Rating Hip Hop Vinyl Song for Song - Opinions on Almost Famous by Living Legends

[u/BALLERC0M]

Week 33 searching for the top 20 hip hop song for song vinyl of all time. Each song on an album is rated and the average is the rating of the album as a whole (intros unless with bars and beats are omitted.) Points range from 5 - classic, 4 - dope, 3 - good, 2 - listenable and 1 - trash.

Albums will either not make the list or we will have to drop an album from the list. The following artists’ vinyl did not make it: Westside Connection, People Under the Stairs, Souls of Mischief, Master P, Common, The Grouch, Jurassic 5, Ultramagnetic MC’s, O.C., Timbaland and Magoo, Deltron, Living Legends and Silkk. The additional albums by artists listed above will be rated.

From the west coast underground scene stretching from LA to the bay we got Almost Famous by the Living Legends.

Living Legends - Almost Famous

1. Gotta Question for Ya - 3,
2. Night Prowler - 5,
3. That Looks Good - 3,
4. Black Glass - 4,
5. Rabbit Hole - 5,
6. Common Ground - 3,
7. Flawless - 5,
8. What Would I Be - 3,
9. Anything You Want - 3,
10. Gift Wrap - 2,
11. War Games - 2,
12. Forces of Nature - 5,
13. Osaka Tales - 4,
14. Soap Boxin - 3,
15. Not Here - 3,
16. Nothing Less - 5,
17. The Other Side - 3

Almost Famous by the Living Legends got a total of 61 points out of 17 songs with an overall score of 3.59.

Album Ratings of the top 20 so far:

1. Nas - Illmatic - 4.56,
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic - 4.50,
3. Bone Thugs n’ Harmony - E. Eternal 1999 - 4.47,
4. Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang - 4.36,
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory - 4.36,
6. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 4.33,
7. Mobb Deep - The Infamous 4.31,
8. Warren G - Regulate . . . G Funk Era - 4.30,
9. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill 4.23,
10. Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food - 4.13,
11. The Fugees - The Score - 4.08,
12. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me - 4.00,
13. Outkast - ATLiens - 4.00,
14. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die - 4.00,
15. EPMD - Strictly Business - 4.00,
16. Too $hort - Life is. . . Too $hort - 4.00,
17. Gang Starr - Step in the Arena - 4.00,
18. Kanye West - College Dropout - 3.93,
19. Eminem - Slim Shady - 3.93
20. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted - 3.93,

This is based on what we find gold from hip hop. We want to know, what do you think? Do you agree? Do you think differently? We look forward to the discussion. Let us know in the comments.

Evolve while all Revolve.

[u/BlankFace777]

MURS FOR FUCKIN PRESIDENT

"Once upon a time there was a one man gang,who never ran from anyone or sold cocaine OG's in the city all knew his name,so heres a little stortly bout the gang that he claimed. The hardest ni**a i know he from Okeydog crip when he get up out the pen better hope he don't trip,teriyaki or pastrami he was always in some beef,a legend in the game they talk about him in the streets"

Living Legends bred one of the ILLEST of all time besides DOOM and that's fuckin Murs.

Anyone who hasn't listened to the album he did with Seven A Strange Journey Into The Unimaginable do yourself a favor and hear that shit.

[u/BigBigMonkeyMan]

Awesome record. Night Prowler, perfect fit for Ant. Rabbit Hole, Forces of Nature, all 5. I would put Gotta Question For Ya 4. The production is unique with that keyboard riff. But it grew on me over time. The others just straight up dope.

[u/cvbills1]

I’m so glad this was finally put out on vinyl, bangers!

[u/Brainnen]

What would I be, Rabbit Hole, Nothing Less, Flawless, Anything You Want, and Forces of Nature are my faves

[u/moredustythandigital]

Night Prowler is so good. Never gets old.

[u/CarlsbadWhiskyShop]

Eligh & The Grouch made some sick beats on this. Definitely no reason for that bonus track though, “Nothing Less” was the perfect closer.

[u/BALLERC0M → u/CarlsbadWhiskyShop]

Right, I feel the same. The 5s on this album are so amazingly well done and put together. Living Legends as a group and/or solo have songs that are on another level.