I WONDER IF IT EXISTS......
 

....the perfect album?



I mean absolute perfection no track left behind

Beats

Production

Lyrics

All that good stuff

Biggies ready to die?

The polices' synchronicity?

Jelly clarksons first album?

Any thoughts?

dmx first album.
kweli refelction eternal
many more



outside of hiphop, which i could name a few others that imo were perfect.
but..

linkin parks debut
also staind break the cycle was perfect imo

Agreed on dmx first joint.
Rae- Cuban linx
Ghost- ironman (maybe sup. clientele)
Jay- reasonable doubt
That old fugees joint is underrated
Currency-sat nite car tunes
Project Pat- mista don't play

I'd prolly put life after death over ready to die personally.

Talib Kweli's Reflection Eternal

fucking...

Coldplay's Parachutes


fucking...

Coheed and Cambria's Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV


fucking...

uhhh....that's all I can think of right now

but each one of those albums are all different genres but they are all albums you can listen to from front to back with no problem

Word. Ready to die is more my liking lol. Machine gun funk is just ahhh


Word on dmx

Bro u just mention heed and Cambria

We are best friends now.

That album is amazing. Good suggestion man.

Californication for me

Reasonable doubt did come to mind also admittedly

we've always been best friends. you just had to stop hating me for being a bottom tier boarder first.


Chest bump?

Run DMC - Raisin hell
Beastie boys - License to ill
Brand Nubian - one for all, in God we trust
Gangstarr - hard to earn
Krs one - the real boom bap
Nas - illmatic
Jay Z - reasonable doubt, black album
WuTang Clan - 36 chambers


Holler

Agreed on illmatic.
Clipse- lord willin

Love that bags said californication

Yes

Y'all put that over blood sex magic?

Yes.

Best band ever imo.

Aquemini

the answer is no; no such thing as a perfect album.
i think the artists mentioned here would say the same, as they are/were probably always "striving for better"

I was gonna say ATLiens

I've always thought The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??! was flawless.

Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens

CunninLynguists - Dirty Acres

ATCQ - Midnight Marauders

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Aceyalone - Book Of Human Language

Zion I - Mind Over Matter

Illmatic is perfect. It gives itself no room for flaws. An intro, nine tracks produced by legends at their peaks and only one, very memorable, guest spot. Nas, meanwhile, is focused on sticking to his strengths. I don't mind when people say Illmatic is boring, but it definitely isn't flawed. It accomplished everything it set out to accomplish.

This is a garbage opinion.

Every album has something i personally skip. But reasonable doubt has maybe 2 i skip. Same with illmatic.

Those are the two closest. The only other album that only has a couple songs i skip is hassaan mackeys daily bread

I'm legitimately curious and not criticizing you: What do you skip on Illmatic? I'm guessing the intro (which barely counts) and ... "One Love"?

RHCP is my favorite band that still performs. But srsly,best band ever? Do you even Beatles brah?

Stones > beatles

I PERSONALLY THINK THAT YEEZUS IS THE ONLY PERFECT ALBUM

Yea halftime and one love, but i still like them so i guess it doesnt count as much as the songs i skip on reasonable doubt. When i skip those its more because im trying to hear represent for the 9000th time, where as i skip brooklyns finest for example because its a terrible song thats out of place.

"Ain't No Nigga" is the worst song on Reasonable Doubt — all the way down to a stolen beat.

Yea I was gonna say I skip ain't no nigga if I skip anything.

Still crazy to me that Jay Z ("Ain't No Nigga"), Nas ("Nastradamus") and DMX ("Get At Me Dog") all had big singles that straight-up ripped EPMD beats.

lmao i havent listened for ages, but i love Ty - Upwards

No such thing as a perfect album for me. Even albums I consider classic, still have a song or two I will skip.

Personal Illmatic songs rankings:

1. It Ain't Hard to Tell
2. NY State of Mind
3. The World Is Yours
4. Represent
5. Memory Lane (Sittin' in the Park)
6. One Time 4 Your Mind
7. Life's a Bitch
8. Halftime
9. One Love

I'm not skipping any of those, but I guess I could see it with the last three.

Southernplayalistic...

Halftime is a top 3 illmatic song wtf

Hey @Certain I'm curious as to how u rank Elzhi's take on illmatic?

I haven't listened to that in like three years. I remember it being surprisingly good.