"Big Doe Rehab" vs. "American Gangster"

[PoisonousDarT36]

Supreme Clientele is One of my top albums but dude no way it is better then Reasonable Doubt. I don't even think you can rate these two artist in the same thread. and IRONMAN better than Reasonable Doubt? Come on thats crazy. But it is your opinion. Ghost to Jay Z is like rap to hip hop. Its like comparing gritty hard to hard with a tune. Like saying Mobb Deep (Hell on Earth) to Pharell latest Album. Two different leagues. Ghost is RAP music...Jay Z is Hip Hop ... and if you didn't know, yea there is a difference.

the only difference is that rap is music, hip-hop is the culture.

you can compare these albums, besides, RD is gritty. but yeah it's way better than Ironman and SC, it compares to OB4CL. How could Ironman be better than an album with Can't Knock the Hustle, Dead Presidents II, D'Evils, Can I Live, Bring It On and Regrets?

[CuzinBilly]

i don't even think big doe rehab is better than more fish Alex Stolen script-and block rock kill anything on bdr.

[Dominus Santorini]

On the real, American Gangster is a much more entertaining album...I Know, Ign Shit, Say Hello, No Hook are heads and shoulders better than all of Big Doe Rehab except Yolanda's house and my personal favorite, Die for you

[Acromadic]

yep so true, that's why I wanted to make this thread/poll to see if people votes for the artist they listen to most or the musically better album. I'm a much bigger fan of Ghost but it's a fact that American Gangster is the superior LP.

That is not a fact, it's an opinion. Jay-Z fell off. Kingdom Come and American Gangster are both weak albums...in my opinion. Best part about American Gangster is the Nas verse.

Although BDR was a fast food meal, it was better than American Gangster. Ghost is better at telling stories....they are far more complex than those of Jay-Z. Just my opinion.

[ballistic]

I'm a bigger Ghost fan than Jigga, but Jigga dropped a better album that Ghost. That's a fact...

co/s

[Monkdude]

true, nas murked Jay. OB4CL > reasonable Doubt > Ironman > Supreme Clientelle > Blueprint

[PoisonousDarT36]

true, nas murked Jay. OB4CL > reasonable Doubt > Ironman > Supreme Clientelle > Blueprint

nas did not murk jay at all, nas's verse was actually worse imo but it's up for debate.

i agree 100% with that order.

[Mista JpKoff]

This is obvious, both albums are built around 70's soul-sampling and hood stories. The two artists are on the same level lyrically and with the flow, plus the main producers are the same.

So which is the better album, if you ask me the answers easy. American Gangster is better executed.

yeah i agree. except that i think jigga's better than ghost with his rhymeschemes and even lyrically, but ghost edges jay with his storytelling ability. I vote for american gangster for the same reason as you

[DrUnK-N-MuNkY]

American gangster was better,but both are great albums

[Edgar Erebus]

No point in this thread because of the bias, but still 'American Gangster' is a professional sounding project with numerous quotables and a continuous sound that makes 'BDR' sound like it was slapped together in a few hours.

Also theres not really stories on 'AG', more observations and introspective writing on the life of a hustler. Ghost's album has some great tracks and stories but it doesn't really have any deep messages to it. Its that fast food that RZA was talking about.

That's word, and for the same reason I voted for American Gangster. Plus it had overall better production than BDR (seems like LV and Sean C can make dope tracks only if mentored by Diddy, but ssshhhh, don't tell no one).

EDIT: Ah, yeah, replay value. Two weeks after BDR I'm listening pretty much just to Yolanda's House, Yapp City and I'll Die for You. Two months after AG I'm listening to every song, intro included, except Party Life, Blue Magic and I Know.

[Wu-Tality]

Both albums got playtime here, but BDR takes the cake. Personally I like it very much.

[Orion Nebulus]

I didn't really like either albums to be honest.

IRONMAN better than Reasonable Doubt?Ghost is RAP music...Jay Z is Hip Hop ... and if you didn't know, yea there is a difference.

Umm I also think Ironman is better than Reasonable Doubt. And explain why Ghostface is rap and Jay Z is hiphop.