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Originally Posted by Crowquill
8 Diagrams and The Big Doe Rehab were both a million times better than American Gangster, Graduation and Da Drought 3 all of which were ranked in the top 20 and in nearly every list. I don't see why you single out two of the only albums I think were really worthy of being on the list, not even that high on the list, when there are even more overrated and worse rap albums higher up.
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They were better than American Gangster and Graduation, I'll give them that. I personally preferred Da Drought 3. But I do think that the inclusion of both was almost exclusively because they had to be there, they had to be mentioned, rather than their own team feeling they were more deserving than a number of other records. There were numerous albums evidently more acclaimed by their people, such as Sunset Rubdown's, Frog Eyes', Nina Nastasia's and indeed the two I've already mentioned, but which were ultimately dispensable. On the other hand, albums they liked but never really loved like Icky Thump and The Flying Club Cup got on (Dizzee Rascal's very low showing on the list I feel is an ode to their own recognition that they overrated this not so wonderful record tremendously when it first appeared). It feels as if they had to put out a list that was as typical in some respects as it could possibly be. They snubbed the very lesser-heard material that they're supposed, by reputation/definition, to be championing. And I would love to know why.
Some here mentioned Cross and Favourite Worst Nightmare. I reckon FWN was in some ways underrated simply out of dislike, raw hatred even, for the hype surrounding Arctic Monkeys. It's not a masterpiece by any standards, but my own feelings on it are that it's a marked improvement on their first.
Cross, though, I thought was fantastic!
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