- Ironman
GZA- Liquid Swords
Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

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Janszoon

Ugh. Back when that album came out I had a downstairs neighbor who used to blast it day and night. It was like it was the only music he owned. I've avoided it for years and I'm still not sure I could ever give the thing a fair listen because of that.

jackhammer

Sorry Luke but I have to agree with Janszoon on this one. I think this album was one of those crossover albums that melded an RnB asthetic onto a Hip Hop beat and unleashed a whole heap of trash on the world.

It is not solely responsible but this album definitely ushered in a new way of marketing Hip Hop methinks.

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Sparky

Thats unfair isn't it?

Look at how the fugees were marketed, and compare them to artists now. Do you really see much of a connection between Akon, R-kelly, T-Pain with the fugees?

Are you going to blame the pioneers of punk as being responsible for blink-182 and avril lavigne?

You make it seem like every album that blends RnB is crap, which is incredibly far from reality.

jackhammer

I see a connection between all those artists and The Fugees TBH. I said they are partly to blame but not all. Ordinary folks all of a sudden thought they knew Hip Hop when they heard this album and the marketing guys found a gap in the market.

It happened in the mid to late 80's with Rock music (Bon Jovi, Europe etc) and again in the mid 90's with bands like Green Day. They pushed these genres to the forefront which in turn bred similar bands. Why did heavier guitar music explode early 2000?

Marketing music is big business and The Fugees album (whether it was good or not) ushered in a new era of Urban music.

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Piss Me Off

Oh yeah definitely, i blame Killing Me Softly, but i enjoy it a lot nonetheless. A lot of the album tracks deserve more credit. Laid-back yes, but the hooks are there.

And it's far too good to be dinner party music

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Molecules

thats difficult to say, the 'r'n'b aesthetic on a hip hop beat' was big way before the fugees; the genres had been fusing since New Jack Swing (Janet Jackson's third album is a corker).
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besides i'd sooner listen to something with some soul over this bait 'underground' stuff perpetuated by beardy white guys in hunting caps. But then again you'd probably find the Fugees in any self-respecting student/backpacker hip-hop collection. i mean they're not that great really are they? i'm still undecided on 'the miseducation of lauryn hill' though. Incidentally this is available in all CD megastores in the URBAN section (if it's got black people/lack of guitars/digital production it's urban, fyi)

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