Jay-Z Vs Outkast Vs Black Star - Who Dropped the Best Album on 9/29/98?
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Outkast - AqueminiA muhfuckin classic
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Outkast - AqueminiReturn of the G, Rosa Parks, and West Savannah were enough for me. Not gonna lie at first glance Vol 2 looked out of place but it is worth real consideration
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black StarAll 3 albums are execptional grade A as far as straight up MC-ing, technical Lyricisim and Rhyming
Volume 2 is the best though as far as straight up MC-ing and technical Lyricisim
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Outkast - AqueminiThe kast
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Outkast - AqueminiVol.2 Was Jigga Mans Decline Into Mainstream...Less Primos And Clark Kents And More Swizz Beatz And Timbalands...RD And Vol.1 Hov>>>>>>Anything After
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Jay-Z Vol. 2Outlast is overrated
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Outkast - AqueminiI listen to Black Star more, but Aquemini was earth shattering back when it dropped.
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black StarAlready knew I was copping vol.2 1st day and when I heard redefinition I was all in. for black star....picked up aquemini at the same time just as an after thought and was pleasantly surprised by just how dope it was..... All three got heavy spins but black star got just that much more air time for the lyrical jewelry
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black StarSince I am on my meds I can be honest all the albums are great but if we talk quality, lyrics and impact it's between Black Star and Outkast. I don't wanna take anything from Jay it was not a bad album but Aquemini and Black Star is on another level.
Mos Def got a top 10 GOAT verse on that album if not a top 5. ? it may even be the best verse ever!
Lyrically Blackstar was the best album that year.
Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listening agree
That everything you see ain't really how it be
A lot of jokers out running in place, chasing the style
Be a lot going on beneath the empty smile
Most cats in my area be loving the hysteria
Synthesized surface conceals the interior
America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages
More than usually, speaking loudly
Saying nothing, you confusing me, you losing me
Your game is twisted, want me enlisted in your usury
Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception
Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the looking glass
Walking the street, wondering who they be looking past
Looking gassed with them imported designer shades on
Stars shine bright, but the light rarely stays on
Same song, just remixed, different arrangement
Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship
Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this
Screaming "brand new", when they just sanitized the old ?
Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick
That they been running across stars through all the time with
I find it's distressing, there's never no in-between
We either ? or Kings, we either ? or Queens
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
The length of black life is treated with short worth
Get yours first, them other ? secondary
That type of illing that be filling up the cemetery
This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you
Not strong, only aggressive cause the power ain't directed
That's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
Not free, we only licensed, not live, we just exciting
Cause the captors own the masters to what we writing
Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game
Not good, but well behaved cause the camera survey
Most of the things that we think, do or say
We chasing after death just to call ourselves brave
But everyday, next man meet with the grave/Great
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
I'm trying to live life in the sight of ? 's memory like that y'all
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
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Outkast - Aquemini^^stop typing b this ? been in the bag.
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Outkast - AqueminiI was 13 when these albums came out. I bought vol 2 and aquemini. Vol 2 had them bigger impact records that year... but that aquemini painted a story from beginning to end. That might be my fav album of all time
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star^^stop typing b this ? been in the bag.
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Jay-Z Vol. 2Sleep all ya want on Vol 2 but the ? goes
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - classic single
If I Should Die - hood ?
Ride Or Die - come on dude ? on Betha
? What, ? Who (Originator 99) - u want flow? Well jigga and jazo killed this ? with flow
Money, Cash, Hoes - the 2 biggest rappers at the time on a track street single
A Week Ago - classic ? u still could drop/listen to today
Can I Get A... - rush hour and the hoes loved it
Reservoir Dogs - hood ?
It's Alright - ill ? even bleek did him
Money Ain't A Thang - that money ? u think jay ? on ? now days with his money talk well jigga from 98 was crushing ? 100 times harder
"? wanna rub shoulders, your money's too young
See me when it gets older, ya bank account grow up"
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black StarBlack Star and Aquemini both in my top 10 albums all time
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Outkast - AqueminiThe other 2 didn't age as well.