What makes an album CLASSIC?

[ThomasJ]

This has been on my mind for quite some time now...

Obviously it has to be good,but what are some other qualities that make you say : "Wow,this is a classic"? And since everyone has their own classic album,is there one quality that determinates the CLASSIC status?

Also,what 2010 albums do you regard classics?

Cheers.

[DƎRDYPK]

it has to be a well put together album
& my favorite album from 2010 that I'd call a classic is

The 10 year old sounding Nrrrd rappper go harder than most

[Almostlity]

Here's a review I agree 100%.

[BILI]

MMLP-all time classic...as far as rap
The Fame-Classic thats not rap album


This year:
Recovery is really close to classic,Solitary Confinement also.

Maybe Unholy Terror.

[classthe_king]

To me a classic is just an album with no weak songs and you can listen to it over and over. It also has to be something that changes my perspective of Hip-Hop. I would call VERY FEW albums classic. But in 2010; Diabolic-Liar & A Thief is a classic. That album changed the way I wrote my rhymes.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

To me a classic is just an album with no weak songs and you can listen to it over and over. It also has to be something that changes my perspective of Hip-Hop. I would call VERY FEW albums classic. But in 2010; Diabolic-Liar & A Thief is a classic. That album changed the way I wrote my rhymes.

Diabolic is one sick dude with them multies

It has to stand the test of time. You have to be able to listen to it front to back 5 or even 10 years after its released.

yes which makes the SSLP a classic

[AjAMz BoY]

Eminem classics: Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem Show
50 Cent classics: Get Rich or Die Tryin

Other Classics:

Chronic - Dre, Straight outta compton - N.W.A, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - 2Pac, The Double album by Outkast forgot the name though, Illmatic - Nas, Black Album - Jay-Z

Word. This guy knows his shit.

[slimsoxshady]

my opinion makes it classic

i have a really short list though, here it goes:
Eminem Show
Recovery
Tech N9ne - Everready
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Game - Documentary
Kanye West - Graduation
Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory
Ludacris - Word of Mouf

thats it for me

[MakaveliTheDon]

Besides being excellent (not exactly flawless) artistically, musically AND lyrically, the album MUST have some kind of change in the way you think, write, feel, look at things. It MUST influence YOU. And that's what I call a PERSONAL classic. If it's a "WOW" quality-wise album plus it changes you in the ways said above it's a personal classic. If it changes Hip-hop then it's a universal classic.

But, my personal classic is...



#staniam

EDIT: 2010 classic...



AND

[MikeNUFC]

The word 'classic' is fucking stupid and overused.

No point using a word that no-one can define. I mean, you have at least 4 different views of what a classic is in this thread alone.

(And yes, I know I've used the word before, before one of you MikeNUFC Stans searches for a comment in which I've used it.)

[ThomasJ]

The word 'classic' is fucking stupid and overused.

No point using a word that no-one can define. I mean, you have at least 4 different views of what a classic is in this thread alone.

(And yes, I know I've used the word before, before one of you MikeNUFC Stans searches for a comment in which I've used it.)

No need to get mad lol

[classthe_king]

The word 'classic' is fucking stupid and overused.

No point using a word that no-one can define. I mean, you have at least 4 different views of what a classic is in this thread alone.

(And yes, I know I've used the word before, before one of you MikeNUFC Stans searches for a comment in which I've used it.)

Who cares lol


My classics are








And hopefully...

[MakaveliTheDon]

Word to Linkin Park.

But, Hybrid Theory > Meteora.

[MikeNUFC]

Fuck you both, I'll do my list.

Nas - Illmatic
Nas - It Was Writtern
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
OutKast - Aquemini
OutKast - Stankonia
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers
Talib Kweli & Mos Def - Black Star

[Hiphopdane]

I'm a bigger fan of the term 'personal classic'. We all listen and relate to the lyrics differently so what I personally find pointless, you probably worship.