what was the last truly classic album?

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Originally Posted by uh-oh

I feel like the problem with the roots is, whatever album you listened to first, is what you think is classic lol. I slept on them forever other than there obvious big song(s). The first album i really sat with was the one with dear god, think it was how i got over, and it feels classic to me. But if you are a lifetime follower of the roots its just another dope roots album

This is true. I think Things Fall Apart tends to be the one singled out as their greatest, but that might be because it was the right era (late-1990s, the Mos Def era) where a lot of people were first listening to that kind of rap.