Comments on: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Rap Albums of the ’00s: 40-31 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/ Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » The Next Spot: Lil Wayne-”The Carter II” http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-155516 Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » The Next Spot: Lil Wayne-”The Carter II” Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:01:06 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-155516 [...] Lil’ Weezyana, and, oh yes, our actual Passion of the Weiss-endorsed Weezy magnum opus, Tha Carter III. This is what Wayne would hear if he phoned home now: “the chalk’s only for the art, homie. We [...] [...] Lil’ Weezyana, and, oh yes, our actual Passion of the Weiss-endorsed Weezy magnum opus, Tha Carter III. This is what Wayne would hear if he phoned home now: “the chalk’s only for the art, homie. We [...]

]]> By: Matt shea http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-125094 Matt shea Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:00:23 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-125094 Just to slide in a little late on this one: there are so many great Brit hip hoppers: roots manuva, dizzy, Wiley, Rodney P, Charlie Dark, Wayne Lotek, just to name a few. Great stuff and well worth checking out. As for Masta Ace - Disposable Arts: Love that album. Far from the good times of the early 90s, Ace returned and he was angry. There's this bristling quality to it, like the hip hop powers that be had been flaying him with a cattle prod for five years. Makes me shiver with adrenaline every time I throw it on. Just to slide in a little late on this one: there are so many great Brit hip hoppers: roots manuva, dizzy, Wiley, Rodney P, Charlie Dark, Wayne Lotek, just to name a few. Great stuff and well worth checking out.

As for Masta Ace – Disposable Arts: Love that album. Far from the good times of the early 90s, Ace returned and he was angry. There’s this bristling quality to it, like the hip hop powers that be had been flaying him with a cattle prod for five years. Makes me shiver with adrenaline every time I throw it on.

]]> By: douglas martin http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124697 douglas martin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:16:55 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124697 pardon, i meant "this decade." pardon, i meant “this decade.”

]]> By: douglas martin http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124695 douglas martin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:09:28 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124695 jason, to paraphrase renato, "an english bloke who can't rap for shit made a better rap record than most of your favorite rappers this year." god knows how many people voted in this thing we did. i didn't vote for either streets album, but they both made the top-40. i'm not going to sit here and argue with consensus. jason, to paraphrase renato, “an english bloke who can’t rap for shit made a better rap record than most of your favorite rappers this year.”

god knows how many people voted in this thing we did. i didn’t vote for either streets album, but they both made the top-40. i’m not going to sit here and argue with consensus.

]]> By: Jason http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124675 Jason Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:49:02 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124675 Douglas- Certainly rap isn't American anymore, it's just this particular non-American can't rap for shit and his beats are more UK garage than hip-hop. How does that make a great rap record again? Oh yeah, escapism, and storytelling and stuff! All I am sayin is I hope see Edan twice on this list in the next 30, oh well he's not escapist in the Mike Skinner sense. Just a great rapper with exceptional beats and phenomenal cadence. Douglas-
Certainly rap isn’t American anymore, it’s just this particular non-American can’t rap for shit and his beats are more UK garage than hip-hop. How does that make a great rap record again? Oh yeah, escapism, and storytelling and stuff!
All I am sayin is I hope see Edan twice on this list in the next 30, oh well he’s not escapist in the Mike Skinner sense. Just a great rapper with exceptional beats and phenomenal cadence.

]]> By: chris http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124671 chris Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:51:16 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124671 That was sloppy commenting on my part. I neglected to amend with the caveat that the only people I've ran into or heard/read/smelled that championed the record with a straight face were mid-aughts O.G. hipsters (as opposed to the shitfit-electro-reverb variety of today) or rock critics (and maybe Toure), or rather, a disappointingly safe and overrated record frequently nominated into the canon since its release that represents a school particular school of though on "good hip hop records". Weiss- K, but exceptions don't negate the observation. Its interesting that CJ voted for the record but I'm not speaking in absolutes. That was sloppy commenting on my part. I neglected to amend with the caveat that the only people I’ve ran into or heard/read/smelled that championed the record with a straight face were mid-aughts O.G. hipsters (as opposed to the shitfit-electro-reverb variety of today) or rock critics (and maybe Toure), or rather, a disappointingly safe and overrated record frequently nominated into the canon since its release that represents a school particular school of though on “good hip hop records”.

Weiss- K, but exceptions don’t negate the observation. Its interesting that CJ voted for the record but I’m not speaking in absolutes.

]]> By: Zilla Rocca http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124652 Zilla Rocca Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:53:17 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124652 Anon: You'll never guess from your latest list as to what actually MADE it. To paraprhase Prince Paul on Deltron..."It'll knock your SOCKS OFF!" Anon:

You’ll never guess from your latest list as to what actually MADE it. To paraprhase Prince Paul on Deltron…”It’ll knock your SOCKS OFF!”

]]> By: DocZeus http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124644 DocZeus Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:08:41 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124644 "You guys are just mad a British bloke who can’t rap made better rap than your most of your favourite rappers did this decade." Exactly. I remain remorseless about my hip hop xenophobia! Thur stealin' arr list spearts! “You guys are just mad a British bloke who can’t rap made better rap than your most of your favourite rappers did this decade.”

Exactly. I remain remorseless about my hip hop xenophobia! Thur stealin’ arr list spearts!

]]> By: douglas martin http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124637 douglas martin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:14:21 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124637 chris: as a black rap writer who contributed to this feature, i can assure you that, although it didn't make my personal list, there is a wealth of good things about <i>a grand don't come for free</i>, primarily the "anal-retentive realism." to me, the album provides a sense of escapism that "white rap writers" probably felt when they listened to "today was a good day." jason: a record full of geezers and birds signifies hip-hop's greatest triumph during this particular decade: rap music isn't <i>just</i> american, anymore. anon: not to spoil the suspense for you, but do you REALLY think there's any way <i>donuts</i> would have been omitted from this list? chris: as a black rap writer who contributed to this feature, i can assure you that, although it didn’t make my personal list, there is a wealth of good things about a grand don’t come for free, primarily the “anal-retentive realism.” to me, the album provides a sense of escapism that “white rap writers” probably felt when they listened to “today was a good day.”

jason: a record full of geezers and birds signifies hip-hop’s greatest triumph during this particular decade: rap music isn’t just american, anymore.

anon: not to spoil the suspense for you, but do you REALLY think there’s any way donuts would have been omitted from this list?

]]> By: anon http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124631 anon Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:45:23 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/04/passion-of-the-weiss-top-50-rap-albums-of-the-%e2%80%9900s-40-31/#comment-124631 Albums that probably won't appear on this list that really should: Craft of the Lost Art, Da Unbreakables, Most Known Unknown, Further Adventures of Lord Quas, Showtime, The Mouse and the Mask, Boy in Da Corner, Kala, Arular, Home Sweet Home, The Documentary, Already Platinum, Caltroit, American Gangster, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and dare I say.. Relapse Albums that probably won’t appear on this list that really should:
Craft of the Lost Art, Da Unbreakables, Most Known Unknown, Further Adventures of Lord Quas, Showtime, The Mouse and the Mask, Boy in Da Corner, Kala, Arular, Home Sweet Home, The Documentary, Already Platinum, Caltroit, American Gangster, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and dare I say.. Relapse

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