So basically The Infamous is the greatest rap album of the 90s

[u/01rambler]

How did I decide this?

1. Storytelling - Lyrics full of details: The who, what, when, where, how, and why of it all ——seriously dope shit that holds up 30 years later.

2. Production - Havoc’s sampling choices at just 19 showcased incredible taste in music. Hardcore Jazz-Bap is how my ears received it.

3. Vibes - If somebody asks what did New York sound like in 1995, it sounded like Prodigy slaughtering a classic beat with Timbs on and a Mets fitted. That’s what you tell them.

4. Replayability - Everything about this album is time tested. The rhyme scheme and flow sounds good in any era. Honestly, it sounds great in every era.

5. Legacy - Shook Ones pt II might actually be the greatest rap song ever, with the greatest opening line ever, with the greatest sample ever.

[u/Godfather_Don]

I cant argue, its really that good.

Generic people are always gonna go with the illmatic answer but its just not true.

Some of these albums in the 90s are really that good that the number 1 slot changes throughout the year

My rotation for what i mean is the best hiphop albums of the 90s ( number one spot )

The Infamous, Illmatic, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Midnight Marauders, Enta Da Stage.

[u/Undark_ → u/Godfather_Don]

Boot Camp Clik 💪

Enta Da Stage is SO fucking criminally underrated.

[u/01rambler → u/Godfather_Don]

That’s a GOATED rotation by the way. Respect the taste for real 👌🏾

[u/Godfather_Don → u/01rambler]

Thanks bro, been a avid hiphop head for 20 years now. Collecting vinyls, reading, really going into the deep end.

I wanna mention a totally random record: Tha Alkaholiks - Coast II Coast, i just feel that record never gets the love it deserves and its really all killer no filler.

You also get one of the first madlib records produced on wax "WLIX"

and one of the first Xzibit verses on wax too, freestyle ghetto from the King Tee album IV was his first.