SolarOatmeal

possibly the best and most beautiful concept for an album of all time, all climaxing in the title track; one of the best rap songs ever. Cole showcases incredible lyricism and storytelling, rapping from multiple perspectives. the gorgeous, earthy production also adds to this masterpiece

incredibly well-written album with a dope concept. the album telling a different story when played in reverse is absolutely awesome. despite the deep themes, it's an extremely accessible album, every song being a banger. Kendrick has some crazy flows on here, and the production is fantastic too

impressively, almost as good as it is influential. Dre invents G-Funk while making an incredible album with amazing production and fantastic rapping from him and the huge amount of features

the highs here are actually ridiculously high, but the rest of album consists of dull and laughable beats, annoying and corny choruses, as well as seriously subpar rapping by Nas standards. how do you go from two back-to-back classics to this