“Still Waiting: 15 Veteran Rappers Who Never Dropped A Classic Album” is a new listed curated by HipHopWired that lists a collection of Rap’s elite who have never dropped a “classic” album.
“Let the people tell it, Kendrick Lamar is 2/2 in the classic album department, coming off the heels of his first No. 1 album in To Pimp a Butterfly,” the article says. “Which makes the number of OG rappers who never dropped a classic album that more glaring.
“Don’t take it as a diss,” the piece adds. “Take it as a challenge.”
Included in the list is Method Man, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss and Rick Ross.
Towards the top of the list is Pusha T, who released his long-in-the-making debut solo studio album My Name Is My Name in late 2013. Pusha is now eyeing up a spring release for his sophomore album King Push.
“’Unorthodox’ has become synonymous with Pusha T’s music, back to records like ‘Grindin,’” Pusha said in an interview with Rolling Stone last December. “Everybody’s gonna be really locked in and shocked to see how I’ve raised the level of musicality from My Name Is My Name to King Push.”
Weighing in at the top of the list is Young Money’s Lil Wayne. Weezy’s Tha Carter IV, the latest in the Carter series, sold over 950,000 units in its first week on the shelves making it one of 2011’s best selling albums. However, his Tha Carter V has suffered from a series of public label issues, resulting in Wayne wanting to reportedly sue Cash Money Records’ CEO Birdman for $51 million.
“Being shunned either does one of two things to a man,” HipHopWired writes. “Weezy obviously hasn’t given up so expect him to keep tinkering with his long-delayed Carter V so he’s not apologizing again on a new mixtape.”
During an interview with Rolling Stone, Wayne described the project as being completely finished.
“Cake baked, icing on top, name on top, candles lit,” Wayne says about his Tha Carter V. “I would have released it yesterday if I could. But it’s a dead subject right now. It’s a jewel in the safe. It’s that stash-house money.”
To view the list in its entirety, visit HipHopWired.
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Teflon Don was a classic and Carter 2.
SMH!
Them are not classics
dont ever say anything that fat, lying worthless fuck boi cop did was classic
what a terrible list, I disagree with over half of these
What’s funny about this list is that a lot of these rappers have albums that are better than what people call “classic” now. Method Man’s ‘Tical’ album and a lot of those old Busta albums are better than anything Kendrick or J Cole ever put out. Yet we call these new garbage albums “classics”. It just goes to show how standards for good music have lowered over the years. A lot of those old albums would be considered classic if they came out now. I’m not impressed
Truth!
Whoever didn’t think Tical isn’t a classic should just quit rap and concentrate on techno.
word. Kendrick has two classics but Tical isn’t a classic? fuck this list
Tha Carter 2 was a classic tho
come home with me by cam and the carter 3 are totally classics.
Check out the rest of the comments bruh, tha carter 2 is a classic, C3 was the start of this bullshit Wayne is still on today
Shouldn’t an album have to stand the test of time before it’s considered a class? I really enjoyed Kendrick’s albums, but I do not consider them classics yet. If I can still listen to them 10 to 15 years from now, I will consider them classics. There is way too much emphasis on, “classic albums” these days.
While this is true you can see a classic even before it goes against time sometimes and Kendrick has already dropped 3 hands down.
Word of Mouf is definitely a classic
How are Busta Rhymes and Ludacris even on this list….huh…and Method Man’s ” Tical ” is a classic…wtf
TO SAY CARTER 2 IS NOT A CLASSIC ALBUM YOU MUST BE DEAF OR MUSICALLY RETARDED. HOW THE HELL COULD U PUT WAYNE ON A LIST LIKE THIS. SURE HIS LATEST HASNT BEEN HIS GREATEST BUT IT WAS UNDISPUTED BY THE END OF FLY OUT THAT HE WAS THE BEST RAPPER LIVING IN THAT MOMENT.
Tical is not a classic album? GTFOh
Let’s see…
Method Mans “Tical”
Joe Budden “Padded Room”
Twista “Adrenaline Rush”
Lil’ Wayne “Tha Carter 2”
this article is a bust
Tha Carter 3 was a classic!
Carter III was commercial not classic. Carter II was actually better and his closet thing to a classic.
Word of Mouf and Carter II are classics for sure
Very debatable
nigga…i would shot u for saying a dumb shit like that…Carter is a mediocre album written by Gillie da Kid
Thank God they got it right and put Wayne on this list.
Busta Rhymes? The Big Bang was classic to me. Can we add Drake to that list? I have yet to hear anything of substance and content from him and he’s been on the scene since 2009.
Agree!
So far Gone is widely considered a classic.
ALL THE CARTERS ARE CLASSICS. FUCK THIS FAKE NEGIETIVE CRITICS TOWARDS WAYNE. Fuck hip hop wired. Wayne is classic overall
Disagree with:
Method Man- Tical
Ludacris- Word of Mouf
Busta- The Coming, E.L.E.
Twista- Adrenaline Rush
David Banner- Death of a Pop Star (w/ 9th Wonder) -debatable
Fat Joe- Jealous One’s Envy
Skillz- From Where??? -debatable
Lil Wayne- Carter II -debatable
The rest I fully agree with.
This is hilarious! Tical dropped at a time when standards for good music was ridiculously high!! Guys like Kendrick and Cole are dropping at time when people are literally begging for classics. Tical goes harder than any of them cats albums. You can’t even compare today’s standards to the 90’s.
Oh and Busta’s ELE is definitely a classic. Busta had so many classic singles on that album and the non singles were fire too.
METH IS ON THE LIST? WTF? SO THEY ARE SAYING TICAL ISN’T A CLASSIC? WTF? METH VS. CHEF, PLO STYLE, METHOD MAN REMIX, BRING THE PAIN, MR. SANDMAN JUST TO NAME A FEW. OK HIPHOPWIRED MUCH THE SAME AS HHDX HAS ABSOLUTE ZERO CREDITIBILITY. HIPHOPWIRED IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE HOW CAN ANYBODY REALLY EVEN TAKE THAT SITE SERIOUSLY? GTFOH SMH
Tical is great, but it ain’t no classic. GZA Liquid Swords, Raekwon Cuban Linx, and Ghostface Ironman are classics. Tical ain’t on that level. No way in hell is any Busta Rhymes album classic, not even The Coming. A lot of delusional overly nostalgic people commenting today. Just because albums have a lot of good tracks doesn’t mean they are Illmatic or Midnight Mauraders good.
you flapping your gums like your words are the end all say all is more delusional than them so hush up
meth doesn’t even like Tical … shhhh.
^Meth doesn’t like Tical 0. Tical is classic, period.
Do we even consider Hip Hop Wired a credible source for rating music . I mean real talk we aint lookin at what they got to say like niggaz was lookin to the Source for 5 mics back in the 90’s . I cant even take half these blogs serious. Its at least 4 artist on that list that had classic albums before Hip Hop Wired even existed!
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter 3
Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang
Those were both classic albums in my book. Sure they had 1 gay radio single each but the tracks on there were fire.
agreed about busta, big bang theory is a classic. and … the anarchy.
you gotta be fucking kidding me, just post the list im not clicking 16 fucking pages infested with memory sucking video ads. hhdx is so wack now
RICK ROSS AINT GOT NO CLASSICS SUCKA ASS FRAUD
Just another attemp to try to convince people kennys albums are classics. Give it some time when the label giant isnt promoting this artist and watch the honest opinions come out. They pay alot of money for these articles and comments to try to force there heros on us.
word !!!!
Rick Ross: Teflon Don to me is Classic You can make a case for Deeper Than Rap. Lil Wayne: Carter 1,2 & 3 you can’t deny the impact especially C2 & C3. Ludacris man Back For The First Time, Word of Mouf, Chicken & Beer as well as Release Therapy…All classics in my book. IDK about this list cuz some dudes on that list are just popularly hated by the masses by default. I think all these cats except maybe Fab, CamRon & Jadakiss have dropped classic material. it’s all opinionated anyway
officer ricky got zero classics, they not even classic in prison
how can you say fab never dropped a classic album what about street dreams , do you need lessons ?
If you don’t count Tical as a goddamn classic rap album, you have no business judging rap music, or anything Hip-Hop related. Who the fuck are these people?!
why is this even an article????????? why do they need to focus on negatives ? who gives a fuck if these rappers didnt make a “classic” album. talent is in the eye of the beholder. in my opinion real talk is one of the best hiphop albusm of all time.
hiphop and its followers need o focus on whats dope, not what isnt, theres absolutely no point
“Don’t take it as a diss. Take it for what it actually is — whoring for clicks.”
Oh… I just now got the reason they put Meth on the list. Him lashing out at wack ass media outlets… Oh, the irony.
Tical is straight classic.
How can they forget about Carter II (2), that album still knocks today and is most definitely a classic with tracks like Hustler Musik, Tha Mobb, Hit Em Up, Shooter and almost every song on that album
how can they put Lil wayne on the list its totally BS forgetting Carter II. Everybody knows that album is a classic.