Season 2 Finale
Time to say goodbye to season 2!
We're going to remember the highs, the lows, and most importantly...the classics.
Enjoy and we'll see you soon!
- The Liner Notes Crew
Classic Album Debate #10: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
enJanuary 20, 2021
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About this Episode
"Y'all been eatin' long enough now stop being greedy
Just keep it real partner, give to the needy"
Just keep it real partner, give to the needy"
- Stop Being Greedy
WHERE MY DOGS AT! Album #10 is a big one. We're reviewing, It's Dark and Hell is Hot by DMX. This was X's debut and he took the rap game by storm with this one. Bald heads and motorcycles were everywhere. This album had some hits and it created a cult following for DMX. Should this be remembered as an all-time classic?
Recent Episodes from The Liner Notes: Defining Hip-Hop's Classic Albums
Classic Album Debate #68: Straight Outta Compton
"Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube
From the gang called Niggaz With Attitudes
When I'm called off, I got a sawed off
Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off"
- Straight Outta Compton
Final album review of season 2. NWA changed the game with Straight Outta Compton. This put the west coast on the map and the rest of Hip-Hop on notice.
Is it a Classic?
Classic Album Debate #67: Nuttin' But Love
"I know you want lots a jewels and stuff
Backyards with swimming pools, bars with stools and stuff
Fancy foods - Lobster, Sushi
Gear - Versace, Gucci, crazy Lucci"
- Nuttin' But Love
Next album up: Nuttin' But Love by Heavy D. Dropped in 1994, this album contained some of Hev's biggest hits.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #66: Raising Hell
I got bass, tone, I use cologne
And then I rock the funky rhyme on the microphone
- Perfection
Next album up: Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C. This was the first platinum Hip-Hop record and sent the group to super stardom.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #65: Girl Code
"Real ass bitch, give a fuck 'bout a nigga
Big Birkin bag, hold five, six figures"
- Act Up
Next album up: Girl Code by the City Girls. The City Girls dropped their debut album in 2018 and it put the girls on a national stage.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #64: Book of Ryan
"Need to know, I'm a product of a dead poet rhyming at his low
Equals Maya Angelou, my emphatic flow can rise the status quo"
- Outside
Next album up: Book of Ryan by Royce Da 5'9. Dropped in 2018, This is seen as Royce's most introspective album.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #63: Astroworld
"Yeah, this shit way too formal, y'all know I don't follow suit
Stacey Dash, most of these girls ain't got a clue"
- Sicko Mode
Next album up: Astroworld by Travis Scott. Travis dropped this in 2018 to critical acclaim and commercial success.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #62: Eve
"Y'all can have the bars, nigga, I spit hard metal gates
Henry Louis Gates when I cop me some new estate"
- Nina
Next album up: Eve by Rapsody. Rapsody dropped her 3rd album in 2019 and it received widespread critical acclaim.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #61: Lord Willin'
"Virginia's for lovers, but trust there's hate here
For out-of-towners, who think that they gon' move weight here
Ironic, the same place I'm makin' figures at
That there's the same land they used to hang niggas at"
- Virginia
Next album up: Lord Willin' by the Clipse. Their major label debut dropped in 2002 and was entirely produced by the Neptunes.
Is it a classic?
Classic Album Debate #60: Invasion Of Privacy
"Said lil' bitch, you can't fuck with me if you wanted to
These expensive, these is red bottoms, these is bloody shoes"
- Bodak Yellow
Next album up: Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B. Cardi's debut took the music game by storm and was a massive commercial success.
Is it a classic?