Thinking of doing a new hip hop poll, which one appeals the most

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Obviously the world is going through a lot right now. Donate to bail funds and piss off yr elected officials. Hopefully in being a celebration of the greatest American art form doesn’t have to distract from a much bigger cause, this was originally intended as a thing to enjoy smangin’ during the lockdown.

In 2011 I polled the best rap singles and albums up until then. I’ve recently polled it to a good response. So what about a new poll. But what should the poll be?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Top 100 songs/albums of the past decade 15
As intriguing as I find hip-hop in terms of the beats or the wordsmithing, I find the braggadocio tiresome: for a perfo 9
2 sets: Top 100 songs/albums of 1980-1999, 2000-2019 8
Top 100 songs/albums ever including the old list 7
Top 100 songs/albums but not including the old results 4
Best rapper/best producer and not about songs/albums 2
Other (please suggest format and gain support in thread) 2


a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:24 (four years ago)

Anything that will get the goons to vote and I doubt these are them. Maybe limit it to a decade?

The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:28 (four years ago)

yah i like decade or like up to 1992 (or just pre-chronic) then 1993-1999 then 2000-2010 then 2011-2020

Spottie, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:31 (four years ago)

We would have to do 70s+80s together, now I think about it, there only being about 6 official songs (but very important ones) in the 70s

a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:31 (four years ago)

There was like 30 or 40 rap songs in 1979

The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:32 (four years ago)

Vote other and we’ll figure out a proper version of this if it wins

a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:33 (four years ago)

voted for the second option, but only cause i didn't see the last

voodoo chili, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:33 (four years ago)

Just pick a year and do albums

The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:33 (four years ago)

When was Rappin Duke released and would it win?

a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:34 (four years ago)

I know it was dumb of me to not think of decade only polls but I was just going off suggestions in the other threads. Either way, tonight I’m gonna listen to the Eric sermon solo albums I’ve never tried before

a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:23 (four years ago)

There was like 30 or 40 rap songs in 1979
And the first recorded rap song is from 1968:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wPJkabsXNc

Tuomas, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:29 (four years ago)

just do all the ideas plus the ones in this thread why not

Spottie, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:51 (four years ago)

a '10s poll would be good imo

NAthaniel (cajunsunday), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:49 (four years ago)

decade polls imo, starting with 2010s since it hasn't been covered

ciderpress, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:20 (four years ago)

Old school, pre Chronic, poll sounds good.

Dan Worsley, Friday, 5 June 2020 14:03 (four years ago)

Voted for 'past decade' but yeah other decade polls would be cool too.

Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 5 June 2020 16:26 (four years ago)

Other poll ideas:

Best Hip Hop music videos of all time
Best feature in a hip hop song ever
Best remix version of a hip hop song ever
Best use of a sample

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:37 (four years ago)

ok if anyone wants to throw any more ideas into the ring, how about i restart this poll tomorrow with all new suggestions?

a hoy hoy, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:32 (four years ago)

Old school, pre Chronic, poll sounds good.

old school ends five seconds into Kool Moe Dee's verse in the Busy Bee battle at Harlem World in 1981, you can literally hear the audience's entire context for hip-hop change in real time

an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:16 (four years ago)

Last decade please

Nabozo, Saturday, 6 June 2020 08:36 (four years ago)

past decade

||||||||, Saturday, 6 June 2020 08:43 (four years ago)

last decade.

FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 6 June 2020 14:39 (four years ago)

How about greatest diss tracks? Or greatest ongoing diss battles (eg Cypress Hill / Westside connection, Ice Cube / NWA etc)

(the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Saturday, 6 June 2020 14:55 (four years ago)

A poll would be worse than a plain old thread for the latter

an, uh, razor of love (sic), Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:53 (four years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 12 June 2020 00:01 (four years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:01 (four years ago)

So, would people be cool with the winner here? And if that goes well, maybe we’ll move on to the other decades?

a hoy hoy, Saturday, 13 June 2020 07:14 (four years ago)

I think I would still do 70s+80s together though, as I don’t think there are enough songs (let alone making sure they are worth everyone voting for) from 70s hip hop, let alone albums.

Also, unless you all hate it, I’m gonna be quite loose with genre boundaries, obscurities and instrumentals. If it feels like hip hop and people wanna vote for it, then it’ll give Whiney more to complain about when the rollout happens.

a hoy hoy, Saturday, 13 June 2020 07:18 (four years ago)


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