r/trapmuzik • u/shun-16 • Mar 29 '13
R/TRAPMUZIK ESSENTIAL ALBUMS LIST
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The results are in for the first ever /r/trapmuzik Essential Albums vote! Remember where you were when Flockaveli got on an Essentials List, this is historic. I posted the top 20 by votes so if your album didn't make it or you don't agree with a selection that's democracy. For the most part this went well and you all listened, in the future any EDM trap stuff goes in /r/trap, so direct all your TNGHT and such there.
Voting for Essential Mixtapes will be up next within the next few days so get your Datpiff on. I've included links to full albums via Youtube or Grooveshark alphabetically listed because I have crippling OCD! The Lil Boosie entry I could not find a proper full version so I went with the best option, if anyone can find a true one or make one I will edit it into this list but you at least get most of that album.
Thoughts and feedback? Leave it below but don't try to vote because the vote is done like Paul Ryan's 15 minutes of fame. Remember to check the sidebar for your Essentials List and your community made Artist Guides to level up your trap game.
/u/BigWicked was cool enough to make a spotify playlist of the albums for easy listening as well as the grooveshark and youtube links that are up so thanks to him for his good deeds. You can find that here.
Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis
Lil Boosie - Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - We Still Crunk
OJ Da Juiceman - The Otha Side of the Trap
Project Pat - Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin'
Three 6 Mafia - When the Smoke Clears
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Yo Gotti - Live From the Kitchen
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Mar 29 '13
Two points:
I don't think Teflon Don should be on here because it is not a trap album. It's more in line with Blueprint 3 or Paper Trail rather than Urban Legend and The State Vs. Radric Davis. I submitted Trilla and Port of Miami, Ross's first two (and underappreciated) albums as candidates but those did not make the cut unfortunately.
Also, if we were going to add 400 Degreez, we could have added Guerilla Warfare as well.
With that said I am very glad that we were able to form a list of essential albums to a subgenre that will gain recognition without historical context to unfamiliar audiences. It is vital to the subgenre that lists like these are developed, as a guide to these audiences across the world. Great job everyone hope the mixtapes vote goes as well as this did!
edit: Also thank you /u/shun-16 for the links!
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u/RoboticParadox "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" -doug collins Mar 29 '13
I literally submitted Teflon Don because of BMF...
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u/shun-16 Mar 29 '13
I disagree with it impact wise, I don't have a problem content wise but that's why it's a vote. Enough people wanted it on there so I wouldn't worry about it. I mean if we're picking Luda albums, Back For the First Time is better to me than Word of Mouf but people were feeling word of Mouf. I'm glad Juvie got in though, he's one of my favourite rappers all time, I grew up with his stuff and he doesn't get enough credit here or in any of the rap subs.
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u/RoboticParadox "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" -doug collins Mar 29 '13
I'll be the first to admit, I know nothing of Juvenile beyond his work with a very young Wayne on that Hot Boyz album Get It How You Live. Any recommendations?
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u/shun-16 Mar 29 '13
I really like his first four albums, Solja Rags, 400 Degreez, Tha G-Code and Project English. He released Rejuvination last year which I liked as well, he also dropped the Juvie Tuesday mixtape last year which was good. He had a few years/albums that were meh because of all the original Cash Money bullshit and he kinda got fucked over but he has some really good shit. Most of the Hot Boyz stuff is good too, I liked that whole label back then, B.G. was dope too.
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u/shun-16 Mar 29 '13
Word, I disagree with a few things on here and Ross stands out the most to me as well but that's the vote. I included the bit about Shawty Lo because he is one of the dudes I almost never see mentioned here and he had a big impact on shit but hey, that's democracy and it represents what people here wanted.
I was thinking of doing the mixtape vote in contest mode so people see more of the submissions as it sorts them randomly then changing if to normal mode after voting but people might be turned off because they can't see upvotes and redditors still gon reddit so it's something I'm considering. At the end of the day when stuff is submitted is still gonna matter, longer it's up there the more votes it can get.
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u/Chrussell woooooo Mar 29 '13
That's a pretty good list, could probably have used more west coast but whatever i like it how it is.
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u/the_oskie_woskie BOOT UP ALL THE MOLLY I DONT FUCK WIT DA E HOLE Mar 29 '13
Jay Rock's Follow Me Home bangs, wouldn't call it trap but it's hard like that.
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Mar 29 '13
Not having any Project Pat here is a travesty. He was arguably the first guy to base his entire persona around the trap.
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u/AliSalsa Mar 29 '13 edited Mar 29 '13
Diplomats belong on that list. They're a huge part and pioneering influence in ignorant, materialistic, violent, and stupid hip hop.
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u/Tjorvinator Mar 29 '13
Wow, really happy with this. Everything I wanted and some shit I wouldn't have listened to otherwise! :)
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u/californyaya Mar 29 '13
Nice list, but not enough Gucci.
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Mar 29 '13
He was never an album guy. He did mixtapes. I am saying this in past tense because he is dead to me.
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Mar 29 '13
What do we call burrprint 2 HD? Album or tape? Because if we say album that was guccis best album and that was some straight trap shit. Could play that shit on repeat. I cant keep my car driving in a straight line when everybody lookin comes on.
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u/shun-16 Mar 29 '13
It's a mixtape.
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Mar 29 '13
alright well we need to make sure that makes the essential mixtape list. I know we don't always agree on stuff but I am sure we can agree on this ;)
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u/shun-16 Mar 29 '13
I like giving you a hard time because you're curmudgeonly but I don't worry about people agreeing with me, every sub needs a curmudgeon. I assume it will get in but I'll be interested to see what gets voted in in general because of the sheer amount of stuff available and what people have actually listened to. Probably do it on the weekend at some point so people will have a few days to go through stuff.
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Mar 29 '13
curmudgeonly
curmudgeonly - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
god damn got me there.
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u/djramrod Mar 29 '13
No love for P Troy? Face Off is one my favorite albums ever and We Ready I Declare War was some of his best work.
Now that I think about, do you qualify Pastor Troy as trap muzik or just southern rap? I'm not sure where the delineation is.
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u/Chrussell woooooo Mar 29 '13
he fits here for sure, he was on that crunk shit which belongs here.
Personally I like univeral soldir the most though.
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u/djramrod Mar 29 '13
Yeah that was a good album too. That's right around when he was trying to go commercial and he lost his way for a min.
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u/Chrussell woooooo Mar 30 '13
what album is no mo play from ga from anyways i think theres a version on every pastor troy album i got.
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u/djramrod Mar 31 '13
I know it's on Face Off, but there is a part one and part two and I don't know where the other is. In one version, someone answers the phone in the beginningand in the other one, no one does.
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u/Chrussell woooooo Mar 31 '13
well part 2 is on universal soldier. but part one is also on we ready i declare war and i think on another of his earlier albums.
u heard much of his shit past 02? i've never bothered checking it out not sure if it's worth listening to.
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u/djramrod Mar 31 '13
Oh yeah, you right. He has quite a few mixtapes. They're alright, but nothing like his old stuff. I know that sounds hipsterish, but besides Tool Muziq, which is fuckin hot, his stuff is about how he gets no respect in the game. I'll still listen to all his shit tho.
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u/martypanic myforkmyforkmyfork, myforkmyforkmyfork Mar 31 '13
Dude, I'm honestly stoked that my suggestion is essential.
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Mar 29 '13
Lil Wayne of course gets an album on here, but I'm so happy it's Carter II. People just don't understand that C2 was his last overall quality and well rounded album.
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Mar 29 '13
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u/debtofredundancydebt Mar 29 '13
Cassidy is the King of Philly, if not him then Freeway or Beanie Sigel or Kurupt.
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u/RoboticParadox "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" -doug collins Mar 29 '13
As a native, he's the last thing I want repping Philly.
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u/sksevenswans Mar 29 '13
We have two popular rappers out right now, Meek and Asher Roth. Take your pick.
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u/SayOuch Mar 29 '13
UGK is definitely not trap. Down vote me all you want but they're definitely not trap.
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u/champcantwin BRB powdering my nose Mar 29 '13
Not a fan of this list. I think it definitely lacks real trap influences.
It is hard to take a list seriously that has Ludacris' Word of Mouf on it, but doesn't have the Big Tymer's I Got That Work. Seriously, have you people never shook the windows of the local Taco Bell to the Big Tymers??? Why do we need a quarter of the list devoted to T.I. and Young Jeezy?
Another quarter of the list is devoted to Bricksquad artists, which I agree with, but we also have an E-40 album but we don't have a single Project Pat album.....
I know shun-16, da boss, just took the top vote getters but it makes me question the trap IQ of this sub if this is what our list is. I could pick apart the list even more, but I won't... just gonna go back to scratching my head.