Pick your favorite Native Tongues LP

mud · Post by **mud** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:04 pm

Wolf.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:10 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:I love 'em all with the exception of the Queen Latifah and Chi Ali albums. I had to go with "De La Soul Is Dead".

How come you didn't include the L.O.N.S. albums, Jason?

You don't love Latifah? De La Soul Is Dead? L.O.N.S. Native Tongues?

Man...

PTS · Post by **PTS** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:40 pm

I guess MM. But another day, it could have been LET, 3 Feet or Straight out the Jungle.

And if it can make your pastor stop worrying, Baby Bam is not gay...

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:43 pm

aleph wrote:
Roy Johnson wrote:I love 'em all with the exception of the Queen Latifah and Chi Ali albums. I had to go with "De La Soul Is Dead".

How come you didn't include the L.O.N.S. albums, Jason?
You don't love Latifah? De La Soul Is Dead? L.O.N.S. Native Tongues?

Man...

Queen Latifah never did much for me, what can I say. I don't like very many female MCs to begin with, though.

I associate L.O.N.S. moreso with Native Tongues than Black Sheep. I was just curious as to why Jason left off their first two albums.

step one · Post by **step one** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:25 pm

I Drive A Lexus wrote:Doin' Our Own Dang (Do It To The J.B's remix) is the only good hip house song ever made.

thats not a Hip House song dude. They're rapping over Raw Silk 'Do It To The Music' which is a disco track.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:28 pm

Went with Low End Theory.

Done By The Forces Of Nature is an incredible album, start to finish.

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:37 pm

3 feet high

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:00 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:

Queen Latifah never did much for me, what can I say. I don't like very many female MCs to begin with, though.

Prince sez: "You Sexist Muthafucka..."

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:39 pm

Stakes Is High is my favorite album.

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:41 pm

voted Low End Theory.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:45 pm

Low End Theory...which coincidentally I had just put on before I saw this thread.

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:54 pm

Philaflava wrote:I'm sorry but I just have a hard time listening to JB's these days. I'm not against gay artists cuz I own the entire R.E.M. and Elton John catalog but with rappers its a little different.

I try to keep these pics out of my mind as much as possible. The first 2 JB's albums are straight CLASSIC and I have to try so damn hard to listen to them sometimes when I get this vision in my head. That being said, fuck it, those 2 albums are too amazing to let this interfere.

jazztomovethatass · Post by **jazztomovethatass** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:34 pm

too hard to narrow down to one album, but i tend to turn more to atcq and de la than the jb's.
went with midnight marauders, might regret my choice in a weeks time.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:54 pm

The Low End Theory

I can listen to that everyday, all day.

Stoned Starks · Post by **Stoned Starks** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:40 pm

Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:Whoa hold up ... might be borderline classic? PITPOR is an undeniable classic. Don't get it twisted, Gloss.
The production is, but something is missing to really put it over the top IMO. It's a very very good album. But it doesn't pack the same punch as the other two certified classics.

I think an album with Footprints, Can I Kick It, Rhythm, Bonnita Applebaum, Left My Wallet, Go Ahead In The Rain, fuckit every song is great. Needless to say, the album is definitely a classic.

With that said, Buhloone Mindstate takes it because it has about 5 songs that are about as good as a collection of five hip hop songs could possibly be. (I Am I Be, Breakadawn, Stone Age, Ego Trippin, and In The Woods)

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:08 pm

Stoned Starks wrote:
Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:Whoa hold up ... might be borderline classic? PITPOR is an undeniable classic. Don't get it twisted, Gloss.
The production is, but something is missing to really put it over the top IMO. It's a very very good album. But it doesn't pack the same punch as the other two certified classics.
I think an album with Footprints, Can I Kick It, Rhythm, Bonnita Applebaum, Left My Wallet, Go Ahead In The Rain, fuckit every song is great. Needless to say, the album is definitely a classic.

With that said, Buhloone Mindstate takes it because it has about 5 songs that are about as good as a collection of five hip hop songs could possibly be. (I Am I Be, Breakadawn, Stone Age, Ego Trippin, and In The Woods)

Not to sound condescending or like a dick, but to mention tracks on PITATPOR and not mention Description of a Fool is outlandish. I knew where you were going tho, I just had to highlight that. All good.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:31 am

pradadon wrote:Not to sound condescending or like a dick, but to mention tracks on PITATPOR and not mention Description of a Fool is outlandish. I knew where you were going tho, I just had to highlight that. All good.

Curiously, Description of a Fool (the earliest single), Go Ahead in the Rain & Pubic Enemy weren't included in the original 1990 vinyl edition. The cassette and cd listed them as bonus tracks. I love Description & Go Ahead, but to me they do sound like extras, less integrated in the lp as a whole. Actually, Pubic Enemy should have stayed a b-side.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:12 pm

Philaflava wrote:I'm not against gay artists cuz I own the entire R.E.M. and Elton John catalog but with rappers its a little different.

you own the entire elton john catalog??

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:27 pm

Philaflava wrote:I'm sorry but I just have a hard time listening to JB's these days. I'm not against gay artists cuz I own the entire R.E.M. and Elton John catalog but with rappers its a little different.

Damn.

...but these pics never stopped millions from sweating Dre's glossy(no
gloss) way too clean beats for the last how many years. Just sayin'.

Low End Theory (nh)

ogie · Post by **ogie** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:45 pm

buhloone

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:57 pm

Midnight Marauders gets it. It was really tough though, very underrated albums included in this poll. Why wasn't a LONS album included?

Joe Pesci · Post by **Joe Pesci** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:36 pm

1a. Low End Theory
1b. Midnight Marauders

I listen to Tribe way more than any of the others in Native Tongues

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:00 am

Marauders

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:55 pm

Thun wrote:I voted for PITPOR because to me it's pretty much the native tongue blueprint. Even though the other groups aren't featured on it, you can definitely sense that they were all in the studio while this was being made, that they were all crate digging and hanging out at clubs together during this time.

i agree

http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtop ... be#1895120

clark bent wrote:its completely missing that native tongue vibe that the first album held...that vibe where you can feel the whole collective (and the beatnuts) being in the studio for the making of it...its a magic you cant duplicate...

oracle21 · Post by **oracle21** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:02 pm

A wolf in Sheeps Clothing. Most of the Native Tongue sound is really boring to me. but love a wolf in sheeps cl othing. great replay value for me as well

hellriser · Post by **hellriser** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:55 pm

wolf..... because is highly slept on

i like tribe etc but black sheep first album is jewel

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:06 am

aleph wrote:
pradadon wrote:Not to sound condescending or like a dick, but to mention tracks on PITATPOR and not mention Description of a Fool is outlandish. I knew where you were going tho, I just had to highlight that. All good.
Curiously, Description of a Fool (the earliest single), Go Ahead in the Rain & Pubic Enemy weren't included in the original 1990 vinyl edition. The cassette and cd listed them as bonus tracks.

the cd definitely doesnt have them as bonus tracks...unless youre talking about a promo version or something because i have an original cd and they are listed as normal

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:34 pm

clark bent wrote:the cd definitely doesnt have them as bonus tracks...unless youre talking about a promo version or something because i have an original cd and they are listed as normal

You're right, I have it right in front of me, didn't fact-check... But the evidence still points to them being afterthoughts since the original vinyl lp leaves them out, and the cassette does list them as bonuses.

Willie B · Post by **Willie B** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:21 am

i havent heard 5 of those albums.

LONDON!! · Post by **LONDON!!** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:15 am

its outta stakes is high and midnight marauders, its a tie for me, for real like, you get me