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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
I was equally annoyed. Perhaps less so than the 100 greatest hard rock poll, but whatever.
1-2 was fine. DMC/Enemy. No one better.
Big? 1pac and LL as 3-5? No!
I'll give Dre top 10 because his influence as producer is immeasurable.
But!!!
1) there were many slights, but none as much as Kris with the #22 KRS-1 slot. Fuck. His work with BDP, his solo career and his production - he should be top 5 if not top 3. Others were slighted, but Kris was just fucked.
2) Eric and Rakim at 20? You're gotta be kidding
3) the Wu at 12? Bambaatta at 18??? Kane at 35???? Kool Moe Dee at 48??? This is insane. No history
4) Melle Mel. MIA? Forget it - throw out the list.
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Once they slotted Puffy ahead of Wu-Tang (and the complete idiocy was confirmed), we stopped being irritated and attempted to predict how and why they slotted acts where they did.
I came up with the following forumula for how they arrived at 3-50:
Sales
x 5
x 5
+ 150 points for East Coast living
+ 5 points for status in hip-hop history
+ 250 points for connection to Puffy
x number of videos that could be currently played on VH1 or MTV
- 500 points for videos that could be currently played on MTV2
There you have it.
The best thing about the show is we sat up discussing the top 5 albums and producers in hip-hop history and why NWA had three spots and EPMD/Erick Sermon/Def Squad/Redman were completely missing.
Really, if Dr. Dre was in on his own (no disrespect, the Chronic is in my top 5), shouldn't the RZA have gained a nod?
