And_So_It_Burns
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It's a good album. By no means is it a top 15 album. There were even a few albums better than the 18th letter the year it dropped
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And_So_It_Burns;9227674 said:It's a good album. By no means is it a top 15 album. There were even a few albums better than the 18th letter the year it dropped
Yeah only like 4 or 5
Shine permanently only my mind's concerning me
Fire burns in me eternally time's eternity
Followers turn on me they'll be in a mental infirmary
Determinedly advance technology better than Germany
Since the first days you know of, till the last days is over
I was always the flow-er, I made waves for Noah
From a compound, to the anatomy, to the breakdown of a atom
Some of my rap patterns, still surround Saturn
From the ancient Hieroglyphics, to graffiti painted pictures
I study I know the scriptures but nowadays ain't it vicious
Ra can't be fucked with!!
Fire burns in me eternally time's eternity
Followers turn on me they'll be in a mental infirmary
Determinedly advance technology better than Germany
Since the first days you know of, till the last days is over
I was always the flow-er, I made waves for Noah
From a compound, to the anatomy, to the breakdown of a atom
Some of my rap patterns, still surround Saturn
From the ancient Hieroglyphics, to graffiti painted pictures
I study I know the scriptures but nowadays ain't it vicious
Ra can't be fucked with!!
tompetrez3
New member
Sleeper album of 97. Underrated lyrical performance and hard hitting production. IMO his return did not get the fanfare it should of recieved. He came back right at the height of shiny suit era. Universal was the worst label a rapper could sign to at the time (pre CMR) so not only was the album poorly promoted (cheesy return video smh) but it was initally expensive because it was packaged as a double album with his greatest hits. It was $31.99 at my local record spot on CD and sat until 1998 when single CD versions of 18th letter started coming in.
Preach2Teach
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I need to give it another listen not too familiar with that album, but Rakim is the man.
KamPushMe;549228 said:Shit has to be considered a top 10 album of AT
Or at least top 15
How u not post New York, I still give the that song major play
lordstanley
New member
Shit is fire and a classic, that's facts
Muhannad;9229757 said:TS must be young. The 18th letter was aiight but it wasn't well received when it dropped. Heads expected more. 3.5 or 4 mic album.
It's still a dope ass album. His lyrics are phenomenal
tompetrez3;9227769 said:Sleeper album of 97. Underrated lyrical performance and hard hitting production. IMO his return did not get the fanfare it should of recieved. He came back right at the height of shiny suit era. Universal was the worst label a rapper could sign to at the time (pre CMR) so not only was the album poorly promoted (cheesy return video smh) but it was initally expensive because it was packaged as a double album with his greatest hits. It was $31.99 at my local record spot on CD and sat until 1998 when single CD versions of 18th letter started coming in.
Cosign.
I remember the day it dropped. I copped it. In fact, I was living in New York and there was a store called Harlem Music Hut that released it a few days before it dropped.
Anyway, it was a solid album and he had DJ Premiere, Clark Kent and a few other well known producers at the time but for some reason he didn't hire Puff Daddy to lace him with 2 or 3 tracks. If he had some beats by Puffy (or D Dot) with easy to recognize samples that girls liked it would have been a 5 mic classic. Unfortunately he was aiming for hardcore Hip Hop heads and quite frankly, Mos Def and Talib Kweli did it better.
He needed some Club Bangers and thats what Puffy was doing at the time. He was lacing people with hits.
Still a solid album though.
Ether44mag
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its a very good album ,underrated even ...but top 10 ?? come on man the beats were too weak to even be top 25 but the lyrics are A1 as usual for RA
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bck145;9231164 said:album was a snoozefest
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5 Grand;9231463 said:Lets put it like this; Life After Death and Wu Tang Forever came out first
Like I said earlier, only 4 or 5 are legitimately better than this that came out that year.
