The homie Panama Jackson aka Jackson G. Tickle aka Killa Weezy just posed one of those tough questions to me. The kind of question that makes me say to myself, “Self you need to blog about that.”
We were having a conversation about music and albums and then he pops up with the following.
Panameezy: if you had a favorite all time album…any genre…what would it be?
I responded with my usual answer, Stevie Wonder’s - Songs In The Key Of Life. But then I started thinking about it. We were just talking about what makes a good album and mentioned the fact that there are only so many albums we could listen to from start to finish. And to be perfectly honest, I can’t always listen to Songs In The Key from start to finish. *gasp* Yeah that’s right! Sometimes I skip Ebony Eyes and a few other songs.
So I thought even further, what are some albums I can listen to from start to finish?
That list is very short folks (at least for the amount of music I listen to). But I challenge you this, you name an album you think should be on my list, and I’ll tell you the song I skip and why I skip it. Mind you, in each case, this isn’t necessarily a list of my favorite albums from each artist in question, just albums that don’t have any songs I skip.
2Pac - Me Against the World
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Links
Erykah Badu - Mama’s Gun
Jay Z - Blueprint
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (even though I don’t own it)
Jodeci - Forever My Lady
Quincy Jones - Back on the Block
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Michael Jackson - Thriller and Dangerous
Nas - Illmatic
The Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
Outkast - ATLiens, Aquemini, and The Love Below
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (and I LOVE his albums, but there is usually at least one song on each album I just can’t listen to!)
Prince - Purple Rain
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite (before he got super pretentious!)
Love Jones Soundtrack (the only soundtrack on my list)
Nirvana - Nevermind
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
John Coletrane - A Love Supreme
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
And ummm….I think that’s about it. So I guess I stand by my answer I gave Panama, but it’s interesting still.
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August 17th, 2004 at 3:48 pm
This is just a list of some albums that I think don’t have any songs that you would skip over…not necessarily greatest of all time though (but an argument could be made for some)…
1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
2. Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man
3. Coldplay - Parachutes
4. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
5. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient
6. Isaac Hayes - Black Moses
7. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
8. Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening
9. The Allman Brothers - Beginnings
10. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers (I used to skip “Tears” but I even like to listen to that now)
11. O.C. - Word Life
12. Organized Konfusion - Stress: the Extinction Agenda
13. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
14. Jack Bruce - Things We Like
15. Atlantic Starr - Radiant
16. Group Home - Livin’ Proof
17. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
…the Group Home and Jeru are on there not because of the lyrical content, but because Primo was at the top of his game at this time and every beat on those CD’s is a banger (the music catches me moreso than the words). I didn’t list some others that I thought of because Calvin already put them (i.e. Nas and Raekwon). And do greatest hits compilations count, because I can listen to all of the Barry White’s Greatest Hits CD and never get tired of that…
Adrian
August 18th, 2004 at 12:51 pm
1. India.Arie–Voyage to India
2. Musiq Soulchild–Juslisen, Aijuswanasang (sp?)
3. Jill Scott–Who Is Jill Scott, Words & Sounds Vol. 1
*can you tell I love NeoSoul?
4. Najee–Just An Illusion
5. Kirk Franklin–The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin
6. Miles Davis– Kinda Blue, Birth of the Cool
7. Charlie “Bird” Parker– Bird’s Best Bop on Verve
8. New Edition–N.E. Heartbreak
9. The Roots–The Tipping Point (this album is live as hell!)
10. The Boys–Messages from the Boys
(yes, I took it there)
That’s all I can think of off the top of my head.
Peace
August 18th, 2004 at 12:59 pm
I did forget Jill Scott, Najee*, and New Edition didn’t I.
As for Adrian’s list I forgot about What’s Going On…the rest aren’t really my cup of tea…
On the Music CD’s there are a few tracks (Seventeen, I never really liked Just Friends) that I skip….
I’m being lazy but I could go into details
August 18th, 2004 at 3:15 pm
Yeah, I forgot about N.E. Heartbreak…she got it going on, going on, going on…she got it going on, get-get going on…ha, ha, ha…
Adrian
August 18th, 2004 at 9:13 pm
death certificate
kilo’s second album (do you hear what i hear, that boom, that boom, oh i like that boom, in a car that be booming down the street) just joshing about that one.
August 18th, 2004 at 9:22 pm
Actually both should be included homes!
I love that Kilo joint!!
August 19th, 2004 at 11:53 am
Marvin Gaye - I want you (the album)
Sade - i would like to say all of her albums but there are a couple of cuts that i skip for now i will just say the Lovers Live DVD everything on there is pretty hot. . .
Mos Def - black on both sides . . .
Deangelo - Vodo
thats all I can think of right now . . .
August 20th, 2004 at 1:37 am
How could you forget 3rd Bass… pop in that first album.. and you’ll be laughing so hard at the skits.. you won’t be able to skip the other 99% of their album. Ah Ah.. Herbals in de mouf?… ahahaha.. Seriously what songs would you skip on Ready to Die or Iron Man? Or the Bob Marley album.. u know the one that EVERYONE has… maybe it falls under the greatest hits category, voiding it. But I’ve rambled on long enough.. holla at ya boy and get whupped on this Madden 2005
August 20th, 2004 at 1:39 am
one more.. Public Enemy Apocalypse ‘91…
August 20th, 2004 at 9:24 am
Always a pleasure to hear from He’s Great himself….
On Ready To Die I usually skip Respect….can’t stand it…and I sometimes skip Friend of Mine and the title track.
On Iron Man 95% of the time I skip Fish and Box in Hand.
The Bob Marley CD, I usually skip quite a few songs…it’s never really been my cup of tea….
On Apocolypse 91′ you mighta got me….I can’t think of anything I skip there….
On that 3rd Bass all I listen to ARE the skits….and Pop Goes The Weasel…
August 21st, 2004 at 9:56 am
you skip ebony eyes but listen to hotter than july all the way through? hmmmm…
and put me down for the first three outkast albums, prince’s dirty mind, 1999, and purple rain.
August 21st, 2004 at 11:01 am
I can’t listen to D.E.E.P. on Southernplayalistic….it annoys me….
Yes, I know this betrays my ATL roots…I’ve already had my marta card revoked…