MCs who had great Debut albums and sophmore albums that surpassed it

[andre_1024]

Em

Kanye

Cube

shocked @ how many people sayin Life After Death is better than Ready to Die..

 

[juelz21]

where was can-i-bus after that LL DISS lol

what does sales and money have anything to do with rhyme skills

 

[the best 1]

Common's best album can't even match AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, let alone Death Certificate. Glad I have a valid excuse to disregard that overrated diss song. Shiit, Ice Cube saying hip-hop started in west ("Westside Slaughterhouse") makes more sense than Common saying that Cube has not made anything great after his debut. (Oh and "It Was a Good Day" is better than any Common song ever)

And I'm not denying that Common doesn't have his classic album(s), but none of them can match Cube's first two. So don't come at me with "Have you heard resurrection and BE? that shits better than any cube album" because neither of them are even the best Common album I've heard - Like Water for Chocolate is his best.

C/S... "The Bitch in You" has to be one of the most overrated dis songs ever.

Common hasn't dropped anything even close to Amerikkkas Most Wanted.

 

[the best 1]

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer was the shit

This should have been one of the first ones mentioned... LL dropped "Radio".... and then "Bigger and Deffer".

 

[Sleepzz716]

The Roots (Do You Want More>>>>Organix)

Charles Hamilton (This Perfect Life>>Pink Lavalamp in some ways)

GZA (Liquid Swords>>>>>Words from the Genius)

 

[bunz]

common- resurrection

em- mmlp

kast- aquemini

clipse- hell hath no fury

royce- death is certain

mobb deep- the infamous

 

[talik23]

what does sales and money have anything to do with rhyme skills

who mentioned sales....... what the hell u talkin about

 

[juelz21]

who mentioned sales....... what the hell u talkin about

shut the fukk up u said where is canbius and sales has alot to do with a rapper relevance

 

[talik23]

shut the fukk up u said where is canbius and sales has alot to do with a rapper relevance

shut the hell up u clown. i said where was canibus after the ll diss...... that aint got shit to do with his sales.

 

[juelz21]

shut the hell up u clown. i said where was canibus after the ll diss...... that aint got shit to do with his sales.

your not making any sense shut the fukk up.

 

[talik23]

your not making any sense shut the fukk up.

.......................................

 

[blackdemo]

Has anyone said Mobb Deep

The Infamous and Hell on Earth

Unless you consider Juvenile Hell their debut

hell on earth was NOT on the same level as the infamous bruh, dont go there, i wanted to say mobb deep too but they debut wasnt great, n u kinda have to consider juvenile hell they first...cuz itwas they first album lol. the infamous is my fav hip hop album of all time

 

[blackdemo]

Bonafied classic

Followed by an even better but slept on classic

mmmm damn thats a hard one man, im gonna have to say its a tie to be honest

 

[c.b.b.]

I definitely co-sign the opening post. Death Certificate is the greatest hip-hop album I've ever heard and the biggest surprise is it followed up another classic. And Common's diss ain't shit just for the fact he said Cube hasn't made anything dope after A.M.W.

And speaking of Scarface, I wouldn't say The World Is Yours (great) is better than Mr. Scarface Is Back (classic) but The Diary surpassed both.

Spice 1 definitely needs a mention, Spice 1 was a great album but 187 He Wrote is as close to a classic he's gotten. The one who mentioned A Tribe Called Quest is pretty on-point. De La Soul also deserve a mention with a great debut (3 Feet High) but surpassed by a superior sophomore (De La Soul is Dead). And they even topped the three first efforts with Stakes is High.

I agree, The World Is Yours isn't quite as good as MSIB

I'll go with Wu Tang "Forever" .... I put that over 36 Chambers b/c it's more polished.

They were a more gritty street group in '93 and Forever was more fresh, but I guess that's unfair since it came out 4 years later. Rap changed a lot from '93-'97

I'd say the Cool is more advanced than Food & Liquor

 

[c.b.b.]

common- resurrection

em- mmlp[\b]

kast- aquemini

clipse- hell hath no fury

royce- death is certain

mobb deep- the infamous

Main album I thought of when I saw this thread

 

[gunot_killa]

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CLOSED THREAD

 

[#sneakerhead]

iron man followed by supreme clientele

wat he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Shalashaska]

Kanye West. Clipse. Eminem.

 

[lion_heart]

Hell no Supreme Clientele isn't better than Ironman. What kind of X yall on?

 

[ChuckieInDaMurderAve]

common- resurrection

em- mmlp

kast- aquemini

clipse- hell hath no fury

royce- death is certain

mobb deep- the infamous

Aquemini is the third Outkast album. I guess you meant ATLiens.