Has anyone topped their first album¿

[NCtwin]

Everytime an artist comes out with a new album, there's always that "It's not better than the firstone" statement. I think that it's always going to be hard to top that first album because I don't think you can capture that hunger that yourfirst album gives you. It could be your first AND last album, so you really have to go all out and establish yourself. If the first one is a success, thenyou give a sigh of relief and get ready for the next one. The subsequent albums you're more relaxed because you've already got past the hard part ofintroducing yourself to the masses. It's like the first day of school where you're nervous the first day meeting everyone but as the days go by youget more relaxed and into the groove of everything, if that makes sense...

My question for you guys is this- can you think of an artist where they have an album which is better than their firstone¿ I'm not talking in sales, but in pure content.

Thanks in advance.


I hope I haven't opened the Jay-Z or Wayne floodgates too much...

 

[agthekid]

Ludacris' second album was better than his first.

 

[rhymesik]

Common comes to mind as well

 

[golfalphabravoecho]

Nas.

Flame ON!

(I'm serious. Illmatic missed me. I liked The Lost Tapes MUCH better.)

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Lil Wayne

Pastor Troy

Eminem

Gangstarr

Jim Jones

Memphis Bleek

 

[og_Rodney]

Ghostface
Jay-Z
Common
MF Doom
OutKast
Kanye (LR>>CD, IMO)
Eminem.

 

[hugebird]

Originally Posted by AiRodney23

Ghostface
Jay-Z
MF Doom

 

[addict4sneakers]

T.I.
Cam

 

[rudygay22uconn]

Ludacris
Lil Wayne
Jim Jones
Jay-Z (numerous times)
Common
Eminem
Kanye

cant think of anymore.

 

[zokid]

Mobb Deep comes to mind.
agreed... The Infamous is incredibly better than Juvenile Hell

Common comes to mind as well
yep... but imo, Like Water For Chocolate is his best


Aquemini is Outkast's best album
The Marshall Mathers LP is Em's best album

i think The B. Coming & The Reason are both better than The Truth
Late Registration is better than CD

Ghost topped Ironman with Supreme Clientele
T.I. topped I'm Serious with Trap Muzik
Murs 3:16 is Murs's best album

i think you would have to argue real hard and have incredible points to prove to me that any Jay album is better than Reasonable Doubt... you could argueBlueprint & American Gangster, thats about it imo

 

[mrmoneyindabank]

Common
TI
Ghostface Killa
Kanye
lil wayne
Cassidy
A tribe called quest( imo midnight marauders is better than low end theory)
Juelz Santana

 

[apowell11]

at all these people saying Kanye. CD >>>>>> LR.
But Eminem and Mobb Deep come to mind

 

[User 37837]

TLET wasn't their first album. Poeple's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm was.

 

[NCtwin]

Originally Posted by zokid

Aquemini is Outkast's best album

IMO it's hard to classify one 'Kast album as the best because the sound and content is so different from onealbum to the next. I would classify them as 1a., 1b., etc. instead of 1,2,3...

 

[benfranklinave]

Outkast, T.I, Gza. & Mobb Deep are the only artists that come to mind

ATLiens >>>>>>>> Southernplayalistic.....

The Infamous >>>>>>> Juvenile Hell.

Trap Muzik >>>>>>>>> I'm serious

Liuid Swords>>>>> Words From The Gza

 

[send one]

Originally Posted by Plan Beats

Mobb Deep comes to mind.

Thats what I came in here to say.

Juvenile Hell was so off the radar, most ppl think "The Infamous" was their first.

 

[og_Rodney]

Originally Posted by hugebird

Originally Posted by AiRodney23

Ghostface
Jay-Z
MF Doom

Supreme Clientele>Ironman
Blueprint>Reasonable Doubt
MM...Food>Operation: Doomsday

Sway my opinion if you feel the need.

 

[mr subliminals]

Jay-Z (numerous times)

(Numerous B? your def buggin son )

 

[guillermo gutierez]

E1999 Eternal> everything else they put out

The Gift> Heavenz Movie

2000 B.C> Can-I-Bus

Liquid Swords> Words from a Genius

Carter 1>Block is Hot HOWEVER!!........
BLUE bandana/cornrow/WAH! Lil Wayne> RED bandana/ dredlock/verse full of similes Lil Wayne imo.

 

[lavious]

tupac ( me against the world)
kanye ( late registration)
outkast (atliens)
common (be)
wayne (carter II)
r. kelly (tp-2.com)

 

[passback]

Jay Z ... Ill take Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Blueprint over RD

 

[eddiehouse5]

besides some already mentioned, onyx.

 

[jordan23collecta]

"""BLUE bandana/cornrow/WAH! Lil Wayne> RED bandana/ dredlock/verse full of similes Lil Wayne imo. ""

real talk though....

 

[the warehouse 13]

I'm about to look real out of place, but nobody specified if we were only talking about Rap.

Boyz II Men: II > CooleyHighHarmony

Michael Jackson: Thriller > Off The Wall (not by too much though)

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

M.O.P