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Originally Posted by FaSho
I really don't see the 'essentialness' of this album whenever someone brings it up in a hip-hop thread. I do like it, but it doesn't stand out very much among other old-school rap albums.
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I don't call people ignorant very often, but yo: you're ignorant. This is like saying
Straight Outta Compton isn't essential because it sounds like every other West Coast album of that time. ATCQ were one of the first groups to pioneer the use of jazz samples in hip hop, if it wasn't for them and their contemporaries you'd still be listening to leather-clad proto-boy bands rapping over Donna Summers and James Brown.