Maybach Music Group’s Omarion spoke with HipHopDX several weeks ago. With over 11 years releasing albums, both with groups and alone, the Inglewood, California native was asked about his Top 5 favorite Hip Hop albums.
“Definitely Tupac’s [The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]. That’s a classic,” kicked off the MMG artist, of the album Tupac released—as Makaveli, shortly after his 1996 death. The former Sony artist praised another album from a few months later that had that same posthumous promotion. “Definitely Life After Death [by The Notorious B.I.G.],” he said of the 1997 Bad Boy Records release. Continuing, Omarion had a second album making his list from the Death Row Records catalog, this one from 1993. “The first Snoop Dogg album ever, Doggystyle. I want to say Kanye [West’s] albums… but I want to say which one it is: 808’s & Heartbreak. People wouldn’t consider that a Hip Hop album, but I do because he’s a rapper.”
The former B2K member closed out his list with a 2001 favorite, “Jay-Z’s The Blueprint. I judge it off of whether i know the lyrics of all the songs. Sometimes, I hear records and I don’t even know that I know the lyrics. That’s how I know it’s a classic.”
Additional Reporting by Jake Paine
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good music taste
He’s got very good music taste, but I will make these points.
1. How is this news???
2. How is The Blueprint (released on the exact day of 9/11 – September 11, 2001) a “2011 favourite”?
3. I think Omarion is the ONLY person to consider “808s and Heartbreak” a hip-hop album. I like it, it’s one of my favourite albums, but it’s not hip-hop.
watch kanye’s interview with sway – he breaks down how it definitely is hiphop. and LOL can’t believe hhdx didn’t notice the 2011 thing.
thats like asking a vegetarian his top 5 favorite meat dishes? WHO CARES
Next week: BB King Names His Top 5 Favorite Hip-Hop Albums.
lol
Ayo, I’m proud of this little nigga b. Good choices except for that 808’s shit…Nahmean?
WHAT?!? i named my top 5, where is my article?
stop hating. 2013 is the year of the Ja
of course he’d name 808s & Heartbreak..
He doesn’t really explain why he likes those albums, he’s like-
Um, I like Biggie’s album and um Doggystyle is good too and um…
Did the article say “Omarion explains why”? NO SO SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID CUNT. Ok!!?!?! you treat me like SHIT LIKE SHIT!
actually he did… “I judge albums off of wether I know all the lyrics or not….”
808’s actually paved the way for artists like drake, kid cudi and anyone else that does that introspective, commercial singing/rap tunes…don’t hate on it…it played its part in the evolution of music
it also sucked.
No, The Love Below did. 808’s was a poor imitation, that had little impact beyond marking Kanye’s decline as an original artist.
You’re absolutely right. Anybody saying different is a fucking fool.It’s not that great of a album and people hate it because of the autotune (the beats were fucking sweet) he did pave the way for them.
Its one of the reasons Kanye is a getting to legend status.
@Christopher Hundley
The album sold a million copys under a week fuckhead. 808’s was completely different genre musically from The Love Below (classic). Kanye took it to the next level as far beats, 808 beat and snares, melodies, singing etc. its that type of music you hear from R&B’s artists nowadays.
What about Cater III?????
At least he didn’t name a boring CD like Illmatic or Reasonable Doubt.
You’re really really bad at trolling.
5.Life Is Good
4.Me Against The World
3.iLLmatic
2.It Was Written
1.Graduation
………………………….. really with number one?
Graduation is incredible. I’m not saying it’s my number 1 album, but I understand why someone would love it.
Wouldn’t ever make it my #1 but Graduation is a classic regardless
Who the fuck cares what Omarion thinks????
He forgot Port of Miami.
Yes he did, and I thank God for that.
GOOD CHOICE BROTHER
YEA it is a good choice
Clich pics…
atleast he can make an arguement for a good list..props to one of the better lists i heard in a while..everyone has a different opinion on top 5 but when ur atleats in ballpark range u get credit
Shit’s a top 4. 808’s and Heartbreak is not a hip-hop album, and it doesn’t matter that a rapper made it. There’s one rap verse on the whole album from Young Jeezy.
1. Im Not a Human Being 2
2. Take Care
3. Tha Carter IV
4. Pink Friday Roman Reloaded
5. Hotel California
swag
shit’s impressive…
youre the greatest troll ever
exclusive? hiphopdx stays losing. close ur website already.
“Exclusive: Maybach Music Group’s R&B vet…”
^ turns into
“………spoke with HipHopDX several weeks ago”
^ slow news day so we’re going to pull some articles out of the trash bin
OMARION is looking good.. i want to see him dance butt naked.. and watch his balls flap around..
faaaaaaaaaag bitch
HE SAID 808 SMH WHAT A FAGGOT
1. Nas – Illmatic
2. Notorious B.I.G – Ready to die
3. Snoop doggy dogg – Doggystyle
4. Wu tang clan – Enter the wu tang (36 chambers)
5. Dr dre – the chronic
6. Notorious b.i.g – life after death
7. Tribe called quest – the low end theory
8. Boogie down productions – criminal minded
9. Public enemy – it takes a nation of millions
10. Jay-z – reasonable doubt
1. PIL2
2. Pain Is Love
3. Venni Vetti Vecci
4. Rule 3:36
5. R.U.L.E.
Murdaaaa!!!
^Made my day haha
This R&B ass nigga deserves to get sliced with the shiv for not mentioning any Ja Rule albums. Oh, I forgot, pussy niggas don’t listen to Ja Rule anyway. Rule for the real niggaz. Murdaaaa!!!
Ja Rule’s favorite album is Time Love and Tenderness.
1. Jay Rock – Follow Me Home
2. 50 Cent – GRODT
3. Nas Illmatic
4. Biggie – Ready To Die
5. Dr Dre – 2001
And you know everything on that list is fire!!
no way Jay Rocks album is your favorite of all time. Otherwise I agree
it actually is my favourite. It’s just one banger after another and its not bogged down with loads of features.
Why is this news?
dude who give a fuck what m-m-m-maybach O favorite albums is.. look how lame he look in the pic ctfu
Willow Smith Says N.W.A And Geto Boys Are Among Her Biggest Influences
1. King
2. Carter 2
3. What the Game’s been missing
4. Thug Motivation 101
5. The Massacre
yo thats some wack shit. Juelz, Weezy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAeoOcpUS4
Nas – Illmatic
Pete Rock and CL Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother
Big L – Lifestyles of the Poor and Dangerous
NWA – Straight Outta Compton
KRS One – Return of the Boom Bap
Nas and Big L? There’s no helping some people.
ight…for u idiots…
1. Illmatic
2. The Chronic/2001 (yea im combining them idgaf)
3. Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers
4. Aquemini
5. The Marshall Mathers LP
what?
Eminem Show shits on 95% of the albums u posted below…so shhhh be quiet
1 – Straight Outta Compton
2 – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
3 – Raising Hell
4 – Paid in Full
5 – Criminal Minded
Jay Z-Reasonable Doubt
Nas-Stillmatic
Eminem-The Eminem Show
Wu Tang-36 Chambers
Big L-The Big Picture
Let’s hear the hate
FUCK all them albums Penis FOr life
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
3. Deltron 3030
4. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
5. Black on Both Sides
Willow Smith says the two biggest negative influeces in her life are:
1. White people
2. Rapper PSY
Why are niggas posting their top 5s like we give a shit lol
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