Bloggystyle -- The Greatest

As I already alluded to, MTV decided to put out the umpteenth fucking Top 10 Hip Hop Albums, because they're special or something.

So they managed to throw together a committee of marginal individuals to put out a list. What a horrible job they did. If you go to that site, you'll see for example that one person put Get Rich Or Die Tryin on their Top 10. Someone put 2pacalypse Now at #2 and All Eyez at #6: I couldn't verify whether or not that was one of the Outlawz or Afeni Shakur. Another interesting pick by someone was the "Above the Rim" soundtrack.

But here's the list they deliberated over and signed off on.

10: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Pick that one or Fear. The committee had a hard time deciding. I don't have a problem with this selection.

9: Makaveli - Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

I have a serious problem with this album being this low, partly because I'd put it at #1, but that's a dicussion for another time. The incredible part is reading what these people had to say about Pac and how this got on the list.

Originally, no Tupac album scored in the top 10, while two Biggie albums did. The team felt that even if that's how the original voting went, it couldn't stand by the list without Tupac being on it

Isn't that a great way to make a list of the best albums? But wait, it gets even better.

Rahman Dukes - I used to mess with Pac (so homo probably - ed.) like right up until "Juice." And then he started flipping on everybody from New York and I was just like ...

Tone Boots: I feel the opposite — I didn't like him because he started dissing New York, but I didn't like the songs he made until he started getting with [Death Row].

OH MY GOD. Pac dissed New York! It's the end of the world! I guess if someone disses New York their music is inherently worse or something. Tone Boots goes on to call Me Against The World a "corny record." And this guy is on MTV's hip hop committee...

8: Ice Cube - Death Certificate

No argument with that, although I'd put it below Makaveli, obviously.

#7: NWA - Niggaz4Life

I'd have gone with Straight Outta Compton for an NWA entry.

#6 : Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt

That's the best entry at the best spot on this entire list. The only one they got just about perfect.

#5: Run DMC - Raising Hell

They put it on here because it was a "pioneering" album. I thought this was the best hip hop albums list. My mistake.

#4: Biggie - Ready 2 Die

Another one that's probably about right. Although the people who made the list acknowledge that Ready 2 Die is somewhat of an acquired taste (no homo). A lot of people I know won't let me put Ready 2 Die in when they're around (no homo again).

#3: Dr. Dre - The Chronic

I'd argue that this is more of a rap album than a hip hop album. But I'm the only one I know who thinks there's a critical difference between rap and hip hop I guess. I just don't see how this album is in any way comparable to Illmatic, in terms of anything. It's all about production, the content matter and lyricism, the actual hip hop aspect, couldn't be more different than Illmatic.

#2: Nas - Illmatic

One of the dumbfucks said that Illmatic was "Ok."

Hopefully he was then taken out back and shot on the spot.

#1: Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full

I wouldn't put that over Illmatic, but at least it's not The Massacre.

So what would I change? I definitely wouldn't do what Fly did (no homo) and put a horrible DMX album on there, or put The Blueprint or Marshall Mathers LP in the Top 6.

Obviously 36 Chambers has to go on there somewhere. Albums were put in based on their impact and/or how good they were. And 36 Chambers covers both bases. I'd put Me Against The World on there somewhere too. And I would have gotten rid of all the New York dickriders on that committee, no homo.