THE POLL END THEORY

Anyway....

MICROPHONE CHECK ONE TWO WHAT IS THIS
THE FIVE FOOT ASSASSIN WITH THE ROUGHNECK BUSINESS
I FLOAT LIKE GRAVITY NEVER HAD A CAVITY
GOT MORE RHYMES THAN THE (IVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER HE SAYS WAYANS OR WINANS BUT BOTH OF THEM HAVE MAD FAMILY) GOT FAMILY

ughhhh so hard. maybe "Butter". or "Excursions". or "What?". or "Scenario".

scenario. resisting the urge for revisionism by remembering busta's live flipout on mtv that somebody linked here last year or so? so fucking insane. I think he forgot half his own lines but whatever, everybody else in the audience covered for him.

it weird ive listened to this album more than almost any other but i havent really heard it in years sooo... anyway i think im voting check the rhyme even tho that was never my fav when i was deep into this

the jazz/buggin out video combo was really good - oh this is such a great album

my freshman year in hs there was a lip sync concert and like a third of the songs were from low end theory - it just kept going on and on

Vibes

"Scenerio." Just a hair over "Buggin' Out"

NOT A NOT A NOT A

not a damn thing

Scenario is obviously the best thing on the album, but it also doesn't fit at all, so I exclude it from contention

scenario is funny cause its the most famous song but doesnt really sound like the others - which isnt to say it doesnt work - its just weird cause the rest of the album has such a singular vibe and sound

I love the fact that the best songs on the album are the first and last song, and all of the songs in between.

that is pretty much its strength

Verses from the Abstract. I love Tribe but I always felt this album their 4th best after Midnight Marauders, Beats Rhymes and Life, and the debut whose name is too long to type.

Excursions. Because even if you'd never heard it before, ten seconds into the album you just know it's gonna kick ass.

Check the Rhime

buggin out, sort of randomly over jazz we've got, scenario, rhime, excursions, etc

butter

Theseare still around?

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do you know the importance of a skypager?

"Excursions": when the beat comes in is near the top of my favorite moments in music.

for some reason (even when i knew it was wrong) in my head it was "got more rhymes than Warner Brothers got family" and Phife was proclaiming his love for Bugs, Daffy etc.

This album has one of the best openings of all time. I fell completely in love with it 10 seconds in on my first listen and have adored it for almost 16 years.

hmmm
listening to low end theory now for the first time in a while. why do i find it so unremarkable?
'butter' still stands as my fave. maybe it's because i like the narrative, maybe it's the smooth sax line in the chorus. excellent track, but i've always had a tough time embracing a lot of the others.

listening to low end theory now for the first time in a while. why do i find it so unremarkable?

Because so many people have ripped it off badly?

Industry Rule #4,080!

No, I can't decide just yet. My short list is about half the album.

haha whiney, you know that could be it. it does sound standardised to these ears, but probably only because i'm subconsciously recalling imitators when i play it...

observations about Scenario not really belonging to this album are bang otm but it's the best song here by a narrow margin over, like, half of the rest of the tracks, so it gets my vote.

actually deciding whether i prefer marauders or low end theory is like some aspie holy grail for me. a decade on and no closer to figuring it out but for some reason it seems very important for me to do so. great excuse to throw either on the stereo though.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with a song being dramatically different from all the other songs on its albums, especially when it's as awesome as "Scenario" and works as well as it does in the context of Low End Theory.

i think the degree to which 'scenario' sounds like it's from another album is being overstated a bit.

yeah seriously. plus big insane posse cut at the end of relatively mellow and guest-less album is a GREAT formula.

i mean if scenario popped up in the middle of the album it would be a bit 'wuh' but end of the album that move is kind of standard operating procedure.

voted scenario btw, haven't heard the remix in forever.

so we agree that the rest of the album has a definite feel to it that Scenario doesn't share? i think that's all anyone's saying.

Scenario for he win

one thing i remember is this guy i knew who loved hip-hop but hated this type of pussy/hippie shit (big 'jus lyke compton' fan), completely unfamiliar w/ leaders of the new school, liked the song 'scenario' but was SHOCKED after watching the video that busta rhymes wasn't an old man. for some reason he was sure that the native tongues had some old man rapper (maybe he was thinking of arrested development?) and that the 'rraow rraow like a dungeon dragon' guy was it.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with a song being dramatically different from all the other songs on its albums, especially when it's as awesome as "Scenario" and works as well as it does in the context of Low End Theory.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 10 April 2008 16:12 (1 hour ago) Link

i think the degree to which 'scenario' sounds like it's from another album is being overstated a bit.

-- balls, Thursday, 10 April 2008 16:24 (58 minutes ago) Link

yeah seriously. plus big insane posse cut at the end of relatively mellow and guest-less album is a GREAT formula.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 10 April 2008 16:25 (57 minutes ago) Link

i mean if scenario popped up in the middle of the album it would be a bit 'wuh' but end of the album that move is kind of standard operating procedure.

-- balls, Thursday, 10 April 2008 16:30 (52 minutes ago) Link

this exchange is otm

jazz (we've got)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

excursions just cause it needs to be repped and i'm guessing scenario wins anyway

its like voting nader

"buggin out" is my joint, though every song is dope.

"Verses from the Abstract. I love Tribe but I always felt this album their 4th best after Midnight Marauders, Beats Rhymes and Life, and the debut whose name is too long to type.

-- ablaeser"

"hmmm
listening to low end theory now for the first time in a while. why do i find it so unremarkable?

-- Charlie Howard"

no more PCP for you guys.

This album has one of the best openings of all time. I fell completely in love with it 10 seconds in on my first listen and have adored it for almost 16 years.

-- HI DERE,

^^^^

Voted for "Excursions."

Yeah Excursions was one of the first songs I listened to so much that I memorized it.

"Vibes & Stuff" is going to get underrated here.

Fuck it, I went for the advance single.

Best, and possibly only use of the words "tidbit" and "smidgeon" in all of hiphop.

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

weak results, ILM still knows dick about hiphop.

^^^
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someone post that pic of pipecock in front of a bunch of fucking stones throw records

right here

herb has never enjoyed this juice

"someone post that pic of pipecock in front of a bunch of fucking stones throw records

-- deej"

i still knew more about hiphop when i was 12 than youll ever know.

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u do know more about REAL PITTSBURGH RAP than me its true

i still knew more about hiphop when i was 12 than youll ever know.

-- pipecock, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:34 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

trivia =/= taste homie

realize this

he probably knows more about grooming a beard and vintage pumas

http://www.scenicroutepaper.com/Site3/images/layoutImages/stylin%20isnt%20he_mainpic.jpg
BIG HOOS, today

everyday

:D

Okay, I was willing to believe that Pipecock was an actual person until now. Sockpuppets, yawwwwwn.

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"trivia =/= taste homie

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver"

what does it have to do with trivia? i actually don't know much of shit about hiphop like that, the guy who owns the record shop i work at won some hiphop trivia contest a couple years back in NYC hosted by Bobbito.

"Okay, I was willing to believe that Pipecock was an actual person until now. Sockpuppets, yawwwwwn.

-- The Reverend"

you must be stupid, my myspace page and blog have been posted here repeatedly. you can easily find my real name, the school i attend, the record store i work at, the clubs i deejay at, etc etc etc etc etc etc.

NO ONE CARES

you must be stupid, my myspace page and blog have been posted here repeatedly.

yes we have mercilessly clowned your lolbeard congrats

Most elaborate sockpuppet eva. Total queen move, whoever the puppeteer is.

"yes we have mercilessly clowned your lolbeard congrats

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver"

am i supposed to care that my fashion sense isnt cool enough for ILM? hahahahaha. too funny. it's like being back in high school, but more retarded.

We got em goin down for the count
Lookin down at the ground
Thats why we got hataz
Thats why we got hataz
Hataz everywhere we go
Hataz everywhere we go
Hataz everywhere we go, where we go,
Hataz goin down for the count (ONE)
Lookin at da grounda (TWO)
I think your a hata
I think your a hata
Hataz everywhere we go
Hataz everywhere we go
Hataz everywhere we go, where we go,
Hataz goin down for the count

Y'ALL SOME HATIN CHUMPS
BACK TO MAKIN BUCKS

lol "pipecock" plz lecture me about immaturity

""pipecock" plz lecture me about immaturity

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver"

i think you've got it on lock, i can't help you out.

pipecock you know a guy by the name of tim worley?

the old steelers RB?!?!

i would have gone with excursions.

This album has one of the best openings of all time. I fell completely in love with it 10 seconds in on my first listen and have adored it for almost 16 years.

― HI DERE, Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:12 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I love the fact that the best songs on the album are the first and last song, and all of the songs in between.

― HI DERE, Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:34 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I would like to point out that I have been OTM on this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4poAOhrsvWE

seriously. there's no wrong answer here

crazy that i was the only person to put this at #1 on the rap poll

i love this album so much

check the rhime is my shit off this tho

Check the Rhime

― deej, Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:37 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol consistent

that beat tho, i love the way they double-layer the drums!!

crazy that i was the only person to put this at #1 on the rap poll

sorry for not voting, you would have had company

:( I haven't been up to following the rap poll at all. I didn't even vote.

suppressing so many horrible jokes about race and voting right now, you guys

As challopsy as this sounds, I'm not that fond of "Scenario" -- it breaks the flow. But it works awesomely as a last song: it points the way forward.

Also:

Yeah Excursions was one of the first songs I listened to so much that I memorized it.

otm

When "Excursions," "Check The Rhyme," "Skypager," "Vibes and Stuff," and "Jazz" are on, I don't need another record.

oh lol just reread that ship-blount exchange from three years ago, and they're otm