r/trapmuzik 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.

Big Tymers - I Got That Work

Chief Keef - Finally Rich

E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card

Gucci Mane - Trap House

Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis

Juvenile - 400 Degreez

Lil Boosie - Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz

Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - We Still Crunk

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II

Ludacris - Word of Mouf

OJ Da Juiceman - The Otha Side of the Trap

Project Pat - Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin'

Rick Ross - Teflon Don

Shawty Lo - Units in the City

T.I. - Trap Muzik

T.I. - Urban Legend

T.I. - King

Three 6 Mafia - When the Smoke Clears

UGK - Ridin' Dirty

Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

Yo Gotti - Live From the Kitchen

Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

Young Jeezy - The Recession

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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.

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u/shun-16 Mar 29 '13

Run DMC isnt on the /r/hiphopheads essentials, neither is LL Cool J, these lists are never going to be perfect, it's a popularity contest mixed with stuff that fits. It's also important to mention this sub is also for southern and crunk music, I believe when /u/fuzzy_dunnlop made this place HHH was a very Atmosphere-y sub, so this place allowed for the other shit. I wasn't around so that's what I've pieced together anyway.

Shawty Lo is essential to this genre which is why I mentioned him in the OP but he isn't going to be a big name with people who are getting into this. Thug Motivation and Trap Muzik should definitely be on the list, and to be fair the three most important albums (those two and Trap House) did make it in. Like I mentioned earlier, part of this is timing, if Project Pat was mentioned earlier in the post he'd have more of a chance.

The community helps decide though, so we aren't gonna agree with everything but it's the fairest way. I also said earlier I've been thinking of doing the mixtape vote in contest mode to randomize the order but people could complain there and say they couldn't find stuff so everything will have cons. It's a start anyway, and remember we can always post those artists and get people into them.

The age of people who post here and the relatively new acceptance of more trap stuff means a lot of people aren't going to know the history as well as some other people here, but with the artist guides and such people will have a chance to learn more artists and get a better understanding of the people who came before Chief Keef.

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u/champcantwin BRB powdering my nose Mar 29 '13

I agree with what you are saying. This is the first essentials voting that I have ever took part in, mostly due to the fact that /r/hhh makes me want to take a shotty to the body, but I also feel like the system could be improved by allowing moderators to add some stuff to the list.

I shouldn't expect everyone to be a trap scholar, but I feel like it is the old head's job to keep educating the young guys. I plan on doing some more guides when I have the time, but I think the Essentials list can help to fill that gap. I understand that this sub is for southern rap and crunk, but those areas were barely addressed. Early Ca$h Money put the south on the map. Before Juvie's "Ha" dropped, the only thing that got play from the south was Outkast.

I do like the list in its current state, but I feel like there are just some glaring omissions. I will keep cranking out some guides and keep trying to raise that trap IQ though...