Milk Crate's Top 10 Albums: That Bullet Proof Saint's #1

I may piss off my colleagues (lol) with this pick and some may call it a cop out...but I'm going to stand by it and point out it was the most logical thing to do.





























#1 OutKast - First Three Albums




Lets get my excuse for selecting three albums out of the way. Had I not included these three albums as one pick my top 5 albums of all time would include these. I figure it's the smart thing to do, so if you don't like it...FUCK YOU. There has never been a group or even an artist for that matter, who has reinvented their sound every album. Boi and Dre matured; lyrically, musically, and even content wise, every album. If you had the opportunity to follow them right out the gate...then you literally got to see them grow up on record. Yet, they never lost a step. Every style and sound they experimented with came off with conviction and passion. The soulful southern draw utilized was foreign to what at the time, we were used of, from the few southern acts that had gained success. Outkast could've stayed in the same lane after the initial success they had with Southernplayalistic, but instead they kept it moving and built on that sound and put out a record that had a completely different feel to it (ATLiens) than their first record. Then once again they took the lab and created another record (Aquemini) that was a new sound that fans hadn't heard yet. It would've been easy for Kast to have stayed content with the success of their first record and used that as a stencil for every album they made from that point out. But their chemistry and creative artistry allowed them to take risk with their sound. Has it caught up to them? Hey, that's up to you to decide...but I will say that it was that decision making and creativity that allowed them to have the success that they did through out their careers. Most acts struggle with trying to make a classic record. Most toil over trying to make a record relevant to the times. Not many have made records that stood up through the test of the time. And even fewer have made 3 of those records.


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Honorable Mentions:
Remember these list are based on albums that have had the most influence for us.

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Self Scientific - The Self Science
Kane & Able - My Brothers Keeper
C Murder - Life or Death
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry
Gza - Liquid Swords
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Blackstar
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Qwel & Maker - The Harvest
Mestizo & Mike Gao - Blind Faith
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Makaveli - 7 Day Theory
Slick Rick - The Adventures of Slick Rick
Ice Cube - Amerikkkas Most Wanted
The Roots - Do You Want More???
Tru - Tru 2 da game
Master P - Ghetto D