Rate the last album, you listened to.

[Nick]

Nas - Illmatic - 8/10

Classic rap album. I'm pretty new to the genre and this comes highly recommended for what I now know to be good reason. The lyrics are intense, visceral, and intelligent, aided by a flow that can shift from smooth to sharp like nothing. The beats are fantastic, varying from jazz inspired laid back stuff to more hard hitting percussion and piano. Favorite tracks are: NY State of Mind, Life's a Bitch, Halftime, One Love, and It Ain't Hard To Tell, but I like them all.

[chtimixeur]

Nas - Illmatic - 8/10

Classic rap album. I'm pretty new to the genre and this comes highly recommended

Strongly recommended :
- Ice Cube : Death Certificate (1991)
- Notorious BIG - Ready to Die (1994)
- Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1994)
- A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
- 2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996)
- Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
- Blu - Below the Heavens (2007)
- Marco Polo - Port Authority (2007 - awesome beatmaker !)
- Q-Tip - The Renaissance (2008)
- Dela - Changes of Atmosphere (almost unknown, but absolutely awesome if you're mellower trip-hop)

[AliceMudgarden]

Nas - Illmatic - 8/10

Classic rap album. I'm pretty new to the genre and this comes highly recommended

I recommend:
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
Madvillain - Madvillainy
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (Instrumental)
J Dilla - Donuts (Instrumental)

[anguyen92]

Creed Live - 8/10

Pretty decent stuff. Instrumentally, everyone was on the top of their game, as per usual, in these proshots. Stapp, sure, he had some moments of awkwardness with his movements and voice, but overall, there were not any unbearable moments. Kinda wished they played more songs from Full Circle, though, but they just got back together, at that time, so it is understandable.

[Nick]

Strongly recommended :
- Ice Cube : Death Certificate (1991)
- Notorious BIG - Ready to Die (1994)
- Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1994)
- A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
- 2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996)
- Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
- Blu - Below the Heavens (2007)
- Marco Polo - Port Authority (2007 - awesome beatmaker !)
- Q-Tip - The Renaissance (2008)
- Dela - Changes of Atmosphere (almost unknown, but absolutely awesome if you're mellower trip-hop)

I recommend:
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
Madvillain - Madvillainy
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (Instrumental)
J Dilla - Donuts (Instrumental)

Wow, I was not expecting recommendations from this forum. If anything, I was expecting someone to tell me "lol rap is crap" or something. I'll check all of those out, thank you. I was thinking about starting a general rap thread but I wasn't sure if there'd be enough support to sustain it. Maybe there is.

[Andy92]

lol rap is crap.

[Dolo]

lol rap is crap.

[Macca]

New City and Colour album. 8/10. Dallas Green is awesome.

[Dolo]

Black Sabbath - 13 - 7,5/10. These guys are back and they still rock.

[Macca]

Rock music is for the most part crap

[Nick]

Rock music is for the most part crap

[Inconquerable]

The Verve Pipe - Villains. 10/10, their best album for me. The single (which was their most popular song) is an incredible song and it's not even the best on there. I could gush about this album all day, definitely check it out.

[One Drew Remains]

They (The Verve Pipe) are or have written some childrens songs. I was listening to kids place live on Sirius with my kids in the car and was shocked when I heard it.

[zazthespaz]

They (The Verve Pipe) are or have written some childrens songs. I was listening to kids place live on Sirius with my kids in the car and was shocked when I heard it.

Cause it's a boo boo, see; injury, don't cry-y.
Try to get it clean, band aid with Barney, you're fi-ine

[Inconquerable]

They (The Verve Pipe) are or have written some childrens songs. I was listening to kids place live on Sirius with my kids in the car and was shocked when I heard it.

Yeah they put out a kids album. I've never listened to it and I doubt I will to be honest. They were supposed to put out a rock album last year but no news.

[Jim]

Demi Lovato - DEMI - 9/10 (pop standards) It is by far her best record.. It's got everything! Apart from 2 REALLY cheesy pop songs, skip them and its gold!

[youtube]http://youtu.be/rwvGMfOrzBo[/youtube]

Papa Roach - The Connection - 7.5/10 - Jam packed full of riffs and sick melodies! Saw them at Download Festival and they rip it up every time, really liking their shit right now!

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Aknedws1g94[/youtube]

(favourite tracks from each album)

[Decay]

Papa Roach - The Connection 8/10
Pretty damn good record.

Maroon 5 - Overexposed 7/10
Good record, probably one of the poppiest things I've ever heard.

[Decay]

Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork 5/10

Disappointed, this record's pretty meh. Not really a big fan of theirs, but I really liked I Appear Missing, I Sat By The Ocean, The Vampyre Of Time And Memory. The rest of it is just meh. Not really digging the blues rock thing after all.

[Timotheus]

What... You give Papa Roach an eight, Maroon 5 a seven and QOTSA only a five??

Gutted..

[Decay]

What... You give Papa Roach an eight, Maroon 5 a seven and QOTSA only a five??

Gutted..

Well, tastes are different.
I don't really dig their music, a couple of songs from their new album and In My Head are the exceptions.