what was the last great rap album with no filler?

BallzDeepBallzDeep 612 Posts
edited September 2018 in Music Talk
the 'watch the throne' thread has got me thinkin,
i can't remember the last rap album i really liked where there wasn't at least one dud track.
big boi's was close, but 'general patton' is straight up shitty.
when i think of great rap albums with no filler of course 'illmatic' comes to mind, along with some other old stuff.

so,

what was the last great rap album with solid tracks top to bottom?
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  • BallzDeep said:

    big boi's was close, but 'general patton' is straight up shitty.

    disagree infinity %

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    IMO,



    Elzhi & Will sessions - Elmatic - Detroit



    Qwel & Maker - Owl - Chicago

    - spidey

  • SPlDEY said:



    Elzhi & Will sessions - Elmatic - Detroit


    - spidey

    I really liked this as well.

  • cookbookcookbook 783 Posts


    *gasp*

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    SPlDEY said:
    IMO,



    Elzhi & Will sessions - Elmatic - Detroit

    LOLOLOLOLOL

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    faux_rillz said:

    LOLOLOLOLOL



    - spidey

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I cant think of ONE Hip Hop album that is flawless.

  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    batmon said:
    I cant think of ONE Hip Hop album that is flawless.
    Mobb Deep-The Infamous

  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,095 Posts
    I can't think of a flawless album either.

    But there's no accouting for taste, so I tend to give an artist the benefit of the doubt if I love most of an album and am so-so about a few bits. So "no filler" is a relative thing.



    I know that I LOVED the VAST MAJORITY of Marcberg. I'd have to think if anything more recent tops it.

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    batmon said:
    I cant think of ONE Hip Hop album that is flawless.

    Off the top of my head, I don't skip anything on Supreme Clientele, Hell Hath No Fury, Dirty Money, Emeritus or OBFCL.


    More recently, I can think of tapes, but not studio albums.

  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,095 Posts
    bassie said:
    More recently, I can think of tapes, but not studio albums.

    Please share your thoughts.

    EDIT: I'll start...Snoop's We Da West from last spring was so tight.

  • BallzDeep said:
    but 'general patton' is straight up shitty.


    :NO:

  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    batmon said:
    OBFCL.


    Rainy Daze is turrible. You can do it with almost every album. Too hard to be flawless unless you have 10 tracks like Nas did.

  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,095 Posts
    The_Non said:
    batmon said:
    OBFCL.


    Rainy Daze is turrible.

    Trippin

  • JRootJRoot 861 Posts
    Jay-Z -- The Black Album.

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Not all super-recent but: Z-Ro's 5200, Na'Tee's Guess Who's Coming 2 Dinner, Jeezy's Trap Or Die2, Scarface's Dopeman Music, Nipsey Hussle's The Marathon and I would put Lil Wayne's No Ceilings up there, too.

    edit - might as well add Nipsey's Bullets Vol 1

  • I'll probably get shat on from a height for this, but I really enjoyed this:



    As for no albums being flawless, even 'It Takes A Nation of Million' had instro fillers, but I can live with that.

    That Elzhi joint is tight as well,

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    JRoot said:
    Jay-Z -- The Black Album.

    "Justify My Thug" apologist revealed

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    batmon said:
    I cant think of ONE Hip Hop album that is flawless.

    NWA - Straight Outta Compton

    Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill

    These come pretty close - I'd be hard pressed to think of Rap albums i listened to more when and after they came out.

    edit: Oh, and Illmatic. Hard To Earn and Step In The Arena.

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    And as far as the op goes, i'd say



    &



    had very little filler

  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    ketan said:
    The_Non said:
    batmon said:
    OBFCL.


    Rainy Daze is turrible.

    T.R.I.P.P.I.N.

  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    How can you even put a fanboy cover/tribute album in this category? He wrote a couple of new raps and tweaked some beats and its a classic? its riding coattails that are like 20 years old. that said it was a decent thing but you can't count it here.

    Co-effing-sign on Emeritus.

  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    Brian said:
    ketan said:
    The_Non said:
    batmon said:
    OBFCL.


    Rainy Daze is turrible.

    T.R.I.P.P.I.N.

    Yeah, thats crazy talk.

    heavy on the wrist, polo mocks socks and rugby's

    Supreme Clientele is close, but miss me with Stroke Of Death. Any duds on Liquid Swords?

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    DELETE before the Bad Taste, I like everything, I really like Rock music, im 20,Im Australian, "Golden Age" nonsense starts.

  • batmon said:
    DELETE before the Bad Taste, I like everything, I really like Rock music, im 20,Im Australian, "Golden Age" nonsense starts.

    Agreed. This is going nowhere. Rename it "we have very different tastes" and well be fine

  • DustedDon said:
    BallzDeep said:
    but 'general patton' is straight up shitty.


    :NO:

    wow, really?
    the beat to this one gives me a headache.

    getting old related?

  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    TM101

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Brian said:
    TM101

    Yes.

  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    Brian said:
    ketan said:
    The_Non said:
    batmon said:
    OBFCL.


    Rainy Daze is turrible.

    T.R.I.P.P.I.N.

    Lemme clarify: I like the beat, I like da rapz, I hate the fuckin singer. I guess it's a personal thing.
    Carry on with this soon to be trainwreck thread.

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    "There's not enough music threads on the Board anymore."

    "Let's kill this music thread on the Board."
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