Nas’ 'Illmatic' Was the Beginning of the End of the Album

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• Album@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Man as someone who named themselves Album because i am a fan of Albums as a piece of art - I do NOT agree. Illmatic is one of the best albums ever made, no challenge - but it’s an odd take to try to frame it as one of the last. Super narrow view.

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  • betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Absolutely agree. I’d argue Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious is one of the greatest albums of all time. And that came out in 2002, eight years after Illmatic. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Arrow

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  • gimpchrist@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Straight up

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• BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Indeed it was era-defining for the genre. In France we had L’École Du Micro D’Argent, from IAM a couple years later, same level of mind blowing music

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  • shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not French, I don’t understand a word of what they’re saying, but man, I love that album. Especially “Demain, c’est loin” - an epic tune that gives me Wu Tang “Triumph” vibes.

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    • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My favourite song of all time. I learned the 9 minutes lyrics in 99 and can still sing it from memory today

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  • moody@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Still IMO the greatest French rap album of all time. Fantastic from start to finish.

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• Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Arcade Fire's Funeral came out in 2004 and also defined the genre. I don't see why the accessibility of singles would mean albums still in the album format would get worse.

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• femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Counterpoints:

  To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

  The Rising Tide - Fort Minor

  The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

  Wretched and Divine - Black Veil Brides

  Lincoln Park’s entire discography

  Natural Causes - Skylar Grey

  Endgame

  Appeal To Reason - Rise Against

  Eminem’s entire discography (Revival excluded)

  Oh my heart - mother mother

  Fallen - Evenescence

  The Search - NF

  Carolus Rex - Sabaton NMNB Amorphous - Icon for Hire

  Goodbye and Good Riddance - Juice WRLD

  What distinguishes a good album from a mixtape (which is what the article was essentially describing when it said albums where dead) is in a good album there is a central theme (be that a story, emotion or simply a repeated refrain) the songs flow into each other each building on the last, a good album also has a good opening and closing track that introduce or resolve all the tension in the album. It is true many people don’t listen to albums from cover to cover anymore, but those who truly love music do because most of the time it is the best way to enjoy it

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  • xXSirDanglesXx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reclaimer by Shadow of Intent is one of my personal favorite examples of a well put together album, and that I love to listen through from beginning to end.

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• hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Archive link of the article, archive.ph/zhZh4

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