Rap album you've listened to the most

[hogginthefogg]

I was listening to this the other day:


And it occurred to me that I have probably listened to that more than any other rap album. I was kinda surprised, to be honest. When that came out, I listened to that and Common's "Resurrection" back to back in their entirety every day for at least three months. Just over and over....But I listened to "Resurrection" again a few weeks ago and--while it's still great [not really up for discussion here] and I still enjoyed it--it didn't leave me wanting to listen to it again any time soon. That's true for lots of albums I've played hundreds of times. Maybe I've just burned out on them. But I never got tired of that Beatnuts.I think that becoming a DJ has also severely restricted my "full album appreciation." Years ago, I started looking for the song I'd play out. That also coincided with what many have argued was a fall-off in overall album quality, but that's debatable and not really Jermaine to this Jackson.So, Strutters, which rap album have you listened to the most times in your life?

 

[Egbert_Souse]

Fear Of A Black Planet, easily.

 

[HAZ]

Nation Of Millions

b/w

Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop

 

[batmon]

Critical Beatdown/Straight Out The Jungle

 

[lord234]

 

[obscure_addict]

b/w soon as the 90s came

Wu - 36

 

[erewhon]

I'm guessing one of these:


36 Chambers

Runaway Slave

Liquid Swords

Long Live the Kane

Paid in Full

Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em

 

[Fatback]

 

[Egbert_Souse]

Ooh- I wonder if I've listened to 36 chambers more than Black Planet...? maybe not. But its close.

 

[dstill808]

Stakes is High

 

[Lefty]

nwa straight outta compton,
pharcyde bizarre ride
dr dre chronic
raekwon ,only build
gza liquid swords

 

[GenePontecorvo]

Paul's Boutique

 

[dstill808]

actually, giving it a bit more thought, I think this one takes the cake, probably by a pretty long shot...

 

[jlee]

i actually wore out a copy of 36 Chambers back in HS.

But I would probably bet money that i have listened to this album the most in my life (since i got it damn near 16yrs ago and still listen to it till this day).

 

[Young_Phonics]

 

[faux_rillz]

Probably this one:

Other possibilities:

Illmatic
Midnight Marauders
Resurrection
36 Chambers
Reasonable Doubt
The Infamous
Hard to Earn

All records that I played incessantly as a teenager, in a way that I don't play any record anymore.

 

[Mad Drama Teacher]

I had a tape with Enta da Stage and Illmatic on it in my old Camry.

 

[jlee]

probably a close 2nd for me.

 

[thesolelife]

Another one of these one answer jawns again...

...which, really isn't just one answer...so off the quick dome, to answer the Q is...


Ready To Die

 

[HarveyCanal]

Yes, I'm like a broken record...Playaz in tha Game.

Yes, like a self-involved dork...I'm going to try to break this shit down by years...

88-89 Srataight Outta Compton/Eazy Duz It/Life Is...Too $hort/Strictly Business
91-92 Low End Theory/Mecca and the Soul Brother/Wolf in Sheep's Clothing/Step in the Arena/
93 Inner City Griots/The Chronic/Enta da Stage/Enter the Wu Tang/Bizarre Ride II tha Pharcyde/21 and Over
94 Playaz in tha Game/Illegal Business/Project Blowed/Regulate...The G Funk Era/Illmatic/Hip-Hopera/Fadenuf fa Erybody/Stress: The Extinction Agenda/Boxcar Sessions
95-97 Potrait of a Serial Chiller/Do the Math/All Balls Don't Bounce
98-01 Declassified/Biggest of the Baddest/South Central Thynk Tank
02-04 Get Ya Mind Correct/Sunnmoonsekt/Madvillain
05-07 Z-Ro's Greatest Verses